“By offering ‘free’ abortions or facilitating abortions, the government effectively asks pregnant women in difficult circumstances to end the life of their child as the only ‘solution’ to their socioeconomic difficulty in welcoming that child,” he explained.
“We strongly encourage Congress in the appropriations process to also counter the administration’s aggressive and overreaching moves,” Burbidge continued. “Actions such as turning veterans’ hospitals and neighborhood convenience stores into abortion providers are unconscionable and degrade the dignity of patients and communities.”
Burbidge also brought up concerns about in vitro fertilization (IVF). He noted that while the desire for a child is a good thing, the bishops “reject” IVF because it “commodifies human beings” and “creates hundreds of thousands or even millions of preborn children who will be lost … interminably frozen, or discarded and killed.”
While many Republicans and Democrats have voiced support for IVF, the Catholic Church takes a firm stance against it for numerous reasons including the destruction of human life that often results from it, the “domination” of technology over human life, and the rejection of the natural procreative act of husband and wife.
“We therefore support restorative reproductive medicine, which is often effective yet overlooked, to identify and treat the root causes of infertility,” Burbidge noted.
As an alternative to IVF, the Catholic Church supports fertility resources such as NaPro technology, which aims to address the underlying reasons for infertility and enable a couple to conceive a child naturally.
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