{"id":11426,"date":"2025-09-09T13:30:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T06:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baovemamsong.org\/?p=11426"},"modified":"2025-09-09T14:50:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T07:50:21","slug":"ivf-nhan-con-tu-phoi-thai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baovemamsong.org\/eng\/ivf-nhan-con-tu-phoi-thai\/","title":{"rendered":"IVF &amp; Embryo Adoption\n-\tWhat\u2019s Right &amp; What\u2019s Wrong?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11426\" class=\"elementor elementor-11426\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-023a6a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"023a6a0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-84f6f65 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"84f6f65\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-312b3e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"312b3e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><br><\/div><div><br><\/div><ul>\n<li>Is IVF - In Vetro Fertilization - ethical?<\/li>\n<li>Can Christians do IVF?<\/li>\n<li>What alternatives can an infertile couple try instead of IVF?<\/li>\n<li>What is Embryo Adoption? How is that morally different to IVF?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-133c3c8 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"133c3c8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfb6d8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cfb6d8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"635\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/baovemamsong.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/post-ivf-e1755158710444.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11323\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7beea72 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7beea72\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9eb83ea column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"9eb83ea\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f550801 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f550801\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>What is IVF?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">In vitro fertilization, known as IVF is a medical procedure used by couples unable to conceive children naturally (infertile ). It involves removing a number of eggs from the woman, fertilizing them with sperm in a test tube in a laboratory to get a number of embryos, and then placing some of these embryos inside the woman\u2019s uterus to continue growing in her womb, and all going well she will give birth to one or two babies after nine months.\nIVF seems like a good thing, but there is one big problem! One big ethical dilemma!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2f16617 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2f16617\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-921ab89 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"921ab89\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-362d2df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"362d2df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>What\u2019s the Problem?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The problem with IVF is that lots of embryos are produced during the IVF process with only a few being used, and the remainder being selectively destroyed, or put on ice (cryogenically frozen) for possible use at a later date. It is the routine destruction of many embryos and the \u2018leftover\u2019 embryos on ice that creates an ethical dilemma parents must face.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">The IVF process affects the embryos in the following ways:\nFirst, many embryos are destroyed and discarded in the process. The probability of achieving pregnancy per IVF cycle is only about 1 in 3, so doctors remove and fertilize multiple eggs to become embryos, and insert multiple embryos into the woman, knowing its likely just 1 or 2 will survive. In the lab, embryos considered defective are discarded and surplus embryos are discarded at the couple\u2019s request. Millions of human embryos are killed like this each year!<\/p>\n<p>Then, when multiple embryos survive after successfully implanting in the womb, and the woman becomes pregnant with twins, triplets or more, she will often choose pregnancy reduction abortions, to get the number of babies she wants.<\/p>\n<p>Often, leftover embryos are frozen, put on ice for use at a later date, perhaps to be used if the first children die, or maybe the parents just aren\u2019t sure what to do with them yet. Some may be thawed out, injected into another woman and brought to life through embryo adoption, while others are donated for research, where they will die! And if parents don\u2019t pay storage fees and cannot be contacted, the clinic may destroy the frozen embryos.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb4cbb2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eb4cbb2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3250d20 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"3250d20\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4536454 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4536454\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>The Uncomfortable Truth Parents must face.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Couples feel reluctant to destroy their leftover embryos aware they are human beings \u2013 their own children, but putting them on ice doesn\u2019t deal with the problem. In an article titled, \u201cWhat Should I do with my Unused Embryos?