Pope Francis calls for global ban on 'despicable' surrogacy

Monday, 8 January 2024
Pope Francis has called for a global ban on the "despicable" practice of surrogacy in a speech listing what he believed were threats to peace and human dignity.

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Vatican Lists Surrogate Motherhood , Among Threats to Global Peace and Human Dignity. On January 8, Pope Francis called for a universal ban on surrogate motherhood, which he called the "commercialization" of pregnancy. . ABC reports that the pontiff made the statement while giving an annual...

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