Sacraments related to in vitro babies

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Can a baby in vitro receive baptism and extreme unction when one knows that he/she will die at birth?
 
Babies in danger of death are baptized, not given Anointing of the Sick. No one investigates the circumstances of a child’s conception before Baptism.
 
I think the OP is asking if a baby can be baptized while still in the womb if they know the baby will die when they are born.

I don’t know, but i do know that pouring of water is necessary for the sacrament, so my GUESS would be no. But like i said, i don’t actually know
 
Abby_Fletcher said:
I think the OP is asking if a baby can be baptized while still in the womb if they know the baby will die when they are born.

I don’t know, but i do know that pouring of water is necessary for the sacrament, so my GUESS would be no. But like i said, i don’t actually know
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Water isn’t necessary, though the other two cases are likely void. But the Catholic Church entrusts that God loves all His creatures and judges them in accordance to what they have been given. But a priest may better be able to enlighten this.

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Can a baby in vitro receive baptism and extreme unction when one knows that he/she will die at birth?
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A newly Baptized infant does not need any other Sacraments, they are in perfect Sanctifying Grace after Baptism. Baptism can be received as soon as water can be poured on any part of the child, coming into contact with their skin, the head or forehead is prefered.
 
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Can a baby in vitro receive baptism and extreme unction when one knows that he/she will die at birth?
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I think the OP means “in utero” not “in vitro.”

A baby can receive baptism if water can be poured on it in the Trinitarian formula. So, if it is in utero, it cannot receive baptism. It must be *outside *the womb. It can be just outside the womb, moments after birth and be baptized. If a baby is known to be in danger of death, then a nurse should be ready to baptized immediately.

If the doctor opens up the woman as in the case of fetal abnormalities where they’ve done surgery on an baby and then returned the baby to the womb to continue gestation, then it would be theoretically possible to baptize them but unlikely that it would be allowed. The doctor would probably not allow contamination of the operating room in that way.
 
1ke said:
I think the OP means “in utero” not “in vitro.”

A baby can receive baptism if water can be poured on it in the Trinitarian formula. So, if it is in utero, it cannot receive baptism. It must be *outside *the womb. It can be just outside the womb, moments after birth and be baptized. If a baby is known to be in danger of death, then a nurse should be ready to baptized immediately.

If the doctor opens up the woman as in the case of fetal abnormalities where they’ve done surgery on an baby and then returned the baby to the womb to continue gestation, then it would be theoretically possible to baptize them but unlikely that it would be allowed. The doctor would probably not allow contamination of the operating room in that way.
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They use large amounts of steril water during surgery, it would be very possible to do this.
 
Water isn’t necessary,

Where did you get the idea that water wasn’t necessary for baptism?
 
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