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Dr. Christopher Stroud in front of a wall of photos of babies that would not exist without his clinic. Credit: Photo courtesy of Dr. Christopher Stroud
By Kate Quiñones, CNA, May 4, 2025
Kate Quiñones is a staff writer for Catholic News Agency and a fellow of the College Fix. She has been published by the Wall Street Journal, the Denver Catholic Register, and CatholicVote, and she graduated from Hillsdale College. She lives in Colorado with her husband.
CNA Staff, May 4, 2025 / 07:00 am – Dr. Christopher Stroud was a Catholic OB-GYN who prescribed birth control and gave referrals for in vitro fertilization (IVF) until a priest admonished him in the sacrament of reconciliation. Now Stroud runs a life-affirming fertility clinic that uses Natural Procreative Technology — a treatment model that embraces life-affirming Catholic ethics.
“It changed my life,” Stroud said of the confession. “Probably for all eternity, it changed my life.”
Stroud said he still “get[s] emotional” just talking about the impact of the clinic. Couples send him photos of their babies — it has grown into a wall of photos now.
Since his change of heart in 2012, his practice has “just exploded.” The clinic has grown so popular that there’s a six-month wait period. …
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