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Southern Baptists pass resolution calling for strictures to curb IVF

At their annual meeting, Southern Baptists joined the recently renewed debate over in vitro fertilization, passing a resolution calling for restrictions on the practice. Some leaders went further, condemning the procedure as immoral.

The Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, June 12, 2024. (RNS Photo/AJ Mast)

Indianapolis (RNS) — Delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting passed a resolution Wednesday (June 12) calling for more government regulation of in vitro fertilization and urging the denomination’s members themselves pursuing IVF fertility treatments to limit the number of embryos created in the process.

But the delegates fell short of calling for a ban on IVF or opposing it outright — a stance abortion foes...

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