IVF

After watching the Dateline documentary and reading the article pertaining to IVF, I understand why the Church is apprehensive on the Catholics taking part in IVF, but I believe that IVF is a valuable option for couples who cannot conceive a child on their own.  I think science has come along way with IVF and is a great opportunity for couples who truly want to have kids but are unable to.  I find it very sad to hear many couple have trouble conceiving on their own and I personally am glad that IVF is a an option.  Why should many couples suffer with the inability to not be able to conceive because of bodily problems?  Having children is a beautiful and important step for couples to take part in on bringing human life into the world.  IVF should be an option for all couples who are having problems conceiving.  Infertility is a factor that can possibly tear couples apart for something that is out of their hands.  IVF may be extremely expensive because of the amount of work scientists go through and the equipment they use is extremely technologically advanced, but to most couples it is worth it.  I think it is sad for some couples who are unable to conceive a child but are unable to pay for the lengthy costs of IVF.  I understand why the Church may not really like IVF because technically when a women's eggs and a man's sperm fertilize, it is considered human life, and many of the embryo's are frozen or turned to waste if not used.  I understand that the embryo's are considered human life and when frozen or destroyed, that is taking away a life.  But in that same process a beautiful life is born.  I understand why the Catholic Church does not like IVF, but it still if a Catholic couple wants to have children but are unable to on their own, they should be given the option of IVF without feeling guilty from the Church. I personally think IVF is a great opportunity for the many couples who cannot conceive on their own and I think it is an important step for science and has given thousands of couples healthy babies to grow as a family.

Marriage

I believe the domestic Church as well as the "home" church is continually evolving day by day.  I am very thankful and proud to say I have been raised by my parents in a household that teaches Church values and morals.  I learned the Church's ideals and values through the example held by my parents.  My family and I went to 7:45 mass every Sunday when I was growing up and went to a Catholic school most of my life where I was always in religion classes teaching the Word of God.  My parents have the highest respect for the Catholic Church and take their faith seriously, which has made a positive impact on my life.  I do hope and believe the Church is going to modify some of it's restrictions and practices, for example same-sex marriage.  Even though I was raised to believe marriage is between a man and woman, I do not see anything wrong with same-sex marriage.  I believe love is love and the Church should be accepting of all forms of love, because love brings peace into the world.  I hope the Church will stop seeing same-sex marriage as as sin, but as something beautiful what was in fact created by God.
Unfortunately, divorce has become more of a common occurance in marriage in today's society than it has in the past.  Unfortunately, divorce has become very common throughout the Church because people seem to not take marriage as seriously or marry for the wrong reasons, and divorce doesn't seem to have a huge effect on the Church like it did in the past.
I am very thankful to have been given the opportunity to grow up in a domestic Church environment and have parents who live the God's word and are prime examples of good Catholics, and many of the Church's values have made a huge and lasting impact on my life and morals as well.

Abortion: Why isn't this a national outrage?

I felt so disgusted and disappointed after reading the article about Dr. Gosnell, the abortion doctor from Philadelphia.  I already am a hard advocate against the dealth penalty, but when I read about a doctor who was killing babies over 24 weeks old was so horrifying.  How can a man look into the eyes of an innocent child that has so much potential in life and cut their spinal chord with a pair of scissors??? I do not understand how someone can commit such horrific and brutal and inhuman acts to such innocent human beings.  I am not a strong believer in the dealth penalty either, but this man should be on trial for the dealth penalty because he took away innocent lives with no second thoughts.  He was not even a completely certified licensed doctor either, so how was he getting away with such terrible acts so long? Being in such unclean conditions and performing such acts without the proper equipment is so disgusting, no wonder those women unfortunately carried on veneral diseases.  It is so sad how he discriminated the women there as well.  Even though the conditions were terrible either way, he treated Asians and African Americans more poorly then he would a white women walking into his office.  He already is commiting such terrible acts, why be racist on top of everything?
Abortion is such a unspoken topic among the nation because of people's strong views either for or against abortion that it was hard to break national news so it did not spark controversy.  Dr. Gosnell's office was located in a low-income area of Philadelphia, which may be one of the reason's why took awhile to break national news.  I believe the media was apprehensive on covering the trial because it is such a touchy-topic and to not have a biased opinion on the story coverage. 
In conclusion, this man should be on trial for is horrific and unspeakable acts toward such innocent lives and Dr. Gosnell is a poor excuse of a human being for commiting such acts of violence and cold murder and still being able to get a good nights sleep.  He is a terrible human being and his actions need to be accounted for and I am disappointed in our government system for not putting a stop to his actions quicker.