in this issue: hot button issues: EMILY’S LISTabortion: DOWN’S SYNDROMEcatholic action: CHARLESTON / FARGO / SACRAMENTOdark side: ARCC / NARAL / PLANNED PARENTHOODmorning-after abortion pill: REMINDERpersonhood: RIGHT TO LIFE ACT philippines: ABORTIFACIENTSru-486: AUSTRALIAstem cell… Read More »Communique – Oct. 21, 2005
Pro-death Senator Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) is proposing that the U.S. Senate wait until a “date certain” in 2006 to vote yes or no on the human embryonic stem cell research funding bill (HR 810/S 471) that would lift the ban on government funding for the deadly practice.
These are vexing times. We have seen the president nominate for a position on the Supreme Court a woman whose record is not just unclear but practically unknown.
What a joy it was to read a news story about a Catholic bishop taking a stand against the Culture of Death!
We all know that the Catholic Church is consistently attacked as being stuck in the dark ages because the Church refuses to recommend the use of condoms in preventing the spread of AIDS.
“Healing a person does not always mean curing a disease.” These words of hospice founder, Dr. Cicely Saunders, form the foundation for the hospice concept.… Read More »End of Life Care: What should I ask my local hospice?
If you or a loved one have entered a health care facility in the last few years, chances are you’ve been asked to sign some… Read More »End of Life Care: Should I sign a ‘living will’?
Life support: The ventilator By Paul A. Byrne, M.D. Breathing is something we do all the time, mostly without even thinking about it. We take… Read More »End of Life Care: The Ventilator
There never used to be debate over when someone was dead. If there was no heartbeat, no breathing, and no response to stimulation or resuscitation… Read More »End of Life Care: When is a person really dead?
We can’t live without food and water. Our bodies rely on these basic essentials of life for survival. Think for a moment about a time… Read More »End of Life Care: Are food and water ‘medicine’?
We’ve probably heard this question before. No one wants to be hooked up to machines against their will–and no one should be forced to be… Read More »End of Life Care: Do I have to spend my last days hooked up to machines?
A non-comprehensive compendium of cases of patients who have awakened and/or improved following a diagnosis of persistent vegetative state, irreversible coma or death Prepared with… Read More »End of Life Care: Miracles