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Bioethicist Luke Gormally: The ‘Gentle Giant’ Who Stood Up Against the Culture of Death
Gormally, who died at the end of April, was a towering pro-life figure in the English-speaking world for over half a century.
How Catholics Can — and Should — Engage Modernity
Trio of books has relevance in our postmodern society.
Bioethicists Highlight Greater Threshold for Medical Decisions for Children
The NCBC is opposed to mandated immunization for COVID-19, while also acknowledging that reception of the coronavirus vaccines is morally permissible.
Cardinal Cupich Reportedly ‘Leaning Hard’ on Bioethics Center to Retract Stance on COVID Vaccine Exemptions
The center’s statement added that the novelty of the coronavirus and its vaccines “leave several medical questions unanswered,” which can impede free and informed consent for some persons.
Bioethicist: There Must be Conscience Exemptions to Vaccine Mandates
All three COVID-19 vaccines approved for use in the United States have some connection to controversial cell lines derived from elective abortions decades prior.
‘Frankenscience’: This Bizarre Chinese Experiment Is Beneath Human Dignity
The scientists manipulated male rats with transplanted uteruses to carry to term.
Bioethicists Deplore Relaxation of 14-Day Limit on Human Embryo Research
‘To experiment on human embryos that are up to 14 days old — extremely vulnerable human lives — is already a grave injustice and a form of exploitation,’ says U.K. scientist.
‘Vaccine Passports’ Draw Debate Over Medical Necessity and Ethics
According to critics, such provisions amount to forced vaccinations that will violate privacy and civil liberties and undermine trust in public-health authorities.
Combating an Ideology of ‘Choice’: Carter Snead Offers Remedy for US Moral Crisis
BOOK PICK: University of Notre Dame professor O. Carter Snead argues for a public bioethics that encourages the desire ‘to make the good of others our own good.’
