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The Catholic Church holds artificial reproduction to be wrong insofar as it
{ 1 } - separates the procreative from the unitive purpose of the marital act.
{ 2 } - is used by Catholics.
{ 3 } - is a good means to a bad end.
{ 4 } - does not involve a married couple as the donors of egg and sperm.
{ 5 } - uses technology.
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The Catholic Church holds artificial reproduction to be wrong insofar as it
{ 1 } - separates the procreative from the unitive purpose of the marital act.
{ 2 } - is used by Catholics.
{ 3 } - is a good means to a bad end.
{ 4 } - does not involve a married couple as the donors of egg and sperm.
{ 5 } - uses technology.
See p. 244.
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The Catholic Church holds artificial reproduction to be wrong insofar as it
{ 1 } - separates the procreative from the unitive purpose of the marital act.
{ 2 } - is used by Catholics.
{ 3 } - is a good means to a bad end.
{ 4 } - does not involve a married couple as the donors of egg and sperm.
{ 5 } - uses technology.
See p. 244. The Church's judgment is about the nature of the act, not who does it.
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The Catholic Church holds artificial reproduction to be wrong insofar as it
{ 1 } - separates the procreative from the unitive purpose of the marital act.
{ 2 } - is used by Catholics.
{ 3 } - is a good means to a bad end.
{ 4 } - does not involve a married couple as the donors of egg and sperm.
{ 5 } - uses technology.
The reverse is true: the end, procreation, is good; the means is bad, and it is not justifiable to use a bad means even to a good end. See p. 244.
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The Catholic Church holds artificial reproduction to be wrong insofar as it
{ 1 } - separates the procreative from the unitive purpose of the marital act.
{ 2 } - is used by Catholics.
{ 3 } - is a good means to a bad end.
{ 4 } - does not involve a married couple as the donors of egg and sperm.
{ 5 } - uses technology.
It is also required that the fertilization of egg by sperm not occur as the direct result of a technical process which substitutes for the marital act. See p. 244.
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The Catholic Church holds artificial reproduction to be wrong insofar as it
{ 1 } - separates the procreative from the unitive purpose of the marital act.
{ 2 } - is used by Catholics.
{ 3 } - is a good means to a bad end.
{ 4 } - does not involve a married couple as the donors of egg and sperm.
{ 5 } - uses technology.
The principle of steardship and creativity favors technology if it ecologically perfects the natural order.
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