Category: Catholic Bioethics

Why Everyone Should Oppose Surrogacy
0

Why Everyone Should Oppose Surrogacy

by

by on Jun 01, 2016 in Catholic Bioethics, Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Reproductive Technology, Women
Print This Article

I am an outspoken critic of gestational surrogacy, in which the gestational mother carries a child to term for another person or couple. I have noticed that many people do not understand the stakes in this issue. Pro-life people think, “Gosh, surrogacy makes babies, how can that be bad?” Feminists think, “Gosh, surrogacy allows people […]

In an Industry that Makes People, What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
0

In an Industry that Makes People, What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

by

by on Apr 28, 2016 in Catholic Bioethics, Featured, Parenting, Reproductive Technology, The Homosexual Agenda
Print This Article

Sperm donation, egg donation and surrogacy: Third party reproduction seems to be a “done deal” in Western society. Even ardently pro-life people do not seem to see the problems. Hey, these techniques are making babies, not killing them. So what could possibly go wrong? A lot of things can go very wrong. Let me describe […]

Natural Family Planning as Self Defense
0

Natural Family Planning as Self Defense

by

by on Feb 29, 2016 in Catholic Bioethics, Contraception & Abortion, Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Evangelization, Featured, Marriage, Men, The Feminine Genius, Women
Print This Article

My comment was met with a blank stare, a look of confusion. Fortunately, it only lasted a few awkward seconds. I was visiting my nurse practitioner for a nagging abdominal pain. Having concluded that I should have a CT scan (a detailed, in-depth x-ray) she had asked me if there was any chance I might […]

God's Master Plan Of Love And Creation
0

God’s Master Plan Of Love And Creation

by

by on Feb 22, 2016 in Catechesis, Catholic Bioethics, Evangelization, Featured, Live in Christ
Print This Article

A study published in 2012 in a publication called “Prenatal Diagnosis” said that as many as 90 percent of all pregnancies with a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome resulted in “pregnancy termination,” i.e. abortion. Other studies indicate that about 6 percent of all abortions occur because the baby will have birth defects. A Guttmacher Institute […]

Breaking the "Theological Silence" on Racially-Targeted Abortion
5

Breaking the “Theological Silence” on Racially-Targeted Abortion

by

by on Sep 14, 2015 in Catholic Bioethics, Contraception & Abortion, Featured
Print This Article

In the article “Has the Silence Been Broken? Catholic Theological Ethics and Racial Justice” in Theological Studies Journal (March, 2014), Father Bryan Massingale, Ph.D., of Marquette University discusses what he calls “the theological silence” about racism in America. Fr. Massingale uses phrases like “deafening and appalling silence,” “embarrassed silence” and “shocking theological silence” regarding racism […]

America is Post-Abortive
3

America is Post-Abortive

by

by on Jul 06, 2015 in Catholic Bioethics, Contraception & Abortion, Featured
Print This Article

If you’re an American, you’re post-abortive. It is estimated that, since the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 by which  seven Justices created the “right to abortion” in America, over 58,000,000 babies have been killed here. “Post-abortive” persons include the mothers of babies killed, fathers, and close family members. Consider:   Mothers Due to girls […]

The American Address
1

The American Address

by

by on Jun 28, 2015 in Catholic Bioethics, Contraception & Abortion, Evangelization, Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice
Print This Article

The 1857 Supreme Court Dred Scott decision said that Dred Scott, his wife, and their unborn child were not human beings, but were property to be bought and sold. Led by proslavery Chief Justice Roger Taney, the Court created a new national constitutional right to own slaves. Taney, a Democrat and a Roman Catholic, was […]

Why the Vatican Statement on Plastic Surgery is Important
0

Why the Vatican Statement on Plastic Surgery is Important

by

by on Feb 04, 2015 in Catholic Bioethics, Featured, Transhumanism
Print This Article

