“This decision shows the linguistic contortions that people need to do to justify these immoral acts,” said Paul Hanrahan, Executive Director of Family Life International Australia.
Normally with new biomedical technologies, a technique is rigorously tested on animals for years before it is applied to humans, but in the IVF industry it's a different story.
The bishops conclude that “every technical method which replaces the personal conjugal act fails to respect the dignity of the human person and of the unity of marriage and so this is not acceptable.”