A US Bishop has condemned surrogacy as a “moral evil” that commodifies human beings and subverts the natural relationship between mother, father and child. Bishop Robert Morlino said the creation of a new human being within marriage is a “safe space” for God. Surrogacy, however, disrupts the “sacred circle” of marriage by inserting a third party into what should be between husband and wife. For the same reason, he said, in-vitro fertilization and artificial insemination aren’t morally permissible. The Bishop was speaking in response to the opening of a surrogacy agency in his diocese. The agency is charging $15,000 to coordinate surrogate pregnancies for gay and straight couples and single people, although they say the total cost of a surrogacy can range from $75,000 to $125,000.