\u201d Anna Hecker  wrote; \u201cIn the bowels of Midtown Manhattan, a trio of embryos sit in a vat of liquid nitrogen. They\u2019re the genetic siblings of my sons, Jack and Charlie, the frozen fruits of an IVF cycle completed in 2016 \u2013 And I have no clue what to do with them.\u201d [Emphasis mine]. What a dilemma for parents! And how do Jack and Charlie feel about their siblings left on ice, in a vat of liquid nitrogen?<\/p>\n<p>You see, the uncomfortable truth about IVF is that each embryo destroyed or left on ice is a human being! Today, more than ever, medical experts understand that human life begins at conception, the moment two cells combine to become one \u2013 when the male sperm unites with the female ovum (egg) resulting in a new and unique set of DNA in a single cell called a zygote.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Dr Micheline Matthews-Roth of Harvard Medical school says; \u201c\u2026it is scientifically correct to say that human life begins at conception.\u201d  The US Department of Health and Human Services says; \u201cYour baby starts out as a fertilized egg\u2026For the first six weeks, the baby is called an embryo.\u201d  [Emphasis in both quotes mine]<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">This is crucial - fertilization is the point a new person comes into existence  to grow and mature from within through each stage of life! For the first six weeks biologists call the baby an embryo. This is why the word abortion (also abortifacient ) is used to end a pregnancy, at any stage after conception. \u2018Abort\u2019 means to \u2018prematurely end\u2019 something that has begun!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-65bcb49 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"65bcb49\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7750e5c column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"7750e5c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04191a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04191a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>A Solution to the Problem?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Sometimes people invent ways to \u2018get around uncomfortable truths.\u2019 As IVF has developed, so has a new term become popular among specialists in the human reproduction field - pre-embryo. This new term is used for an embryo in the first two weeks, which is also the time when IVF embryos are discarded or frozen. \u2018Pre\u2019 embryo suggests the embryo is not yet human, allowing doctors and parents to make decisions about leftover embryos more easily, without raising alarm or feeling any moral concern. Biologists use the term embryo for the first 6 weeks from conception. The fact that \u2018pre-embryo,\u2019 a non-scientific and misleading term is used by IVF specialists shows just how uncomfortable the truth of IVF is for parents and doctors to discuss.<\/p>\n<p>Lee Silver, in his book \u2018Remaking Eden\u2019 talks about this new term and its significance:<\/p>\n<p>\"[A]nimal biologists use the term embryo to describe the single cell stage, the two-cell stage, and all subsequent stages\u2026 until\u2026 between six to eight weeks after fertilization....<\/p>\n<p>\"[A] number of specialists working in the field of human reproduction have suggested that we stop using the word embryo to describe the developing entity that exists for the first two weeks after fertilization. In its place, they proposed the term pre-embryo....<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">\"I'll let you in on a secret. The term pre-embryo has been embraced wholeheartedly by IVF practitioners for reasons that are political, not scientific. The new term is used to provide the illusion that there is something profoundly different between\u2026 a six-day-old embryo and\u2026 a sixteen-day-old embryo.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">\"The term pre-embryo is useful\u2026 where decisions are made about whether to allow early embryo\u2026 experimentation - as well as in\u2026 a doctor's office, where it can be used to allay moral concerns that might be expressed by IVF patients. 'Don't worry,' a doctor might say, 'it's only pre-embryos\u2026 we're manipulating or freezing. They won't turn into real human embryos until after we've put them back into your body.'\"   [Emphasis mine]<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d306be6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d306be6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b2e793 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"5b2e793\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67f66f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67f66f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Acting on a False Reality \u2013 Many Christians do it without thinking!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>People respond to the problem of leftover human embryos in different ways:<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Some ignore the humanity and plight of the destroyed embryos! The IVF process requires you to see children as products, to purchase or throw away, asking no moral questions at all! The couple share their joy, holding their longed-for baby, but they both had to sign for their leftover embryos to be destroyed. Some couples will simply, or painfully, turn a blind eye to get the baby they want. This must be uncomfortable and many will sign in stony silence!<\/p>\n<p>Couples will be advised of options and procedures to discard and freeze embryos, so, the \u2018What to do with the embryos?\u2019 is addressed, because it must be, but the humanity of the embryos is ignored! They are destroyed and discarded as medical waste, frozen for future use, or sent for medical research \u2013 none of which are fitting for a human person!