IVF

After watching the Dateline special on IVF and reading the US Catholic article, I have learned that there are many pros and cons to IVF.  However, I think the pros have the tendency to outweigh the cons.  One of the most obvious pros to IVF it that it results in a baby.  IVF versus adoption appeals to many couples who are unable to conceive by themselves because they have the chance to have a baby who is biologically theirs.  Meanwhile, some of the cons include in the incredibly high cost without a 100% gaurantee of a baby and the emotional roller coaster of trying and possibly failing to get pregnant multiple times.  Another con of IVF pertains mostly Catholics.  The Catholic Church is against the practice of IVF, because it believes that it is immoral for a couple to have a baby outside of sexual intercourse.  Personally, I think that the Catholic Church should be open to IVF.  If an infertile couple is committed to each other and to having a baby, then what is so bad about getting some professional help to have that baby who will be raised as a Catholic?  The financial cost of IVF is definitely something that many couples have to consider and is probably the reason many of them cannot use IVF.  I think there should be some program designed to financially help couples who are struggling to meet the cost, because IVF offers a couple the chance to start a family, and no loving couple should be denied that opportunity.