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In Vitro Fertilization / Reproductive Technology

Table of Contents

• Church Documents and Teachings
• Articles and Publications
• Columns and Commentary
• Testimony and Letters
• News Releases and Statements
• Additional Resources

Church Documents and Teachings

• Dignitas Personae and Related Information, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, December 12, 2008
• Donum Vitae: Instruction on Respect for Human Life, Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, February 22, 1987 (En Español)
• Humanae Vitae: On the Regulation of Birth, Pope Paul VI, July 25, 1968 (En Español)

Articles and Publications

• Assisted Reproductive Technology and the Family, by Helen Alvaré, 2007 (En Español)
• Genetic Enhancement: Custom Kids and Chimeras by Marilyn Coors, Ph.D., 2005 (En Español)
• Assisted Reproductive Technologies are Anti-Woman by Marie Anderson, M.D., FACOG and John Bruchalski, M.D., 2004 (En Español)
• Should the Government Force You to Help Kill Human Embryos?, Life Insight, August/September 2000
• Science Without Conscience, Life Insight, February 1999
• Begotten Not Made: A Catholic View of Reproductive Technology, by John Haas, Ph.D., S.T.L., 1998

Columns and Commentary

• Our "Yes" to Life by Mary E. McClusky, Life Issues Forum, February 20, 2009 (En Español)  
• First, Do No Harm, by Susan Wills, Life Issues Forum, March 9, 2007
• A New Assault on the Smallest Humans?, by Richard Doerflinger, Life Issues Forum, August 5, 1988

Testimony and Letters

• Embryo Research and In Vitro Fertilization, Public Comment to NIH Human Embryo Research Panel, Richard Doerflinger, February 2, 1994
• Alternative Reproductive Technologies: Implications for Children and Families, Testimony to House Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families, Richard Doerflinger, May 21, 1987

News Releases and Statements

• Cardinal Rigali Criticizes Draft NIH Guidelines for Destructive Stem Cell Research
  April 21, 2009
• Bishops' Spokesman Asks Reconsideration of In Vitro Fertilization Decision, July 15, 1988

Additional Resources

Please see our Catalog for our printed resources on Bioethics.

Please visit our Embryo/Fetal Research Issue page for related information.