Mourning Brittany Maynard: from Center for Bioethics and Culture Network

read Christopher White’s powerful piece here: Is Brittany Maynard’s death a tradgedy for medicine?
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Defining Down the Deviance of Abortion

New: from The Catholic World Report: Anne Hendershott explains how the language is changing to obscure the real nature of killing unborn human beings. Read Here: http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Blog/3491/defining_down_the_deviance_of_abortion.aspx
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A Blessed Encyclical

More significant than the debates or documents of the Synod of Bishops that just concluded was the act with which it concluded. Yesterday at the Vatican, Pope Francis again declared in an official way the holiness of one of his predecessors: he beatified Pope Paul VI, the Pope...
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There’s Something About Jahi

Readers of the Human Life Review may recall my article on brain death, in which I explained why I believe that properly diagnosed, brain dead—e.g., total brain failure—is dead [http://humanlifereview.com/total-brain-failure-death/]. I still do. But recent events in the Jahi...
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Jahi McMath: Awake–and Alive?

Wesley J. Smith explains http://www.nationalreview.com/human-exceptionalism/389564/ucla-neurologist-jahi-alive-awake-wesley-j-smith    
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“What’s our society’s excuse?” Thoughts on The Giver

“We do know what murder is. We must become a society where killing the weak and the vulnerable is unthinkable. Jonas is the hero in this movie. He risks his own life not only to save baby Gabriel’s life but also to restore his world to what is true and human, with all...
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Surrogates and Surrogate-conceived Children Speak Out

    Last week ABC’s Nightline aired a special on commercial surrogacy, prominently featuring the Center for Bioethics and Culture’s new documentary film, Breeders: A Subclass of Women? The documentary features a number of women who served as surrogates for other couples...
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Must Read: From Anne Hendershott— “The True Gift of The Giver”

“More than two decades ago—long before we all were transfixed by the rebelliousness demonstrated by Katniss Everdeen in the dystopian society presented in the Hunger Games, or Tris Prior in the dystopian Divergent—Newberry Medal-winning novelist, Lois Lowry published The...
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THERE SHE GOES AGAIN: RUTH BADER GINSBURG TALKS TO KATIE COURIC

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in a recent interview with Katie Couric,[1]  attacked the majority decision in Hobby Lobby v. Burrwell. Among her logical non sequiturs, one particularly stands out: her claim that Hobby Lobby’s owners cannot “separate [themselves] from the obligations that...
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A Hero for Our Times–a Documentary on Nat Hentoff

The Pleasures of Being Out of Step: Notes on the Life of Nat Hentoff premieres on Wednesday at the IFC Center in New York City. Read all about it here: SHOWTIMES: Wed, Jun 25 at: 11:10 AM, 3:00 PM, 6:05 PM, 8:00 PM, 10:10 PM Thu, Jun 26 at: 11:10 AM, 3:00 PM, 6:05 PM, 8:0...
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