Welcome back to another installment of Questions with Father on the SSPX podcast.

In vitro fertilization, or IVF, has been front and center in the news following the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling that embryos created through IVF are legally children for the purposes of that state's wrongful death of a minor act.

In the wake of the decision, politicians, religious leaders, and laypeople who view themselves as pro-life,

have wrestled publicly with legal and practical questions surrounding IVF, including its availability.

Catholics, for their part, know, or ought to know, that the church

opposes IVF, although many remain unsure as to why. If IVF assists couples in having children,

is this not a good thing? What crucial moral issues does IVF raise, and how should Catholics

address them? In this timely episode, Father Ian Palco explains the mechanics of IVF

while situating the procedure

in a classical Catholic moral framework.

He also stresses the importance

of not separating procreation

from its proper marital context.

Now, here's Father Palco.

Father Palco, thank you very much

for joining us today to discuss a controversial question,

at least from the perspective of the media and in the minds of many Catholics today.

IVF has been in the news.

So we're going to take advantage of that to discuss the Catholic principles on this question and some of the

other moral principles that surround the question. But by way of introduction, since you also,

you recently did a podcast for us on the broader questions of the natural law and morality.

So to situate this particular discussion, IVF, in the broader perspective of Catholic

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