Guest guest Posted January 26, 2006 Report Posted January 26, 2006 As far as I understand, anything which separates conception from marital sexual intercourse is considered immoral. With this understanding, any kind of artificial insemination would be considered immoral. A child is considered the supreme gift of marriage, and is intended to be the fruit of the act of love between husband and wife, a sacramental union. Donum Vitae would be a good source for the details of this teaching. http://www.ewtn.com/library/CURIA/CDFHUMAN.HTM Pam in El Paso ART Church teachings To all: I’m in the process of putting together a pamphlet about the Church’s teachings on assisted reproductive technologies, and I have a couple questions I hope someone can answer! (These topics have probably been addressed before…) Is artificial insemination allowed if the semen is obtained and handled by licit means? The last I heard, ‘the jury was out’ (from a July 2004 publication) on GIFT and IUI with technologically prepared semen (“washed”, etc). They had been neither approved nor disapproved. Is this still true? Quote
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