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The Bioethics Mess - Dianne N. Irving

“Bioethics” — the word sounds like old-fashioned medical ethics applied to new medical technology. It’s the application of traditional philosophical or theological principles to the moral dilemmas created by, say, cloning or experimenting with new AIDS drugs, right? Not really.  Email This Article

The Case Against Perfection - Michael J. Sandel

What's wrong with designer children, bionic athletes, and genetic engineering?  Email This Article

The Case of Terri Schiavo: When Does Dignity End? - Reverend Michael Black

While hard cases don’t make good law, Terri Schiavo’s circumstance crystallizes all the major issues surrounding care for the terminally ill, and provides an opportunity to preach and educate our people about human rights, the inherent dignity of all human life, and the limits of medical treatment.  Email This Article

The Case of Terri Shiavo - Fr. William Saunders

A friend of mine and I had an argument over Terri Schiavo as to whether food and water should be stopped to allow her to die. I said that to do so would really be like killing her. She said that she is going to die anyway. Is there any Church teaching on this matter?  Email This Article

The difference between knowledge and wisdom - George Weigel

This past April 25th marked the fiftieth anniversary of the most important scientific article of the twentieth century: James Watson and Francis Crick’s description in Nature of the "double-helix" structure of DNA.  Email This Article

The Evolution of Genocide - Rebecca Messall

While reading the newspaper in May 1999, I noticed a headline about an evolution controversy occupying the Kansas State Board of Education. I flipped the page without reading the story. Like many pro-life people, I felt that the origin of the species was a matter of God's choice of methods - but not a pro-life concern.  Email This Article

The Freedom of Conscience in Relation to "Health" - Iain T. Benson

A student at the medical school at the University of Manitoba has been threatened with loss of graduation if he will not offer abortion as an option to a patient. In terms of the legal requirement, the issue is whether or not a physician is required to refer a patient for an abortion. The answer is “no.”  Email This Article

The Future Is Now - Father Thomas Berg, L.C.

The stem-cell debate changes.  Email This Article

The Holy Grail of Reprogramming: A New Era for Stem Cells? - Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D.

The recent discovery that regular old garden-variety skin cells can be converted into highly flexible (pluripotent) stem cells has rocked the scientific world.  Email This Article

The Human Cost of In Vitro Fertilization Technique - H.A. NIELSEN

“The individual who is a servant of technique,” Jacques Ellul writes, “must be completely unconscious of himself.”  Email This Article


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