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Get Ready for a Busy 2014 in Bioethics
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Get Ready for a Busy 2014 in Bioethics

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by on Feb 18, 2014 in Catholic Bioethics, Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide, Featured, Reproductive Technology, The Homosexual Agenda
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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 […]

Abortion's Nadir
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Abortion’s Nadir

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by on Dec 11, 2013 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured
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For those who believe that life begins at conception, abortion hangs over society like a dark cloud. So long as the culture and the courts continue to embrace this barbaric practice as simply a matter of “women’s health care,” there remains a need for pro-life advocacy and activism. According to the most recent statistics gathered […]

Technology as Savior
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Technology as Savior

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by on Oct 08, 2013 in Catholic Bioethics, Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Featured
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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 […]

"Reproductive Rights" and the Brave New United States
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“Reproductive Rights” and the Brave New United States

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by on Jun 13, 2012 in Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Featured, Reproductive Technology
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When I talk to my fellow Americans about biotechnology, they have this idea that all the bad stuff will happen in places like China and that the horrors of Huxley’s Brave New World will never happen here.  Cloning, human genetic engineering and the like will happen somewhere else, but not in the good ol’ USA. […]

Reverberations of Roe v. Wade Go Far Beyond Abortion
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Reverberations of Roe v. Wade Go Far Beyond Abortion

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by on Jan 22, 2012 in Catholic Bioethics, Featured
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Thirty-nine years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in Roe v. Wade, that the laws outlawing abortion in Texas were unconstitutional because a woman had a right to privacy, guaranteed by the Constitution.  Suddenly, the unborn had no legal protection in the United States.  But Roe v. Wade did not just deny legal protection to […]