Fertility Difficulties - Other Resources

Articles

• One Couple’s Story

• Embracing the Cross of Infertility: An Interview with Marie & Joseph Meaney

• The Apostolate of Hannah's Tears

• Infertility Treatments, in Accord With Church Teaching

• “Begotten Not Made: A Catholic View of Reproductive Technology,” by John M. Hass, Ph.D., S.T.L.

• Babies Deserve Better - What You Need to Know If You're Struggling with Infertility

• Reproductive Technology (Evaluation & Treatment of Infertility) Guidelines (PDF)

• Can fertility awareness (NFP) help some couples to conceive?

• Fact Sheet -- In Vitro Fertilization: The Human Cost

• Assisted Reproductive Technologies are Anti-Woman, by Marie Anderson, M.D., FACOG and John Bruchalski, M.D., 2004

• Addressing Infertility with Compassion and Clarity, by Rev. J. Daniel Mindling, OFM Cap., 2009
  (en Español)

• Assisted Reproductive Technology and the Family, by Helen Alvaré, 2007(en Español)

• USCCB Pro-Life Secretariat “Issues” page on IVF/Reproductive Technology

• “In Vitro Fertilization: Ethical Implications & Alternatives, A Pastoral Letter,” by Archbishop Sean P. O’Malley, OFM Cap.

Related Church Teaching

• Dignitas Personae and Related Information, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, December 12, 2008 (en Español) (To Order English) (Hacer un pedido)

• Donum Vitae: Instruction on Respect for Human Life, Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, February 22, 1987 (en Español)(To Order English)

• Humanae Vitae:  On the Regulation of Birth, Pope Paul VI, July 25, 1968
  (en Español) (To Order)

• Married Love and the Gift of Life, USCCB, November 14, 2006  (To OrderEnglish) (Hacer un pedido)

• “The Dignity of Human Procreation and Reproduction Technologies: Anthropological and Ethical Aspects,” by the Pontifical Academy for Life