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Many people treat IVF, abortion, eugenics, and transhumanism as separate moral debates. IVF is often presented as a compassionate response to infertility. Abortion is discussed in terms of autonomy or rights. Eugenics belongs, we are told, to a dark chapter of the twentieth century. Transhumanism sounds like futuristic speculation about enhancement, artificial wombs, or redesigning the human species.
But these are not separate moral worlds. They are connected. They arise from a common way of imagining the human person, freedom, the body, technology, and even the meaning of generation itself. At the center of all of them lies one question: Is human life a gift to be received, or a project to be managed?
From Gift to Product: The Logic of IVF, Abortion, Eugenics, and Transhumanism - Catholic Exchange
The child is not a product but a gift received. Despite their promises, IVF, abortion, eugenics, and transhumanism all conspire to dissolve this truth.