“They were attacking my faith. It bothered me to the core,” said Sara, a Southern Baptist who identifies as pro-life. “Because I had never viewed [IVF] as wrong, as anything other than beautiful and bringing another life into the world. … I’ve actually had a lot of friends pray for me and encourage me and help me along in the process.”
It doesn’t seem that inconsistent to me. Natural pregnancy often ends in spontaneous abortion (usually before the woman knows that she’s pregnant) but pro-life people aren’t against getting pregnant. I suppose that as long as the goal is to have a child, God makes sure no souls are harmed.
Life begins at conception or it doesn’t. There is no IVF without murder if life begins at conception.
That’s just your perspective. There are plenty beleif systems allowing “souls” to check on their physical bodies but not actual reside permanently till up to 4 years old. So yea that’s is your opinion of life based on your definition of life contingent to a concept of a permanent soul.
Ah ok so abortions until the child is 4 are ok? Great!
Can I get an 18?
Wait, so God can make sure no souls are harmed??? So why doesn’t he just always do that regardless if it’s an abortion or not? Instead he’s actively picking and choosing which child’s soul is harmed and which isn’t?? What an abhorrent monster your God is.
Well, God has to draw the line somewhere. It would be weird if people who were going to live tragically short lives were instead born as soulless husks. The pro-life Christians defending IVF presumably think he draws the line at successful implantation.
(Also, can people not tell by my tone that I’m an atheist?)
It doesn’t matter what you are. What matters is your argument / logic. And it’s no bueno.
There’s no getting around the fact that IVF ends with discarding some embryos are discarded.
And if you think life begins at conception, that’s murder.
God most certainly doesn’t make sure souls are harned. Fuck that God.