The Holy See has reaffirmed its position against surrogacy in a statement to the United Nations, urging the complete eradication of the practice and calling for the protection of women and children from exploitation.
Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, apostolic nuncio and permanent observer of the Holy See to the U.N., highlighted the urgency and sensitivity of the issue, lamenting that “technology and p...
The Holy See’s statement represents a sophisticated deployment of moral authority – a calculated move to insert itself into a global conversation about reproductive technology and human rights, framing surrogacy as a fundamental violation of both. The immediate “steelman” argument—affirming the common, albeit contested, framing of surrogacy as a “compassionate solution”—immediately establishes a strategic point of entry before aggressively dismantling it. The pattern detected here is a classic “...