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French bishops rally Catholics against bioethics bill
- Oct 8, 2020
The French bishops’ conference has urged Catholics to join mass protests against a government-backed bioethics bill that would liberalize abortion and embryo research and allow in vitro fertilization for lesbians and single mothers.
Ivory Coast bishops object to provisions of reproductive health law
- Jul 10, 2018
A newly proposed sexual reproductive health law is causing concerns for the bishops of the Ivory Coast, and a warning against “powerful and wealthy donors” having undue influence in the country.
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.
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.
A Catholic dilemma: Should IVF embryos be adopted?
- Dec 3, 2015
As more Americans than ever before turn to in vitro fertilization to create families, a surprising ethical question — what to do with thousands of embryos stuck in a sort of frozen limbo — is dividing US Catholics who call themselves pro-life, with some calling for the embryos to be adopted, while
Suit over in vitro fertilization can go to trial
- Sep 5, 2014
A lawsuit by a former Roman Catholic schoolteacher who says she was fired by a northern Indiana diocese for trying to get pregnant through in vitro fertilization can proceed to trial, a federal judge has ruled. In a mixed ruling this week, U.S. District Judge Robert L. Miller Jr. in
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