medical ethics

Contrary to the popular fallacy that science and religion are at odds with each oth er, it's quite the opposite. Science and religion are the best of friends. And like good friends, they complement each other and produce beautiful music together.  

I am Pro-Choice and even I don't think insurance, public or not, should cover abortion. ATThey should be covered.You may disagree with the comparison, but regardless of the moral and practical arguments, at the end of the day it's still a hell of a lot easier to pass a health care bill without covering abortions, and the abortions aren't expensive enough to impact a typical person. However, how about we have a system where elective surgeries are "sorta" covered - each elective surgery becomes a loan you h  

Religious right leaders announced Friday that they won't abide by laws that support gay marriage or abortion. One hundred and twenty-five members of the religious right and leaders from the Catholic church signed the Manhattan Declaration . Only one signer was from Minnesota: Archbishop John Nienstedt (pictured) of the Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.  

 

Thanksgiving is a perfect time to talk to family members about end-of-life wishes, a U.S. group of doctors who specialize in end-of-life issues says. The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine offers assistance for such conversations to ensure death wishes are understood. To help a family have end-of-life conservations: --  

Local anti-abortion activists are going to get involved to help the teen who alleges a Flint doctor forced her to have an abortion after she changed her mind about the procedure. "I want to support the attorney and this mother in every way that I can because it's not an easy thing to step forward and expose this," said Judy Climer, president of Flint Right to Life, referring to the teen and her lawyer. "She's obviously very scarred from this."

I want to support the attorney and this mother in every way that I can because it’s not an easy thing to step forward and expose this   -Judy Climer

 

The U.S. bishops overwhelmingly approved a revision to the directives that guide Catholic health care facilities, clarifying that patients with chronic conditions who are not imminently dying should receive food and water by "medically assisted" means if they cannot take them normally. "In principle, there is an obligation to provide patients with food and water, including medically assisted nutrition and hydration for those who cannot take food orally," says the revised text of the "Ethical and Religiou

Life-Sustaining Treatments and the Vegetative State   -Bishop William E Lori

 

Church leaders condemned aspects of the draft guidelines, drawn up by Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, as "unacceptable in a civilised society". They believe that they will leave sick, disabled or vulnerable people with less protection than the rest of the population and could even be seen as providing a "cloak for murder". In an eagerly anticipated official response to the proposals, the Bishops Conference of England and Wales, warned of a possible "culture shift" toward wider accep  

Evangelical, Catholic and Orthodox Christian leaders said they won't cooperate with laws they say run counter to their beliefs on abortion and homosexuality. The 145 leaders signed the document -- to be released Friday in Washington -- that says they will refuse to cooperate with laws that could force their institutions to participate in abortion or recognize same-sex couples, reported The New York Times, which obtained an advance copy. "We pledge to each other, and to our fellow believers, that no po  

A bill that would make seeking an illegal abortion a second-degree felony as well as remove any immunity for Utah women seeking illegal abortions was approved by a legislative committee Wednesday morning. The legislation is being proposed in the wake of a teenage girl in Vernal who allegedly paid someone to beat her in order to end a pregnancy — an incident that sponsor Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman, said revealed a flaw in state statute that his bill closes. "We owe it to society to make this correcti

We owe it to society to make this correction   -Carl Wimmer