Catholic Ping - Please freepmail me if you want on/off this list
Posted on 10/05/2005 1:43:35 PM PDT by NYer
Catholic Ping - Please freepmail me if you want on/off this list
Biology is inconsequential, unless we are merely animals.
Sperm and egg donors ought have no right whatsoever and should be subject to jail if later they try to contact the children against parent's wishes.
Makes perfect sense.
Don't we have biblical examples like moses to look to to extrapolate how such situations should be viewed?
There is a natural curiosity on the part of most children to know "who they are". Not long ago, one of the MSM morning programs invited on a single parent and her teen daughter. The daughter was the product of donor insemination and wanted to "know" her father. Finally, the camera shot to a monitor on which was her biological father, his wife and their child. The girl learned that her large feet were from her dad. She was so happy to finally meet her father. In the course of their "live" conversation, she learned that she had 1000+ siblings.
That's just wrong.
That would be weird. What if you were to find out you ended up marrying one of your 1000 half-siblings? I mean, that's a LOT of people and you wouldn't really know unless you researched the other person.
exactly.
Biology is inconsequential, unless we are merely animals.
not quite - it'd be very good to include the genetci donor's medical history, as well as that of his/her family lineage. This is medically important for the child, but has no mopral weight, and confers no shade of a parental right on a third-party donor.
Sperm and egg donors ought have no right whatsoever and should be subject to jail if later they try to contact the children against parent's wishes.
agreed.
And they should not be asked for child support.
Why, yes, we do.
A few years ago two doctors told us that our daughter (now 13) would probably be sterile. Only God knows if this is true, but I would never deny my daughter motherhood. We've already talked to her about the possibility that she may never be able to bear children (trying to prepare her) and I've vowed to bear her child for if it's necessary. I pray that it won't be. (I'd hate for her to miss the joys of pregnancy, but if she can't bear her own children, at least she can raise them.)
I don't think that we've planning anything immoral or against God or nature. It's an act of love on my part and trust on her's.
eh?
Interesting post.
But, the replies are much more interesting . . .
Makes me want to pick a fight with everybody. :-)
You're joking, right?
An excellent point! What if?!
In 1968, Pope Paul VI issued his landmark encyclical letter Humanae Vitae (Latin, "Human Life"), which reemphasized the Church’s constant teaching that it is always intrinsically wrong to use artificial birth control—contraception—to prevent new human beings from coming into existence.
Few realize that up until 1930, all Protestant denominations agreed with the Catholic Church’s teaching condemning contraception as sinful. At its 1930 Lambeth Conference, the Anglican church, swayed by growing social pressure, announced that contraception would be allowed in some circumstances. Soon the Anglican church completely caved in, allowing contraception across the board. Since then, all other Protestant denominations have followed suit. Today, the Catholic Church alone proclaims the historic Christian position on contraception.
But what does this have to do with this particular article? Plenty! This Encyclical was almost prophetic in projecting the other implications arising from man's desire to control how, when, where, why and how he procreated. As Pope Paul VI notes,
It could well happen, therefore, that when people, either individually or in family or social life, experience the inherent difficulties of the divine law and are determined to avoid them, they may give into the hands of public authorities the power to intervene in the most personal and intimate responsibility of husband and wife.
HUMANAE VITAE
Modern science has enabled those who choose to follow its path, the 'opportunity' to reproduce on their own terms.
As an adoptee and an adoptive parent, let me assure you that just being a good parent is not enough. There is far more to our personal identification than simply being raised by "good parents". There is a natural, normal and inherent need to know who we are, how we came to be, why we are here and what we inherited. Last year my daughter set off in search of her biological parents, with my support and prayers. The encounter was not what she expected but, in the process, she was able to connect with her biological heritage and that meant a lot to her.
If you have never read Pope Paul VI's Encyclical, I have posted the link above. Read it to gain a better understanding of just why these 'modern day' technologies reduce current and future generations to nothing more than an experiment in human reproduction.
Very good point. And many moral theologians in retrospect believe that the Lambeth Conference was the beginning of the "culture of death", the decline of the family and Christian morality. Once you cross the line and say the creation of human life is not subject to the natural law of God, but to man's own desires, all human life loses it's inherent sanctity. It's just a continuum from contraception to sperm donorship to surrogate motherhood to abortion. The Catholic Church opposes all of these because they are against the intrinsic moral order natural to mankind, regardless of religion.
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