In Italy, woman to get sperm of husband in coma: report

February 18, 2009

Prominent Italian gynaecologist Severino Antinori will artificially inseminate a woman with the sperm of her comatose husband, in a first in Italy that has drawn Vatican criticism, press reports said Wednesday.


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DGBEACH
Feb 18, 2009

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Who cares what the vatican says??? The days of their control are long-gone. Monsignor Elio Sgreccia you should be jailed for being part of a terrorist organization, which has committed countless cruel and disgusting acts against mankind over the past 1600 years!
kerry
Feb 18, 2009

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I think this is beautiful. If my partner were in a coma, I would still want to have my children with her. Sure, you can explain this in evolutionary terms: she wants to pass on her genes with those of of her mate's. But evolution has also driven us to love and care for each other. I'm sure this woman loves her husband. With her husband in a coma, she wants a bit of him to live on afterwards. Sure, when it comes down to it, it may just be his genes, but to the woman, it obviously means more than just that.

It looks like Monsignor Elio Sgreccia is the only person who sees the man as a receptacle of cells. The woman probably sees the man as her husband, her lover, and hopefully the father of her children. Monsignor Elio Sgreccia mentions, "The consent of both parents is needed for an act of procreation." Obviously both have given consent since "THE COUPLE had DECIDED TO HAVE A CHILD when the husband developed brain cancer a month ago".

I agree with DGBEACH as far as the Vatican goes. Religious authority should never be confused with moral authority.
axemaster
Feb 19, 2009

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"But a Vatican prelate blasted the plan as "illegal.""

Who gives a crap about whatever bilge he's spouting?
mvg
Mar 04, 2009

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The Vatican gets their sperm donations from altar boys.
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