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Sr. Renée Mirkes: An Open Letter to JD Vance About IVF – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Sr. Renée Mirkes: An Open Letter to JD Vance About IVF

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By Sister Renée Mirkes, Catholic World Report, Feb. 27, 2025

Sister Renée Mirkes, OSF, PhD a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, directs the Center for NaProEthics, the ethics division of the Saint Paul VI Institute, Omaha, NE. She received her masters degree in moral theology from the University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX (1988) and her doctorate in theological ethics from Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI (1995).

 

At this important convergence in political and medical history, I invite you to dialogue with experts who are witnesses to the power of the NaPro approach backed by fifty years of clinical research.

Dear Vice-President Vance:

Your statement—“I realize that there is a part of me—the best part of me—that takes its cue from Catholicism”—is music to my ears.

In fact, it cued me to introduce you to the women’s health science of NaProTechnology—exemplary reproductive medicine that—unlike IVF—is moral to its core.

Exemplary reproductive medicine. Natural Procreative Technology—a dynamic, universal women’s health science developed by Dr. Thomas W. Hilgers and his colleagues at the Saint Paul VI Institute1—has a distinct set of protocols that treat infertility.

These NaPro procedures have one principal goal in reference to infertile couples: to resolve the condition(s) causing their infertility so they’re better able to achieve a pregnancy within their natural acts of marital intercourse. …

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