In 1989, the National Infertility and Family Building Association launched an initiative with the stated goal to “empower you and change the conversation around infertility. The annual campaign, now known as National Infertility Awareness Week, is aimed at educating the public, reducing the stigma of infertility, and removing barriers those with infertility face in their journey toward parenthood. But the glitch is that “removing barriers” is code for “access to IVF.” This should give Catholics pause, as the Church does not see it as a morally licit means of becoming a parent. We talk more about it with Leigh Snead.

Further Reading

Is there a Christian way to carry the cross of infertility?

Infertile but Fruitful: Finding Fulfillment When You Can’t Conceive

Guest Info

Leigh Fitzpatrick Snead is a writer, editor, speaker and mother of four. She is also a fellow for The Catholic Association and lives in Indiana with her husband and four sons.

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