{"id":318354,"date":"2024-09-10T12:57:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T17:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=318354"},"modified":"2024-09-09T23:09:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T04:09:44","slug":"gallup-poll-americans-confused-ivf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/gallup-poll-americans-confused-ivf\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallup poll shows Americans are confused about IVF"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A May Gallup poll<\/a> that asked (among other things) whether in-vitro fertilization (IVF) should be considered “morally acceptable” reveals a startling disconnect between what people perceive IVF to be and what it actually is.<\/p>\n

An overwhelming 82% of survey respondents said they believed IVF is “morally acceptable.” However, though eight out of ten people believe IVF is acceptable, only 49% said they believe it is morally acceptable to destroy IVF-derived embryos. This drop signifies that 33% of respondents don’t understand that, by its nature, IVF results in the destruction of embryos, and therefore, the ending of these innocent human lives.<\/p>\n

That disconnect was further demonstrated in questions regarding abortion: 37% of respondents said abortion is morally wrong, yet just 10% of respondents said the same about IVF.<\/p>\n

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How IVF works<\/strong><\/p>\n

IVF uses assisted reproductive technology (ART) methods to combine egg and sperm outside the body to create a new embryo, which is then implanted in the mother’s womb. Prior to this process, the woman takes injections to stimulate the production of several eggs, which are surgically removed from the woman. Typically, all of these eggs are paired with sperm, and 80% of the pairings result in the creation of embryos.<\/p>\n

“An embryo is<\/em> a human being,” emphasized Dr. Lauren Rubal in a recent Live Action video<\/a>. And that new human life is immediately in jeopardy, as doctors will then do one of three things: transfer it to the uterus, freeze and store it, or destroy it.<\/p>\n

“This is the fundamental ethical issue of IVF,” said Dr. Rubal: “the destruction or abandonment of human life.”<\/p>\n