When a Family Member Chooses IVF: What Catholics Can Do | Fr. Boquet

What should Catholics do when a family member chooses IVF? Can you attend an IVF baby shower? How do you love someone while upholding Church teaching on IVF, frozen embryos, and the dignity of every child?

In this episode, Fr. Shenan Boquet discusses one of the most emotionally difficult questions facing Catholic families today: how to navigate IVF within the family while remaining faithful to Catholic teaching.

Fr. Boquet explains:

• Why the Catholic Church teaches that IVF is immoral
• The dignity and value of children conceived through IVF
• Whether Catholics may attend IVF baby showers
• How to talk to loved ones considering IVF
• The ethical problems surrounding frozen embryos
• How to approach adult children or relatives who used IVF
• How to explain Church teaching to children conceived through IVF

This conversation explores the difference between loving the child and evaluating the moral choices involved in assisted reproductive technologies. Fr. Boquet offers practical pastoral advice for parents, grandparents, godparents, priests, and Catholic families seeking to uphold truth without damaging relationships.

If you or someone you love has been affected by infertility or IVF, this episode provides compassionate Catholic guidance rooted in the dignity of every human person.