Over a year ago I wrote an article about why drug addicts should not be encouraged to allow themselves to be permanently sterilized. Sharing her personal story of being pregnant while addicted to crystal meth, Calah Alexander is an example of why sterilizing drug addicts is the wrong approach: Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t easy, being a newly-pregnant drug … Read More
Did Penicillin Launch the Sexual Revolution?
One economist seems to think so. SourceFed has the highlights:
Three Parent Embryos: Modifying Future Generations
Rebecca Taylor has an article in the National Catholic Register about scientists experimenting with three-parent embryos to try to combat mitochondrial disease: The Catholic Church is clear that somatic gene therapy, non-inheritable genetic engineering in one individual for therapeutic reasons, is a moral good. But the Church draws a clear line between somatic and germ-line gene therapy. Dignitas Personae, the … Read More
The Real Reason to Criticize Roe
Over at the Public Discourse Daniel K. Williams has a must read on the misunderstood history of abortion law in the United States: [F]or years pro-lifers have not really understood what Roe did. They have too often accepted the myth that neither legal abortion nor an organized pro-life movement existed prior to Roe. Although they have denounced Roe vociferously, they … Read More
Biking for Babies on EWTN Tonight!
This is a little late notice, but tonight (9 pm CST) EWTN’s Life on the Rock is having a pro-life special in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. I’m pleased to see that two of the guests on tonight’s program will be Jimmy Becker and Mike Schaefer (pictured right), founders of the group Biking for Babies. I … Read More
BioTalk, Ep. 2: 3-Parent Embryos and the Brave New U.S.
A new episode of BioTalk, in which Rebecca Taylor and I talk about all things bioethics — especially issues related to human biotechnology — is finally here! In this episode, we talk about scientists experimenting with “three parent embryos” and the “Brave New” United States where there are no restrictions on this or other once unthinkable kinds of human experimentation … Read More
“Reproductive Rights” Run Amuck
Dear readers, I’m pleased to share my first article for Human Life International‘s Truth and Charity Forum: “Reproductive Rights” Run Amuck. Yes, I’m writing about (what else?) IVF again. I can’t help it. As millions of human beings pay the ultimate price at the hands of an increasingly out of control, unregulated fertility industry, it pains me that this isn’t … Read More
Are Online Dating Websites Altering the Climate of Commitment?
If you’re like me — thirty and single — you’ve probably been asked once or twice, “have you tried online dating?” followed by, “another friend of mine was in his/her thirties and had just about given up on love when he/she logged onto one of those online dating sites and met the woman/man of his/her dreams. They just got married … Read More
Faith is Proven in Suffering
Well said, Mother Elvira! Faith is not something magical: “I believe, so God has to give me the miracle I’m praying for,” or “I pray. Why hasn’t God given me what I asked for?” Let’s look as an example at Mary ’s faith, a solid, sure, strong faith. We can’t even imagine how much she suffered! I wonder what her … Read More