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“Human cloning is intrinsically illicit in that, by taking the ethical negativity of techniques of artificial fertilization to their extreme, it seeks to give rise to a new human being without a connection to the act of reciprocal self-giving between the spouses and, more radically, without any link to sexuality. This leads to manipulation and abuses gravely injurious to human dignity.” Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Instruction Dignitas Personae on Certain Bioethical Questions n. 28.
Important Church Documents:
Instruction Dignitas Personae on Certain Bioethical Questions, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (2008). Available here.
Donum Vitae, Instruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and On the Dignity of Procreation, Replies to Certain Questions of the Day, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (1987). Available here.
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Ecclesial Documents (Bishop/ Vatican)
Article
McConchie, Daniel S. Working for Cures, Not Clones: An Overview of Human Cloning and Embryonic Stem Cell Research. Available at http://dl.aul.org/bioethics/working-for-cures-not-clones-an-overview-of-human-cloning-and-stem-cell-research.
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