Ave Maria!

“We’re fighting the abortion war by proxy,” says Peter Wolfgang in regards to the news of the day items on this episode. Corinn, Peter, & Joe discuss how young girls are donating their eggs for profit, all-the-while being ignorant of the risks of such a procedure, which include paralysis, limb amputation, & death. The push for human cloning & the media’s shifting the culture of life debate from abortion to “stem cells” is also discussed. The media purposefully clouds the stem cell issue by making no distinction between moral (adult) stem cell research & immoral (embryonic) stem cell research, & it ignores the reality of the success-rate of adult stem cells. Listen now to this engaging discussion with three knowledgeable & eloquent speakers who’s mission is to defend truth & life.

Ave Maria!

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Instruction “Dignitas personæ“

on some bioethical questions

Introduction

1. The dignity of a person must be recognized in every human being from conception to natural death. This fundamental principle expresses a great “yes” to human life and must be at the center of ethical reflection on biomedical research, which has an ever greater importance in today’s world. The Church’s Magisterium has frequently intervened to clarify and resolve moral questions in this area. The Instruction Donum vitae was particularly significant. And now, twenty years after its publication, it is appropriate to bring it up to date.

The teaching of Donum vitae remains completely valid, both with regard to the principles on which it is based and the moral evaluations which it expresses. However, new biomedical technologies which have been introduced in the critical area of human life and the family have given rise to further questions, in particular in the field of research on human embryos, the use of stem cells for therapeutic purposes, as well as in other areas of experimental medicine. These new questions require answers.

http://www.usccb.org/comm/Dignitaspersonae/Dignitas_Personae.pdf

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