John Grabowski, associate professor, moral theology, was quoted in a USA Today story on surrogacy, and one on how faith communities view fertility treatments.
... But those opposing surrogacy say "womb renting" isn't ethical.
The Catholic Church believes surrogacy "depersonalizes the woman who is carrying the child and depersonalizes the child she carries because the child becomes a bargaining chip," according to John Grabowski, director of moral theology and ethics at The Catholic University of America. ...
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... Many faith leaders cite beliefs about the purpose of sex, when life begins and the union of marriage, saying fertility options go against or blur the lines of morality. For example, the Catholic Church believes a child must be conceived during sex and condemns any practice of conceiving a child outside that physical union. John Grabowski, director of moral theology and ethics at the Catholic University of America, said that when reproductive technology is used, "children become products instead of gifts.” ...
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