frozen orphanages - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 02 Aug 2012 01:05:26 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg frozen orphanages - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Maltese bishops criticise IVF for frozen orphanages https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/08/03/maltese-bishops-criticise-ivf-for-frozen-orphanages/ Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:30:56 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=30906 By freezing superfluous embryos, the procedure of in vitro fertilisation is "creating new orphanages", the Catholic bishops of Malta have said in a pastoral letter. The letter says parents shirk their responsibility if they agree to the freezing of their children, and the future of embryos in the frozen orphanages is "very bleak". The freezing Read more

Maltese bishops criticise IVF for frozen orphanages... Read more]]> By freezing superfluous embryos, the procedure of in vitro fertilisation is "creating new orphanages", the Catholic bishops of Malta have said in a pastoral letter.

The letter says parents shirk their responsibility if they agree to the freezing of their children, and the future of embryos in the frozen orphanages is "very bleak".

The freezing or disposal of surplus embryos shows that IVF methods, "which at first glance seem to be at the service of life, are in fact actually a threat to human life", the bishops say.

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