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This webpage offers a great list of articles by premier Catholic bioethicist Fr. Tad Pacholczyk of the National Catholic Bioethics Conference. The list is always updating, so check back often!
The famous rogue "bioethicist" who believes that even newborn babies do not have an inherent right to life takes his class to see prematurely born babies to "prove" to them that they are not really human persons.
Catholic hospitals are by and large not living up to Catholic moral teaching. They often do so by misinterpreting (or misrepresenting) the principle of double effect or some other moral principle.
After years of mandating the one-child policy, current government efforts to loosen the restrictions to try to thwart a population shortage are finding many Chinese families, especially in urban areas, have grown used to the idea of having only one baby. In 2003, about half as many babies were born as deaths were reported in the city of Shanghai, which is a trend that worries officials. Los Angeles Times
Margaret Somerville advocates a Canadian protection of unborn fetus law so that fatal domestic abuse against pregnant women results in two murder charges. She points out that pro-choice advocates who oppose such bills reveal themselves to be pro-abortion because they fight against a woman's right to carry her baby to term. She also points out that the popular outrage against violence done to pregnant women points to an instinctive moral sensitivity toward the life of the fetus that our medical assumptions about abortion have masked.
Philip Longman refutes the claim of many in the media that the world is on the brink of an overpopulation crisis. The common experience of overcrowding contradicts that actual demographic facts, and is more the experience of urbanization and mismanagement of resources than of overpopulation. In fact, the world may be on the brink of a population bust. What might this mean for the future of our world?
A new documentary shows why we need to "stem" the tide of embryo-destructive stem-cell research.
Speaking to Vatican Radio, our Latin America correspondent Alejandro Bermúdez recently outlined some of the evil consequences of President Barack Obama’s cancellation of the Mexico City Policy.
8 items | 2 visits
These links are part of the Reading List "Culture of Life" in the Library at www.fromtheabbey.com.
Updated on 2009-07-06
Created on 2009-06-17
Category: Religion & Beliefs
URL: