Reading List: Culture of Life

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• Bioethics class visits neonatal facility:

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 commit – and U.S. bishops condone – live-birth abortion:

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.




• China Fears a Baby Bust:

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




• Eggs 'fertilised' without sperm:

Scientists have devised a way to make human eggs behave as if they have been fertilized - without using sperm.




• Feeding Tube Decisions: The Hospice Language Barrier:

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!




• A Meeting of the Minds?

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.





• Of Mice, Men and In-Between:

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.




• Catholic Health Care Providers and the Issue of Emergency Contraception: Offering Compassion and Truth in Cases of Rape and Sexual Assault

An excellent analysis of emergency contraception, problems with the redefinition of pregnancy, and morally acceptable alternatives to EC.

Lectures

• Pro-Life Philosophy:

The philosophical case against abortion

Summa Theologica

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