Deanna Favre's book "Don't Bet Against Me" and In Vitro

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I just got done reading this book by Deanna Favre, NFL Packer Quarterback Brett Favre’s wife, and I was surprised at how faith-filled the Favre’s seem to be. They are even Catholic!

However, in one part of the book, she begins to talk about the problems she and Brett faced with infertility and the possibility of doing in vitro fertilization.

She said she went to talk to her priest about it because she wanted to know if it was something a Christian could do in good faith. Her priest replied that God gave us technology, so yes, this is acceptable to do. :confused:

Deanna Favre then goes on to say that because all life is a gift from God and she doesn’t want to be responsible for the taking of a life, she had all of the embryos (4 of them) implanted so as not to “waste” any babies. (I am paraphrasing.)

So, my question is, if the sperm is collected in such a way that is consistent with Catholic teaching (which is not stated in the book, I’m just thinking aloud) and all embryos are implanted so none are killed automatically, is in vitro ever OK? I had thought not, but I am troubled as to why this priest said it was acceptable?

Mods: if this belongs in a different forum, please move. I wasn’t sure exactly where to put it. Thanks!
 
FYI, my husband’s uncle and his wife concieved invitro but they were given the option to (for lack of a better word) create one embryo at a time so that there wouldn’t be any that would be killed. It cost them quite a lot of money each time and I believe she had 2 that miscarried but the 3rd went fine and they ended up with twins!
 
from what i understand no i dont think its permissable because no matter how you collect the sperm the act of creation is not happening the way its ment to.

the priest was wrong. that happens a lot, unfortunately just because a priest says its ok or not ok doesnt mean it is. we still have to be advocates of our own soul and make sure we are going to an orthodox priest and do our research.
 
In-vitro conception is contrary to the dignity of the couple and child because all three parties have a particular rights.

The right to be conceived coincident to a loving embrace,the right to develop completely within the body of your mother, the right to not be manipulated by syringes, needles and tubes, the right of the husband to impregnate his wife and the wife to be impregnated by the husband (in in-vitro the wife is impregnated by a physician and the child conceived by a technician). The right to not experience undue risk by living in a plastic plate and being moved around. The right of a child to not be treated as an object, product or technical achievement.

Speaking of rights, there is no right to a child.Married couples have rights to acts that can lead to a child, but not a child. Invitro treats the child as an object or product.

The definitive text is “Gift of Life” by JPII.

If it were some way possible to get the semen licitly, and you agreed to only conceive 3 or 4 embryos, and implant them all, it remain a morally disordered act, by the act itself and not the results.

In-vitro conception is absolutely contrary to Catholic teaching regardless of the motive. Any priest who counsels to the contrary is gravely mistaken.

A solid point of reference is the National Catholic Bioethics Center www.ncbc.org.
 
No, in vitro fertilization is NEVER a moral act. It is a violation of the Sixth Commandment, and a grave evil. From the Catechism:

2377 Techniques involving only the married couple (homologous artificial insemination and fertilization) are perhaps less reprehensible, yet remain morally unacceptable. They dissociate the sexual act from the procreative act. The act which brings the child into existence is no longer an act by which two persons give themselves to one another, but one that “entrusts the life and identity of the embryo into the power of doctors and biologists and establishes the domination of technology over the origin and destiny of the human person. Such a relationship of domination is in itself contrary to the dignity and equality that must be common to parents and children.”
 
LOL…The Favre’s lived together for years before they got married. Their daughter was nearly in her teens before they did. Hardly the type that is required here. I think they are fine folks at least from the outside. Most Catholics practice contraception, like 85%, this forum notwithstanding. That their faith may have grown over the years is laudable of course.
 
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