Vatican Touts Victory in Fertility Referendum
In The Boston Globe and many other sources, it's been noted thatIn a victory for the Vatican, Italian voters shunned a referendum that would have eliminated bans on egg and sperm donation, freezing embryos, and other widely used methods by couples wanting to have children.The Church, of course, is entitled to its own opinion and to distribute its opinion to Catholics. What infuriates me about this, however, is that the Church subverted the democratic process by encouraging people not to vote. That, to me, is unconscionable.Pope Benedict XVI had endorsed a call by Italian bishops for a boycott of the vote, held Sunday and yesterday. The four ballot measures drew 25.9 percent of eligible voters, roughly half the required turnout of 50 percent plus one for the results to be binding on Parliament.
posted by Paul Wilczynski @ 12:20 PM
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