Pope Francis calls for a universal ban on surrogacy. He says it exploits mother and child
FILE - Pope Francis attends his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. Pope Francis called Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, for a universal ban on the “despicable” practice of surrogate motherhood, as he included the “commercialization” of pregnancy in an annual speech listing the threats to global peace and human dignity. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
ROME (AP) — He said the life of the unborn child must be protected and not “suppressed or turned into an object of trafficking.”
