Bioethics

“…dozens of evangelical leaders—have eagerly shivered and shaked their way through the ice bucket challenge, despite concerns from Catholic leaders and pro-life groups that the viral video craze may be sending millions to fund embryonic stem cell research.” CT

“U.S. surrogate births have jumped 250 percent in eight years … . The U.S. is one of only a handful of countries – like India – that allow for paid surrogacy.” Buying Babies

“The Republican-dominated House voted 84-29 Wednesday to approve House Bill 4223, also known as the ‘Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.’”

“This week the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering whether to allow scientists to test a genetic technique that would create babies by combining DNA from three people. The goal is to prevent genetic diseases caused by defective mitochondrial DNA inherited from the mother, but the proposal raises concerns about the procedure’s ethical, medical, and social consequences.” WORLD

“Known also as the ‘South Carolina Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,’ the proposed legislation would ban most abortions after 20 weeks due to some indications that this is when the typical fetus can feel pain.” CPost

“We didn’t really start thinking of brain death as death until doctors at Harvard discovered that if we were to define it that way we’d be able to harvest organs for transplantation.” CT

Embryonic Stem Cell Breakthrough To Revive Cloning Debate

“Pro-life advocates at the United Nations have succeeded in halting U.S. efforts to list abortion as an international right”

… set aside as a day of mourning throughout the country by many organizations

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