The Francis Effect podcast: IVF fallout; attack on Annunciation House; interview with Kathleen Dorsey Bellow

A medical lab technologist operates an embryo vitrification during an intra cytoplasmic sperm injection process at a laboratory in Paris on Sept. 13, 2019. The Alabama Supreme Court recently ruled that frozen embryos qualify as children under state law.

A medical lab technologist operates an embryo vitrification during an intra cytoplasmic sperm injection process at a laboratory in Paris on Sept. 13, 2019. The Alabama Supreme Court recently ruled that frozen embryos qualify as children under state law. (OSV News/Reuters/Christian Hartmann) 

NCR senior correspondent Heidi Schlumpf joins "The Francis Effect" podcast co-hosts Franciscan Fr. Daniel Horan (NCR columnist) and David Dault, executive producer and host of "Things Not Seen: Conversations About Culture and Faith." Heidi, Father. Daniel and David look at recent court rulings that have resulted in confusing and sometimes disastrous consequences for parents undergoing in vitro fertilization treatments. Next they look at Texas attorney general Ken Paxton's recent accusations against Annunciation House, a ministry serving migrants, and Heidi interviews Kathleen Dorsey Bellow, director of the Institute for Black Catholic Studies in New Orleans. 

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