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From the Abbey LibraryReading List: Culture of Life |
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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
Scientists have devised a way to make human eggs behave as if they have been fertilized - without using sperm.
The culture of death has hijacked language to the point that medical hospice professionals speak a foreign language, a language that family of hospice residents need to learn!
If one were to judge from the callers on the radio talk shows, Americans on the right are not very optimistic about the country’s future. They see our schools and public institutions falling under the control of a variety of secular humanists and are convinced that Hollywood is undermining our traditional values.
As genetic science advances, ethical concerns become more and more complex. Unfortunately, abortion, cloning, and embryonic stem cell research have already put us behind in our ability to think truly about biological ethics. This article is about ethical concerns surrounding the creation of chimeras, human-animal hybrids.
An excellent analysis of emergency contraception, problems with the redefinition of pregnancy, and morally acceptable alternatives to EC.
Do cloned human beings have immortal souls? Father Tad Pacholczyk explains why they do and what the implications are for bioethics. Therapeutic cloning is the creation of a biological twin of the cell donor, and the murder of that new human being in order to serve the older twin.
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?
Dr. & Mrs. J.C. Willke offer a complete exposition of abortion, including well supported arguments against abortion in cases of rape and incest.
Lectures
The philosophical case against abortion
Summa Theologica
