Bioethics experts believe that the government should legislate to regulate IVF.

It is being suggested that in order to discuss the legislation in full the government needs to invite the opinion of a professional body, stakeholders, the Cabinet and even the Church. Why should the Church get involved in this legislation when government experts and others have already agreed not to abide by the teachings of the Donum Vitae and the recently published document Dignitas Personae?

Perhaps Fr Peter Serracino Inglott would be kind enough to provide readers with the source and context of Pope Benedict's alleged statement expressed in the The Sunday Times article dated December 28: "that a country's legislation need not be in conformity with moral principles."

IVF is a costly business, with no guarantee of a good result. I have already written about an alternative, which is not invasive at all, very much cheaper than IVF, which has an overall success of about 60 per cent, and complies with the Church's teachings. This is Napro Technology.

Why does the government want to introduce the extremely costly and invasive procedure of IVF, when Napro Technology is quite simple to introduce, and much less expensive?