<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Some will believe the \u2018pre-embryo lie\u2019 - that embryos in the first few weeks of life are not yet human so may be conveniently discarded or frozen without any moral concern at all. \nThis is undoubtedly the thinking behind the full embrace of IVF by a Christian pastor in the US. Pastor Jeremiah Johnston and his wife have five children, all born through IVF, and they both eagerly support IVF, but clearly because they have bought the \u2018pre-embryo\u2019 lie! He says;<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">\u201c\u2026an embryo doesn\u2019t always transform into a pregnancy\u2026\u201d and; \u201cAn embryo is not synonymous with a child\u2026 Only when an embryo successfully attaches in a mother\u2019s womb does a child begin its\u2026 journey to\u2026 living an independent life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Using words like \u2018transform into\u2019 and \u2018not synonymous with\u2019 misleads the reader to think the embryo is biologically different to a child, but it isn\u2019t. An embryo and a child are one and the same, the same DNA, the same person, just at different stages of life. An embryo does not transform  into a different thing and, an embryo is synonymous  with a child because it is the same person, all there and growing! Implying a major difference in biological form and nature between a one-week-old embryo and a four-week-old embryo conveniently fits the \u2018pre-embryo\u2019 lie, but does not agree with science! And, claiming that a child\u2019s journey begins when it attaches in the womb also fits the \u2018pre-embryo lie\u2019 but not science. Science says every child\u2019s journey begins at conception!<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">He also says; \u201c\u2026before a natural pregnancy even begins, multiple embryos will likely have attempted to attach to the womb...\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Again, misleading language! Pregnancy is divided into three trimesters; the first trimester is from conception (life begins) to 12 weeks. For six weeks the baby is called an embryo. It travels to the womb to attach there. An embryo is human whether or not it has attached to the womb. Each embryo lost, naturally or in the lab is a human being lost. Scientifically and biologically, there is no \u2018pre\u2019 embryo nor \u2018pre\u2019 pregnancy,  once conception occurs!<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Furthermore, embryos lost naturally is one thing, but embryos selectively discarded by people is another thing altogether. What happens naturally does not give us the right to do at will, and to equate the two is a huge ethical and moral blunder! Some babies die in the womb, old people die every day, but this does not give us the right to kill an unborn baby or an old person when we want to. At conception DNA decides a baby\u2019s gender, but who gives us the right to choose one and kill the other? It is always wrong to kill a baby girl, even if dad wants a baby boy! Whatever happened to a parent\u2019s love for their child, going the extra mile, fighting for their child? And, don\u2019t doctors have a duty of care to ALL their patients?<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Pastor Johnston also says; \u201c\u2026the whole purpose of being pro-life is to see the value in children and help moms and dads enjoy their God-given ability to raise them\u2026 defending IVF will allow future parents to fulfill their God-given desire to nurture a child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">NO! The whole purpose of being pro-life is to stop innocent human beings from being intentionally killed. The mission according to Proverbs 24:11 is, \u201cRescue those being taken away to death; hold back those stumbling toward the slaughter.\u201d Johnstons statements must be considered in light of all the embryos produced, including those discarded or frozen, as they are also human lives and have value! Pro-Life means pro ALL life! It means we protect, nurture and value every innocent life! We don\u2019t destroy some lives in the process! It\u2019s not okay to pick one at the expense of the other, to apply human rights to one and not the other. It\u2019s not ethical to produce 11 embryos, bring 1 to birth, then destroy 10!<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">NO! We do not meet a parent\u2019s desire \u2013 even if it is God-given - at the expense of another human\u2019s life, and this is where a big part of the problem lies. A parent\u2019s desire should never come before the care and protection of another human life. Knowing embryos are human lives, and knowing embryos are destroyed in the process, should dissuade us from the IVF process! This is also why selecting the gender of your child is morally wrong, because it commodifies human beings, reducing human life to a product, resulting in a new form of eugenics; making the babies we want and destroying others in the selection process.<\/p>\n<p>Being pro-Life, is about protecting, nurturing and valuing life first of all, rather than fulfilling our desires first of all, no matter how good they may seem! IVF is not pro-life as it does not protect, nurture or value human life! It only values those it selects and destroys the rest.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Being pro-Life cares for others, even at the expense of our own desires! It means joyfully welcoming a handicapped child, knowing we will have more work! It means rejoicing over another girl, when we wanted a boy! It means we put plans on hold and make adjustments to lovingly welcome an unexpected baby, which arrived before we got married. It means going out of our way to rescue a baby, because that is the right thing to do! It places every life before our own desires and longings, even when that is difficult.