The Southern Baptist Convention is calling for restrictions on IVF, as the hot-button topic of reproductive rights takes center stage ahead of the November elections.
The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, called Wednesday for restrictions on in-vitro fertilization, as the hot-button topic of reproductive rights takes center stage ahead of the November elections. Delegates at the Southern Baptists ' annual convention adopted a resolution criticizing IVF due to the fact that the procedure often results in unused embryos being destroyed.
' With a network of tens of thousands of churches, the Southern Baptist Convention has around 13 million members, mainly in the South. According to the Pew Research Center, there were around 141 million Protestants in the U.S. in 2019. The Southern Baptists' resolution comes as Democrats seek to make reproductive rights a key campaign issue ahead of elections on November 5.
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