Beyond The Abortion Debate: Embryo Personhood Moving Closer To The Political Center

(ANALYSIS) To be sure, embryo adoption occupies a small corner of U.S. fertility medicine. Few people choose to donate remaining embryos for procreative use. Nor is embryonic personhood a popular idea: Only 39% of Americans support laws declaring that human life begins at fertilization. A majority of white evangelical Protestants, Hispanic Protestants and Latter-day Saints support that view, yet majorities of these religious groups also oppose banning IVF.

Analysis, Health, News, North America, Politics, Religion, Science, Society, Women, women, Christianity, protestantsRisa CromerJuly 21, 2026Risa Cromer, analysis, religion, politics, embryos, abortion, personhood, news, health, science, women, Protestants, Christianity, recharge, Secondary featureComment

Most Americans Approve Of IVF, But Divided Over Embryo Destruction

U.S. adults support in vitro fertilization in general but are more divided about destroying embryos created in the process. The assisted reproductive technology procedure involves fertilizing an egg with sperm in a lab dish and then implanting the egg in a woman seeking to get pregnant. Around 2 percent of births each year in the U.S., or almost 100,000, involve IVF.

Health, News, North America, Politics, Religion, Science, Society, Women, womenAaron EarlsAugust 5, 2024Aaron Earls, embryos, IVF, abortion, women, religion, science, Secondary featureComment

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