Religion Speech IVF
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Religion Speech IVF Good morning/afternoon. The ethical issue I will be discussing is IVF, in relation to the Christian religions Catholic and Anglican. IVF is used in cases of infertility -where the woman's fallopian tubes are absent or blocked, the men's sperm count is low, or the couple's infertility is unexplained. It is an assisted reproductive technology in which one or more eggs are fertilized outside a female's body. To do this, eggs are collected from the ovaries and placed in a dish with a large number of sperm for approx. 18 hours. The eggs are then placed in a special growth medium which allows fertilization to occur. Afterwards the embryo is either transferred back into the woman's uterus or frozen and stored for later use. IVF has been a source of moral, ethical and religious controversy since its development. Although members of all religious groups can be found on both sides...

