Bioethics

“The public health agency said it was ‘unable to report the total number of abortions performed in the United States’ in 2021, limited, in part, due to the four states that did not provide data – California, Maryland, New Hampshire and New Jersey.” - BPNews

“On Tuesday, Ohioans voted 57 to 43 percent in favor of adding a sweeping right to abortion to their state constitution.” - N.Review

“President Trump failed to form a council when he was sworn in and President Biden has followed suit.” - Public Discourse

“The creation of synthetic embryos—whether animal or human—raises all sorts of ethical questions about the moral status of these cell cultures….The answers aren’t obvious—regardless of worldview considerations.” - Reasons

“The creation of a human embryo without sperm or egg … goes beyond what we have seen in previous artificial reproductive technology and genetic engineering techniques.” - RNS

“The theory of deontology says that humans are morally obligated to act in accordance with a certain set of principles and rules regardless of outcome.” - Word by Word

“Earlier this year, a joint effort …resulted in the creation of synthetic embryos using only stem cells. However, the latest achievement is being hailed as the first ‘complete’ embryo model” - Relevant

“The high court on Wednesday threw out all federal criminal penalties for abortion in a ruling that will require the federal public health service to offer the lethal procedure to anyone who requests it.” - BPNews

“Psaki’s claim, therefore, that ‘nobody supports abortion up until birth’ is misleading and dependent on a very narrow interpretation of what constitutes ‘support’ for a policy.” - The Dispatch

“Based on 1,009 interviews of American adults who attend church services at least once a month, the study was conducted in June 2023 by Center for Biblical Worldview and prominent Evangelical pollster George Barna.” - CPost