Vatican blasts gender-affirming surgery, surrogacy and gender theory as violations of human dignity

Apr 8, 2024 by

By Nichole Winfield, A P News. VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Monday declared gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy as grave violations of human dignity, putting them on par with abortion and euthanasia as practices that reject God’s...

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Miriam Cates is right about surrogacy

Feb 3, 2024 by

by Helen Gibson, Artillery Row: It is a fundamentally dishonest and exploitative practice. Much ado in Westminster this week, following the revelation by Miriam Cates MP, in a wide ranging interview in The House Magazine, that, like Pope...

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On the issue of surrogacy, it’s the Pope’s critics who are archaic and uninformed

Jan 16, 2024 by

by Michael Cook, Mercator: Fireworks erupted last week after Pope Francis demanded a global ban on the practice of surrogacy. He described it as “deplorable” and “a grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the child”. “A child is...

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Where is the media scrutiny of surrogacy?

Jan 11, 2024 by

by Helen Gibson, Artillery Row: The Pope is concerned but journalists seem indifferent. What do The Times’ Head of Investigations, ITV’s UK Editor and the BBC’s Rome Correspondent have in common? They have all had children with surrogate...

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Society cannot ignore surrogacy

Dec 15, 2023 by

by Helen Gibson, Artillery Row: Exploitation and dehumanisation are being normalised to a disturbing degree. When I talk to people about surrogacy, I am usually met with a rather blank expression. “Oh, I’ve never really thought about...

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A child of a surrogate mother, now a fighter against the industry

Dec 1, 2023 by

by Lennart Nijenhuis, Mercator: Olivia Maurel always knew something was “off” about her birth. The secretive behaviour of her mother made it clear to her: the woman who raised her did not give birth to her. “There were no pictures of my...

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