Breaking NewsAbortion Is Never A Right, Affirms Spanish Bishop
Bishop Jose Sanchez of Siguenza-Guadalajara, Spain remarked Monday that abortion is “an attack against life,” and is therefore “an injustice” that “can never be called a right.” China Times: New Justice Minister Should Address Death Penalty
The person who succeeds Wang Ching-feng as minister of justice should make clear his or her stance on capital punishment. On the surface, Wang stepped down because of her refusal to execute inmates on death row, but she was actually forced to bow to the public sentiment that criminals should be punished as a reprisal and that the death penalty is a guarantor of social order. Minister Hints At Resuming Death Row Executions
Justice Minister Lee Kwi-nam hinted at resuming executions for those convicted of "capital crimes," breaking a 13-year-old virtual moratorium on the death penalty, Tuesday. Justice Minister Reignites Debate On Death Sentence
Amid public rage over a rape and murder case in Busan, the justice minister has reignited the controversial debate over the death penalty by breaking the government's silence on the matter on Tuesday. Over 6,000 Known HIV/AIDS Cases In Delhi
Over 6,000 People Living with HIV-AIDS (PLHA) are alive and on regular treatment in the national capital Delhi. HIV/AIDS Vaccine: Why It Won’t Be Coming Soon
In a recent article describing progress towards a (HIV/AIDS) vaccine, Herbert Virgin and Bruce Walker commented that the HIV/AIDS biomedical research community “still lack(s) fundamental knowledge regarding the nature, quality and quantity of immune responses that should be induced” for successful vaccination. Defining appropriate viral proteins for vaccination is also problematic, as is determining “whether preventative vaccine strategies should focus on protection from infection or protection from disease progression”. With so many “knowable unknowns”, HIV/AIDS remains an ongoing global challenge. Pro-life Groups Condemn Condom Use
About 20 pro-life advocates staged a rally yesterday morning to protest the Department of Health's reported distribution of condoms to the public.
Planned Parenthood 1952: Abortion 'Kills The Life Of A Baby,' Danger To Mother
According to a pamphlet unearthed by the pro-life group Live Action, back in 1952, Planned Parenthood - today the largest abortion provider in the United States - told women that having an abortion was a danger to their lives, health, and fertility, and kills a baby. More Headlines…
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Ethical Perspectives William E. May
This Pastoral Letter of November, 2009, presents Church teaching on marriage and family life in light of the documents of Vatican Council II, the encyclicals, apostolic exhortations, and other writings of Pope John Paul II, in particular in his celebrated Wednesday "catecheses on the theology of the body" and the writings of Pope Benedict XVI. Part One, Marriage in the Order of Creation: The Natural Institution of Marriage considers the nature of marriage, male-female complementarity as essential to marriage, the ends or purposes of marriage and their interrelationship, and fundamental challenges to marriage today. William E. May
Here I intend to present the Bishops' teaching in Part Two of the Pastoral Letter, which they call "Marriage in the Order of the New Creation: The Sacrament of Marriage" from the perspective of a husband, father, and grandfather. I want to do so because I have now been married more than fifty-one years to a wonderful, loving wife, and God has blessed us with seven loving children, four boys and three girls. Six of them are now married to great daughters- and sons-in-law whom God has blessed with fifteen children and in doing so has blessed us with fifteen grandchildren, ten girls and five boys ranging in age from twenty to seven months. I think this puts me into a position to appreciate the message our Bishops want to communicate in this fine document. Sandro Magister
One suicide every 15 minutes is a chilling statistic, but if one analyzes the statistical data the apprehension mounts. One sees, in fact, that one third of those who commit suicide are between the ages of 20 and 49, men and women in the prime of life who see no reason in their present or future not to throw their lives away. And if one moves down to the next age bracket, one discovers that Japan is first in the world for suicides among students, 552 in 2009. Every day of the school year, then, two students decide to take their lives, victims of a harshly competitive educational system and of mercilessly cruel bullying.
Chris Kahlenborn
The oral contraceptive pill, also known as the birth control pill, is currently being used by over 10 million women in the U.S. A number of physicians and researchers have noted that the oral contraceptive pill (OCP) is actually an abortifacient (ie, an agent that causes an early abortion; specifically, any agent that causes death of the zygote, embryo, or fetus after conception has occurred).
Dianne N. Irving
The aim of this article is three-fold: first, to indicate briefly some of the history relevant to the use of human subjects in medical research in general, and of persons with mental illness in particular; second, to draw attention to two of the most significant inadequacies in the Federal Regulations which deserve further examination and discussion; and third, to propose recommendations in which members of the National Association for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) could be useful in carrying out these regulations on many levels of paticipation -- including membership on IRB boards, and in the role of the "consent auditor" as proposed under the recommendations of the National Commission Report (National Commission, 1979, p. 6).
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Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion Antonio P. Pueyo
Some choices are simple matters and will not need much in-depth moral reflection such as what shall I wear or what shall I have for lunch? Other choices however have important consequences not only for us individually but also for the society where we belong. There is a moral dimension to politics. Dianne N. Irving
The professional rage today seems to be to rapidly incorporate ethics courses into every field. How much derives from a genuine concern to "do the right thing", or from a fear of litigation, remains to be sorted out. One fairly concise and plausable explanation was well articulated recently in an article by Greenberg et al, quoting a senior scientist: "Years ago I probably would have said common sense and the golden rule are sufficient. I don't think that will do anymore. I think the almighty dollar has taken over so much of what we do that we need formal training."
Maureen L. Condic
Most know someone afflicted with an incurable medical condition. The possibility of stem cell "cures" has given hope to many who face such suffering and loss. Unfortunately, there is a tremendous amount of misinformation about stem-cell therapies. To make sound decisions about this rapidly advancing field of research, it is important to understand what stem cells are and what promise they actually offer patients and their families.
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