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The Morally Unconscious
By Judie Brown Recently a brilliant article appeared in the New Oxford Review. Entitled “Engaging the Morally Unconscious Person,” author Christopher M. Reilly delved into the quicksand created by those who refuse to acknowledge the inherent value in looking deeper into the meaning of what it means to be a human being. In the process, he challenged those of us who fight for life to avoid...
Recycling Babies: The Practice of Fetal Tissue Research
HISTORY The use of fetal tissue for the purposes of biomedical research dates back to the late 1920’s. As Mary Carrington Coutts explains, “As early as 1928 unsuccessful attempts were made to transplant fetal pancreas cells into diabetics (VII, Fichera...
Ethical issues in the disposition of frozen embryos by divorcing couples
Dr. Eugene is a member, American Bioethics Advisory Commission When the “right to privacy” was discovered in the “shadows” of the Constitution’s meaning (Griswold v. Connecticut) and the “right to abortion” was discovered in...
Academic fraud and conceptual transfer in bioethics: Abortion, human embryo research and psychiatric research
DeSales School of TheologyWashington, D.C. Published in Joseph W. Koterski (ed.), Proceedings of the Conference: Life and Learning IV (New York: Fordham University Press, 1995, pp. 193-215 ” … there has emerged a phenomenon unknown to antiquity that...
The impact of “scientific misinformation” on other fields: Philosophy, theology, biomedical ethics, public policy
Dianne N. Irving, M.A., Ph.D. Assistant professor of philosophy and bioethicsDeSales School of TheologyWashington, D.C. “Scientific misinformation” or inaccuracies are problematic within the field of science itself. However, perhaps few scientists are...
Planned Parenthood in Lubbock, Texas Operating in Stealth Mode
Washington, D.C. (19 October 2010) – Supporters have alerted American Life League that Aaron Women’s Clinic, an abortion center in Lubbock, Texas, is being operated by Planned Parenthood.The center is the only abortion business in the Plains region and another...
Testimony before the Nebraska legislature regarding stem cell research recommendations
Fr. Howard is Director of the American Bioethics Advisory Commission The late 1970’s marked the beginning of a scientific revolution in biomedical technology which now makes it possible to answer the most profound questions concerning the beginning of human...