Hellfire103 to Atheist MemesEnglish • 7 months agoPope Francis has called surrogacy a "grave violationsof human dignity"imagemessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1544arrow-down18file-textcross-posted to: memes
arrow-up1536arrow-down1imagePope Francis has called surrogacy a "grave violationsof human dignity"Hellfire103 to Atheist MemesEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square74fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: memes
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14119731 Here are two sources I found: The Conversation NPR
minus-square@Dasuslink7•7 months agoI mean they might, but if they also have egg cells… Surrogacy is when a uterus grows a kid that wasn’t by their own egg.
minus-square@too_high_for_thislink10•7 months agoTechnically, that’s called gestational surrogacy. Traditional surrogacy uses the surrogate’s egg and the intended father’s (or donor’s) sperm.
minus-square@squozenodelink1•7 months agoI had no idea that existed. I thought surrogacy was donor sperm + donor egg in third party womb.
minus-square@Dasuslink1•edit-27 months agoBy “traditional”, I think they mean “before we had the ability to facilitate gestational surrogacy” Sort of like half-adoption, if you think of it like that. So for people who lived pre 20th century…
I mean they might, but if they also have egg cells…
Surrogacy is when a uterus grows a kid that wasn’t by their own egg.
Technically, that’s called gestational surrogacy. Traditional surrogacy uses the surrogate’s egg and the intended father’s (or donor’s) sperm.
Huh. True enough. Point well made.
I had no idea that existed. I thought surrogacy was donor sperm + donor egg in third party womb.
By “traditional”, I think they mean “before we had the ability to facilitate gestational surrogacy”
Sort of like half-adoption, if you think of it like that. So for people who lived pre 20th century…
Fair.