Pope Francis' call for a universal ban on surrogacy is a good blessing for couples. Abraham and Sarah, Saint Joaquim, the husband of Saint Anna, were barren. In long age, prayer, and fasting, she was granted a child, Maria, the Mother of God. Ask, and you shall receive; God provides when you keep faith; everything is possible with God.
The Catholic Church opposes surrogacy, as well as test tube babies, which it views as immoral and incompatible with Biblical texts surrounding topics of birth, marriage, and life. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that: "Techniques that entail the dissociation of husband and wife, by the intrusion of a person other than the couple (donation of sperm or ovum, surrogate uterus), are gravely immoral."
Many proponents of this stance express concern that the sanctity of marriage may be compromised by the insertion of a third party into the marriage contract. Additionally, the practice of in vitro fertilisation involved in gestational surrogacy is generally viewed as morally impermissible due to its removal of human conception from the act of sexual intercourse.
Catholics also condemn in vitro fertilisation due to the killing of embryos that accompanies the frequent practice of discarding, freezing, or donating non-implanted eggs to stem cell research. As such, the Catholic Church deems all practices involving in vitro fertilisation, including gestational surrogacy, as morally problematic. Doctors should stop all these activities as it is a sinful act to mint money.
