Robert Fastiggi isAssociate Professor of Systematic TheologySacred Heart Major Seminary2701 Chicago Blvd.Detroit, MI 48206 On August 9, 2001, President Bush announced that he would provide… Read More »Human embryonic stem cell research: A Catholic response to President Bush’s decision
The public has not had an equitable distribution of the arguments against using human embryonic cells for stem cell research, whether the stem cells would… Read More »Cloning, stem cell research and some historic parallels
Origin of the term “stem cell” The phrase “stem cell” or “stem cells” actually came from histologists. It has been in the histology texts for… Read More »Research on stem cells
Washington, D.C. (18 October 2010) – Judie Brown, president of American Life League, issued the following statement on the death of Dr. Mildred Jefferson: “Today we mourn… Read More »Mildred Fay Jefferson, M.D. (1926-2010) … Rest in Peace
It has always been my contention that nobody should take medicine without first reading all of the information and understanding that there is a possibility of unpleasant, or even dangerous, side effects.
Dianne N. Irving, M.A., Ph.D.Professor of PhilosophyDominican House of StudiesWashington, D.C. 20017 I. Introduction The rapid advance of medical technology has left a plethora of… Read More »NIH and human embryo research revisited: What is wrong with this picture?
The first half of 1999 has seen a flurry of activity regarding research on human stem cells. In January, Harold Varmus, director of the National… Read More »Stem Cell Research and the Moral Status of Human Embryos
Dianne N. Irving, M.A., Ph.D.Professor of PhilosophyDominican House of StudiesWashington, D.C. 20017 The fundamental bases for the official positions of NBAC and the White House… Read More »Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Are Official Positions Based on Scientific Fraud?
Dianne N. Irving, M.A., Ph.D.Professor of PhilosophyDominican House of StudiesWashington, D.C. 20017 “This is the dream of being able to get stem cells from adults,”… Read More »Ethical sources of stem cells
The sinister schemes of Planned Parenthood remind me of the possessed man in Mark 5:2. Christ encountered the troubled man and, at one point, the man said, “My name is Legion,” meaning multitude.
Howard W. Jones, Jr., M.D has written an editorial in Fertility and Sterility [2002.77:658-659] entitled: “What is an embryo?” It is an outrageous effrontery to… Read More »There is no such thing as a pre-embryo
The question raised regarding ensoulment of the human zygote is indeed a critical question of the day. While it is true that the Magisterium has… Read More »Ensoulment