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ac075c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ac075c6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21aac9d column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"21aac9d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd8cb48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd8cb48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>So, what can we do when we can\u2019t conceive?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>There are alternatives to IVF that are ethical and effective.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">There are ethical and effective alternatives to IVF. You can give more time to try to conceive naturally. PreMom, is a popular app in Asia helping many couples get pregnant naturally and quickly. Over a million users have gotten pregnant while using PreMom! Also, Restorative Reproductive Medicine (RPM) is 100% ethical. For example, Natural Procreative Technology (NaPro) treats infertility as a consequence of other issues in your body like, diet or weight. It treats infertility itself and has an 80% success rate! Talk with your doctor.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Christians should keep praying, trusting God to bless you with children, but He is sovereign and He decides. Infertility is NOT a result of sin or lack of prayer, but we can ask God! My wife and I have seen several (struggling to conceive) couples conceive soon after prayer.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">God\u2019s plan may include adoption. John Piper said, \u201cThe gospel is God\u2019s adoption plan\u201d and we imitate God\u2019s love when we adopt. It is a loving response to a child\u2019s need for a family.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">And, you could consider embryo adoption. This is not just a good idea, it is the right thing to do. Each embryo is a human trapped in ice! They need rescuing! By adopting them we rescue them from their vulnerable predicament, giving them their lives to live.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Pastor John Ensor, President of Passion-Life Fellowship  points this out saying;<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>\u201cIf they are human beings, which they are after conception, then they need to be treated as human beings. We need to treat them the way we would want ourselves to be treated\u2026 the Bible calls us to rescue those in trouble.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s what Pastor John\u2019s daughter and husband did (front page photo), adopting 10 embryos from one IVF couple with the goal to give each of them a chance at life or to die in the sovereignty of God. They now have 3 kids, with 3 embryos yet to rescue from the ice, and \u201cThey are all a joy to the family!\u201d  Pastor John comments;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis is the moral and practical beauty of what happens when Christians answer the call to rescue.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>An American couple living 10 years in Vietnam also did just that. Here\u2019s their story:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhen we got married in 2015, we were just like most couples that dreamed of starting a family together. However, after four years of trying we found out it would be impossible for us to conceive under natural circumstances. We went through a very difficult season. Was this God's way of deciding for us not to have kids? Should we consider adopting? \u2026we also found it would be very difficult to do traditional adoption <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2026 but a friend introduced us to embryo adoption. The more we researched, the more we saw that this was a beautiful solution which God had directed us to. We adopted two embryos, twin girls and both were born successfully. Our daughters truly are a blessing, and we would highly recommend embryo adoption for any families who are considering it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7210822 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7210822\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-506619b column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"506619b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f62941d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f62941d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>In Summary<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\" translation-block\">IVF conceived human beings are fully human. Nothing in our ethical critique of IVF in any way diminishes the humanity and dignity of those among us, who were conceived by IVF.<\/li>\n<li class=\" translation-block\">IVF is not an ethical process. It does not look at or treat human life in the earliest stages of development as anything more than a commodity to sell or purchase and it always involves a process whereby human beings in the embryonic stage of development are routinely destroyed or frozen as part of the process. It places a couples\u2019 desire for children above the wellbeing of the human lives created in the process.<\/li>\n<li class=\" translation-block\">Fertility Awareness and Restorative Reproductive Methods are ethical, treating infertility, like other health issues as something that can be fixed.