Why would a thriving Catholic hospital endanger its ethical mission by teaming up with a medical conglomerate that supports abortion, contraception, the morning-after pill and human embryonic stem cell research?
Neocutis, a bio-pharmaceutical company located in San Francisco, CA which focuses on dermatology and skin care is using aborted fetal stem cell lines to produce several of their anti-wrinkle creams. See the website of ALL Associate group Children of God for Life at www.cogforlife.org for more information.
Just this morning, I received a nice phone call from someone who does not believe in e-mail, nor does he “do” e-mail! That’s right; he considers it among the most problematic ways to connect with other human beings.
A few days ago, Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards wrote a rather contemptuous column about the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
President Obama has resorted to an incredibly infantile phrase—”wee-weed up”—to degrade his “health care reform” detractors.
A recent airing of Raymond Arroyo’s The World Over presented an opportunity for me to discuss Catholic health care ethics with the president of the Catholic Health Association, Sister Carol Keehan, DC.
Mary Poppins’ “A Spoonful of Sugar” was such a hit with my kids when they were little because it was fun to clean up toys while singing it.
In June, Terry O’Neill was elected president of the National Organization for Women at its annual conference. A discussion about conscience clauses then took center stage.
Over this past weekend a good friend, Paul Byrne, M.D., sent an interesting comment my way. He pointed out that one of the root words of palliative is pall.
This guest commentary was published on the Lead Us Not into Temptation blog site on August 3, 2009 and is used with its kind permission.
I have always believed that our Creator has made His laws and precepts clear for all of His creation. So this thought came to mind one day.
As the pro-life movement fights to keep abortion out of the health-care reform bill, an undercover attack on the elderly may be taking place unnoticed.