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The Real American Catholic Crisis
By Judie Brown Fr. Peter Stravinskas recently noted that “70 percent of Catholics do not believe in the Real Presence.” Some may find this shocking, but for anyone who has observed Catholic posturing on contraception and abortion over the past 50 years, this comes as no surprise. It is the core of the American Catholic crisis, but it is also an expected development if we are honest about the way...
Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis
Director of the American Bioethics Advisory Commission Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) refers to the screening of human embryos for genetic defects. IVF is often used to generate such embryos in the lab. It is critical to note that such human embryos are...
When do human beings begin? ‘Scientific’ myths and scientific facts
Dianne N. Irving, M.A., Ph.D. Professor of PhilosophyDominican House of StudiesWashington, D.C. 20017 [Note: This article was originally published in “Abortion and Rights,” a special edition of the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy,...
Egocentric Manipulation of Nature
In Michigan’s Compiled Laws, the fetal protection act is precise on punishing individuals who harm or kill a fetus—or embryo!—during an intentional assault.
ABAC – Margaret Sanger
The founder of Planned Parenthood remains a controversial figure, even decades after her death. Pro-life activists point to her widely published views as proof that her vision of “birth control” was really an attempt to limit the elements of the population...
ABAC – Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood holds the copyright on other publications by Margaret Sanger, and she was a very powerful writer. If Planned Parenthood were proud of what she said, they could publish her books. But in fact, it is pro-lifers who work to make her writings available....
The Crowning Insult to Mother Teresa
The Nobel Prizes carry a certain level of prestige with them, even though few recipients of the prizes are on the saintly level of Blessed Mother Teresa.