2376 Catechism of the Catholic Church; "Techniques that entail the dissociation of husband and wife, by the intrusion of a person other than the couple (the donation of sperm or ovum, surrogate uterus), are gravely immoral. These techniques (heterologous artificial insemination and fertilization) infringe the child's right to be born of a father and mother known to him and bound to each other by marriage. These techniques (they) betray the spouses' "right to become a father and a mother only through each other."
2377 Catechism of the Catholic Church; "Techniques involving only the married couple (homologous artificial insemination and fertilization) are perhaps less reprehensible, yet remain morally unacceptable. They dissociate the sexual act from the procreative act. The act which brings the child into existence is no longer an act by which two persons give themselves to one another, but one that "entrusts the life and identity of the embryo into the power of doctors and biologists and establishes the domination of technology over the origin and destiny of the human person. Such a relationship of domination is in itself contrary to the dignity and equality that must be common to parents and children."
Genesis 4:17; Cain had intercourse with his wife , and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch.
Genesis 16:4; He (Abram) went to Hagar and she conceived.
Genesis 16:11; "Now you (Hagar) have conceived, and you will bear a son, and you shall name him Ishmael,
Genesis 30:5-8; So she (Rachel) gave him (Jacob) her slave girl Bilhah as a wife. Jacob slept with her , *and Bilhah conceived and gave birth to a son by Jacob.
Genesis 30:17-24; So he (Jacob) slept with her that night. God heard Leah, and she conceived and gave birth to a fifth son by Jacob.
Genesis: 30: 19-20; Again Leah conceived and gave birth to a sixth son by Jacob, saying, "God has given me a fine gift; now my husband will honor me, for I have borne six children to him."
Genesis 38:2-5; There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite called Shua. He made her his wife and slept with her. She conceived and gave birth to a son whom she named Er. She conceived again and gave birth to a son whom she named Onan. *Yet again she gave birth to a son whom she named Shelah.
Genesis 38:19; He (Judah) gave them to her and slept with her (Tamar), and she conceived.
Exodus: 2:1-3; There was a man of the tribe of Levi who had taken a woman of Levi as his wife. * She conceived and gave birth to a son (Moses) and, seeing what a fine child he was, she kept him hidden for three months.
Ruth: 4:13-14; So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. And when they came together, Yahweh made her conceive and she bore a son.
1 Samuel: 1:19-20; Elkanah had intercourse with Hannah his wife and Yahweh was mindful of her. She conceived and gave birth to a son, and called him Samuel "since" she said , "I asked Yahweh for him."
2 Samuel 12:24; David consoled his wife Bathsheba. He went to her and slept with her. She conceived and gave birth to a son whom she named Solomon.
Song of Songs: 3:4; Scarcely had I (the bride) passed them than I found him (the bridegroom) whom my heart loves. I held him fast, nor would I let him go till I had brought him into my mother's house, into the room of her who conceived me.
Song of Songs 8:5; I (the bridegroom) awakened you (the bride) under the apple tree, there where your mother conceived you, there where she who gave birth to you conceived you.
Isaiah: 8:3; I (Isaiah) went to the prophetess, she conceived and gave birth to a son.
Romans 9:10; * Even more to the point is what was said to Rebecca when she was pregnant by our ancestor Isaac, but before her twin children were born and before either had done good or evil.
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