Read an article about the “Octomom” case from the May-June 2009 issue of The Hastings Center Report.

Read a June 2, 2009, Religion News Service story about a doctor who hopes to create an “embryo bank.”

Read a Jan. 7, 2010, London Times story in which a North Carolina doctor says he expects the demand for “designer babies” to grow dramatically.

The New York Times in 2009 ran a series called “21st-Century Babies: A Painful Dilemma.” The final story ran Dec. 12, 2009, and was about problems surrounding surrogacy.

The New York Times in 2009 ran a series called “21st-Century Babies: A Painful Dilemma.” The second story in the series, about the hazards of fertility treatment, was published Oct. 11, 2009

The New York Times in 2009 ran a series called “21st-Century Babies: A Painful Dilemma.” The first story, on Oct. 10, 2009, discusses cost of the fertility industry.

In February 2009, the Religious Institute published an “Open Letter to Religious Leaders on Assisted Reproductive Technologies,” calling on the nation’s religious leaders to “engage the ethical considerations of assisted reproductive technologies and to become stronger counselors and advocates for the safety, effectiveness and accessibility of these technologies.”

The Religious Institute, a multifaith organization based in Westport, Conn., in September 2009 published “A Time to be Born: A Faith-Based Guide to Assisted Reproductive Technologies.” The guide is descibed as “the first multifaith resource to address the scientific and ethical complexities of reproductive technologies from a religious perspective.”

In November 2009, the Catholic bishops of the United States approved a document called “Life-Giving Love in an Age of Technology,” which explains the Catholic Church’s opposition to a range of infertility treatments and addresses certain developments in biotechnology in light of church teaching. Among other things, the document notes that while the church regards frozen embryos […]