I have a friend who’s parents used artificial insemination to have him and his twin. Of course there was no third party involved. The church beleives this is morally wrong, but is this person still not a gift from God? If him and his parents wanted to region the Catholic Church ( they were baptised Catholic) exactly what would have to be done? I mean he is definitely still a person, but what is the Church opinion on that?
Thanks you, and I hope you guys can help me.
This is a two part question, so I’ll answer about the
"children" first.
The child is still a gift of God. The Child has no sin, (other than orginal sin that we all have when we are born.) These Twins can still be Baptized in the Catholic Church. They have nothing to be sorry for, as far as their conception or birth. They did nothing wrong. How would they (the children) be treated? With open arms and the love of the Catholic Church. So they are free to stay within the Catholic Church.
Now about the Parents.
I understand how explaining this part may seem a bit hard to understand, however bear with me as I stumble to try to make sense out of it.
First God is against masterbation. Masterbation is a “sin” in Gods eyes. To be able to do artifical insemination a man must first masterbate to “collect” his sperm. The masterbation is the first part of the sin. A man should always “climax” inside his wife, so that his seed doesn’t spill on the ground. Thus since this man did indeed “Masterbate” to collect his seed he was not emptying himself inside his wife.
The next part. The semen of the husband was then “placed” into the wife, by an doctor. This is then a “sin” because it didn’t happen between the husband and wife in the natural act of love making. Lovemaking being a gift from God where two people join together becomming one flesh, in a physcial act of love. Thus open to life (possible pregency) during this act.
Now according to the Catholic Chuch the couple needs to go to confession, to confess, the “acts” or “steps” of what they did out of the bedroom, per say. Not to confess the Pregency it’s self, but the “Acts” of how it came about. Hopefully this makes some sense of explaining it.
I have noticed that a lot of people over time have asked this same “type” of question. People, because we are “human and full of emotion” tend to “think” the Church sees the “Child” as a Sin to go to Confession for…and of course what Mother or Father can see their dear sweet child a sin? And who wants to confess that having that wonderful sweet child as a sin. When the child is not a sin.
The act of Masterbation is the sin. God says to Masterbate is a sin. Then for someone to handle the “spilled seed” outside of the Marriage Sex act and to place it into the Mother, is the other part of the sin. The child/children who result from these two acts are Not a sin. It is only the
Acts themselves **prior **to the child/children being concieved that is the sin.
So you see, the child/children are innocent and there is no sin for them, because of the way they were concieved.
To put it another way, the parents didn’t have enough faith that God would bless them with children, so they took matters in their own hands, so to speak. (now I grant you, most likely Doctors told them they’d never have children any other way.) but that’s not the question your asking. You are asking how the Church views this. So that is why I have tried to explain my answer.
I hope my attempt in answering this and breaking it down helps.
I know there must be several Catholic Couples who have gone this route in order to have children, otherwise these “types” of questions wouldn’t come up. People often tend to think in their human emotions, love for their children, that to go to cofession to confess this is like saying they are sorry for their children. This is Not what it’s truely about.
It’s about the **Acts and lack of faith in God **to bless them with children the “natural way” that lead them to their Action to take matters in their own hands.
The children are truely still a blessing from God.
Hopefully my stumbling through this helps and I pretty much believe even a Priest, would say I explained it ok.
Using a condom that increases a person’s fertility does not deny the act it’s natural unitive and procreative properties.