What does the Catholic Church say about embryo adoption?

Connie · 2015-12-08 15:34:24 UTC

Hello, I'm a Catholic woman and I'm really concerned about the hundreds of thousands of frozen embryos left over after in vitro fertilization cycles of couples who finally got pregnant. I imagine them being stored in storerooms of clinics and hospitals all around the world, and just makes me feel terribly sick! What does the Catholic Church say about this? Is there anything we Catholics could do to improve the situation? I've heard some people talk about "prenatal adoption", which means that a woman offer to bear these embryos and adopt them as their own children before they are born, is it possible? I mean, does the Holy See consider this is an ethical option?

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