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Friday February 25, 2005
Croatia's Catholic Bishops Warn In Vitro Fertilization is “a Serious Crime”
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ZAGREB, February 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Bishops of Croatia have succeeded in putting off government legislation on medically assisted reproduction that would have permitted donation of human ova and embryos. In a highly effective brochure, the church leaders combined arguments from faith and reason to defeat the measure.
In a Feb 4 news conference on the brochure, the bishops explained that IVF is “a serious crime against conceived human lives and their dignity”. They explained in their brochure that scientific facts reveal that there is a massive loss of life associated with the procedures since for every child born through the procedure some 10-25 embryonic children are either killed or frozen indefinitely. The bishops noted that if 15,000 children were born through the procedure in Croatia, "then we should seriously think about the fate of 285,000 brothers and sisters who died, killed or frozen.”
The brochure titled "A child, a gift or an object?" also pointed to scientific research which has shown "that children conceived with techniques of medically assisted reproduction suffer from significantly more health problems, disorders and diseases."
Those supporting the legislation suggested that the claims regarding the massive loss of life with the procedures and the risks to IVF children were exaggerated. However, ample scientific evidence supports the bishops’ points.
The brochure also spoke of artificial procreation via artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization (IVF) as usurping the God-given method for the procreation of children – the conjugal act intended to be between a husband and wife. The bishops explained that artificial methods disturb “both the dignity and the sense of marriage.” The Vatican has pointed out that children have the right to be conceived in the loving union of a husband and wife.
* See LifeSiteNews.com coverage of the loss of life and medical risks of IVF:
http://www.lifesite.net/features/invitro/
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