Who Owns the Human Body?
by Jennifer LahlProposals to use brain-dead women as “whole body gestational surrogates” are utterly inhumane. Continue Reading »
Proposals to use brain-dead women as “whole body gestational surrogates” are utterly inhumane. Continue Reading »
Francis Collins is a brother in Christ and his accomplishments are undeniable. He is nonetheless a tragic figure, and his career a cautionary tale. Continue Reading »
In 2014, France’s High Audiovisual Council, the government body that regulates broadcast advertising in that country, banned one of the most moving TV commercials ever made. Titled “Dear Future Mom,” the ad addressed women pregnant with children diagnosed with Down syndrome. “Dear future . . . . Continue Reading »
The content of our bioethics will shape the course of our human future. That’s what makes What it Means to be Human so valuable. Continue Reading »
The forced dehydration of a patient in France affirms a deadly bioethics. Continue Reading »
The various late-term abortion legalization proposals and policies introduced this year bring us to a crucial time of choosing. Continue Reading »
Once the CRISPR technology is deemed safe and effective, it will be difficult for our postmodern and pluralistic society to establish limits for the genetic engineering of our children. Continue Reading »
It has been almost twenty years since I dissected a dead human body. It still seems strange: My first encounter with a human body to learn the art of healing was an encounter with a corpse. What is more, I took this body to pieces. In any other context, this act would have been a felony. Respect for . . . . Continue Reading »
One recurring theme in Pope Francis’s teaching is that human realities trump scholarly abstractions: “La realidad es superior a la idea.” His signature phrase about pastors who have the “smell of the sheep” is the folk version of this maxim. Cautions about “rigidity,” “empty . . . . Continue Reading »
If you believe protecting medical conscience is an important civil rights issue, join in supporting the Declaration in Support of Conscientious Objection in Health Care. Continue Reading »