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Science and Medical Ethics
A "Painless" Death? (Wesley J. Smith)
Address of John Paul II on the Occasion of the International Congress of Catholic Obstetricians and Gynecologists (Pope John Paul II)
An autopsy won't end it (John Leo)
Are Organ Transplants Ever Morally Licit? (Bishop Fabian Wendelin Bruskewitz, Bishop Robert F. Vasa, Walt F. Weaver, Paul A. Byrne, Richard G. Nilges, and Josef Seifert)
Begotten Not Made: A Catholic View of Reproductive Technology
(John M. Haas, Ph.D., S.T.L.)
Biotech New World (Wesley J. Smith)
Birth Control Pill: Abortifacient and Contraceptive
(William F. Colliton, Jr., M.D., FACOG)
Bodies Without Souls (Dennis Teti)
Brave New Genetic World (Stacy Mattingly)
Compulsory Vaccinations Threaten Religious Freedom
Can Frozen Embryos Be Saved? (Grace MacKinnon)
Couples Ask: What’s Wrong With In-vitro Fertilization?
Court-Ordered Death of Terri Schiavo (William Federer)
Development of Church Teaching on Prolonging Life
(Kevin D. O'Rourke)
Embryology: Inconvenient Facts (William L. Saunders)
Embryonic Cell Research: Testimony of Richard M. Doerflinger
Establishment Bioethics (Sean Murphy)
Euthanasia or Mercy-killing (Victor R. Claveau)
Formula for Producing Super-Babies (Donald DeMarco)
Harsh Medicine: Chapter 1 from Culture of Death
(Wesley J. Smith)
How Science is Redefining Death (Stephanie M. Ingersoll)
Human Cloning vs. Human Dignity (Richard M. Doerflinger)
How to Talk to Democrats About Embryonic Stem Cell Research
(Eric
Pavlat)
Immunity From Evil?: Vaccines Derived from Abortion
Is Bioethics Ethical? (Wesley J. Smith)
'It would compromise my very humanity'
Leon Kass and the Challenge of Bioethics (William E. May)
Leon Kass: A national treasure (George Weigel)
Life is too important to be left to scientists (Ian Hunter)
Life, Liberty and the Defense of Dignity: The Challenge for Bioethics
Medical Cannibals: The Moral Implications of Fetal Tissue Vaccines (Steven Kellmeyer)
Medicine that Makes You Sick (Robert F. Conkling, MD, NFPMC, FCP)
New Babies Have Three Parents (David Curtin)
No Two Alike (Fr. Gene Simon, S.J.)
Not Making the Cut (Donald DeMarco)
Not quite dead?: The case for caution in the definition of "brain death" (Monica Seeley)
Of Living Wills and Butterfly Ballots (Nancy Valko)
Oral Contraception Abortion-Rate Calculations
Organ Donation and Determination of Death
People in vegetative states are entitled to compassion and care (Raymond J. De Souza)
Peter Singer: Architect of the Culture of Death
Play It Again Organ Donation (Lay Witness)
Population Policy Ideology of Science (Nicholas Eberstadt)
Pregnant Women "Inherit" Some Characteristics of Their Children (Zenit)
Press Misrepresents Catholic Teaching on End of Life Issues
Protection of Conscience Project - Protection of Conscience Project Submission to the all-Party (Committee on the Constitution (Ireland)
Reproductive Technology (John M. Haas)
Scientific Breakthroughs (Robert P. George)
Stem cell research: Down the Slippery Slope from Contraception
Technologies of Evil: Eight Questions About the Stem-Cell Debate
The Betrayal of Hippocrates (Wesley J. Smith)
The Bioethics Mess (Dianne Irving)
The Case Against Funding Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research (Anton-Lewis Usala, M.D.)
The Case Against Perfection (Michael J. Sandel)
The Case of Terri Schiavo: When Does Dignity End?
The difference between knowledge and wisdom (George Weigel)
The Evolution of Genocide (Rebecca Messall)
The Freedom of Conscience in Relation to “Health”
The Human Cost of In Vitro Fertilization Technique
The Immorality of Human Cloning (Prof. Michael F. Hull)
The "Morning After" Pill (Dr. J.B. Shea, M.D.)
The National Catholic Bioethics Center
The Pain of the Almost Dead (Susan Martinuk)
The Point of a Ban: Or, How to Think About Stem Cell Research
The Sanctity of Life Seduced - A Symposium on Medical Ethics
Science and the Catholic Church - Annotated listing of links to Church documents and articles on bioethics.
The Truth About Embryonic Stem Cell (ESC) Therapies
The Unchosen Frozen (William L. Saunders)
The Wisdom of Repugnance (Leon R. Kass)
The Wrong Tree (Wesley J. Smith)
Thou Shalt Not Kill (Victor R. Claveau)
To Stop a Flood (National Catholic Register) - editorial
To the Congress on Life-Sustaining Treatments and Vegetative State (Pope John Paul II)
Together in the darkness (Sheila Cassidy)
Unborn Pain (Fr. Frank Pavone)
Vatican Issues Guidelines on Use of Abortion-Derived Vaccines
(National Catholic Register Staff)
Weeding Out the "Unfit" Unborn (Zenit)
Welcome to Our Brave New World: An Interview with Wesley J. Smith (John Zmirak)
What is Human Cloning? (UCCB - Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities)
When We Were Philosopher Kings (Ruth Shalit)
Which Medical Ethics for the 21st Century? (Dianne N. Irving)
World Health Organization Classifies Contraceptives as Highly Carcinogenic