Tuesday, December 06, 2005
FACE TRANSPLANT OK SAYS BISHOP
AS FAR as the Catholic Church is concerned face transplant is okay, especially if the materials used are derived from placenta.
This is according to Malolos Bishop Jose Oliveros, chairman of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines office on bioethics, during the second day of the International Congress on Bioethics, an event jointly sponsored by Vatican City’s Pontifical Academy for Life and the University of Sto. Tomas.
Oliveros said face transplant is now being practiced in advance countries and the first transplant recipient was a woman in France.
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