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Catholic bishops object to Senate IVF bill, warn against deaths of preborn children
The legislation would establish a federally protected right to IVF access, preempting state-imposed restrictions. Read more
Alabama Senate passes IVF protection bill amid Catholic outcry
The Republican-majority Senate passed a bill to protect IVF in a 32-0 vote on Friday. Read more
Biden says he disagrees with Catholic Church’s stance on IVF
The president was asked by EWTN White House correspondent Owen Jensen on Thursday what he thought about the Church’s position... Read more
Alabama House passes bill protecting IVF
The Republican-majority House passed the bill in a 94-6 vote just a week after the state Supreme Court ruled that... Read more
What is the Catholic Church’s position on IVF?
While the Church encourages certain fertility treatments for couples struggling to have children, the use of IVF is contrary to... Read more
Alabama Republicans introduce bills that would let IVF clinics destroy human embryos
The proposed legislation would providing clinics immunity from criminal prosecution and civil litigation when providing IVF services. Read more
Republicans embrace IVF despite the destruction of human embryos
The National Republican Senatorial Committee, the Congressional Leadership Fund (which is the main House Republican political action committee), and former... Read more
Here’s what Trump, Biden, and the Catholic Church are saying about IVF
As the U.S. bishops have pointed out, many Catholics may not be aware that the Catholic Church forbids the use... Read more
After Alabama Supreme Court’s embryo personhood ruling, what comes next?
The state Supreme Court ruled that frozen human embryos constitute children under state statute, a decision that could have wide-reaching... Read more
Alabama Supreme Court rules that frozen embryos are children under state law
State's wrongful death act applies to all children "regardless of their location." Read more
New AI app sparks baby fever, but will it lead to more child commodification?
Remini’s AI imagery has created excitement about parenthood in younger users, but one expert cautions that its approach could be... Read more
First British baby with DNA from three people is born after IVF procedure
The first baby born in the U.K. with DNA from three parents was born after doctors performed a revolutionary IVF... Read more
Surprising number of Americans would screen embryos for intellectual aptitude, survey says
A significant minority of Americans would favor genetic screening of embryos simply to boost their child’s chance to attend an... Read more
Catholic archbishop: With new law, foundation of French bioethics ‘has been erased’
The new law gives single women and lesbian couples access to state-sponsored medically assisted reproduction. Read more
Bishops urge French Catholics to pray and fast as bioethics bill returns to Senate
Bishops in France are asking Catholics to pray and fast for the next four Fridays for a respect for human... Read more
French archbishop criticizes push to pass bioethics law amid pandemic
The archbishop of Paris has criticized the French parliament’s decision to debate a controversial bioethics bill which would increase access to... Read more
French Senate passes controversial IVF bill
The French Senate this week passed a bill that would allow access to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) for single women and... Read more
French Senate debates IVF law after thousands protest in Paris streets
Debate began on a bioethics bill in the French Senate Tuesday after tens of thousands of people marched through the... Read more
'Fertility fraud' scandals raise broader questions about IVF, ethicist says
Lawmakers in three states have passed laws to criminalize “fertility fraud” following a series of scandals in which fertility doctors... Read more
Embryonic IQ tests could ‘screen’ for less intelligent children, firm says
A company claims to have developed a new test that will permit parents to test and screen embryos for intelligence... Read more
