text: You raise a valid question about the destruction of fertilized embryos at IVF clinics.. Murder? Actually, yes. Torture? A developing baby can feel pain from between 20 to 28 weeks, so at just several days of development, no pain, unlike many abortions. To the main point of why aren't Christians picketing IVF clinics, I think there are several issues going on. One is that most Christians aren't proactively involved in the pro-life movement (to their shame), and for those who are, they already have their hands full dealing with actual abortion clinics, Planned Parenthood, and the like. Secondarily, there is emotionally a much greater degree of separation in dealing with a fertilized egg sitting in a tube that is never going to develop beyond a handful of days unless it has the further human intervention of being implanted. Do you donate to any causes you feel strongly about? You're much more likely to donate locally than to the same cause in an unknown place far away. Human psychology.