Category: Life Issues & Bioethics

Super Tuesday and Being Human
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Super Tuesday and Being Human

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by on Mar 06, 2012 in Columnists, Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Government & Politics
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I write on Super Tuesday, but my reflections here pertain to the entire election season of 2012, and in fact, of every election cycle. If you look at the writings of the Catholic Church regarding political responsibility, you often see reference to what is important to “Catholic social teaching” and a “Catholic conscience.” And, of […]

The Nature Of Marriage Is Not Defined By Popular Whim
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The Nature Of Marriage Is Not Defined By Popular Whim

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by on Mar 05, 2012 in Featured, The Homosexual Agenda
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The debate over “social issues” in the United States recently brought many important topics, those typically reserved for the backburner in American politics, to the national stage for the first time in a long time. With the focus of the media shifting towards these issues, however, we have seen vicious attacks from political pundits, and […]

The Catholic Church is No Enemy of Science or the Infertile
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The Catholic Church is No Enemy of Science or the Infertile

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by on Mar 05, 2012 in Featured, Reproductive Technology
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Because of her opposition to third party reproduction, the Catholic Church is often accused of being anti-science and insensitive to those who suffer the pain of infertility. Last year’s CNN Belief Blog op-ed from  Sean Savage calling on the Catholic Church to reverse her opposition to IVF is a good example of the anger that […]

Contraception and Contradiction
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Contraception and Contradiction

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by on Mar 05, 2012 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Government & Politics, Science
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The Church is a sign of contradiction. On the issue of contraception, in which the Catholic Church is seen as the most inveterate of socially conservative reactionaries, the Church loses not only libertine opponents, but also many conservative friends. In the present debate about the government’s attempt to compel religious institutions to fund the use […]

Pharaoh and the Midwives
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Pharaoh and the Midwives

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by on Mar 03, 2012 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Law & Justice
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Watching how Great Britain deals with the ethical issues surrounding health care is instructive for a few important reasons. First, we both have a Judeo-Christian foundation to our cultures; we have inherited much of our legal system from theirs; they introduced socialized medicine over sixty years ago, and finally, they legalized abortion six years before […]

UN Security Guards Confiscate Pro-Life Literature from Students
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UN Security Guards Confiscate Pro-Life Literature from Students

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by on Mar 03, 2012 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured
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Youth attending a UN conference on women’s issues this week say UN security officers confiscated their backpacks after discovering pro-life literature. The confiscated materials were petitions to “Stop Sexualizing Children,” and were connected to a UN approved workshop led this week by Dr. Miriam Grossman, a child psychiatrist and author of “You’re Teaching My Child […]

Consolations
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Consolations

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by on Mar 03, 2012 in Catechesis, Columnists, Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Featured, Humor, Science
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Do you know what it means to receive a consolation from the Lord? In the work of prayer for example, it is when you feel a deep sense of His presence. But even in our day-to-day lives we can receive consolations from the Lord. These come in the form of a perk, or a little […]

‘Decrease in Human Beings Will Cover Cost of Contraception Mandate,’ Claims Sebelius
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‘Decrease in Human Beings Will Cover Cost of Contraception Mandate,’ Claims Sebelius

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by on Mar 02, 2012 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured
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Yesterday at a Congressional hearing, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius made two outrageous claims: From CNSNews.com During the subcommittee hearing, Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) said that contraception provided by insurance companies to people employed by religious organizations under the future form of the rule Sebelius described would not be was not free. “Who pays for it? […]

Can Contraception Raise Family IQ's?
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Can Contraception Raise Family IQ’s?

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by on Mar 02, 2012 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Parenting
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Minorities are not generally high achievers so the government has a responsibility to reduce their population. (Stay with me, I have a point to make.) Singleton children from highly educated, successful parents tend to be self-centered, so the government needs to address that unpatriotic situation.  Rich families breed kids with tendencies for depression, so they […]

The Privilege of Remembering for Both of Us
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The Privilege of Remembering for Both of Us

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by on Mar 02, 2012 in Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Featured
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Last year it was a distinct privilege for my wife and I to grow close to an elderly lady in her last few months. We were not officially “family,” so we weren’t told any of the medical details. But two things were obvious to anyone (including those members of my Adult Sunday school class who […]

The Ethics of Genetic Testing: Part 1
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The Ethics of Genetic Testing: Part 1

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by on Mar 01, 2012 in Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Featured
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I have found that many Catholics are confused about genetic testing and the ethical issues that surround it.  So I have decided to write a two part series on the ethics of genetic testing. Part 1: Genetic testing is not all bad. Many Catholics are wary of the Human Genome Project (HGP) and genetic testing, […]

House Judiciary Hearing Raises Concerns of Government Intrusion Into Family Life
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House Judiciary Hearing Raises Concerns of Government Intrusion Into Family Life

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by on Feb 29, 2012 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured
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The full committee of the House Judiciary convened yesterday to discuss the ongoing religious liberty violation resulting from the HHS contraception mandate for all healthcare policies except for a very narrow exemption that, according to Congressman Trent Frank , “Jesus Christ himself and Mother Teresa would not qualify for.” Chairman Lamar Smith’s (R-TX) opening statement […]

Tell Your Senator: Stop HHS Mandate!
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Tell Your Senator: Stop HHS Mandate!

