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Catholic Education Resource Center: Search ResultsYour search returned... 0 Categories 42 LinksLinksWhen Do Human Beings Begin? "Scientific" Myths and Scientific Facts - DIANNE N. IRVINGCurrent discussions on abortion, human embryo research (including cloning, stem cell research, and the formation of mixed-species chimeras), and the use of abortifacients involve specific claims as to when the life of every human being begins. Read more... Which Medical Ethics for the 21st Century? - DIANNE N. IRVINGEveryday we read and hear about the constant onslaught of controversial medical issues, e.g., euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, test-tube babies, cloning and stem cell research, creating monsters in the lab, etc. — it is all coming down very fast and we will all have to make decisions about these and many other issues not even imagined yet in the 21st Century. Read more... Pregnant Women - ZENITResearchers clamor for federal funding to ‘harvest’ stem cells from unborn children. Read more... BioSpin — Why Adult Stem Cell Research Successes Get Downplayed by the Media - Wesley J. Smith"Adult-Stem-Cell Breakthrough!" the headlines should have screamed. "Stunning Discovery Could Mean No Need to Use Embryos in Research." Unfortunately, with the notable exception of a front-page story in the Boston Globe, the mainstream media has significantly downplayed this potentially exciting scientific discovery. Read more... The Truth About Stem Cells: An interview with Dr. David Prentice - Kathryn Jean LopezDavid Prentice, professor of life sciences at Indiana State University and an adjunct professor of medical & molecular genetics at the Indiana University School of Medicine, explains why human embryonic stem-cell research is illegal, immoral, and unnecessary. Read more... Brave New Genetic World - Stacy MattinglyEven human embryonic stem-cell research, the most morally problematic to date of all the new reproductive technologies, has a huge cadre of advocates who look to stem-cell therapy to cure a wide range of degenerative disabilities. That is where the brave new genetic world we have built on IVF technology starts to look scary. Read more... Press Release on Stem Cell Research - Catholic Medical AssociationThe Corrosive Power of Euphemisms - C. Ben MitchellWords are powerful tools. They can be used as a shield or a weapon. They have incited revolutions, shaped nations, and thrilled readers. They are the stuff of which most human communication is made. Nowhere is this more evident than in the latest development in human cloning and embryonic stem-cell research. Read more... The Point of a Ban - Gilbert MeilaenderTo explore the logic and make sense of a ban on stem cell research is my aim here. Since many parties to the debate claim, at least, to agree that the embryo should be treated with “respect,” it may be fruitful to explore other issues — in particular, the nature of moral reasoning and the background beliefs that underlie such reasoning. I propose to take a very long way round. Our understanding of what is at stake can be sharpened if we begin not with stem cell research but with a quite different moral question. Read more... The Basics About Stem Cells - Maureen L. CondicRegrettably, much of the debate on stem cell research has taken place on emotional grounds, pitting the hope of curing heartrending medical conditions against the deeply held moral convictions of many Americans. Such arguments frequently ignore or mischaracterize the scientific facts. Read more... 'It would compromise my very humanity' - Frederica Mathewes-GreenSome say Mark Pickup's multiple sclerosis could be wiped away through what scientists learn from testing embryonic stem cells. So why does he travel the country to speak against that research? Read more... Back to the Basics: Navigating the Catechism - Gary ShirleyFrom nuclear war to stem cell research, modern Catholics wrestle with issues that are simply not addressed in the Sacred Scriptures and far removed from our childhood CCD classes. The new Catechism fills the void by carefully delineating the teachings of the Church and the source reference of those teachings. Read more... The Unchosen Frozen - William L. SaundersThe moral problems raised by human embryonic stem-cell research (or embryo destruction) and the disposition of "excess" frozen embryos are so closely related to in vitro fertilization that Americans need to rethink the assumptions supporting the procedure. Read more... The Wrong Tree - Wesley J. SmithAdult — not embryonic — stems cells may be our future. Read more... Remembering Reagan - Steven M. MosherPresident Reagan would not want to become a poster child for fetal stem cell research. This is not the memorial that he would want, not the crusade that he would have wished his wife to embark upon. Read more... Common-Sense Schooling - Frederick M. HessAmidst the politicized debates over the No Child Left Behind Act's provisions on testing, sanctions, spending and teacher quality, it is easy for voters and policymakers to lose sight of the essential question: How do we build systems of schools that foster excellence? Read more... Stem Cell Research - Fr. William SaundersRecently, there has been a lot of controversy over stem cell research. Even the late President Reagan’s son, Ron, gave a speech at the Democratic convention approving stem cell research. John Kerry recently has been giving speeches endorsing stem cell research. What do we, as Catholics, believe about this? Read more... Stem cell research? Yes, but not embryonic kind - Lori Janeski"So, Lori, if someone came up with a cure for diabetes using embryonic stem cells, would you take it?" Read more... Embryology: Inconvenient Facts - William L. Saunders, Jr.In the ongoing debate about cloning human embryos for research, and about destroying them in order to harvest their stem cells, it is important to keep some basic facts in mind. Our moral analysis must be built upon fundamental scientific truths. If we obscure the facts, then we will not think clearly or act responsibly about these issues. Read more... Beginning of the End for Embryonic Stem Cell Research? - Michael FumentoThose who support expanded government embryonic stem cell funding because they believe it will bring medical breakthroughs should be heartened at the fact that there's a far more promising approach likelier to produce more benefits and much sooner. Read more... Seeking an Ethical Option to Embryonic Stem Cell Research - Rev. Thomas Berg, L.C.There might be an ethically acceptable alternative for obtaining embryonic stem cells, says a bioethicist. Read more... Scientific Breakthroughs - Robert P. GeorgeNational Review Online Editor Kathryn Lopez recently asked Robert P. George, a member of the President's Council on Bioethics, to talk a little about the future of stem-cell research and some of the heated rhetoric surrounding the issue. Read more... "Supreme Scientist” Superstar - Colleen Carroll CampbellThe Hwang scandal has highlighted the research-at-all-costs mentality that now dominates public discussions of embryonic stem cells. Read more... To clone or not to clone - Michael CookWhether or not embryos should be cloned and then destroyed for their stem cells has been one of the hottest issues in science this year. James Sherley, a professor at MIT, says that the use of cells from cloned embryos is scientifically and ethically dubious. Read more... Theology or embryology? - Rev. Tadeusz PacholczykEmbryonic stem cell researchers typically marshal several arguments to encourage public approval and funding for their research, which requires the direct destruction of five to seven day old human embryos. Read more... |
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