[Mrs. Don-o]

"Under the moral aspect procreation is deprived of its proper perfection when it is not willed as the fruit of the conjugal act, that is to say, of the specific act of the spouses' union."

Grammatical problem here. It means that

• procreation (achieved)
• still lacks something essential ("its proper perfection")
• if it was deliberately not done through the spouses' union (not willed as the fruit of the conjugal act.)

  This is a critique of artificial reproduction. It does not refer to sex without procreation, but to procreation without sex. If procreation was deliberately accomplished outside of marital intercourse, it lacks something which is essential.

  I don't blame you on this one, armydoc. It's what happens when you have something written IIRC in French, then translated into Latin, and then re-translated into English.

[armydoc]

Grammatical problem here. It means that procreation (achieved) still lacks something essential ("its proper perfection") if it was deliberately not done through the spouses' union (not willed as the fruit of the conjugal act.)

OK, I see your "achieved procreation" point. But I don't see how this statement equates to "procreation without sex". The key phrase here is "willed as". The statement as written implies the existence of a conjugal act (sex), combined with a desire for some sort of outcome (either conception or lack of conception). If the CCC wanted to make the point you are claiming, why not leave the "willed as" out, leaving "Under the moral aspect procreation is deprived of its proper perfection when it is not the fruit of the conjugal act, that is to say, of the specific act of the spouses' union."