Southern Baptists Vote To Formally Oppose IVF

The Washington Post reports:

Southern Baptists, the country’s largest Protestant denomination, voted on 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 v. Wade, “fetal personhood” may be the next front for the anti-abortion movement.

More than 10,000 delegates, called “messengers,” have gathered in Indianapolis for the denomination’s annual meeting, which is closely watched as a barometer of evangelical sentiment on a variety of cultural and political issues. The vote on Wednesday was the first time that attendees at the Southern Baptist meeting have addressed the ethics of in vitro fertilization directly. In 2021, the group passed a resolution declaring “unequivocally that abortion is murder.”

Read the full article. Photo: Pastor Clint Pressley, who was elected president of the Southern Baptists earlier today.

One of the greatest scientific breakthroughs of our time and the right wants to shut the door on it because they don’t understand science… https://t.co/Bf3Ew9ylHs

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