Southern Baptist Convention’s opposition to IVF leaves some hurt and grappling with their options
Alicia Amos cried after she learned of the resolution issued by the Southern Baptist Convention on Wednesday opposing the use of in vitro fertilization as it is widely practiced, and thought of her 3-year-old daughter.
Her spirited toddler was conceived through IVF, making her among the roughly 2% of children now born annually as a result of the procedure.
Amos, 32, grew up Southern Baptist, and she still belongs to the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, attending a church with her…