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Bioethics

Abortion, The Mother’s Life, And The Principle of Double Effect

Posted: November 19, 2015
By: Dr. Pilar Calva, M.D.

Imagine a pregnant woman diagnosed with uterine cancer and the only treatment alternative is a hysterectomy which would likely save her life, but surely end in the death of the child. Absent any action, both are expected to die. In such an instance, is the loss of the child permissible? The answer is simple, but the logic is worth understanding well. Read

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NIH Debates Allowing Human-Animal Chimeras

Posted: November 10, 2015
By: Dr. Pilar Calva, M.D.

Chimeras are formed by combining genetically-distinct cells, in this case human cells and animal cells. In 2005, the U.S. National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine recommended limits on such research, but 10 years later, they have reopened the debate. Where objections are rightfully raised, language is twisted and manipulated to disguise the truth of what is taking place, making an ethical analysis of a complex situation even more complex. Read

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Hypnosis: Healing Art or Dangerous Dehumanization?

Posted: November 5, 2015
By: Frank J. Moncher, Ph.D.

Hypnosis, familiar to many from movies and comedy acts, has been used by psychotherapists to treat a variety of disorders. Recent news reports, however, question whether a school principals’ use of hypnosis may have contributed to the deaths of three students. In light of those things which make us fully human, among them being conscious of self and able to determine freely our own actions, is it ever licit or even neutral to accede control to another? Read

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Do Women Need Planned Parenthood? (Part II)

Posted: October 20, 2015
By: Margaret Datiles Watts, J.D.

Testifying under oath, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards admitted the following (i) Planned Parenthood does not, and has never, performed mammograms; (ii) Planned Parenthood offers no surgical procedure other than abortion; (iii) Planned Parenthood makes 86% of its money from abortion; and (iv) community health centers outnumber Planned Parenthood facilities. Respecting this last point, the ratio nationally is 20:1… Read

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Do Women Need Planned Parenthood? (Part I)

Posted: October 15, 2015
By: Margaret Datiles Watts, J.D.

“[S]he taps the heart and it starts beating…the nodes were still firing…It had a face…Since the fetus was so intact she said, ‘ok, well, this is a really good fetus and it looks like we can procure a lot from it. We’re going to procure the brain.” Based upon recently released videos, it looks as if Planned Parenthood could be criminally liable under at least the following federal laws… Read

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Therapeutic Decisions

Posted: October 1, 2015
By: Dr. Pilar Calva, M.D.

Today, there is a broadening use of the term “therapeutic,” and it is problematic. The term is being applied to practices and procedures that intervene upon the human person, but which do not constitute therapy. For example, there is talk of “therapeutic” abortions and procurred death as a “therapy” for various forms of suffering. But by definition, therapies heal and treat disorders, and pregnancy is not a disorder, and killing is not healing. Read

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The Beginning Of Life: Part 2

Posted: August 20, 2015
By: Dr. Pilar Calva, M.D.

In the unity of life’s development there is no “threshold” after which something that was not yet human becomes human. Science leads us to affirm that if it was not human from the beginning, it would never become so. Therefore, we must cast out any temptation to establish a “before” and “after.” There is no leap, no transformation in essence, by which the zygote, embryo or fetus becomes at some moment of its development something that it wasn’t from its conception. Read

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Talking About Death: Medical Care Or Breaking An Unspoken Covenant?

Posted: August 11, 2015
By: Frank J. Moncher, Ph.D.

The Hippocratic Oath’s decree to “do no harm” is increasingly running head long into distorted notions of dignity and choice. As efforts at cost control push doctors to address end-of-life decisions with patients, some rightfully fear the direction of those discussions–going so far as to warn that doctors becoming involved in the terminating of life portends the end of medicine as we know it. Read

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Should Abortion Clinics be Held to Basic Surgical Center Regulations?

Posted: July 28, 2015
By: Margaret Datiles Watts, J.D.

Sterilized instruments. Operating rooms cleaned before each operation. Surgeries performed only by physicians licensed to perform such surgeries…. Are medically-based regulations an “undue burden” on a woman’s right to abortion or are they appropriate protections due to any patient? Based upon a challenge to such regulations in Texas, the Supreme Court may soon choose to decide.
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New Definitions Of Stem Cells Causing Confusion

Posted: July 23, 2015
By: Dr. Pilar Calva, M.D.

Stem cells have been the object of intense, increasing interest due to their biological properties and the promise they hold for medical advances in the treatment of illnesses that are so far incurable. Unfortunately, this field creates confusion at times, in part because of a lack of understanding about what a stem cell is and in part because of the ambiguity regarding types of stem cells. We hope to clear up some of that confusion. Read

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