Christians can also refer to one of the Bible quotations 'Do unto others as you would have them do to you.' If touched by infertility, most people would want to have treatment to overcome the infertility. Therefore, you should not deny to others what you would want. These Christians say that it is often the most loving thing to allow infertile couples to use technology to conceive a child.
Other Christians believe that only God should have the right to choose who has babies. Sometimes God wants people to be childless. These Christians are concerned that conceiving children without sex is unnatural and against what God has intended. These Christians believe that using infertility treatments to conceive is 'playing God' - trying to do a job that only God should do.
The Roman Catholic Church does not believe that having a baby is a God-given right that we can demand. In 1990, the Church summarised its position clearly: "Life is God's gift and we do not have a right to children." So although, God wants to bless people with children, it is not something we can demand. Many Christians believe that the human life is sacred and this should be respected whenever decisions are made about the beginnings of new human life.“ The Roman Catholic Truth Society has said that, “The human embryo has the right to proper respect. ‘Test tube babies’ are real babies not simple embryos to be manipulated, frozen or left to die.... Human beings are not be treated as a means to an end"
The Catholic Church is very clear that life begins at the moment of conception. In 1974, the Pope wrote in the Document on Procured Abortion:- "From the time that the ovum is fertilised a new life is begun which is neither that of the father or the mother. It is the life of a new human being with its own growth. It would never become a human if it were not human already." The Church is therefore against any procedure which creates spare embryos that are later destroyed or experimented upon. “Do not kill”. Any created embryos should have human rights. To deliberately destroy or experiment upon an embryo in this way is very wrong. IVF however, is an acceptable practice if only the number of eggs are fertilised which are to be replaced in the mother. We cannot support creating spare embryos which are later destroyed. Life begins at conception and we must respect that as we develop new techniques of helping people like yourselves. Many Christians may also object to the use of eggs or sperm from anonymous donors, because they might think this is similar to adultery, “Do not commit adultery”.
Many Christians may also object to fertility treatment being made available for people who are not married as they believe stable family is extremely important for a child,
“For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.” However, many can object this statement, by saying that it does not create any difference for a child if his parents are married or not, if they are homosexuals or not, because the family is about the love, and they are all capable of showing this emotion.
Most Christians would put themselves between these two extremes. Each Christian would do something that is morally right for them, the will look at what is involved in the procedures and make the decisions, based on their beliefs.
