An April 13, 2013, New York Times op-ed column, “When God Is Your Therapist,” by T.M. Luhrmann.

Paul D. Simmons is a clinical professor in the Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine and an adjunct professor in the department of philosophy at the University of Louisville. He has written extensively on religion (specifically Baptist) and health care. He is the author of Freedom of Conscience: a Baptist and Humanist Dialogue (2000).

Paul C. Vitz is a professor emeritus of psychology at New York University. He is the author of Faith of the Fatherless: The Psychology of Atheism.

David Fergusson is a professor of divinity at the University of Edinburgh. His is director of the Scottish Journal of Theology. His research focuses on the relationship between church and society, Christian doctrine, and Christian history, with an emphasis on the history of Catholic and Reformed theology.

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A scholarly treatment of the debate can be found in the book The Ethics of Embryo Adoption and the Catholic Tradition: Moral Arguments, Economic Reality and Social Analysis, co-edited by Sarah-Vaughan Brakman and Darlene Fozard Weaver.

And a Dec. 31, 2008, Catholic News Service feature looks at one committed Catholic couple who would like to adopt frozen embryos and were perplexed by the Vatican instruction.

Christianity Today, the flagship evangelical monthly, in July 2010 posted a forum on the issue featuring essays exploring different approaches to the question of frozen embryos. “Frozen Embryos: First, Help Couples” is by Ellen Painter Dollar, author of a new book about Christian perspectives on reproductive and genetic technology. “Christians need much better resources for ethical and […]