Major US church group votes to oppose IVF

The Southern Baptist Convention voted at its annual meeting on 14 June to oppose the use of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) by its 14 million members, despite speeches in support. It is the largest Protestant denomination in the US. Roman Catholics also oppose IVF.1Some 10 000 delegates voted to oppose IVF but did not ban it.The Southern Baptist resolution asserted that “human being” includes “frozen embryonic human beings.” It said that IVF “routinely generates more embryos than can be safely implanted, resulting in the continued freezing, stockpiling, and ultimate destruction of human embryos, some of whom may also be subjected to medical experimentation.”It continued, “In vitro fertilisation most often participates in the destruction of embryonic human life and increasingly engages in dehumanising methods for determining suitability for life and genetic sorting, based on notions of genetic fitness and parental preferences. Estimates suggest that between 1 million and 1.5 million human…
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