[Opinion] EWTN News Poll: Catholic Support for IVF Falls Below 50% When Church Teaching Explained

Poll: Catholic support for IVF falls below 50% when Church teaching explained

The results demonstrate that just informing Catholic voters about the Church’s position on IVF and the immorality of the procedure is sufficient to cause an immediate 14-point shift against IVF in the public opinion of the Catholic faithful. / C... [...]

EWTN News Poll: Catholic Support for IVF Falls Below 50% When Church Teaching Explained

Church teaching opposes IVF because it separates the creation of life from the marital act between the husband and wife and results in the loss of unused embryos. Church-approved restorative reproductive medicine, such as natural procreative technology, seeks to address the underlying causes of infertility so that a husband and wife can conceive a child naturally.