Wednesday, February 19, 2025

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

Part I (00:13 - 05:24)
“Because We Want More Babies” — President Trump Announces IVF Expansion, But the End Does Not Justify the Means

• President Donald J. Trump Expands Access to In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) by The White House

Part II (05:24 - 18:47)
The Moral Risk and Moral Wrong Behind IVF: The Problem of Abstracting Sex From Reproduction

• Trump signs executive order expanding access to IVF, says White House by The Guardian (Léonie Chao-Fong and Carter Sherman)
• On the Ethical Realities of Reproductive Technologies and the Dignity of the Human Embryo by The Southern Baptist Convention
• Why the Southern Baptists Said No to IVF by The Wall Street Journal (R. Albert Mohler, Jr. and Andrew Walker)

Part III (18:47 - 22:49)
Elon Musk, His Children, and IVF: A Media Claim About Musk’s 13th Child Raises Major Moral Questions

Part IV (22:49 - 26:06)
The Moral Revolution Goes After Shakespeare – New Playwrights Attempt to Overhaul Romeo and Juliet for a ‘Non-Binary’ World

• Elon Musk’s Babies Were Conceived Via IVF And Surrogacy - Is It The Future Of Reproduction? by Forbes (Alex Zhavoronkov)

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