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Human Life Begins at Conception: One Single Cell Becomes Trillions
When the cell was first discovered (and named) by Robert Hooke in 1665, it was hailed as a major discovery. However it was initially thought to be just a cell wall containing a mass of some sort of undifferentiated protoplasm. Plastic surgeons support waiting until patients are at least 19 years old
For the first time, a major U.S. physician group has recommended against gender transition surgeries for youths. The Tide Is Turning Against Transgender Ideology
Pushback is strongest in the arena of banning biological males from competing in women's sports, but it's also taking place within the U.S. medical establishment as moves are made to ban 'gender transition' treatments for minors. Spanish court approves euthanasia for a woman who became disabled after surviving a suicide.
Father attempted to prevent the euthanasia death of his daughter based on her mental health. Assisted suicide increases rates of non-medical suicide, statistics show
Two months ago, New York Governor Kathy Hochul said the state would make assisted suicide available to terminally ill people determined by doctors to have less than six months to live. Two-thirds of aborted babies lost their lives to abortion pills, report finds
After a report found that nearly two-thirds of abortions are chemical, advocacy groups are pushing for national and local safeguards against mail-order abortion pill prescriptions. Ultrasounds Prove Unborn Babies are Human Beings
"The bottom line is no woman is going to want an abortion after seeing a sonogram." -- Francesco Angelo, medical director of the Family Planning Center in Mineola, as quoted in the New York Times. No, Pro-Life Laws are Not Killing Women
Pro-life advocates in our post-Dobbs environment have likely been made aware - whether through news commentators, social media, or pro-choice friends and family members - of a series of shocking articles published by the nonprofit journalistic outfit ProPublica concerning the reportedly deadly effects of pro-life laws for women. The Pill Revolt - Why Millennial Women Like Me Are Rethinking Hormonal Birth Control
The rising anti-birth control push isn't because of misinformation. Male Student Takes Two Girls' Medals In Massachusetts State Track and Field Championships
Women's sports advocacy groups' are expressing outrage after a male student was found to be competing in girls' track and field for Chelsea High School in Massachusetts. More Headlines…
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Worthy? Who decides? When hospitals, media, and policy accept ending or withholding life for the vulnerable, I see how we begin to treat some people as less than fully human - problems to manage rather than neighbors to love. In this article I ask who judges a life's value and move from institutions to the everyday moments where dignity is made or denied: a hurried bedside conversation, a refused invitation, a steady presence. Drawing on my Catholic faith, Scripture, and stories of the elderly, disabled, and marginalized, I examine how assumptions about usefulness erode worth and offer practical compassion - listening, shared meals, sacramental care - that restores dignity and says, "You matter."
Continue reading at Fr. Jerry's Blog... Ethical Perspectives Rod Lampard
A New York jury awards millions to a detransitioner, finding doctors breached their duty of care--marking a historic legal reckoning for gender-related medical practices involving minors.
Lori Hadacek Chaplin
When all is said and done, God has designed the procreative acts of parents as the best and most ethical way to bring children into the world. For those who are unable to conceive on their own, there are alternatives that do not include accepting babies created in petri dishes, filtered for flaws and discarded like trash.
Brian Clowes
The very rare cases when a pregnancy poses a genuine and immediate threat to the mother's life are a source of great confusion, especially among Catholics. It is absolutely true that the Catholic Church bans direct abortion in all cases. However, the mother's life may be saved by surgery that does not directly attack the preborn baby's life, even if the child may die as an indirect result of the procedure. This ethical principle is known as the principle of double effect. Patrick T. Brown
If democracy means anything, it should mean some ability to take a deep breath before we permit Silicon Valley to hack baby-making in the same way it has remade so many other facets of our lives. Antonio Lemos
The Church has a long tradition of generous care for migrants, while allowing room for legitimate regulation.
Carolyn Moynihan
By and large Pew finds these young people "confident, self-expressive, liberal, upbeat and open to change".
Michael Cook
The debate over parental duties of sperm donors has flared up again - this time in response to an American man being sued for medical expenses of the child of his donated sperm. Steven Mosher
China's draconian one-child policy has claimed many victims - hundreds of millions of unborn children have lost their lives, tens of thousands of women have died from botched abortions and sterilizations, and tens of thousands more have committed suicide to end the pain of late-term, forced abortions - but Wang Guangrong's story is particularly tragic. John Stonestreet
The women who enter a Planned Parenthood are often frightened and alone. The very last thing they need is "help" from a systemically racist corporation whose hundreds of millions of dollars in profit each year depend almost entirely on killing their babies. Whether or not the founder's name is on the door doesn't make any difference at all. Michael Cook
Australia should legalize commercial surrogacy to stop the exploitation of women overseas and to ensure that agreements are properly regulated to protect children, surrogates and commissioning parents, says the Chief Federal Court Magistrate John Pascoe.
David C. Reardon
Health and Human Services (HHS) has recently declared that recent research demonstrates that acetaminophen use by pregnant women is a "a root cause of autism." Studies examining this link report that the risk of autism increases somewhere between 7 and 35 percent for unborn children exposed to this commonly used pain medication. Judie Brown
Those who wear fairy wings have dismissed the truth that sin is bad, not to mention that contraception and abortion are among the most grievous of sins. But we have not, and we will not because lives and souls are at stake. Ron Panzer
Whatever the stage of life, we serve and treat - so long as these can truly help. We don't withdraw our services simply because we do not approve the life before us. We know that all patients are human persons made in the image of God. As such, they are to be served and have their lives affirmed - including the preborn, the newborn, infant, child, as well as the adult, the disabled, and the elderly. Like the farmer, we put our hand to the plow and do not look back. We serve to the best of our ability and leave the results in His hands. (Luke 9:62) Steven Mosher
Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court decided Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, and ruled the federal government could not require closely-held corporations to provide no-cost contraception for their employees. Although that was the question before the Supreme Court, there were many things the Supreme Court didn't have the jurisdiction to rule on yesterday. And the most important of these issues--the basic premise at the root of the case's ideological divide--was not up for debate: that contraception is preventive health care. Heather Zeiger
Smartphones and apps are designed to suck up as much of our lives as possible.
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