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New stem cell research guidelines a ‘shifting goalpost’ for embryo safeguards. ethicist says
- Jun 8, 2021
A British bioethicist is warning that extending a 14-day limit on experimenting on human embryos will “strip away one of the few remaining limits to injustices committed against embryonic human beings.”
Human-monkey embryo ‘deeply unethical,’ says Catholic bioethicist
- Apr 17, 2021
The creation of a human-nonhuman interspecies embryo is “deeply unethical,” according to the UK’s leading Catholic bioethics institute.
Sydney archbishop urges ‘deep breath’ after news of artificial embryos
- Mar 22, 2021
After a prominent Australian university announced it had made artificial human embryos from skin cells, an Australian archbishop with a doctorate in bioethics asked, “Is this really such a good thing?”
Bioethics expert says ‘de-valuing’ human beings is 21st century malady
- Sep 18, 2017
Dr. John Haas, President of the National Catholic Bioethics Center, says that beneath specific conundrums that arise in the field of bioethics these days lies a deeper challenge that the Catholic Church is uniquely equipped to address: A ‘de-valuing’ of human beings, which turns the weak and vulnerable into commodities to be exploited by the wealthy and powerful.
Colorado case spotlights divorce dilemma on frozen embryos
- Aug 29, 2017
After Sofia Vergara’s court battle over frozen embryos made news, other cases are coming to light. In Colorado one woman is fighting to keep her embryos for future implantation while her ex-husband wants them to be destroyed.
We need to resist brave new world of ‘Gattaca’ before it’s too late
- Aug 7, 2017
It became official this week: We can now edit the genetic material of embryos. It’s being hailed as a major breakthrough to fight disease, but as the movie “Gattaca” so brilliantly demonstrated two decades ago, there are numerous, profound ethical questions when such a practice is normalized. If we wait for our grandchildren to resolve them, it will be too late.
No, a Consistent Ethic of Life doesn’t mean going soft on abortion
- Oct 21, 2016
Critics have seen the idea of a ‘Consistent Ethic of Life’ as code for ignoring or playing down abortion, and in some cases they may have a point, but that’s not how the vast majority of Church leaders such as Pope Francis see it.
Pope didn’t endorse animal/human hybrids, but expert says ‘We can talk’
- Feb 6, 2016
In a recent interview with Scientific American, a Spanish biologist named Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte at the California-based Salk Institute claimed that Pope Francis had given an ethical thumbs-up to research on animal/human genetic hybrids. After that report made the rounds, the Vatican issued a swift denial: “It’s absolutely unfounded
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