The Big Business of Making Babies
Albert Mohler
Wednesday, February 01, 2006

The Brave New World we now experience is filled with a myriad of moral dilemmas--and none demands more urgent attention than those related to human reproduction and the massive technological advances that are related to human fertility and babies.

In one sense, these moral dilemmas directly affect only a small percentage of the American population. The vast majority of babies born in the United States are conceived through natural means--completely without the assistance of reproductive technologies. Nevertheless, a growing number of American couples find themselves facing difficulty conceiving and bearing a child. Furthermore, homosexual couples--both male and female--increasingly demand a "right" to have children, and these are joined by some unmarried individuals who have similar access to these technologies. the rest