Last week the Pontifical Council for Culture released a document in preparation for the coming plenary assembly that will be discussing the theme “Women’s Cultures: Equality and Difference.” The document contained a strong stance against unnecessary plastic surgery. The Catholic Herald reports: The preparatory document looked at how much pressure women face regarding their body […]

Our Risen Lord Gives us Strength to Build a Culture of Life
0

Our Risen Lord Gives us Strength to Build a Culture of Life

by

by on Apr 29, 2014 in Catholic Bioethics, Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Contraception & Abortion, Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide, Featured
Print This Article

If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, will he not also give us all things with him? (Romans 8:31) This exhortation by Saint Paul vividly expresses the full extent of the love of God the Father and […]

Open Letter to the Biomedical Community on Down Syndrome and Other "Undesirable Life"
0

Open Letter to the Biomedical Community on Down Syndrome and Other “Undesirable Life”

by

by on Mar 24, 2014 in Catholic Bioethics, Contraception & Abortion, Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide, Featured, Health & Fitness
Print This Article

This letter is addressed to every physician, scientist, and genetic counselor who believes in a eugenic agenda that targets the unborn specifically because of diagnosed genetic anomalies. It asks a series of penetrating questions that invite thoughtful response, and are not meant to be rhetorical. The first question is: WHO? Who taught you in medical […]

TV Show <em>Intelligence</em>: Patriotic Transhumanist Propaganda
0

TV Show Intelligence: Patriotic Transhumanist Propaganda

by

by on Feb 28, 2014 in Catholic Bioethics, Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Featured, On Media
Print This Article

My husband watches the new TV show Intelligence starring Josh Holloway (previously Sawyer from Lost) as Gabriel, a man with a rare genetic mutation (or some such) that allowed the U.S. government to put a chip in his brain. This chip gives Gabriel unlimited access to the Internet directly into his consciousness. As an agent […]

Faith: The Only Sure Foundation for Human Dignity
0

Faith: The Only Sure Foundation for Human Dignity

by

by on Feb 20, 2014 in Catholic Bioethics, Contraception & Abortion, Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide, Featured
Print This Article

Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards recently tweeted out a short video featuring her suggestions of what women really need for Valentine’s Day. Among a litany that included “well woman visits,” “cancer screenings,” and “birth control,” was “safe & legal abortion.” All of this, we’re mockingly informed, is “really radical stuff” which, of course, is a sarcastic quip […]

Get Ready for a Busy 2014 in Bioethics
0

Get Ready for a Busy 2014 in Bioethics

by

by on Feb 18, 2014 in Catholic Bioethics, Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide, Featured, Reproductive Technology, The Homosexual Agenda
Print This Article

My taskmasters at the CBC never allow me to rest on my laurels. Fresh off several years of stellar prognosticating, I am now forced to answer the question: “But what have you predicted, lately?” Okay, let’s take a look. Oh! Oh my. Please remember, the following predictions are what I see happening. They do not […]

My Predictions in Bioethics Right Again!
0

My Predictions in Bioethics Right Again!

by

by on Feb 05, 2014 in Catholic Bioethics, Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Contraception & Abortion, Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide, Featured, Reproductive Technology
Print This Article

Can you believe a year has come and gone since I last told you what would happen, before it happened, in bioethics? Maybe it’s my increasing age, but time is passing too fast! So, how did I do? Not as well as in years past, but still an A-. Let’s take a look: The Affordable […]

Technology as Savior
1

Technology as Savior

by

by on Oct 08, 2013 in Catholic Bioethics, Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Featured
Print This Article

I worry for young people these days. I know every generation says that about the one that follows, but today’s youth may face a world where simply being human won’t be good enough. Augmentation may be required to participate in society. A cyber-brain here, a bionic limb there with some genetic engineering and a few […]

200,000+ People Join Pope Francis for Mass Celebrating <em>Evangelium Vitae</em>
0

200,000+ People Join Pope Francis for Mass Celebrating Evangelium Vitae

by

by on Jun 18, 2013 in Catholic Bioethics, Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Contraception & Abortion, Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide, Featured
Print This Article

