[NYer]

The Roman Catholic Church warned some thirty years ago that in vitro procedures would turn the human person into a commodity. But even the Church never imagined that the conception of new life would be treated as a media spectacle.

"Finally, careful consideration should be given to the danger of this power passing into the hands of those public authorities who care little for the precepts of the moral law. Who will blame a government which in its attempt to resolve the problems affecting an entire country resorts to the same measures as are regarded as lawful by married people in the solution of a particular family difficulty? Who will prevent public authorities from favoring those contraceptive methods which they consider more effective? Should they regard this as necessary, they may even impose their use on everyone. 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

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[NYer]

Brave New World ping!

[TheSpottedOwl]

I read about this earlier. Just when you thought reality shows couldn't go lower.

[Smartass]

Thanks for the PING...

"The program will start with 1000 volunteers who will be selected by the woman on the basis of sex appeal, wealth, fitness and personality."

The media keeps going lower and lower in their trash bag to
attract viewers. Sad state of affairs!