| A | B |
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| Invitro fertilization | “test tube baby” - Church believes life should be conceived in the natural form of sexual intercourse between a married man and woman. |
| Surrogacy | woman is paid to carry a child for an infertile couple. Church believes that life is not being created in the natural way of sexual intercourse between a married man and woman |
| Stem cell research | Church supports the use of adult stem cells and not embryonic stem cells because in embryonic stem cell use a human life has to be killed to use the stem cells |
| Cloning | Church is against any type of cloning because it is an unnatural way to conceive |
| Abortion | Church believes it is wrong because only God is the taker of life, everyone has the right to live, Commandment states you shall not kill, life begins at the moment of conception |
| Suicide | Church is against because it is the taking of a human life. Church understands that a person is not thinking rationally when they make this choice |
| Euthanasia | An action or an omission which, of itself or by intention, causes the death of handicapped, sick, or dying persons—sometimes with an attempt to justify the act as a means of eliminating suffering |
| Active/direct euthanasia | an action that kills the person to stop suffering |
| Passive/indirect euthanasia | withdraw food, surgery or medicine to kill the person |
| Physician-assisted suicide | a doctor helps a person kill him/herself in order to escape suffering |
| Declaration on Procured Abortion | Life begins at the moment of conception |
| Declaration on Euthansia | Life is sacred, only God should take life |