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by on Feb 29, 2012 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured
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The Obama administration’s attack on religious liberty is intensifying. It now claims the right, under the new HHS Mandate, to force hundreds of thousands of Catholics, working in thousands of Catholic organizations, to violate their conscience and the teachings of their faith on the Life issues. The new Mandate is particularly alarming to us at […]

Cardinal George: All Catholic Hospitals Will Close in Two Years Under HHS Mandate
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Cardinal George: All Catholic Hospitals Will Close in Two Years Under HHS Mandate

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by on Feb 28, 2012 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured
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Chicago’s Francis Cardinal George is warning the HHS contraception/abortifacient mandate will close Catholic hospitals and universities or force them to secularize, a process he calls “a form of theft.” If the regulation is not rescinded, the Catholic Church will be “despoiled of her institutions,” he said in a column printed on CatholicNewWorld, likening the proposed policies to the […]

Why the HHS Mandate is About Religious Freedom AND Contraceptives
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Why the HHS Mandate is About Religious Freedom AND Contraceptives

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by on Feb 27, 2012 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Law & Justice
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By now, most Catholics are aware of the impending HHS mandate the Obama Administration will be imposing upon faith-based organizations, requiring them to pay — through insurance companies — for contraception, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs. If they choose to not pay, a fine will be imposed per employee, which could cost institutions like the Catholic Church millions […]

The Importance of <em>Christian</em> Perinatal Hospice
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The Importance of Christian Perinatal Hospice

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by on Feb 27, 2012 in Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Featured
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I do not know what it’s like to lose a child and I hope and pray I never do. All my children, and now grandchildren, are healthy and strong. My family is truly blessed and I try not to forget that fact. There are expectant parents who face the terrible reality that their baby will be […]

U.S. Delegation to UN Women Commission Stacked With Abortion Advocates
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U.S. Delegation to UN Women Commission Stacked With Abortion Advocates

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by on Feb 27, 2012 in Featured, Life Issues & Bioethics
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Last Thursday, a State Department press release announced the delegation they would be sending to the the 56th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women beginning this week at UN headquarters in New York and running two weeks. The two co-leaders of the delegation are Susan Rice, US Ambassador to the United Nations and Melanne […]

A Lesson Learned?
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A Lesson Learned?

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by on Feb 25, 2012 in Featured, Life Issues & Bioethics
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Yes, America, you are beautiful indeed, and blessed in so many ways … But your greatest beauty and your richest blessing is found in the human person: in each man, woman and child, in every immigrant, in every native-born son and daughter. For this reason, America, your deepest identity and truest character as a Nation […]

A Healthy Child Can Never Be Guaranteed
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A Healthy Child Can Never Be Guaranteed

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by on Feb 23, 2012 in Catholic Bioethics, Featured
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A couple in Texas is suing a sperm bank in New England because their child has cystic fibrosis.  Cystic fibrosis is a devastating disease that is caused by mutations in the CFTR gene.  People with cystic fibrosis have mutations in both their copies of the CFTR gene; one mutation from their father and one mutation […]

Cooking the Books, Disparaging Catholics
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Cooking the Books, Disparaging Catholics

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by on Feb 23, 2012 in Featured, Life Issues & Bioethics
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The only folks who might have missed the fallacious claim that 98 percent of Catholics use contraception are those who have no newspaper or television set around. Lucky folks! The rest of us must consider the stark reality that whatever the media reports, no matter how wrong it might be, it will grab hold, stick […]

How the West’s Fertility War Has Left Women at Risk
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How the West’s Fertility War Has Left Women at Risk

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by on Feb 22, 2012 in Featured, Life Issues & Bioethics
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Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men Mara Hvistendahl Public Affairs, 2011; 314 pages, $26.99 This brave and timely book has many strengths and one glaring, but understandable, weakness. The strength of this book is the reporting. Mara Hvistendahl, a liberal, pro-choice feminist, painstakingly documents the catastrophic […]

Largest 40 Days for Life Spring Campaign Ever Starts Tomorrow
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Largest 40 Days for Life Spring Campaign Ever Starts Tomorrow

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by on Feb 21, 2012 in Featured, Life Issues & Bioethics
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Tomorrow, the largest spring 40 Days for Life campaign in history kicks off in cities across America and around the world From Wednesday, February 22, through Sunday, April 1, 40-day campaigns of prayer and fasting, peaceful vigil and community outreach will be held in 258 cities all across the United States (44 states and the […]

Political Leaders Protect Marriage and Children from Homosexual Demands
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Political Leaders Protect Marriage and Children from Homosexual Demands

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by on Feb 21, 2012 in Featured, Life Issues & Bioethics
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Resistance to the United States’ new foreign policy priority is emerging around the world for the same reasons it has been rejected within the U.S.  Political leaders are holding the line against homosexual/transsexual demands when it comes to marriage and teaching children about homosexual/transsexual activity. Leaders from the United Nations, UK and European Union have […]

Poisoned by the Pill: Truths about Chemical Contraception
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Poisoned by the Pill: Truths about Chemical Contraception

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by on Feb 20, 2012 in Featured, Life Issues & Bioethics
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What are we doing?  Obstetricians, whose job it is to help usher new life into the world, display birth control advertisements on their waiting room end-tables the way one’s Aunt Matilda might once have displayed dear family photos.  The secular news media, whose job it is to objectively report information, only last year exalted 50 […]