[NYer]

Advances in technology have now made it possible to procreate apart from sexual relations through the meeting in vitro of the germ-cells previously taken from the man and the woman. But what is technically possible is not for that very reason morally admissible. Rational reflection on the fundamental values of life and of human procreation is therefore indispensable for formulating a moral evaluation of such technological interventions on a human being from the first stages of his development.

DONUM VITAE Vatican document - Instruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation.

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[Capt. Tom]

(ANSA) - Vatican City, June 28 - The Vatican stepped up its fight against embryonic stem cell research on Wednesday, saying that scientists involved in such work would be excommunicated .

Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, head of the Vatican department dealing with family affairs, said in a magazine interview that "destroying human embryos is equivalent to an abortion... it's the same thing" .

There is a different set of rules for American politicians who vote for abortion measures, and support partial birth abortion. And who knowingly disregard the Church's teaching in those areas. They don't get excommunicated.- tom

[TheDon]

Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, head of the Vatican department dealing with family affairs, said in a magazine interview that "destroying human embryos is equivalent to an abortion... it's the same thing".

Agreed.

[Frank Sheed]

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[Dumb_Ox]

One cardinal's words in an interview do not make for an authoritative interpretation of canon law. Media misrepresentation.