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https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2024/01/08/pope-calls-for-global-ban-on-surrogacy_4bd7b0ca-4052-4fd1-8752-83133730e9ba.html

Pope Francis on Monday called for the practice of surrogate
motherhood to be banned worldwide.

"The path to peace demands respect for life, for every human
life, starting with that of the unborn child in its mother's
womb, which cannot be suppressed, nor become an object of
commodification," Francis said during a New Year audience
with the members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the
Holy See.

"I consider the practice of so-called surrogate motherhood,
which seriously damages the dignity of the woman and the
child, to be deplorable.

"It is based on the exploitation of a situation of material
need of the mother.

"A child is always a gift and never the object of a contract.

. . .

Clearly it CAN be a "contract" ...

Also ... he's down with lots of other kinds of weird stuff,
so much it's reported a lot of Church high-ups are trying
to figure out how to dump him.

Just wait until your baby comes from the end of a long
glass tube ... what's the HRCC take on that :-)

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