The national Catholic bioethics quarterly, 10(2), 307-328
The Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith’s Dignitas personae doesnotofferadefinitiverejectionofthepracticeofhumanembryoadoptionas intrinsicallyevil,butneitherdoesitsimplyleavethematteran“openquestion.” The document does indeed oppose the practice, but its reasons for doing so are notclearlystatedandseemtobeintensionwithitsownaffirmationsofthe personal dignity of embryos and the goodness of adoption. The Congregation’s opposition is therefore best read as a prudential judgment that embryo adoption cannotbejustifiedinthepresentcircumstancesduetothepotentialforscandal and the cooperation with the fertility industry which it involves. National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 10.2(Summer2010):307–328.
Grabowski, J. S., & Gross, C. (2010). Dignitas personae and the Adoption of Frozen Embryos. *The national Catholic bioethics quarterly*, *10*(2), 307-328. https://doi.org/10.5840/ncbq201010255
Grabowski JS, Gross C. Dignitas personae and the Adoption of Frozen Embryos. Natl Cathol Bioeth Q. 2010;10(2):307-328. doi:10.5840/ncbq201010255
Grabowski, John S., and Christopher Gross. "Dignitas personae and the Adoption of Frozen Embryos." *The national Catholic bioethics quarterly*, vol. 10, no. 2, 2010, pp. 307-328.