Author: AvengerAvenger Date: May 23, 2008 05:09
"MCP" blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:MraZj.72954$66.46184@newsfe20.ams2...> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7413874.stm
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> It is normally the emotive issue of abortion or the complexities of hybrid
> embryos that have raised the greatest passions in the debate over the
> Human
> Fertilisation and Embryology Bill.
>
>
> But the Church of England has reserved its greatest ire for the decision
> of
> MPs to allow single women and lesbian couples to seek IVF treatment
> without
> having to consider the need for a father for their children.
But they need sperm for this and men will no longer donate it at any price.
Since a child is legally entitled to know its parents the identity of the
male donor is known. And this means he can be held liable for child support.
No man in his right mind would donate sperm anymore.
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> Its verdict is stark.
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> "This vote sends a signal that fathers don't matter," it said.
>
> "The Church holds that a child's right not to be deliberately deprived of
> having a father is greater than...
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