Should In Vitro Fertilization be funded?

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Morally, no.
But it’s already funded by private insurance all the time here in the States. I’m sure most company-funded private insurance carriers cover “infertility treatments”, which means that portions of what I pay into the system may go towards that. 😦
 
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Check this out:

nationalpost.com/story.html?id=1917858

In Canada, a couple in Ontario is suing the government for not funding their IVF because they feel it’s discrimination.
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From a moral perspective, Catholics cannot sanction the funding for invitro because

1-It separates procreation from the marital act.
2-It usual involves the fertilization of several eggs and only the most viable are used. This means the other eggs are destroyed or used for other medical purposes, such as embrionic stem cell research.

Some arguments from the other side is that because invitro is not allowed in Canada, people are opting for fertility drugs which often results in twins, tripplets, quintupletes, etc… Women who have such multiples, are often councelled by doctrocs to terminate one or more of them to give the others a fighting chance to survive.

And yes, private insurance does cover some of the costs for invitro. My sister-in-law’s insurance covered the drugs, but not the procedure.

These kinds of issues are messy.

God bless,
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My doctor told me that I could never have kids without IVF, and I still wouldn’t have it done. Why not adopt? Cost wise, at my job, it would cost less to adopt (my job pays adoption costs).
On a more physical note, I wouldn’t want to get pregnant without partaking in certain activities, lol. It seems so cold to have a child conceived in a doctor’s office.
 
Em_in_FL said:
Morally, no.
But it’s already funded by private insurance all the time here in the States. I’m sure most company-funded private insurance carriers cover “infertility treatments”, which means that portions of what I pay into the system may go towards that. 😦
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I am sure some private insurance companies cover it but it isn’t the usual. Most plans will cover fertility testing and sometimes pharmacology treatment (fertility drugs) but not IVF. Here in Texas, there is a thriving business of doctors who send patients over-the-border for IVF since it is cheaper in Mexico and not covered by most insurance.
 
As a pro-life Catholic I would never agree with In Vitro Fertilisation as they do sometimes create too many embryos and destroy them. Even if all embryos were implanted I wouldn’t sanction it or consider it in my family as scientists have nevertheless experimented on embryos and destroyed embryos to develop the science. It also can lead to problems such as designer babies. I also think a scientific laboratory is an extremely cold and sterile environment to create a baby and such a baby is not created in an act of marital love in the same way as babies conceived in the womb.
 
My younger sister was concieved via IVF. My mom’s insurance did not cover it as it is an elective procedure. It was very expensive, but I wouldn’t give up my sister for any price. While I can’t personally decide if I think IVF is OK or not, I don’t want it to not be available as an option for couples who want to choose it. That being said doctors like the guy who got the Octomom pregnant should not be in practice, and there are a lot of ethical pitfalls involving IVF.

My mom’s doctor was extremely ethical about how he handled the situation, no more that two embryos were ever implanted, and no extra ones were made as “backup”. When my mom miscarried the first baby, they started over again from scratch. By the way my family is protestant, so the Catholic Church’s stand point on IVF was not part of the decision.

I think private insurance companies should be able to cover elective procedures (IVF, cosmetic surgery) if they want or not cover them if they don’t. Plans that cover elective stuff should probably cost more too, and as the consumer you can decide what type of plan you want. As for the couple in Canada, IVF and other elective procedures are extremely expensive, and often are not OK with several religons, things like that should have to be paid for with either private insurance or your own personal funds, not taxpayer money. Just my opinion.
 
In vitro fertilization? I don’t know. As some people pointed out it really isn’t a good idea. I would want to adopt rather than do that. Think of all the babies that are being born but don’t have loving homes to live in, but are stuck in a foster system that can be soooo much worse than the home environment they lived in (many kids who are up for adoption were abused, mistreated in other ways etc.)

Why not give out your heart and adopt? St Joseph did.

Yours in the Sacred and Immaculate Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
 
In CT the law requires insurance companies to cover the higher tech fertility treatments such as IVF for people under 40. I think most other states generally only cover the more basic methods.
 
This is another reason why the Catholic Church can’t get behind the Obama plan. We can’t cooperate in this evil.
 
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