Christian Attitudes to Infertility Treatment

Question 1

+Marriage

Answer 1

‘Marriage is the foundation of family life.’ Helps bond couples.

Question 2

+Bible teachings

Answer 2

‘Be fruitful and increase in number.’ (Genesis)

Question 3

+Jesus’ teachings

Answer 3

Jesus healed (blind man, Jairus’ daughter etc.) so we should too.

Question 4

+God’s plan

Answer 4

God gave is the gift of knowledge so we could do the most loving thing with that. If, for example, IVF didn’t work, only then would it mean a child is not part of God’s plan.

Question 5

-Playing God

Answer 5

Playing God/God has a plan/Imago dei. ‘You knit me together in my mother’s womb’ (Psalm 139)

Question 6

-Waste sperm

Answer 6

IVF etc. masturbation. Story of Onan ‘he spilled his semen on the ground … what he did was wicked in the Lord’s sight.’ (Genesis 38:9)

Question 7

-Other parties

Answer 7

If it involves another party may be considered adultery, 7th commandment.

Question 8

-Murder

Answer 8

‘Before I formed you in a womb I knew you’ (Jeremiah 1)