To use picture clues, a
media clip and quotes to
understand the
different Christian
attitudes to infertility
treatments.
Grade C
All will be able to select
Christian arguments both for
and against fertility
treatments and sort Biblical
quotes relating to this issue.
Grade B
Most will be able to explain how
some Christian couple may
respond to not being able to
have children and the meaning
of Biblical quotes relating to
infertility.
Grade A/A*
Some will be able to give an
opinion on Christian attitudes
to infertility treatments.
Look carefully at the
title of this book...
Why do you think some
Christians are
ashamed that they
cannot naturally have
children?
“....be fruitful and multiply
and fill the earth...”
So many Christians
believe it is their
religious duty to
start a family. For
many the sole
purpose of sex is to
reproduce and fulfil
God’s
commandment.
Christians who find
themselves unable to have
children often feel ashamed
What did
and disappointed
as God
they are
unable
to fulfil
this
command
human
commandment.
beings to do?
Why might this
cause problems for
infertile
Christians?
Imagine Monica and
Chandler are a
Christian couple who
have just received
this news...
Explain how they may
respond and why.
What might they do
next and why?
Use these picture clues to help you 
So Christian couples may
respond in a variety of
ways...
- Some may accept that it is
God’s choice for them not to
have children – it is part of His
plan.
- Some may find other ways to
direct their parental skills,
such as school, charity work and
church work.
- Some may choose to adopt,
giving unwanted and orphaned
children a loving home
- Some may choose to conceive a
child through fertility
treatment.
This last response
relating to fertility
treatments causes
conflict amongst
Christians – Some
AGREE with them
while others believe
they are WRONG and
completely
DISAGREE!
Grade B
Most will be able
to explain how
some Christian
couples may
respond to not
being able to
have children.
Christian responses to infertility treatments
fall into 3 categories....
Very few Christians
would say that people
should NOT have
ANY form of
infertility treatment.
WHY?
Some Christians accept
the use of medicine and
surgery. They do not
accept assisted
fertility.
Some Christians
accept any sort
of infertility
treatment.
WHY?
What do YOU think?
WHY?
Can you give a reason WHY for each of these views ?
Think about what you have learnt already and what you know about
Christians and their beliefs.
Write a response for each (in turn) on your mini whiteboards.
Sort the arguments in the middle of your sheet into
the correct column.
AGAINST – Assisted reproduction
treatment is not acceptable (only medicine
and surgery is acceptable).
FOR – Most fertility treatments
are acceptable.
Attitude of the Roman Catholic Church...
Attitude of the Church of England...
What type of fertility
treatment would each allow?
Use your sheet from last lesson
to help you.
Grade C
All will be able to
select Christian
arguments both
for and against
fertility
treatments
Can
you the
give a
Read
reason WHY you
Biblical
quotes
have categorised
you have
them
eitherbeen
FOR
given.
or AGAINST?
Decide if they
are FOR or
AGAINST the
use of infertility
treatments.
Even though some Christians agree with some fertility
treatments for many it would still depend upon the
situation of the couple as to whether they believed it
to be RIGHT.
How do you think a Christian would respond
to the following?...
1. A same-sex couple wanting to use
fertility treatments to start a family.
2. A married couple wanting to use fertility
treatments to have more children.
3. An unmarried couple wanting to use
fertility treatments to start a family.
RIGHT or WRONG?
“Techniques which call
someone other than the
husband and wife to be
involved in the making of a
child is very wrong.
Techniques which separate
sex from the making of a
baby are unacceptable”
(The Catholic Church)
Swap with a partner and mark each others work in GREEN
Do youPEN
agree?
TheIs
type
question for
(a,b,c,d)
and the marks
for each
question
it of
WRONG
Christians
to seek
medical
(2,4,8,6) are if
in brackets
the side.
treatment
they areat infertile?
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Grade A/A*
Some will be able
to give an
opinion on
Christian
attitudes to
infertility
treatments.
One thing I have learnt
today is...
One thing that has
surprised me this lesson
is...
One thing I would like to
know more about is...