OBJECTIVE…

To use picture clues, a media clip and quotes

to understand the different Christian

attitudes to infertility treatments.

Grade CAll will be able to select Christian

arguments both for and against fertility treatments and sort Biblical quotes relating to

this issue.

Grade BMost 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.

Your GOALS for the end of

this lesson are…

OUTCOMES…

STARTER…Look carefully at the

title of this book...

Why do you think some Christians are ashamed that they

cannot naturally have children?

Think Pair Share

“....be fruitful and multiply and fill the

earth...”

What did God command human

beings to do?

Why might this cause problems

for infertile Christians?

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 and

disappointed as they are unable to fulfil this commandment.

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?

CHRISTIAN RESPONSES...

CHRISTIAN RESPONSES... 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!

CHRISTIAN RESPONSES...

Grade BMost will be

able to explain how some Christian

couples may respond to not being able to have children.

Did you achieveYOUR goals?…

OUTCOMES…

Christian responses to infertility treatments fall into 3 categories....

CHRISTIAN RESPONSES...

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? WHY?

What do YOU think? 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.

CHRISTIAN ATTITUDES TO FERTILITY TREATMENTS…

FOR – Most fertility treatments are acceptable.

Attitude of the Roman Catholic Church...

Attitude of the Church of England...

Sort the arguments in the middle of your sheet into the correct column.

What type of fertility treatment would each

allow?Use your sheet from last

lesson to help you.

AGAINST – Assisted reproduction treatment is not acceptable (only

medicine and surgery is acceptable).

Grade CAll will be able

to select Christian

arguments both for and

against fertility

treatments

Did you achieveYOUR goals?…

OUTCOMES…

CHRISTIAN ATTITUDES TO FERTILITY TREATMENTS…

Read the Biblical

quotes you have been

given.

Decide if they are FOR or

AGAINST the use of infertility

treatments.

Can you give a reason WHY

you have categorised them either

FOR or AGAINST?

WHAT IF...?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?

Do you agree?Is it WRONG for Christians to seek

medical treatment if they are infertile?Complete Page 71 of your revision

workbook.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?…“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 PEN

The type of question (a,b,c,d) and the marks for each question (2,4,8,6) are in brackets at the side.

Please comment – giving a POSITIVE and a TARGET

Grade A/A*Some will be able to give

an opinion on Christian

attitudes to infertility

treatments.

Did you achieveYOUR goals?…

OUTCOMES…

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...

Plenary...