NML

• Why does Aquinas reject these?

  Abandons the usual methods of procreation through loving, sexual relationships
• Would be seen as failure to worship God, the creator of life
• What primary precept do they violate?

  Living in an ordered society - scientific reproduction could lead to breakdown of marriages
• Biblical text: Job 31:15


  • belief that God fashions each person in the womb
  • "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you"
• Genetic blueprint of human present at moment of conception 


  the rule which allows experimentation on embryos up to 14 days therefore seen as murder
• Human life is created in 'imago dei' so human reproduction not to be tampered with


  Goes against God's intentions
• What primary precept is violated from Designer Babies?

  Living in an ordered society - lead to a greater gap between the rich and the poor