Southern Baptists have expressed alarm over the way in vitro fertilization is routinely being practiced at their annual meeting in Indianapolis.
Messengers raise their ballots in support of a motion put up for vote during a Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Indianapolis. delegates expressed alarm Wednesday over the way in vitro fertilization is routinely being practiced, approving a resolution lamenting that the creation of surplus frozen embryos often results in “destruction of embryonic human life.
Not in a blanket way. What it did was denounce the routine practice of creating multiple embryos, frozen for potential use but often with surplus embryos destroyed. It also denounced the use of embryos for experiments, as well as “dehumanizing methods for determining suitability for life and genetic sorting, based on notions of genetic fitness and parental preferences.”
IVF “is not respecting the sanctity of the human embryo ... in the way it is routinely practiced,” she said. “Right now we’re trying to open the conversation, remind Southern Baptists of our long-held beliefs of the sanctity of human life and allow them to begin to think through the ethical implications.”
“But we are not speaking to that at this time, because Southern Baptists aren’t ready to speak to that yet,” she said."They wanted to say an affirmation of the human embryo and that it has implications for IVF. ”Ever since the nation's largest Protestant body took a conservative turn in the 1980s, it has made opposing abortion a top priority. With the overturning of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion, new issues have reached the forefront, including IVF.
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