Medicine and Morality

At fertility clinics, abandoned human embryos could number in the millions

By Jonah McKeown Denver, Colo., Aug 13, 2019 / 07:00 pm (CNA).- The number of “abandoned” human embryos in the United States could number in the millions, and many fertility specialists are reticent to discuss the dilemma of what to do with frozen embryos, according to a recent NBC News... read more

‘Puberty is not a disease’: Italian council moves to ban gender-bending drugs for kids

By Martin M. Barillas TRIESTE, Italy, July 23, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — The regional council of Friuli Venezia Giulia, an autonomous region in northeastern Italy, approved a motion calling on the national government to prohibit so-called puberty-blocking drugs used in so-called reassignment... read more

Judge Upholds David Daleiden’s 1st Amendment Right to Expose Planned Parenthood Aborted Baby Part Sales

By: Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com, July 18, 2019 Undercover investigator David Daleiden has been vindicated in court today against the bogus lawsuit Planned Parenthood filed after his videos exposed the abortion giant for selling aborted baby parts. Daleiden has maintained from the beginning... read more

HHS Agency Requires Abortion Survivors to Be Treated

DR. SUSAN BERRY, 15 July 2019 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has re-released guidance to all of its regional centers informing them that hospitals are required to examine and treat babies who survive abortion as well as those born prematurely. The branch of the... read more

UK judge forcing mentally disabled mother to have abortion against her will

by Ryan Everson, Washington Examiner, June 21, 2019 A judge in the United Kingdom ruled that a mentally disabled pregnant mother must abort her baby because doctors have arbitrarily decided an abortion would be less traumatic for her than childbirth. At 22 weeks gestation, this baby can feel... read more

Pediatric specialist warns public that child transgender therapy is very ‘harmful,’ ‘poor science’

By Lisa Bourne May 21, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — Children are being harmed by transgender treatments, a pediatric endocrinologist told Laura Ingraham on a recent broadcast of her Fox News Channel television program. Treatments for transgender youth are drastic and experimental, Dr. Paul Hruz... read more

Govt.-funded lab seeks to buy ‘fresh’ aborted baby heart, pancreas from almost anyone

By  Calvin Freiburger IRVINE, May 15, 2019 (Center for Medical Progress) – The Center for Medical Progress (CMP), the citizen journalism organization responsible for the undercover video series exposing Planned Parenthood's sale of aborted baby body parts, revealed today that over the... read more

Why you should say no to being an organ-donor

By Father David Nix, 2019-04-18   Although I am a Catholic priest, I am also an ex-paramedic and I graduated pre-health from Boston College. I am writing this blog post “Why you should say no to organ donation on your driver’s license” as a former paramedic, not as a priest. In other... read more

Ten Reasons to Oppose Legal Weed in Illinois

Written By Kathy Valente   |   05.08.19 Once again, high potency marijuana is in the news. Governor J.B. Pritzker and several state lawmakers held a press conference this past Saturday to announce their bill (SB 7) to legalize marijuana for “recreational” use in... read more

IS THERE MORAL CERTAINTY THAT “BRAIN DEAD” ORGAN DONORS ARE DEAD?

By Julie Grimstad, President, Healthcare Advocacy and Leadership Organization (HALO) The "dead donor rule" – a person must be dead before their vital organs are extracted for transplantation – is the basic principle guiding organ donation. A dead body is a corpse. Excising vital organs from... read more

Catholic Relief Services Announced as Partner in Contraception-Promoting Campaign in Rwanda

Lepanto Institute, April 30, 3019 The Rwandan government launched new health initiative called the Baho Neza Integrated Health Campaign last week, identifying Catholic Relief Services as an implementing partner. The stated focus of the campaign is to "address various health related issues,... read more

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