Bioethics

  • Police Stop Alfie Evans’ Parents From Removing Him From Hospital Trying to Yank His Life Support

    Police in London, England today prevented the parents of Alfie Evans from taking him from the hospital that is attempting to end his life support and potentially take his life. As LifeNews.com has reported extensively, Alfie Evans’ parents have exhausted their legal options in an attempt to... Read more
    Written by Steven Ertelt  |  
    Posted by Kresta in the Afternoon on April 13th, 2018

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  • The Physician-Assisted Suicide Movement Is Gaining Ground in Two Major Ways

    The state of Hawaii has become the latest jurisdiction in the United States to legalize physician-assisted suicide. The Hawaii governor just signed legislation sent to him by Hawaii’s House of Representatives and State Senate that authorizes physician-assisted suicide in the... Read more
    Written by Gerard Mundy  |  
    Posted by Kresta in the Afternoon on April 12th, 2018

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  • Africans stand for life in UN battles over reproductive health

    Washington D.C., Apr 9, 2018 / 04:27 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- African Catholics remained concerned about a push from Western leaders to promote abortion and contraception in Africa in the name of economic development, especially as the United Nations Commission on Population and Development began... Read more
    Written by Courtney Grogan   |  
    Posted by Kresta in the Afternoon on April 9th, 2018

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  • Hawaii Becomes Seventh State To Legalize Doctor-Assisted Self-Murder

      Physician-assisted suicide continues to grow around the world and in the United States. Thursday, Hawaii Gov. David Ige signed the “Our Care, Our Choice Act” (HB 2739), that establishes a state-sanctioned system for physician-assisted suicide. Hawaii is now the seventh U.S.... Read more
    Written by Nicole Russel  |  
    Posted by Kresta in the Afternoon on April 6th, 2018

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  • The fertility doctor who impregnated a patient – and the ethics of procreation

    Denver, Colo., Apr 6, 2018 / 12:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A woman who discovered that her biological father is the fertility doctor who helped her mother conceive has filed a lawsuit against him. A leading bioethicist says the case points to the risk of devastation posed by artificial methods of... Read more
    Written by Maggie Maslak  |  
    Posted by Kresta in the Afternoon on April 6th, 2018

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  • Genetic modification of embryos: The truth behind the research

    Nearly two decades ago, in an attempt to increase funding for research on embryonic stem cells, scientists and patient-advocacy groups enlisted patients suffering from a range of debilitating diseases, from Alzheimer’s to multiple sclerosis. Promising the possibility of a “cure” if only we... Read more
    Written by Dr. David Kuebler   |  
    Posted by Kresta in the Afternoon on March 21st, 2018

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  • VSED: A New Form of Assisted Suicide

    Super Bowl LII is in the books now, and everybody knows that the Philadelphia Eagles were victorious on the field—finally! But what about the real battle of Super Bowl Sunday—that is, who won the contest for best commercial? Doritos and Mountain Dew have my vote for the lip-sync duel... Read more
    Written by Richard Becker  |  
    Posted by Kresta in the Afternoon on March 13th, 2018

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  • The Choice of Assisted Suicide is an Illusion

    How many of us want our wishes for our death respected? We all do, of course. This was the kick off to a debate recently at Hofstra University in New York between David Levin of End of Life Choices/New York, and Margaret Dore, of Choice is an Illusion. The topic was, "Euthanasia or... Read more
    Written by Patty Knap  |  
    Posted by Kresta in the Afternoon on March 7th, 2018

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  • America’s Surrogacy Bump: Is Fertility a Blessing to Be Shared?

    [caption id="attachment_96997" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Image processed by CodeCarvings Piczard ### FREE Community Edition ### on 2018-02-18 15:05:55Z | http://piczard.com | http://codecarvings.com[/caption] Following months of infertility treatments, Meg Watwood cried in joy when her first... Read more
    Written by Kate Shellnut  |  
    Posted by Kresta in the Afternoon on March 7th, 2018

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  • British court denies parents’ appeal to save toddler’s life support

    London, England, Mar 6, 2018 / 03:43 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- On Tuesday, London’s Court of Appeal upheld a lower court’s decision to end life support for an ill 21-month-old boy, despite the parent’s wishes to continue treatment. Justice Anthony Hayden of the High Court ordered two weeks... Read more
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    Posted by Kresta in the Afternoon on March 6th, 2018

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