Bioethics

“Noting abortion is ‘an issue that a lot of Christians struggle with, and that there’s a lot of fierce and passionate debate within our faith communities,’ Talarico said he believes that “people of good faith can arrive at different moral conclusions” - CPost

“In the Trump administration’s filings, the Justice Department asked a Texas federal district court on March 13 to either stay or dismiss Florida and Texas challenges to mifepristone, arguing that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing the drug’s safety.

“I think the lesson for Holyrood — and for Westminster too — is that there is no such thing as a ‘safe’ assisted suicide bill. Instead of offering death to the sick, we invite the MSPs who lost the vote today to transfer their campaigning energies to offering them better palliative care instead.” - CPost

“Designated by Ronald Reagan in 1988, Sanctity of Human Life Day proclaims that the ‘right to life belongs equally to babies in the womb, babies born handicapped, and the elderly or infirm.’” - MinistryWatch

“Imagine you meet a single mother struggling to raise a 2-year-old alone—her dreams of medical school crushed and unlikely to be fulfilled, her dating life filled with an endless series of men who back away from raising someone else’s child….You see that she is breaking under the strain, and just as you are thinking how sad it is, someone hands you a button.

“Killing the sick before they’re born is no moral way to deal with disease” - World

Trump: “I think this is very pro-life. You can’t get more pro-life than this.” - National Review

Also…

“American churchgoers are becoming less sure about what the Bible says regarding abortion, human sexuality, and gender, according to a study conducted by Family Research Council’s Center for Biblical Worldview.” - C.Leaders

“But the esoteric nature of the debate is no excuse for anyone who cares about human rights or life issues to skip it entirely, especially as the definition of what constitutes death is currently changing.” - RNS

“Many here in the United States advocate for legalized euthanasia…. Thankfully, there are other voices opposing it. For instance, the American Medical Association has stated, ‘Euthanasia is fundamentally incompatible with the physician’s role as healer, would be difficult or impossible to control, and would pose serious societal risks.’” - P&D