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#12087 In Vitro Fertilization - Fr. Tad Pacholczyk

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 27 February 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Questions Covered:  19:44 – How do I approach discussing IVF with couples who are infertile? 24:21 – How much weight does a Catholic politician like J.D. Vance have on topics like IVF? 29:59 – Are we aware of CRISPR technology? What does the Church say about this? 36:00 – Is it morally permissible for couples to adopt abandoned embryos? 44:28 – How do we as individuals who’ve been through IVF deal with the damage and advise others? 50:18 – Are there resources that help infertile couples understand the Church’s position on IVF? …

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Hey, we've got out really good and I hope a quite helpful show for you today. Second hour will do Ask Me Anything

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with Tim Staples. And of course, that's always a good and helpful show. But you may have noticed

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that in the news, there has been a lot of talk of in vitro fertilization and of various people confessing their love for in vitro fertilization and their support for

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in vitro fertilization.

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And it's almost a litmus test of do you support it or not.

1:03.3

And we don't want to have a political conversation about that.

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We are not interested in that.

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But it is, because this is so much in the news, it is an opportunity to talk about,

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particularly the Catholic view of in vitro fertilization, take questions about the ethics of

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in vitro fertilization, and maybe help to open some minds to why the church opposes what so many in the political and academic

1:31.2

and media spheres seem to be supporting at this moment in the life of our society.

1:38.2

If you want to get in on that conversation, we would love to have you get in on that

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conversation. You don't have to be Catholic. You don't have to agree with this.

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As a matter of fact, you don't even have to know anything about in vitro fertilization,

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or you can know a lot about in vitro fertilization.

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Whatever, you are welcome here.

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As a matter of fact, I would say that many people probably are of a mind to say,

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why would anyone oppose in vitro fertilization? So from the National Catholic Bioethics Center,

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