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Morally Tainted: Products Made Possible By the Destruction of Innocent Human Life
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Morally Tainted: Products Made Possible By the Destruction of Innocent Human Life

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by on Mar 12, 2012 in Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Contraception & Abortion, Featured
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Oklahoma State Senator Ralph Shortey has introduced a bill to Oklahoma’s state legislature that has caused quite a stir.  SB 1418 says it would ban any product for human “consumption” that contains aborted human fetal tissue or where the research or development of any of the ingredients required the use of aborted fetal tissue. Now, […]

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 […]

New Drug for Depression Likely Developed with Cells from Aborted Fetus
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New Drug for Depression Likely Developed with Cells from Aborted Fetus

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by on Jan 16, 2012 in Catholic Bioethics, Featured
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I have suffered from depression my whole adult life.  Symptoms of depression and anxiety run in my family.  So any story about new treatments for depression always catch my eye.  But this one caught my eye for another reason.  One of the indications of depression is a reduced hippocampus, a part of the brain that […]