Pregnant CelibatE?

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would it be immoral for someone who has vowed celibacy to conceive through artifical insemination? what about a nun?
 
Artificial insemination is immoral for everyone, including nuns and all celibates.
 
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according to the Catholic Church, the only Godly way to concieve a child is by natural intercourse between a husband, and his wife.

so artificial insemination is not alright for any Catholic, and neither is having sex and bearing children outside of marriage.
 
One of the things that the vow of celibacy does is renounce not only marriage and sex but parenthood–and this goes for both sexes.
 
grace_singh said:
hdog ~

according to the Catholic Church, the only Godly way to concieve a child is by natural intercourse between a husband, and his wife.

so artificial insemination is not alright for any Catholic, and neither is having sex and bearing children outside of marriage.
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But what if a woman has one of the many conditions that can make natural conception difficult?
 
dekutrash said:
But what if a woman has one of the many conditions that can make natural conception difficult?
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a friend of mine who was in training to become a Catholic priest put it this way:

“the only right place for a man’s seed to go is into his wife, in a manner which would induce pregnancy”.

if a woman is not able to have children naturally, it could be said that she will have to trust the will and wisdom of God on the matter, and go without children. or, should the Lord enable her to have children in the future, wait for that miracle of pregnancy to happen. either way, she is to trust what God has allowed her body to do or not do, and not take conception into her own hands.
 
would it be immoral for someone who has vowed celibacy to conceive through artifical insemination? what about a nun?
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Are we talking about the same artificial insemination that fertilizes many eggs, gets one to “stick”, and then discards the rest of the newly-conceived babies?
 
grace_singh said:
if a woman is not able to have children naturally, it could be said that she will have to trust the will and wisdom of God on the matter, and go without children. or, should the Lord enable her to have children in the future, wait for that miracle of pregnancy to happen.
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Adoption would be an option, right?
 
Raphael777 said:
Are we talking about the same artificial insemination that fertilizes many eggs, gets one to “stick”, and then discards the rest of the newly-conceived babies?
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Even if only one egg was fertilized, it would still be immoral. But throwing out the extras or implanting several then sacrificing some of those that were implanted really points out the irony. First the couple can’t conceive, then they discard babies already conceived. So sad.😦
 
Nowhere_Man said:
Adoption would be an option, right?
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here is what the Catechism of the Catholic Church says :

The Gospel shows that physical sterility is not an absolute evil. Spouses who still suffer from infertility after exhausting legitimate medical procedures should unite themselves with the Lord’s Cross, the source of all spiritual fecundity. They can give expression to their generosity by adopting abandoned children or performing demanding services for others. 2379

so yes, should a Catholic couple be unable to concieve, adopting children is ok.
 
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