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"One must hold as licit procedures carried out on the human embryo which respect the life and integrity of the embryo and do not involve disproportionate risks for it, but are directed toward its healing the improvement of its condition of health, or its individual survival." CDF — Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Donum vitae I, 3. "It is immoral to produce human embryos intended for exploitation as disposable biological material." CDF — Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Donum vitae I, 5. "Certain attempts to influence chromosomic or genetic inheritance are not therapeutic but are aimed at producing human beings selected according to sex or other predetermined qualities. Such manipulations are contrary to the personal dignity of the human being and his integrity and identity" CDF — Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Donum vitae I, 6. which are unique and unrepeatable.
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