IVF or in vitro fertilization again faces heat as Roman Catholic bishops in Poland criticized it as an alternative for people who were infertile.

Polish statesmen got a letter from bishops just days ahead of a key parliamentary debate on the topic.

Notably used by authoritarian regimes of the past century, IVF was condemned by the bishops as the little sister of eugenics, a pseudo-science devoted to the so-called improvement the genetic characteristics of humans, in their letter addressed to the president, prime minister and members of parliament.

Regarding IVF this week in the lower house of the parliament several draft laws authorizing it are to be tabled. These laws would be anything from authorizing IVF that is reimbursed by the state to a total ban punishable by prison.

As of now the IVF is not subject to legal action.

Legislators were warned by bishops in a letter signed by the President of the Polish Episcopal Conference, Archbishop Jozef Michalik and Chairman of the Episcopate's expert group on bioethical issues, Archbishop Henryk Hoser that if IVF was authorized then it would be ‘incompatible with both objective scientific arguments about the beginning of the biological life of man and with the clear moral guidance of the Ten Commandments and the Gospel.’