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Q: We have been struggling for with infertility in our marriage for more than 10 years. I have tried several treatments, including NaProTechnology, in the last few years. However, my husband is convinced that in vitro fertilization is the answer, and our marriage is struggling much more than before; to put it mildly, we’re on the verge. Does the Church not compromise in this case? Broken marriage vs. IVF? Is annulment an option? \u2013 C.<\/p>\n

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Answered by Fr. Edward McIlmail, LC<\/em> A:\u00a0I\u2019m sorry to learn about your situation. Infertility can be a heavy cross for couples, no doubt. Their desire to share their love with children is admirable and a sign of good intentions. But in no case can IVF be justified. A basic moral principle holds that we cannot do evil in order to achieve a good end. Otherwise, anything would be justified. IVF is an intrinsically evil means, for various reasons. It usually involves the husband’s committing an act of self-abuse to produce sperm, and the IVF process is notorious for producing “spare embryos” (tiny human beings) who are later destroyed or left in limbo in a freezer. Statistics in the past indicated that at least five embryos were destroyed or left frozen for every one embryo that led to a birth. Also, IVF makes a child into a kind of product. Children have a right to be conceived through the marital embrace of their parents, not by the flick of a wrist of a lab technician. Moreover, children conceived in a lab can face terrible struggles later (see \u201cI Am an IVF Child \u2013 Do I Have a Soul?<\/a>\u201d). I realize that you are feeling pressure. But the dilemma you propose — either<\/em> you undergo IVF or<\/em> your marriage breaks up — is a false one. The real solution is for you and your husband to face your challenge together in a spirit of faith and with confidence in God\u2019s help. In practice this means having an intense prayer life and sacramental life, turning only to ethical medical care, and being open to other possibilities such as adoption. It would be good to seek out consultation as a couple with a solid Catholic counselor. And it is good to remember that children are a gift, not an entitlement. The Catechism in No. 2378 says: \u201cA child is not something owed to one, but is a gift. The \u2018supreme gift of marriage\u2019 is a human person. A child may not be considered a piece of property, an idea to which an alleged \u2018right to a child\u2019 would lead. In this area, only the child possesses genuine rights: the right \u2018to be the fruit of the specific act of the conjugal love of his parents,\u2019 and \u2018the right to be respected as a person from the moment of his conception.\u2019\u201d Perhaps you and your husband are called to accept children into the loving embrace of your home in an unexpected way. In any case, infertility, per se, is not grounds for an annulment. It might help to pray to St. Gianna Beretta Molla, a patroness of those struggling with infertility. Count on my prayers. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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He was an assistant publisher of the National Catholic Register and Faith & Family magazine and an editor of the Zenit news agency\u2019s English edition. He has written for\u00a0SpiritualDirection.com\u00a0and\u00a0ePriest. Fr. McIlmail also worked in spiritual retreats in the Northeast, New England, the Midwest, and the South\u00a0and assisted with mission work in Mexico. Born in Philadelphia, he worked in journalism and was active in the pro-life movement before entering the novitiate of the Legion of Christ in 1992. 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