(August 18, 2015 at 1:32 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: ...
Well it's just weird because all of us Catholics make up the "Catholic Church." But I see what you mean. You're referring to the higher ups. The Pope, Cardinals, etc.
Well first of all, I don't think they could make it illegal even if they wanted to. The governments world wide don't consult with the Church when making their laws, etc, so your question is flawed to begin with.
Second, I don't think any of those guys are interested in making IVF illegal anyway. There are plenty of things we (as a Church) think are immoral but that we don't think should be illegal. IVF is one of those things.
Abortion and the death penalty, on the other hand, are definitely things the higher ups have said should be illegal, and that we, as a Church, believe should be illegal. But as far as I know, they don't speak the same way about IVF. Neither do I think they should. The answer is no.
Okay, we agree that the Catholic Church should not use it's influence to make IVF illegal.
And while they technically can't make it illegal (yay secularism!), they can influence politicians by threatening to excommunicate them. It would appear that some the higher-ups miss the good ol' days of the middle ages when they had much more political power.
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