Mathieu Séverine
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris, France.
Reprod Biomed Soc Online. 2020 Nov 21;11:82-88. doi: 10.1016/j.rbms.2020.11.001. eCollection 2020 Nov.
In France, assisted reproductive technology (ART) is regulated by a 'law relative to bioethics' voted by the French Parliament in 1994. This law undergoes regular parliamentary revision (in 2004 and 2011) and is currently under review (2019-2020). The most controversial issue at present is access to ART by lesbian couples and single women. The Catholic Church has taken an active part in these debates, despite the fact that France is a secular state, and religion is barred from interference in government policy. Nonetheless, the Church justifies its participation by presenting itself as a guardian of moral values and as an authority on issues related to the family. The Church's discourse combines religious and secular arguments that foster what I call an 'anxious rhetoric', sometimes shared by other segments of the population. Drawing on an ethnographic survey of public debates that preceded and accompanied the present revision of the bioethics law, this article analyses Catholic arguments regarding the specific controversy of ART for lesbian couples and single women.
在法国，辅助生殖技术（ART）受1994年法国议会通过的一项“生物伦理相关法律”监管。该法律定期接受议会修订（2004年和2011年），目前正在审议中（2019 - 2020年）。当前最具争议的问题是女同性恋伴侣和单身女性获取辅助生殖技术。尽管法国是一个世俗国家，宗教被禁止干涉政府政策，但天主教会仍积极参与了这些辩论。尽管如此，教会通过宣称自己是道德价值观的守护者以及家庭相关问题的权威来为其参与辩护。教会的话语将宗教和世俗论点结合起来，营造出一种我称之为“焦虑言辞”的氛围，有时其他人群也会有这种言辞。本文基于对生物伦理法本次修订之前及修订过程中公共辩论的人种志调查，分析了天主教会针对女同性恋伴侣和单身女性辅助生殖技术这一特定争议的论点。
