Restricting IVF
LifeSiteNews.com reports on the Maltese Bishops call for a law restricting IVF:
The three bishops of the tiny Catholic island state of Malta have called for the creation of a law on artificial reproduction that would rule out procedures such as in vitro fertilization that “go against human beings and against the family.”Malta is 98% Catholic and the number of Maltese who attend Mass weekly is one of the highest among all Catholic countries at 67%. Divorce is illegal in Malta and a recent poll showed that 95.7% of Maltese oppose abortion.
The bishops of Malta, Archbishop Joseph Mercieca of Valletta, Gozo Bishop Nikol Cauchi and Auxiliary Bishop Annetto Depasquale, have written in a letter to Maltese legislators, “One of the main ethical problems with this technology is the large number of embryos which, after being fertilised artificially, are destined to die.”“Embryos which are formed through assisted reproduction but are not utilised have also been used for research and have become subject to manipulation,” the bishops said.
In vitro fertilization - a fact sheet
Public hospital has a duty to provide IVF - Fr Peter Serracino Inglott
posted by Robert Micallef at 2/09/2005 04:10:00 PM
How embarrassing. There are free thinkers in Malta and there are liberals. There is also a silent majority of people in favour of the introduction of divorce. The question of abortion is based more on ignorance and religious fundamentalism than anything else, but that doesn't mean that scores of Maltese women don't fly over to places like Italy and London to have their abortions, especially if they happen to be the daughters of the well-to-do! The rest get rid of their unwanted babies by depositing them into cold and dreary institutions run by frustrated nuns......
They'll be banning blood transfusions and advocating the use of leeches next ...
Maybe they also want to restart the Inquisition!
I think it is good that as a country that stands for Catholic values, Malta is prepared to be different from the rest of the world
Malta standing for standing for Catholic values?! Who is this creep? Malta stands only for one thing: religious and political hypocrisy.
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