Instruction Donum Vitae

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gptkbp:instanceOf Vatican document
gptkbp:approvedBy gptkb:Pope_John_Paul_II
gptkbp:category Catholic Church documents
Catholic moral theology
1987 documents
gptkbp:followedBy Dignitas Personae
gptkbp:fullTitle Instruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Instruction Donum Vitae
gptkbp:issuedBy gptkb:Congregation_for_the_Doctrine_of_the_Faith
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latin
English
gptkbp:publicationDate 1987-02-22
gptkbp:subject gptkb:artificial_insemination
bioethics
in vitro fertilization
procreation
human life
embryo experimentation
gptkbp:teaches permits certain medical interventions that assist but do not replace conjugal act
condemns IVF and surrogacy
condemns artificial insemination by donor
condemns destruction of embryos
human life must be respected from conception
procreation should occur within marriage
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Instruction_Dignitas_Personae
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7