Hi dianetavegia,
That's a great question.
The short answer: No. Not "any" medical assistance.
I'm not against doctors or medicine. So if a couple wasn't getting pregnant and they thought there might be an anatomical problem, they could get it checked out.
My wife's sister and her husband were in this position. They started the process of finding out what might be wrong, then decided not to.
If it is a problem with a blocked tube, etc., and medical intervention can fix the problem, that's up to them. I don't think that they would be sinning to fix the problem. You might argue that their attempt to fix the problem is in line with the overall view that God desires to bless couples with children. In other words, it could be seen as a "prolife" view.
What I have a problem with is the use of "fertility drugs."
I can't remember the names or exact details of the Iowa couple anymore, but she used fertility drugs, put her life at risk, the lives of the babies at risk, and then said she was trusting God. She created a huge and unnecessary risk for herself by taking fertility drugs and then threw it into the lap of God.
They were paraded around the Christian circuit as "heroic" followers of Christ when they were the ones that created their own problem!
Fertility drugs often cause multiple conceptions that usually require the selective abortion of some of the embriyos. I don't think we should adopt a practice that might create the scenario where we need to abort some embriyos to safe the life of the mother. When the Iowa couple did this, they were playing with fire, and only God's mercy and grace spared them a horrific tragedy.
That's a great question.
The short answer: No. Not "any" medical assistance.
I'm not against doctors or medicine. So if a couple wasn't getting pregnant and they thought there might be an anatomical problem, they could get it checked out.
My wife's sister and her husband were in this position. They started the process of finding out what might be wrong, then decided not to.
If it is a problem with a blocked tube, etc., and medical intervention can fix the problem, that's up to them. I don't think that they would be sinning to fix the problem. You might argue that their attempt to fix the problem is in line with the overall view that God desires to bless couples with children. In other words, it could be seen as a "prolife" view.
What I have a problem with is the use of "fertility drugs."
I can't remember the names or exact details of the Iowa couple anymore, but she used fertility drugs, put her life at risk, the lives of the babies at risk, and then said she was trusting God. She created a huge and unnecessary risk for herself by taking fertility drugs and then threw it into the lap of God.
They were paraded around the Christian circuit as "heroic" followers of Christ when they were the ones that created their own problem!
Fertility drugs often cause multiple conceptions that usually require the selective abortion of some of the embriyos. I don't think we should adopt a practice that might create the scenario where we need to abort some embriyos to safe the life of the mother. When the Iowa couple did this, they were playing with fire, and only God's mercy and grace spared them a horrific tragedy.