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Beginning of life health care

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IS OURS a CULTURE of LIFE?

Every human life is uniquely precious, of inestimable dignity, and worthy of being valued and protected. That truth, and the ways in which it is both affirmed and denied in our Western culture, has recently been clarified for me in four different ways that I wish briefly to recount. The Read more…

By Fr. Jonah Pollock, 4 yearsFebruary 12, 2019 ago
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THE ETHICS of BEGINNING-OF-LIFE HEALTH CARE, PART IV: KILLING for the PURPOSES of MEDICINE

We are once again considering the wrongfulness of direct abortion and, more generally, the deliberate killing of human beings in the early stages of their development. We will recall that the term “abortion” refers to the death of an unborn child in the womb of his or her mother and Read more…

By Fr. Jonah Pollock, 5 yearsJuly 22, 2018 ago
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THE ETHICS of BEGINNING-OF-LIFE HEALTH CARE, PART III: ABORTION in TRAUMATIC CIRCUMSTANCES

A direct abortion is an abortion that is deliberately chosen and is always morally wrong. It is morally wrong because it is a kind of murder, an instance of deliberately killing an innocent human being. Since it is an instance of murder, direct abortion is in violation of the natural Read more…

By Fr. Jonah Pollock, 5 yearsJuly 15, 2018 ago
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THE ETHICS of BEGINNING-OF-LIFE HEALTH CARE, PART II: THE WRONGFULNESS of DIRECT ABORTION

Human life is a precious gift from Godwho made man and woman in His own image and likeness. The human being has the dignity of being a person, not just a something but a someone, by virtue of possessing a rational and spiritual soul. Human life, which begins the moment Read more…

By Fr. Jonah Pollock, 5 yearsJuly 8, 2018 ago
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THE ETHICS of BEGINNING-OF-LIFE HEALTH CARE, PART I: THE BEGINNING of HUMAN LIFE

Human life is a precious gift from God. In its very first chapter, the Bible tells us, “God created mankind in his image; in the image of God he created them” (Gen 1:27). Human beings are made in God’s image, which accounts for the surpassing dignity and value of human Read more…

By Fr. Jonah Pollock, 5 yearsJuly 1, 2018 ago
Ethics

REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES and the RIGHTS of PARENTS and CHILDREN

Our society generally uses the term “reproductive rights” to refer to the options that should be made available to a woman insofar as she is a potential (or sometimes actual) mother. The Catholic Church teaches that mothers and fathers and children all have rights regarding the manner of their reproduction. Read more…

By Fr. Jonah Pollock, 6 yearsJuly 9, 2017 ago
Ethics

The RIGHT to LIFE: the RIGHT of a CHILD; not the RIGHT to a CHILD

That illnesses can now be diagnosed and treated when a child is still in the womb represents a significant advance in modern medicine. Some diagnoses can be achieved by testing the genetic make-up of an unborn child either in utero (in the womb) or in vitro (in a test tube). Read more…

By Fr. Jonah Pollock, 6 yearsJune 18, 2017 ago
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