Human pregnancy begins whenever a sperm unites with an egg inside the fallopian tube.

Lately, we have witnessed a pernicious cultural trend toward the rebranding of legalized euthanasia as a gift rather than a menace to societys most vulnerable citizens.

Oregon has become the model for how assisted suicide is supposed to work. But it actually demonstrates that the Oregon Trail is a dangerous path.

A Submission to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario on the matter of the protection of conscience.

A woman decides to carry her child despite the fact it is doomed.

I know a woman -- and, in fairness, I must say that she's a truly good Catholic woman -- who's slightly bonkers on the subject of birth control.

Zach Dunlap doesn't remember the four-wheeler crash that landed him on life support in a Texas hospital last fall. But he does remember hearing a doctor pronounce him dead.

The birth of my fourth granddaughter two weeks ago - healthy, a good weight - was the occasion for joy and relief in equal measure.

It is a bitter irony that even as we are enlarging our commitment to human equality in many areas, we are turning our backs on it in others.

Some physicians and researchers fail to see the important role of ethics and religion in the world of medical science.