Post by homeschooldad on Jan 8, 2024 18:38:14 GMT
www.nytimes.com/2024/01/08/world/europe/pope-francis-surrogacy-ban.html
Totally with him on this. One could say "yes, but it's in the Bible, Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar", but (a) they were under the old law, which may not have prohibited such a thing, it was common in those times, and (b) just because a practice is described in the Bible, doesn't make it right. People who want a child and cannot have one should just adopt. Children who are less-than-ideal (as "ideal" is perceived) needing adoption are legion.
I am assuming that a couple (or other arrangement) seeking out a surrogate wouldn't seek a blessing for themselves (and for the surrogate too, after all, she's part of the arrangement as well).
But if they did.... ?
Totally with him on this. One could say "yes, but it's in the Bible, Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar", but (a) they were under the old law, which may not have prohibited such a thing, it was common in those times, and (b) just because a practice is described in the Bible, doesn't make it right. People who want a child and cannot have one should just adopt. Children who are less-than-ideal (as "ideal" is perceived) needing adoption are legion.
I am assuming that a couple (or other arrangement) seeking out a surrogate wouldn't seek a blessing for themselves (and for the surrogate too, after all, she's part of the arrangement as well).
But if they did.... ?