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If you don’t behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.
— Archbishop Fulton Sheen
ethics
Reflection on Gonzales v. Carhart (the recent Ruling on the Partial Birth Abortion Ban)
Judicial Life Potentially Enters the Womb
550 U.S. ___ (2007)
On April 18, 2007, the Supreme Court of the United States decided, 5 to 4, in Gonzales v. Carhart (Carhart) that the Partial-Birth Abortion Act of 2003 (Act) was constitutional in view of Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (PP), and Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. […]
Sloppy Science Reporting and Cloning Research Update
The media has a long, long way to go in reporting science: "South Korea to resume human egg cloning", trumpets the United Press International article.Umm, guys, the idea is to clone humans using eggs, but not to clone the eggs (or ova) themselves. In the defense of UPI, though, while the title is wrong, the […]
Investigating NFP: How Effective is It?
Thisentryis part 12 of 11 in the series Investigating NFPYou know what they call people who use Catholic-Church-Approved methods of birth control?
"Parents" - comment on a Championable post
Boy, I'd love to have a dollar for every time I've heard that. Studies have been done before that have shown the periodic abstinence aspect of NFP to […]
The Ontological Status of Tobacco
Tobacco Regulation Smokescreen
Have you ever seen anyone sit down at the breakfast table and pour themselves a big ol' bowl of cigarettes? Of course not. Why not? Because cigarettes aren't food, that's why.
Have you ever seen someone at the drug store waiting for their prescription of Marlboros? Of course not. Why not? Because cigarettes aren't […]
NCBC Bioethics Challenge
The National Catholic Bioethics Center, which is notable for its training programs in healthcare ethics and its fine quarterly publication, has an anonymous donor who has issued a matching grant (the 2007 Challenge Fund) as the Center works to pay off the mortgage on its new office in Philadelphia. Your donations count double if you […]
