The body is not an object, a mere tool at the disposal of the soul, one that each person made a spouse of according to his or her own will, but it is a constituative part of the human subject, a gift to be received, respected, and cared for as something intrinsic to the person.
Catholic health care services must not perform interventions, whether surgical or chemical, that aim to transform the ****** characteristics of a human body into those of the opposite *** or take part in the development of such procedures.
USCCB doctrinal note on the Moral limits to technological manipulation of the human body. March 20th, 2023.