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Southern Baptists pass resolution formally opposing IVF

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The Southern Baptist Convention voted Wednesday for a resolution opposing in vitro fertilization, lamenting that the creation of surplus frozen embryos often...

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  1. NPR

    Southern Baptists are meeting in Indianapolis and they have a full agenda (opens NPR)

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    The Southern Baptist Convention is meeting to affirm its ban on women clergy and to take a vote against the use of IVF in reproduction.

  2. CNN

    Alarmed by embryo destruction, Southern Baptists urge caution on IVF by couples and government (opens CNN)

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    Southern Baptist delegates Wednesday approved an IVF resolution lamenting that creating surplus frozen embryos can result in “destruction of embryonic human life.”

  3. Deseret News

    Major Christian group votes to oppose IVF, adding to debate over procedure's future (opens Deseret News)

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    What do Southern Baptists believe about IVF or in vitro fertilization? Who are Southern Baptists? What's happening at the Southern Baptist Convention?

  4. NBC News

    Southern Baptists formally oppose in vitro fertilization (opens NBC News)

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    The Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, came out against in vitro fertilization at its annual meeting Wednesday.

  5. Rolling Stone

    Southern Baptists Vote to Oppose IVF (opens Rolling Stone)

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    The annual Southern Baptist Convention voted in support of a resolution opposing the use of IVF in fertility treatments.

  6. Forbes

    Southern Baptists Oppose IVF In Convention Vote—Signaling Evangelical Shift Against Procedure (opens Forbes)

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    Southern Baptists narrowly shot down an effort earlier to prohibit women from serving as pastors.

  7. The Boston Globe

    Southern Baptists vote to condemn IVF (opens The Boston Globe)

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    Southern Baptists, the country’s largest Protestant denomination, voted Wednesday to oppose the use of in vitro fertilization. The vote was an indication that ordinary evangelicals are increasingly open to arguments that equate embryos with human life and that two years after the overturning of Roe …

  8. NBC 6 South Florida

    Southern Baptists pass resolution formally opposing IVF (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    The Southern Baptist Convention voted Wednesday for a resolution opposing in vitro fertilization, lamenting that the creation of surplus frozen embryos often...

  9. AL.com

    Why do Southern Baptists oppose IVF? 5 things to know (opens AL.com)

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    The resolution affirms that embryos are human beings from the moment of fertilization.

  10. The New Republic

    Southern Baptists’ Vote on IVF Is Terrifying Sign of What’s to Come (opens The New Republic)

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    The anti-IVF movement is not a fringe idea on the right anymore.

  11. Religion News

    Southern Baptists pass resolution calling for strictures to curb IVF (opens Religion News)

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    INDIANAPOLIS (RNS) — 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.

  12. CBS News

    Southern Baptists call for restrictions on IVF, a hot election year topic (opens CBS News)

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    The Southern Baptist Convention is calling for restrictions on IVF, as the hot-button topic of reproductive rights takes center stage ahead of the November elections​.

  13. Fox News

    Southern Baptist Convention formally passes resolution opposing IVF treatments (opens Fox News)

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    The Southern Baptist Convention passed a resolution in Wednesday that formally opposes the use of in vitro fertilization, citing the destruction of fertilized embryos as immoral.

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