Obviously I think a woman should have and has the ability to make an informed decision. Obviously I'm against exploitation. And I believe the baby should not be removed from her at birth, should be with her as long as possible, ideally she should continue to be involved in the childs life, definitely for the first year. If it's two men, maybe longer, maybe that sounds homophobic but I don't think two men should be able to just use a woman to create a family, and the child needs their/a mother. I'm not saying gay men make bad parents, and I do think they should be able to adopt. Not sure about surrogacy though. And yes, totally against the creation of a market for buying and selling babies/renting wombs. And against the commodification of babies and women. But a woman with full knowledge, carrying a child for another who can't, simply out of altruistic reasons.. people here think that should be illegal?
According to my religion I'm supposed to be completely against surrogacy. I guess you are all better Catholics than me, I'm reading some of the same things here, actually some of you are much harsher than the CC, haha.
"The Catholic Catechism states that a child is a gift not a right, and that surrogacy is "gravely immoral" because a third party comes between the "one flesh" principle that unites husband and wife. In 1987, the Donum Vitae congregation issued a statement on surrogacy, echoing the views of the Catechism and adding that it violates the dignity of the child. A further statement in 2008 through the Dignitas Personae congregation reinforced the teaching that conception should only be a product of conjugal love."
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"...All technologies which are designed to aid the mechanisms God has given us for procreation are perfectly acceptable, according to the Church. Women and men can take drugs or have surgeries to improve their fertility or their sexual capabilities, for instance.
However, the Church wants to push back against our culture’s understanding that children can be created with technology and distributed via a market. Children are to come as a gift from God via a sexual relationship — instead of being procured as a product or thing. Any reproductive procedure that involves something other than aiding sex and pregnancy within the context of a married couple permanently committed to being the parents of this child together is something the Church insists misses the mark. This includes everything from creating a child in a laboratory to the use of another person as a surrogate to carry the child through pregnancy. The fact that some of us will not be able to be biological parents is a painful one, but the Church claims this is one of the hard truths that we must endure if we believe that children are gifts with their own inherent dignity — rather than things we have the right to purchase on the open market."
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"WATERLOO, Wisconsin, May 30, 2017 – Surrogacy is a "moral evil" that commidifies human beings and subverts the natural relationship between husband and wife, Bishop Robert Morlino of Madison, Wisconsin, explained to the faithful earlier this month.
Morlino, known for his vocations-attracting orthodoxy, said this in a talk at Holy Family parish on May 18.
Morlino has a doctorate in moral theology and is on the Board of Directors of the National Catholic Bioethics Center.
Pink & Blue Surrogacy and Fertility recently moved to Waterloo. The company, which a local media report explains "works with straight and same-sex couples and single people," charges $15,000 to coordinate a surrogate pregnancy.
"The entire process can range from $75,000-$125,000 from start to finish," Pink & Blue's website says. An "Abortion/Selective Reduction Fee" ranges from $500 to $3,500.
Although surrogacy may seem like "an act of charity" because it provides couples with children, it's not, Morlino said.
The creation of a new human being within marriage is a "safe space" for God, Morlino said. Surrogacy disrupts the "sacred circle" of marriage by inserting a third party into what should be between husband and wife. Similarly, in-vitro fertilization and artificial insemination aren't morally permissible, he said.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches, "Techniques that entail the dissociation of husband and wife, by the intrusion of a person other than the couple (donation of sperm or ovum, surrogate uterus), are gravely immoral. These techniques (heterologous artificial insemination and fertilization) infringe the child's right to be born of a father and mother known to him and bound to each other by marriage. They betray the spouses' 'right to become a father and a mother only through each other'" (CCC 2376).
"A child is not something owed to one," the Catechism continues (CCC 2378).
"2378 A child is not something owed to one, but is a gift. The "supreme gift of marriage" is a human person. A child may not be considered a piece of property, an idea to which an alleged "right to a child" would lead. In this area, only the child possesses genuine rights: the right "to be the fruit of the specific act of the conjugal love of his parents," and "the right to be respected as a person from the moment of his conception."
Morlino encouraged his flock to pray the rosary publicly and privately for the "conversion of hearts in Waterloo," the Madison Catholic Herald reported."
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