Sydney, Australia, Sep 12, 2005 / 22:00 pm
Bishop Anthony Fisher warned that babies could become “consumer products” within 10 years due to the mentality and technologies being promoted by the contraceptive and IVF industries, reported Cathnet Australia.
The auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Sydney was responding to comments by Stanford University emeritus professor Carl Djerassi. Djerassi designed the first oral contraceptive and was in Australia last week on a visit funded by the federal education body Australia Science Innovations.
Djerassi said human reproduction, which would be completely controlled by reproductive technologies and not dependent on sexual intercourse, might be as little as 10 years away.
He said he believes women would be "happy" to be sterilized after having their eggs frozen, knowing that they can be thawed, fertilized and implanted when they choose to have a child.