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Weighing the ethics of international surrogacy

By Michelle Martin. Indian women are carrying Westerners’ babies — and the result is a $500 million industry

Virginia schools fulfills the need for bioethics at an earlier age

By Emily Stimpson. Catholic high school is country's first to have four-year bioethics program

Vatican, biotech firm aim for stem cell paradigm shift

By Brian Fraga. Collaboration’s goal is to educate scientists and policymakers about advantages of adult cells

Vatican addresses developments in biotechnology

By John Haas. New bioethics instruction raises ethical concerns about adoptive 'rescuing' of abandoned frozen embryos

The urgency of supporting our country's fathers

Free access for all visitors. By John Norton. Society needs to reassess the importance of fathers for the physical, psychological, intellectual and spiritual wellbeing of the next generation.

Texas bishops examine reports of ethical lapses

This article has free access for all visitors. By Ann Carey. Anonymous group posts five-year-old state records showing thousands of sterilizations

TCA Reviews

Book Reviews for May/June 2009

Surrogacy fractures bond between parents and Creator

By Ann Carey. Breakdown of family at root of failure to see child as a gift from God and not a right, bioethicist explains

Sowing seeds for Gospel of life priest's ministry

Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk a familiar face to Catholics who hear him speak on bioethics.

Presenting philosophical and moral defense

Spring book reviews by Ann Carey

Pontiff affirms inherent dignity of all humans

By Valerie Schmalz. His United Nations address comes at critical moment in U.S. debate

OSV Letters to the Editor

Letters to the editor about Cardinal Dolan, Paul Ryan, budget debate, and organ donation.

Openers: Climbing into the shoes of an awful moral dilemma

This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. All human lives are of equal value and dignity, and must be vigorously protected

Objectification of body on frontier of bioethics

Genetic testing, questions about life's beginning could lead to more assaults on human dignity. By Emily Stimpson.

Nobel for adult stem cell research raises hopes

By Michelle Martin. While acknowledging moral concerns, Catholic bioethicist and theologian say scientist could lead way to more ethical techniques

New stem cell guidelines

Our Takes. Final guidelines were issued by the National Institutes of Health easing restrictions on the use of embryonic stem cells in federal research

Medical Moral Theology for the Parish Priest

By Basil Cole. A Quick Primer -- Part 1

Medical Miracles or Moral Nightmares?

By Patrick C. Beeman. Emerging ethical issues in biomedical science

Made to Order: The costs of surrogacy

By Ann Carey. Increasingly common process commodifies children and fractures procreation from the marital act

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor about orphans, gambling, brain death, and homeschooling.

Institute aims to find moral treatments for diseases

By Michelle Martin. Center named for Blessed John Paul II promotes the use of adult stem cells in scientific research. Subscription required

Infertility treatments must respect humanity of all involved, pope says

By OSV staff. He reminds scientists not to reduce their work to ‘a technical problem’

In Focus: Understanding the Catholic view of stem cells

By OSV staff. The Church’s teaching made easy.

Good ends don't justify bad scientific means

By Russell Shaw. IVF and Tuskegee-type experiments violate a fundamental ethical principle

Foisting religious belief on legal system (Not)

By Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk. Prominent priest/bioethicist calls politicians’ common claim a cop-out to prevent a substantive debate on important ethical issues

Editorial: Manufacturing babies

This editorial column has free access for all visitors. ‘IVF turns procreation into manufacture.’

Deconstructing Obama on embryonic stem cells

By Clarke D. Forsythe. Despite president's claims to be concerned about ethics, a pro-life lawyer finds his arguments less than convincing

Debate continues on whether brain death signifies end of life

By Scott Alessi. Ethical and medical questions persist as to whether brain death truly marks the end of a person’s life

Conceivably dangerous

Our Takes

Cloning breakthrough awakens pro-life opposition

By Mariann Hughes. Cloning, destruction of embryos for stem cells is a ‘new low in culture of death’; what will come next?

Church's teachings on end-of-life care

By Msgr. Charles Pope. Nutrition and hydration are demanded in Church teaching, even for unconscious patients

Catholic voters face many serious issues in 2008

Thoughtful debates on bioethics and the next big American military action are sorely needed

Brave New World?

As scientists race toward new ways to manipulate and interfere with the human person, ethicists are trying to track the moral implications of such technology

'Brave New World' on the horizon in bioethics

Medical and scientific advancements raise questions on how Catholics should respond.

Bioethics, marriage issues topic of documents

Vatican congregation updating instruction Donum Vitae in light of recent threats to life.

Bioethics of organ donation

By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. Church is supportive of organ transplants, but some Catholic experts question using brain death as criteria

Bioethical precipice

Editorial - The Church must make bioethical education for ordinary Catholics a priority.

A stem-cell treatment success story

In Focus article by Jackie Lindsey.