Breaking NewsMorning-after Pills Available To Pupils In Almost 1,000 Schools
Emergency contraception is being handed out to pupils in almost 1,000 schools without the knowledge of parents, according to figures. England Pilots Non-Prescription Birth Control Pill Program
England is launching two pilot programs that allow women to obtain access to birth control pills without a prescription from a doctor. 21 Under-age Girls Fall Pregnant Each Day
Some academics believe the Government policy of more sex education and freely available contraception like the morning after pill is not working. Premarital Abstinence Pledges Ineffective, Study Finds
Comment: These programs are seen as an affront to the Planned Parenthood philosophy and thus must be destroyed no matter how necessary and rational they are. The "comprehensive sex ed" crowd will not tolerate ANY version of chastity education. -Nancy Valko, RN The Dignity Of A Person
A new Vatican document warned that certain recent developments in stem-cell research, gene therapy and embryonic experimentation violate moral principles and reflect an attempt by man to “take the place of his Creator”. Bishop Against IVF
Bishop Wiktor Skworc reminded on Thursday, Christmas Day, that no child could be treated as a material possession of their parents. Human Dignity: What Matters Most, Part 1
But two things truly fascinate me about the release of this document. The first is its title: "Dignitas Personae" -or, in plain English: "On the Dignity of the Person." Now that's an interesting title for the Catholic Church's official teaching on bioethics. Actually, it's the perfect title because the question of human dignity is at the root of virtually every major question facing humans today. Not just bioethics, but also medicine, the economy, and the environment. More Headlines…
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Ethical Perspectives Official Documents
The dignity of a person must be recognized in every human being from conception to natural death. This fundamental principle expresses a great "yes" to human life and must be at the center of ethical reflection on biomedical research, which has an ever greater importance in today's world. In the current context, a considerable number of scientists and philosophers, in the spirit of the Hippocratic Oath, see in medical science a service to human fragility aimed at the cure of disease, the relief of suffering and the equitable extension of necessary care to all people. At the same time, however, there are also persons... who view advances in biomedical technology from an essentially eugenic perspective.
Susan E Wills
For Catholics the choice is clear. Natural family planning - fertility awareness coupled with abstinence during the fertile phase - is the healthy, risk-free and morally sound way for couples to plan the spacing and number of their children. But all who believe in the sanctity of human life - and all who oppose giving potentially dangerous drugs to women with inadequate or extremely misleading information - can and should oppose the growing use of emergency contraceptives. Brian Clowes
For years, Catholic pro-lifers have been warning that abortion, sterilization and contraception cause the collapse of an individual's morality and the destruction of families. Now, demographers are indirectly telling us that these evils are destroying entire nations and continents. Unfortunately, governments do not even acknowledge the root cause of the problem of the "demographic death spiral." An impending white paper by the Japanese government tells us that the "foundations of communities" - police, fire and other basic services - will be threatened by the country's declining birthrate and aging population. John B. Shea
On March 31, 2005, an article appeared in the Toronto Star in which N. Jane Pepino et al. advocated the sale of 'Plan B', a 'morning after' pill (MAP), without either a prescription or the need to consult a physician or a pharmacist. The article claimed that 'Plan B' levonorgestrel when used as an MAP does not abort, reduces the rate of surgical abortions, and is medically safe. These claims are not correct. John B. Shea
This prediction is a sobering reminder that "ideas have consequences". The notion that one can act as if sexual promiscuity is morally acceptable is wrong. The notion that if a condom is used, sexual promiscuity is without hazard to health, is also wrong. One of the logical outcomes of these assumptions is our current HIV crisis. It is a given in medical care that prevention is better than a cure. John Wilks
The data published in this weeks Lancet supports the view that use of the pill, particularly for 10 years or more, is exclusively linked to an increased risk of cervical cancer (compared to non-users). The presence of HPV is not necessary for the genesis of cervical cancer. Unfortunately if a woman is infected with HPV and also taking the pill, her risk of developing cervical cancer is higher, at least after 10 years pill use, when compared to the increased risk seen in a woman free of the virus but having used the pill for the same length of time. John B. Shea
Every human being is to be accepted as a gift and blessing of God. Every child should be conceived as the fruit of marriage. In in-vitro fertilization, procreation is not desired as the fruit of the conjugal act, but is regarded and treated as a fabricated product. This is contrary to the unity of marriage, the dignity of the spouses, the vocation of the parents, and the child's right to be conceived and brought into the world in marriage and from marriage.
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