Church policies on fertility treatments, including in vitro fertilization (IVF).
- Type
- Book
- Source
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints LDS
- Hearsay
- Direct
- Reference
“Policies and Moral Issues, Fertility Treatments” in General Handbook: Serving in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2021), 38.6.9
- Scribe/Publisher
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- People
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Audience
- General Public
- Transcription
Fertility Treatments
The pattern of a husband and wife providing bodies for God’s spirit children is divinely appointed (see 2.1.3). When needed, reproductive technology can assist a married woman and man in their righteous desire to have children. This technology includes artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization.
The Church discourages artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization using sperm from anyone but the husband or an egg from anyone but the wife. However, this is a personal matter that is ultimately left to the judgment and prayerful consideration of a lawfully married man and woman.
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