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Genuinely Pro-Life
By Judie Brown Webster defines pro-life as “opposed to abortion,” but even among pro-life folks there is a vast array of opinions on what that means. So for the purposes of this article, let’s begin by saying that pro-life means we are opposed to abortion because it is a sin. It is, as St. John Paul II said, murder. In paragraph 58 of The Gospel of Life, the Holy Father taught that “the moral...
New ALL Report: Colorado Personhood Amendment Only Pro-Life Ballot Measure
Washington, D.C. (08 June 2010) – American Life League’s newest ALL Report highlights the country’s only pro-life ballot measure to be voted on this November: Colorado’s Amendment 62.Host Michael Hichborn walks viewers through the historic campaign now...
When Abortion Is an Act of Kindness!
Sometimes it seems that the world is going mad. One recent example that drives that point home is a tiny excerpt from a televised interview with British advice columnist Virginia Ironside.
A response to the European Convention on Biomedicine and Human Rights treaty on bioethics
Fr. Joseph C. Howard, Jr. isDirector of the American Bioethics Advisory Commission As the Human Genome Project reaches completion, there are serious ethical questions to be examined which will impact all of our lives. It is critical to note that none of us is...
In Vitro Fertilization, Biological Mammalian Cloning, The Current Status of the Human Genome Project, and Gene Therapy: Reflecti
Fr. Joseph Howard is Member of the Executive Board of Directors of Texas Right To LifeSt. John’s Hospital Ethics CommitteeDirector of The American Bioethics Advisory Commission August 7, 1998 INTRODUCTION As we approach the new millennium, scientific technology...
New IPS Stem Cell ‘Breakthrough’ Is Not a Pro-Life Victory!
News is breaking, once again, that scientists have “developed a technique that can quickly create safe alternatives to human embryonic stem cells,” and it’s being hailed as “a major advance toward developing a less controversial approach for treating a host of medical problems.”
The immediate product of human cloning is a human being: Claims to the contrary are scientifically wrong
Chairman Bilirakis and Members of the Sub-Committee on Health and Environment, I appreciate the invitation to testify before you today on the profound and critically important issue of human cloning, and am grateful that you are so diligently addressing and pursuing...