"British cardinal objects to plan aiding lesbians in achieving pregnancy"

In a letter to the London Times, the leading Catholic Church official in England has protested legislation designed to help lesbian couples achieve pregnancy by artificial means.

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor of Westminster said that the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill is "profoundly wrong" because, among other provisions, the legislation would eliminate the requirement for fertility clinics to ensure that a a child born through in vitro fertilization will have a father. That requirement makes it illegal for the clinics to help a single woman, or a member of a lesbian couple, achieve pregnancy.

Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor said that the bill "radically undermines the place of the father in a child's life, and makes the natural rights of the child subordinate to the desires of the couple." - CWNews

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