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Down Syndrome Discovery Has Implications for Human Genetic Engineering
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Down Syndrome Discovery Has Implications for Human Genetic Engineering

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by on Apr 29, 2014 in Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Featured
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The 21st human chromosome is the smallest of all our chromosomes. It contains a few hundred genes and is only 1% of our total DNA. As most people know, an extra chromosome 21 causes Down Syndrome. What most people did not know, until research published this week, is that tiny chromosome has an effect across […]

Eugenics Still Coercive and Devoid of Real Compassion
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Eugenics Still Coercive and Devoid of Real Compassion

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by on Feb 06, 2014 in Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Featured
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Today more and more people are whole-heartedly embracing eugenics. They probably don’t know it as eugenics, but every time a human life in the womb or in the lab is cut short because his or her genetics is not up to snuff, that is undoubtedly eugenics. Many associate the eugenics of old with a lack […]

Good News About Down Syndrome
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Good News About Down Syndrome

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by on Nov 04, 2013 in Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Contraception & Abortion, Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Featured
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It was one of the most heartwarming moments of the 2013 baseball season. On April 18, after a pep-talk from his “best friend and greatest batboy,” Cincinnati Reds third baseman Todd Frazier ripped a two-run homer to center field off John Maine, extending the Reds lead to 11-1 over the Miami Marlins in the sixth […]

The New Love Affair with Eugenics
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The New Love Affair with Eugenics

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by on Sep 24, 2013 in Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Featured
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One of the modern zeitgeists that scares me the most is the growing love affair with eugenics among the elite. Whether the masses are aware of it or not, elite ideas trickle down and infect our subconscious. More and more dropping from Ivory Towers are notes that say, “Eugenics is good,” and “The problem last […]

A Crime in Time—and Again
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A Crime in Time—and Again

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by on Sep 16, 2013 in Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Contraception & Abortion, Featured
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Anne Roback Morse also contributed to this article. California has a long-history of eugenics, and it is easy to condemn the eugenics laws that the Golden State passed in 1909 and implemented until 1952. These sterilizations were visited upon “the unfit” in mental hospitals, upon the uneducated, and upon non-white minorities in disproportionately high numbers. […]

Does the State Have Your Child's DNA?
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Does the State Have Your Child’s DNA?

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by on Sep 04, 2012 in Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Featured
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I hate to be so sensational, but I think it is important for parents to understand that your child’s DNA maybe stored in a state government facility and you have no idea. Impossible, you say? You know that heel stick that your child got in the hospital right after birth?  Some states keep and catalog […]

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, […]

Controlling Human Genetic Engineering Before it Controls Us
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Controlling Human Genetic Engineering Before it Controls Us

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by on Feb 17, 2012 in Catholic Bioethics, Featured
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We do have the ability to control human genetic engineering without it controlling us.  To do that we must draw a line in the sand between morally laudable therapy and human altering enhancement. My previous article, What is the Catholic View on Genetic Engineering, was all about the distinction between gene therapy and genetic enhancement.  Now, […]

What is the Catholic View on Genetic Engineering?
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What is the Catholic View on Genetic Engineering?

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by on Feb 09, 2012 in Catholic Bioethics, Featured
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The genetic engineering of humans is not yet a reality.  But, with advancements in gene therapy and cloning, it will be and it is critical that Catholics be ahead of the rhetorical curve on this one, instead of behind. Now is the time to look at the genetic engineering of humans and what the Church […]

Manic Disdain for Our Fellow Man
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Manic Disdain for Our Fellow Man

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by on Nov 30, 2011 in Featured, Life Issues & Bioethics
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Manic: affected with, relating to, characterized by, or resulting from mania There is no other word that better defines man’s desire to perfect man than the mania that drives so many to eliminate human imperfection by killing human beings. This craving has gripped the very core of those we have come to identify as the […]