I agree 100 per cent with the stand taken by Auxiliary Bishop Charles J. Scicluna regarding the new IVF law.

Gays and lesbians cannot conceive a child naturally so they do not have a claim to procreation as heterosexual couples have. Thus the state will not be discriminating against them if homosexuals are not given the facility to use artificial means for conceiving a child, as science itself does not override nature and new human life is not generated by inputs from two males or two females.

The state is already overburdened with the social and other services it offers our society, all paid for by honest taxpayers. Real needs must be met and if any have whims they should pay for them themselves and obtain them from jurisdictions which have less regard for the dignity of the human person from conception, as does our country along bipartisan lines.

S. Debono

Kirkop