June 12, 2015
The Linacre Quarterly (vol. 82, no. 2, 2015) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Pain medicine and palliative care as an alternative to euthanasia in end-of-life cancer care” by Michael Erdek “Contraception and abortion: Fruits of the same … Read More
May 12, 2015
Christian Bioethics (vol. 21, no. 1, 2015) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “A new theological framework for Roman Catholic Bioethics: Pope Francis makes a significant change in the moral framework for bioethics” by H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr … Read More
March 24, 2015
(New Zealand Herald) – Turkey’s top religious affairs council has spoken out against surrogate motherhood, saying the practice should be banned as it is contains elements of adultery. Hurriyet Daily News reports that the Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) said … Read More
March 23, 2015
(The Atlantic) – But what about religiously affiliated women? Where were their voices in all of this? And what did they think about the mandate? This was the question that intrigued Elizabeth Patton, an OB/GYN and health-services researcher at the … Read More
February 6, 2015
(Washington Post) – The Internet rumors that claim vaccinations mean having tiny pieces of aborted fetuses injected into your body are flat-out wrong, yet there is a grain of truth in the assertion that vaccinations and abortions are linked. Many … Read More
February 5, 2015
(CNN) – Two state senators in California are proposing legislation that would eliminate the “personal beliefs” exemption for parents who don’t want their children to be vaccinated. Dr. Richard Pan and Ben Allen’s announcement came on the day the state … Read More
January 29, 2015
(The Telegraph) – Introducing laws to allow three parent babies would be ‘irresponsible’ the Church of England has said ahead of a crucial vote in the House of Commons next week. Next Tuesday, MPs will vote to amend the Human … Read More
January 28, 2015
(Medscape) – Medscape’s 2014 Physician Ethics Report revealed that among the more than 21,000 respondents, 54% of physicians said that physician-assisted suicide (PAS) should be allowed, compared with only 46% who said that in 2010. Clearly, the concept is gaining … Read More
December 22, 2014
(ABC News) – A federal jury ruled Friday that a northern Indiana Roman Catholic diocese discriminated against a former teacher in one of its schools by firing her after church officials learned she was trying to get pregnant through in … Read More
December 2, 2014
(PR Newswire) – On 2 December 2014 the Global Freedom Network (GFN) will bring together faith leaders forming a historic initiative to eradicate modern slavery by 2020 throughout our world and for all time. They will sign the Joint Declaration … Read More
November 20, 2014
The Christian Journal of Global Health (Vol. 1, No. 2, 2014) is now available online via open access. Articles include: “Christian Impact on Global Health” H. Elliot Larson “Framing the Role of Christians in Global Health” Mark A. Strand & Andrew M. … Read More
November 17, 2014
(ABC News) – Pope Francis denounced the right to die movement Saturday, saying it’s a “false sense of compassion” to consider euthanasia as an act of dignity when in fact it’s a sin against God and creation.
October 14, 2014
(Associated Press) – Despite worsening U.S.-North Korean relations, an American charity is ramping up efforts against an epidemic of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the isolated country, where it says it is making inroads in fighting the deadly disease. The Eugene Bell … Read More
October 9, 2014
Public Understanding of Science (Vol. 23, No. 7, October 2014) is now available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Faith in Science in Globalization: Implications for Transhumanism” by John H. Evans “Religious Beliefs, Knowledge about Science and Attitudes toward Medical Genetics” by … Read More
October 1, 2014
(Sun Sentinel) – What determines if a child is Jewish? The egg — or the womb? Three South Florida Jewish mothers who finally have the children they desperately wanted, but could not have for medical reasons, are now fighting to … Read More
September 4, 2014
The Problem of Persons: Public Bioethics and Contending Moral Anthropologies A Converation with O. Carter Snead, JD Monday, September 15, 2014 7PM Keane Auditorium, McGivney Hall The Catholic University of America Washington, DC The event is hosted by the The … Read More
August 25, 2014
(Washington Post) – The Cincinnati Archdiocese has warned Catholic school principals against donating to the ALS Association due to concerns that the money could wind up funding research that uses embryonic stem cells. Archdiocese spokesman Dan Andriacco told the Cincinnati … Read More
August 18, 2014
(New York Times) – The sages could not have anticipated that their writings would provide the underpinnings for cultural resistance to organ donation from the deceased in 21st-century Israel. But their definition of mortality, which can conflict with modern acceptance … Read More
August 8, 2014
(Associated Press) – Myanmar’s child malnutrition rate was already among the region’s highest, but it’s an increasingly familiar sight in the country’s westernmost state of Rakhine, which is home to almost all of the country’s 1.3 million Rohingya Muslims. More … Read More
August 8, 2014
4th Annual Conference on Medicine and Religion March 6-8, 2015 Hyatt Regency Cambridge Cambridge, Massachusetts See here for call for abstracts and event information.
July 31, 2014
(Washington Post) – According to the survey published in the daily La Stampa this week, 61 percent of Italians support abortion and 76 percent believe they should be able to request the right to die. By comparison, only 44 percent … Read More
July 29, 2014
Christian Bioethics (Vol. 20, No. 2, August 2014) is now available online by subscription only. Articles include: “The Recent History of Christian Bioethics Critically Reassessed” by H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. “In Defense of the Amphibians: A Critical Appraisal of Engelhardt on … Read More
June 26, 2014
(New York Times) – In a case weighing the government’s ability to require vaccination against the individual right to refuse it, a federal judge has upheld a New York City policy that bars unimmunized children from public school when another … Read More
June 9, 2014
Hosted by the ?Initiative ?on ?Islam ?& ?Medicine ?within ?the ?Program ?on ? Medicine ?and ?Religion ?and ?the ?Maclean ?Center ?for ?Clinical ? Medical ?Ethics ?at ?the ?University ?of ?Chicago CME Credit provided by Association ?of ?Physicians ?of ?Pakistani ?Descent ?of ?North ?America August 1-3, 2014 University of Chicago Hospitals Chicago, Illinois See here for registration information.
June 5, 2014
(Associated Press) – A federal judge has granted nearly 200 Catholic employers an injunction to temporarily prevent the U.S. government from forcing them to provide insurance coverage for contraceptives. The Catholic Benefits Association filed a lawsuit in March alleging that … Read More
