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Murder in the Twilight Zone
By Judie Brown Being old enough to recall the television series The Twilight Zone, it occurred to me that Webster’s definition—“an area just beyond ordinary legal and ethical limits”—applies to our current age. We see this twilight zone in so many aspects of our culture today. For instance, there are politicians vying for the office of the president who cannot agree on the morbid question of...
Hardness of Heart v. Undeniable Truth
The pressing need to convince a broken world that human persons have a right to be respected from the beginning of their existence grows more serious with the passing of each day.
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.”