{"id":30979,"date":"2024-04-25T16:15:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T16:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/?p=30979"},"modified":"2024-04-25T18:52:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T18:52:43","slug":"experts-and-former-abortionist-warn-about-eugenic-ivf-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/experts-and-former-abortionist-warn-about-eugenic-ivf-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts and Former Abortionist Warn About ‘Eugenic’ IVF Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

According to Bruchalski, the IVF industry operates like the \u201cWild West,\u201d with little to no oversight.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

By Peter Pinedo\/CNA, originally published April 22, 2024, National Catholic Register<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A former abortionist and several pro-life ethicists are urging lawmakers to protect children and parents from the in vitro fertilization (IVF) industry, which they say operates on \u201ceugenic\u201d principles.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

IVF is a fertility treatment that works by inducing hyper-ovulation during a woman\u2019s cycle to harvest her eggs and then fuse them with sperm to conceive a child outside the womb. The Catholic Church is opposed to IVF<\/a> because it separates the marriage act from procreation and destroys embryonic human life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking at a panel discussion on IVF last week at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Dr. John Bruchalski, a former abortionist and IVF provider, said that \u201cIVF is embedded with eugenics\u201d and that anything \u201cnot perfect\u201d is either eliminated or used for scientific research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Bruchalski, the IVF industry operates like the \u201cWild West,\u201d with little to no oversight. The result is not only the destruction and abuse of millions of frozen human embryos but also risks to the children born of IVF as well as to the women involved in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUltimately, the way we do this is we actually experiment on our patients,\u201d Bruchalski said. \u201cSo, even without the embryos being created, I would say that it is something that still needs to be very cautioned over.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This comes as IVF has returned to the forefront of American politics in the wake of a controversial Alabama Supreme Court decision<\/a> that ruled children conceived through IVF should be protected under the state\u2019s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IVF Takes Center Stage<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Since the ruling, many politicians from both parties have rushed to defend IVF. Both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump<\/a> voiced their support for the IVF industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the 2024 State of the Union<\/a>, Biden called the Alabama ruling an \u201cassault on freedom\u201d made possible by the overturn of Roe v. Wade in 2022. He urged Congress to pass a national \u201cguarantee\u201d of the right to IVF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump, meanwhile, praised<\/a> the Alabama Legislature for quickly passing a law in response to the ruling that gave the IVF industry in the state blanket immunity from certain negligence and malpractice lawsuits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Republican Party should always be on the side of the miracle of life,\u201d Trump said, adding that \u201cIVF is an important part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IVF is Not Pro-Life, Ethicists Say<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

IVF researchers and experts at the Georgetown panel, however, contested the idea that IVF is pro-life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrew Kubick, a bioethicist with the National Catholic Bioethics Center and the Religious Freedom Institute, said that IVF operates on a \u201cvery dangerous eugenic note\u201d in which \u201conly the \u2018best\u2019 survive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat are some of the aspects of IVF? Well, after sperm-egg fusion, we have pre-implantation genetic testing. We\u2019re literally using arbitrary guidelines to select who is worthy of life,\u201d he said. \u201cFrom a country that has fallen into the sin of placing one group over another several times throughout history, we cannot fall into the trap of saying: \u2018Well, because of this disability, this individual is not worthy.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen we view the child as a product or commodity rather than a gift, when we put the domination of life and death in the hands of a technician,\u201d he continued, \u201cI don\u2019t think that\u2019s pro-life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the current push to expand IVF, Kubick told CNA that he believes the pro-life movement can use this as an educating moment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe different types of procedures they do to bring about the life of the child can have devastating effects,\u201d he said. \u201cAlabama has given us the opportunity to dig deep, to educate, to pray, and to hopefully change hearts and minds.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are Realistic Pro-Life Goals?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Emma Waters, another panelist and a senior research associate with the Heritage Foundation, told CNA that her advice to lawmakers is to \u201ctake a deep breath\u201d and \u201cnot let temporary political pressure result in a rash decision that will have long-term negative consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though she believes that Democrats will ultimately continue supporting the anti-life position, she said that several pro-life groups are currently strategizing on how to educate Republicans on the dangers of IVF. Right now, their goals are very limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think if we can keep Republicans from rashly putting forward legislation on this topic that\u2019s a win in and of itself,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Going forward, however, she said she thinks it is a realistic goal to get lawmakers to address the \u201cbloat\u201d in the IVF industry by limiting the number of embryos being created through IVF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOftentimes anywhere from 15 to 20 embryos are created in one cycle and yet only a couple, at most, actually result in the birth of a child and then parents are left with a really difficult decision where they have to decide what to do with the leftovers,\u201d she said. \u201cSo how can we practice IVF in a way that empowers parents so that they\u2019re not put in that position?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another realistic policy to pursue, Waters said, is to regulate the IVF industry by providing parents with legal recourse to sue fertility clinics for negligent or wrongful deaths of their children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt least half of the states already have a wrongful death law for children in the womb. So, we just need to extend that to children of in vitro fertilization,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s actually a very reasonable step, it doesn\u2019t penalize IVF, but it does ensure that fertility clinics provide the highest standard of medical care.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Pinedo is a DC Correspondent for CNA<\/a>. A graduate of Franciscan University, Peter previously worked for Texas Right to Life. He is a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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