As abortion opposition rallies, some activists are taking aim at in vitro fertilization, frozen embryos
CHICAGO - Rosaries in hand, a small group of abortion opponents gathered outside a medical facility to pray for the unborn.
It was a familiar ritual held at an unconventional location: a fertility clinic.
An annual Bike for Life fundraiser culminated on a recent Saturday at the Naperville Fertility Center, a site where technology and science are typically heralded for enabling life where it was once deemed impossible.
Yet the crowd out front expressed concern for the fate of frozen embryos inside - particularly those that might be discarded, cryo-preserved indefinitely or donated for research - as a result of in vitro fertilization, considered the most effective form of assisted reproductive technology.
"When you do IVF, you create a life, but how many lives does it take?" said John Zabinski, founder of the bicycling event, which is organized by a local council of the Knights of Columbus. "When you get this life, what happens to the other babies?"
