IVF, Abortion Pills, & Abortifacients

Joe Tevington | 10/17/2025

As reported today by CatholicVote (https://catholicvote.org/trump-unveils-ivf-expansion-plan-sparking-criticism-and-ethical-concerns-among-pro-life-leaders/), the Trump administration is "expanding access to in vitro fertilization (IVF)." It also has approved an abortion drug. And only the most naive among us would not realize that countless abortions are happening through things we mislabel as "contraceptive."

Even among Catholics whom I know from pro life circles, there is tremendous ignorance about the absolute immorality of IVF, Abortion Pills, & Abortifacients. I suspect that this is also the case among the Catholic hierarchy and other clergy, as that would somewhat explain (while absolutely NOT justify) the silence from pulpits on the sanctity of human life. Cowardice does not justify silence in the face of evil!

And why do we possibly have diocesan life and marriage/family offices if they are not clearly in the vanguard on these topics ? These offices need to be constantly making the Truth known. These most recent developments should be discussed from all of our pulpits, this Sunday.

Joseph Tevington

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About the Author

Joe Tevington

Joe Tevington is a proudly orthodox Catholic, a husband since 1986, a dad to two adult children, a grandpa to two, and a civil service retiree. He is a sign language fluent certified rehabilitation counselor with graduate degrees in deafness rehabilitation, religious studies/moral theology, & Christian counseling psychology, as well as a catechetical diploma and certificates in benefits planning and Catholic social ministry. He deeply appreciates Catholic teaching on the sanctity of human life and the sanctity of the transmission of human life, as well as how they are to inform us in our apostolates and ministries.

On much lighter notes, he fancies himself to be the foremost authority on his native Brooklyn, when it comes to architecture, cinema, geography, history, Italian food, stick ball, stoop ball, or wiffle ball.