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Should parents tell their children if they were conceived through IVF? If so, how?

Before considering the competing reasons, it is worth considering a complication that will likely arise for people who come to realize both that they were created through IVF and that IVF is gravely wrong. They will almost certainly wonder: “Should I never have existed? Did God not intend for me to be here?” This question applies not just to IVF but to every out-of-wedlock pregnancy — whether from rape, incest, adultery, or premarital sex…

Before considering the competing reasons, it is worth considering a complication that will likely arise for people who come to realize both that they were created through IVF and that IVF is gravely wrong. They will almost certainly wonder: “Should I never have existed? Did God not intend for me to be here?” This question applies not just to IVF but to every out-of-wedlock pregnancy — whether from rape, incest, adultery, or premarital sex…