<\/li>\n<li class=\" translation-block\">Embryo adoption is ethical. While some within the larger pro-life movement have not agreed, the fundamental rightness of embryo adoption is visible in the recognition that it rescues human lives from an unnatural state of neither living nor dying. It gives these little ones a chance to be adopted, which God himself shows that he loves, as He first adopted us into his family. It places the wellbeing of babies above all, without harm to others, while also meeting a couple\u2019s desire for a family. More than a solution, it is a true rescue mission!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Therefore, if you are facing infertility, instead of IVF, we wholeheartedly encourage you to consider embryo adoption instead, an ethical way to build a family and rescue little lives!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1b4ddcd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1b4ddcd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2188458 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"2188458\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d707a57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d707a57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Check these websites for more information on fertility awareness, treatment and embryo adoption:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\" translation-block\">App-based tool to help you get pregnant naturally and quickly: https:\/\/premom.com<\/li>\n<li class=\" translation-block\">Well researched review of alternatives to IVF: https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/alternatives-to-in-vitro-fertilization-ivf-for-overcoming-infertility-and-delivering-a-healthy-baby\/<\/li>\n<li class=\" translation-block\">Embryo adoption: Answer the call to rescue embryos and give them the potential for birth and a loving family: https:\/\/www.embryodonation.org\/<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>By David Waters<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Pregnant? Need help? Contact us: 081 511 4526 (+081 511 4526) \nCheck out our website in English and Vietnamese: www.baovemamsong.org<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd5834d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"fd5834d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b210903 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b210903\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae7237c column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"ae7237c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06bd8aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06bd8aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>[1]Infertility is defined as a wife unable to conceive after the couple has sexual intercourse on an average of 2-3 times per week for one year. Reportedly 1 million couples (7.7% of couples) in Vietnam currently face infertility.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>By Anna Hecker. This story was originally published on Nov. 22, 2019 in New York Times Parenting. Also Published April 15, 2020, and Updated Nov. 9, 2021.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[3]  Dr Micheline Matthews-Roth, Harvard Medical School: Quoted by Public Affairs Council.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[4]  Prenatal Care, US Department of Health and Human Services, Maternal and Child Health Division, 1990.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> [5]Still not sure? Read: 41 Quotes from Medical Textbooks Prove that Human Life Begins at Conception. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Some methods of birth control operate after conception, for example, by preventing the new embryo from implanting in the womb. These are called abortifacients and recognized as methods of abortion.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[7]  [Silver, Lee M. Remaking Eden: Cloning and Beyond in a Brave New World. New York: Avon Books, 1997, p. 39] This quote was copied from \u2018Life Begins at Fertilization.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">[8]https:\/\/churchleaders.com\/news\/506333-pro-life-pro-ivf-sbc-jeremiah-j-johnston.html\/2  Accessed: 15-7-\u201825<\/p>\n<p><em>[9] Mirriam-Webster Dictionary defines \u2018transform\u2019 as; \u201cto change a thing into a different thing, implying a major change in form, nature or character.\u201d This conveniently fits the \u2018pre-embryo lie,\u2019 but not science!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[10] Mirriam-Webster Dictionary defines synonymous as: \u201cAlike, having the same, being closely connected, one suggests the other.\u201d An embryo is synonymous with a child - they are one and the same person, the same DNA.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[11]  Pregnancy is dated from the last menstrual period (LMP), simply because most women can recall that date, while conception is typically about two-weeks later, a date more variable and much harder to determine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[12] Special thanks to Pastor John Ensor, for valuable insights into IVF and prolife, and sharing his family\u2019s story.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IVF &#8211; th\u1ee5 tinh trong \u1ed1ng nghi\u1ec7m &#8211; c\u00f3 h\u1ee3p \u0111\u1ea1o \u0111\u1ee9c kh\u00f4ng? C\u01a1 \u0110\u1ed1c Nh\u00e2n c\u00f3 n\u00ean l\u00e0m IVF kh\u00f4ng? Gi\u1ea3i ph\u00e1p n\u00e0o cho nh\u1eefng c\u1eb7p \u0111\u00f4i hi\u1ebfm mu\u1ed9n thay v\u00ec IVF? Nh\u1eadn con t\u1eeb ph\u00f4i thai l\u00e0 g\u00ec? \u0110\u1ea1o \u0111\u1ee9c c\u1ee7a ph\u01b0\u01a1ng ph\u00e1p n\u00e0y kh\u00e1c IVF \u1edf \u0111i\u1ec3m n\u00e0o? IVF l\u00e0 g\u00ec? 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