Begotten, Not Made: The Vatican Doesn’t Want IVF Babies

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The logic of the Catholic Church rules out many techniques used to help infertile couples.

Published Oct. 11 2015 12:01AM EDT

articles/2015/10/11/begotten-not-made-the-vatican-doesn-t-want-ivf-babies/151009-nadeau-church-tease_xvstqp — James Lawler Duggan/Reuters

VATICAN CITY — Patricia, 41, and David, 43, are a devout Catholic Canadian couple who cannot conceive because of David’s azoospermia, which is the absence of sperm in the ejaculate.

Barbie Latza Nadeau

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Begotten, Not Made: The Vatican Doesn’t Want IVF Babies

The logic of the Catholic Church rules out many techniques used to help infertile couples.

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Barbie Latza Nadeau