Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jun 18, 2013 / 11:04 am
Responding to a new law on assisted fertilization, the bishops of Argentina stressed that "not everything that is technically possible is ethically and legally acceptable."
Argentine lawmakers recently voted overwhelmingly to approve legislation requiring all health care plans to offer a range of artificial fertility treatments to anyone at least 18 years of age.
In their statement, made public on June 15, the executive committee of the Argentine Bishops' Conference recalled that every human being, including those conceived outside the body, has the same dignity and rights.
"The transmission of human life enjoys such dignity that it cannot be submitted to technical parameters," the bishops explained. "Among the goods that are affected is the right of conceived children to an identity."