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"Heterologous artificial fertilization violates the rights of the child; it deprives him of his filial relationship with his parental origins and can hinder the maturing of his personal identity. Furthermore, it offends the common vocation of the spouses who are called to fatherhood and motherhood: it objectively deprives conjugal fruitfulness of its unity and integrity; it brings about and manifests a rupture between genetic parenthood, gestational parenthood and responsibility for upbringing. Such damage to the personal relationships within the family has repercussions on civil society: what threatens the unity and stability of the family is a source of dissension, disorder and injustice in the whole of social life."
RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Given at Rome, from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, February 22, 1987, the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, the Apostle.
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger Prefect (now Pope Benedict XVI)
Alberto Bovone Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Numidia Secretary
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"Surely it is inconsistent to show foremost concern for the child at placement time, only to tell that same person yrs. later that he is but someone who will forever have to worry about the concerns of other more important people. Similarly it is incongruent to diminish the urgent concerns of a birthparent by rushing relinquishment, only to feign concern for her undisturbed well being 20 yrs. later. Do we really need protect her from her son? Must he be shielded from her? Is it not backwards to have sons and daughters protecting the feelings of their parents - birth or adoptive?
"In the name of mental health, which is consistent with freedom, understanding, and love we would like to keep that core of the model law that demolishes the stone-wall which has so frustrated adopted adults' search for identity. With that intact we can go on to refine the other details of the Act to our liking."