bioethics
The ‘death’ of the brain should not decide the fate of the body
By Avi Shafran — February 15, 2024
(RNS) — What is really driving the decision to say a life is over?
Pope’s comments on surrogacy land ‘like a ton of bricks’ after allowing same-sex blessings
By Claire Giangravé — January 22, 2024
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis said surrogacy is deplorable, but some claim he is missing the context.
Did Pope Francis just add to the church’s teaching on animals?
By Charles C. Camosy — October 12, 2023
(RNS) — The short answer: His 'Laudate Deum' gives us more hope, even if it lacks specifics.
In a new ‘Animal Liberation,’ Peter Singer consolidates advances in animal rights
By Charles C. Camosy — August 11, 2023
(RNS) — ‘A lot has happened in the past 33 years,’ said the ethicist about his update to his classic 1975 book.
When it comes to abortion, no one’s right is absolute
By Mark Silk — July 6, 2022
(RNS) — Defining the unborn child as a legal person does little to resolve the issue.
What is ‘personhood’? The ethics question that needs a closer look in abortion debates
By Nancy S. Jecker — May 13, 2022
(The Conversation) — The definition of personhood is a key and contested philosophical issue that has made legalized abortion such a longstanding controversy.
Attacks on religious health care providers keep on coming
By Charles C. Camosy — March 28, 2022
(RNS) — A regard for the sanctity of life shouldn't count against someone sworn to save lives.
Will those suffering late-stage dementia be the next to be called less than human?
By Charles C. Camosy — July 15, 2021
(RNS) — Attitudes toward brain death are already being extended to those with late-stage dementia and beyond.
Do we do everything in our power to lower the COVID-19 infection rate?
By Charles C. Camosy — April 20, 2020
(RNS) — The medical ethics of this crisis are different, in that choosing a higher possibility of exposure to COVID-19 puts others at higher risk as well.
Peter Singer on why we don’t help the global poor and why we should
By Charles C. Camosy — December 5, 2019
(RNS) — 'To live an ethical life it's not enough to refrain from lying, stealing or killing,' says the renowned bioethicist. 'We have to assist people who lack the necessities they need to survive.'
Facebook and the speech of religious pro-lifers
By Charles C. Camosy — October 31, 2019
(RNS) — Facebook's refusal to vet political ads for accuracy has brought outrage from some on the left, who say it leaves the network vulnerable to being manipulated as it was in 2016's election. But the fact is that Facebook’s sins are bipartisan.
A reminder why gene-edited embryos are a terrible idea
By Charles C. Camosy — November 30, 2018
(RNS) — Fifty years ago, a Harvard Medical School committee gave us a definition of brain death that changed how we value human life. This week the school's dean showed the same incaution regarding gene-edited babies.
Pope Francis shakes up Vatican bioethics board
By Josephine McKenna — June 13, 2017
(RNS) While Francis has upheld church opposition to abortion, his choice of board members may reflect a desire for a less combative tone on the issue.
6 life and death questions for ethicist Arthur Caplan
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — June 30, 2016
(RNS) Bioethicist Arthur Caplan looks at the moral quandaries posed by Zika and the Olympics, the right-to-die law in California and more headliner issues.
The hidden ethics battle in the Planned Parenthood fetal tissue scandal
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — July 23, 2015
(RNS) The furor is, at root, an unwinnable war over "personhood," the legality of abortion and the ethics of finding cures for life in the death of a fetus.
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