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Little over two years ago, I received an email from Frankie, a regular listener to Breakpoint.

Here's what he wrote.

Quote, over the past several months, I've appreciated and enjoyed your discussions on fertility,

surrogacy, and IVF.

Just last week, my wife and I found out that we will not be able to naturally conceive

children.

We both come from large families, we love kids, and have long dreamed of having many of

our own.

We know God's faithful, we fully trust Him, even so, this is a heavy emotional burden.

Our hearts are broken.

Our doctors have told us that IVF is a viable option for us, given certain factors, has

a high chance of success.

I've never in my life wanted to rationalize anything so badly.

But ultimately, we just cannot go forward with IVF.

I know it could satisfy one of the deepest desires of our hearts, but the cost is unacceptable.

A little boy or a little girl created with our own genetic material is not morally

worth the many inevitable deaths of his or her embryonic brothers and sisters.

Forgoing IVF is hard, but we have peace that it is right and good.

Thank you, Breakpoint, for helping us understand these issues from a Christian pro-life worldview.

Breakpoint's analysis of these issues was a crucial building block of the moral framework

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