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Southern Baptist Condemns IVF in Convention Resolution

By Brad Brooks, Reuters
Congregants take part in an annual “Freedom Sunday” service at the First Baptist evangelical Southern Baptist megachurch in Dallas, Texas, June 26, 2022. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber
Jun 13, 2024
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The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S., on Wednesday voted to condemn the use of in vitro fertilization, signaling the campaign by evangelicals against abortion is widening to include the popular fertility treatment.

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Congregants take part in an annual “Freedom Sunday” service at the First Baptist evangelical Southern Baptist megachurch in Dallas, Texas, June 26, 2022. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber