The Pope Is Against Surrogacy?! Calls Parenting Choice 'Deplorable'!
perezhilton.comPope Francis has taken a drastic — and very controversial — stance against surrogacy! During a speech on Monday, the 87-year-old called for a global ban (!!!) on surrogacy, calling it a “deplorable” practice that “is based on the exploitation” of mothers’ material needs and is “a grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the child,” according to CNN and Reuters.
He also said that a child’s life should not be “suppressed or turned into an object of trafficking” and called on the world “to prohibit this practice universally,” per the Associated Press.
Whoa! This is a pretty shocking stance coming from the normally really progressive pontiff. If you didn’t know, surrogacy is actually already illegal in some countries, including Italy!
The Catholic Church has also long been against surrogacy and in vitro fertilization due to their disposal of embryos, per People.
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