Hundreds of thousands gathered in St. Peter’s Square and down the main Roman street that leads to the Vatican Sunday to join Pope Francis in celebrating a Mass commemorating Pope John Paul II’s 1995 famous encyclical, the ‘Gospel of Life.’ Known by it’s Latin name ‘Evangelium Vitae’, the encyclical clearly enunciated the evil of abortion, […]

Vatican to Host Global Pro-Life Conference and Papal Mass
0

Vatican to Host Global Pro-Life Conference and Papal Mass

by

by on May 20, 2013 in Catholic Bioethics, Contraception & Abortion, Featured
Print This Article

Pro-lifers held their breath the day the world received a new Pope. They did not question his pro-life credentials but wondered if he would speak forcefully. An old quote soon surfaced and concerns faded. “Defend the unborn against abortion even if they persecute you, calumniate you, set traps for you, take you to court or […]

Killing Embryos for Science 'Demeans' the Humanity of Researchers
0

Killing Embryos for Science ‘Demeans’ the Humanity of Researchers

by

by on May 07, 2013 in Catholic Bioethics, Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Featured
Print This Article

Researchers who justify the killing of human beings at the embryonic stage “demean” themselves and diminish their own humanity, an American ethicist told LifeSiteNews.com at the Vatican’s stem cell conference last month. By willingly participating in an evil, even to bring about a great good like cures for diseases, “You demean yourself, you make yourself […]

Weekly Wits
0

Weekly Wits 2/15/2013

by

by on Feb 15, 2013 in Catholic Bioethics, Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Featured, Humor, Reproductive Technology, The Catholic Family
Print This Article

meandfolly.blogspot.com       Like Us On Facebook       FollowMeOnTwitter

Lance Armstrong: Cheater or Pioneer?
0

Lance Armstrong: Cheater or Pioneer?

by

by on Feb 06, 2013 in Catholic Bioethics, Featured
Print This Article

After Lance Armstrong admitted that he cheated with performance enhancing drugs, I was waiting for the transhumanists to claim him as their own. It didn’t take long. The title of this Wired piece says it all: “Lance Armstrong should be celebrated as a pioneer in human enhancement.” The premise? Sure Armstrong broke the rules, but […]

Catholics Don't "Believe" Life Begins at Conception
11

Catholics Don’t “Believe” Life Begins at Conception

by

by on Dec 02, 2012 in Catholic Bioethics, Featured
Print This Article

I don’t know how many times I have heard it. Well-meaning Catholics who say, “As a Catholic, I believe life begins at conception.” I have decided that my mission in life is to correct this miscommunication because it is that very line that lets everyone who is not Catholic dismiss everything we have to say […]

The Greater Evil: The Third Party Candidate
0

The Greater Evil: The Third Party Candidate

by

by on Nov 04, 2012 in Catholic Bioethics, Featured, Government & Politics
Print This Article

Never before in the history of our country have we faced such a monumental and critical decision as in the 2012 Presidential election.  The transformation we face is something that may very well permanently alter the very structure and freedoms our nation has enjoyed for over 200 years to the point where we may never […]

The Broken Path
5

The Broken Path

by

by on Aug 02, 2012 in Catholic Bioethics, Featured, On Books
Print This Article

I opened my mail and found a review copy of The Broken Path: How Catholic Bishops Got Lost in the Weeds of American Politics by Judie Brown. I decided I was probably too busy to even read it. Three chapters into it, I felt I had no choice but to write a review. When I […]

Being Pro-Life 3.0
0

Being Pro-Life 3.0

by

by on Jul 18, 2012 in Catholic Bioethics, Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Contraception & Abortion, Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide, Featured, Reproductive Technology
Print This Article

This characterization of the many facets of being pro-life is so brilliant I wish I could say I thought of it.  Scott Rae, in an interview with John Stonestreet at BreakPoint.org, brings the pro-life movement into the 21st century in an attempt to get us all to wake up to the perils we are facing. […]