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About Medicine and Morality - Articles and Archives
Articles are listed in reverse chronological order; the most recent appearing first.
That Hideous Strength — Recent Unpleasant Reminders by David Alton, Eastertide 2008
Is the World Ready for a Moratorium on Abortion? by Mary Jo Anderson, Eastertide 2008
Abortion and the Death Penalty — Different Subjects, Shared Sentence by Rita Joseph, Eastertide 2008
Slouching Towards Portland by Mary Ellen Bork, Eastertide 2008
Bioethics Watch: Adventures in Pill Land -- by Nancy Valko, RN -- Christmastide 2007
Defending Life God’s Way -- Lessons from Mount Sinai -- Cardinal Justin Rigali, chairman of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Pro-Life Committee, presented the keynote address to the Arlington Diocesan Pro-Life Directors Meeting on August 2, 2007., Michaelmas 2007
Bioethics Watch, Whatever Happened to Common Sense at the End of Life? "Withdrawal of treatment, “living wills”, terminal sedation, assisted suicide, organ donation, etc. Currently, it’s virtually impossible to escape all the death talk in the media and elsewhere...." -- Nancy Valko, RN, Michaelmas 2007
Missourians Launch Campaign to Prohibit Human Cloning: Initiative Would Protect Proven Cures and Treatments, Michaelmas 2007
Gobsmacked by Logic: Will pro-lifers succumb to silencing tactics? -- Sheila Liaugminas, Michaelmas 2007
Bioethics Watch: Wordkill — Nancy Valko, RN, Pentecost 2007 Voices
The Abortion Movement Takes Cover — Sheila Gribben Liaugminas, Pentecost 2007 Voices
Life is Worth Living: ARE “BRAIN DEAD” PATIENTS REALLY DEAD?
by Julie Grimstad -- reprint with permission of Julie Grimstead, April 2007
A Dangerous State of Affairs — Rita Joseph [Voices, Christmas 2006 - Epiphany 2007]
Setback in South Dakota — Sheila Gribben Liaugminas [Voices, Christmas 2006 - Epiphany 2007]
Industrialized Human Cloning Looms -- Inside Voices -- Review of Cloning and Embryonic Stem Cell Research amendment before Missouri voters
by Helen Hull Hitchcock (Voices, Michaelmas 2006)
A Choice Battle, Heavyweights in the Heartland Wield New Strategy -- "How did the quiet, sparsely populated, Midwestern Plain state of South Dakota become the frontline of the pro-life movement?" -- by Sheila Liaugminas, (Voices, Michaelmas 2006)
Out of the Greatest Evils... "There are two sets of reasons that militate against aborting children who are conceived through rape or incest. One Set is secular and based on fundamental principles of international human rights law. The other set of reasons is faith-based, relying on our understanding that God's great power and mercy are able to bring good even out of evil" -- by Rita Joseph, (Voices, Michaelmas 2006)
A Clone by any Other Name: Missouri's deceptively worded ballot measure -- By Colleen Carroll Campbell, Reprint from the Weekly Standard, posted on this website 7/5/2006
U.S. Bishops’ Official Laments Latest Women’s Deaths From Ru-486 -- WASHINGTON (March 17, 2006) — Deirdre A. McQuade, spokeswoman for the Pro-Life Secretariat of the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) lamented the deaths of two more women from RU-486 abortions, bringing the total of known maternal fatalities to ten.
“We are deeply saddened by yet another advisory from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that two more women have died from RU-486 abortions.” McQuade said.
Read complete press release by clicking the title.
The Worth of Isaiah -- Debbie Joslin [Lent Easter 2006]
Taking a Stand for Life -- Molly McCann [Lent Easter 2006]
Bioethics Watch: Gonzales vs. Oregon -- A New Lethal Decision?
-- Nancy Valko, RN [Lent Easter 2006]Is Oocyte Assisted Reprogramming (OAR) A Moral Procedure To Retrieve Embryonic Stem Cells?
William Burke, M.D., Ph.D., Patrick Pullicino, MD, PhD., and The Rev. Edward J. Richard, MS, DThM, JD
August 15, 2005A STUDY IN CONTRASTS: THE DEATHS OF POPE JOHN PAUL II AND TERRI SCHIAVO by Nancy Valko, RN -- June 2005
Should We Be Dying to Donate?Bioethics Watch - by Nancy Valko, RN [Eastertide 2005]
What shall we call the new generation? - by Donald DeMarco [Eastertide 2005]
To Dispel the Fear of Founding a Family - by Rita Joseph [Eastertide 2005]
'Dear Father' : What did the saints really write about abortion? -- by Father Edward Richard, MS
Stem Cell Research by Cynthia M. Peterson, M.D., a talk delivered at St. James Catholic Church, Solana Beach, California on October 17, 2004
On the Pope's Statement on Feeding and the "Vegetative" State Comments on Life-Sustaining Treatments and Vegetative State: Scientific Advances and Ethical Dilemmas, John Paul II [Michaelmas 2004]
by Nancy Valko, RN
"Non-heart beating organ donation" and the "vegetative state" by George Isajiw, M.D. and Nancy Valko, RN
Theory and Consequences - The Case against Premature Induction Deliveries of Babies with Anencephaly and Other "Anomalies Incompatible with Life -- by Nancy Valko, RN [Pentecost 2004]
Science and Vatican agree: Cognitively disabled can recover -- by Susan Brinkman -- This article first appeared in the Catholic Standard and Times May 20, 2004.
Advance "Mis-Directives": Euthanasia in Catholic Hospitals in the United States - by George Isajiw, MD
Presented at the World Congress of Catholic Medical Associations in Seoul, Korea on September 3, 2002, posted April 20, 2004 by permission of Dr. Isajiw
Generation One-Third Dead - ...we cannot take the pro-life conservatism of our young people for granted. ... Generation Next. But if Generation One-Third Dead becomes Generation Pro-Choice, there will be no Generation Next. by Jill Stanek (Eastertide 2004)
Love, Health and Homosexuality - Although self-proclaimed experts in our society tend to characterize any concerns about homosexuality as homophobia and even hate, real love does not require approval of everything a person does but rather a commitment to the true well-being of that person.
by Nancy Valko, RN (Eastertide 2004)
Update on Non-Heart-Beating Organ Donation - Bioethics Watch - by Nancy Valko, RN
On May 23, 2003, the St. Louis Review, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, published an editorial stating that "the NHBD (non-heart-beating organ donation) protocol is cruel and dangerous and does not meet standards of respect for human life" and called for an immediate moratorium on the practice at all St. Louis hospitals "until such time as clearer, objective moral standards of determination of death are enacted" (Christmastide 2003 - Epiphany 2004)
Enforcing the "Right to Die" The Case of Terri Schiavo - Nancy Valko, RN (posted August 20, 2003) [Michaelmas 2003]
America, Baseball and Life - Sheila Gribben Liaugminas [Michaelmas 2003]
Lunch with Planned Parenthood - Sherry Tyree [Michaelmas 2003]
Is "Safe Sex" Really Safe? - Bebe Kennedy [Michaelmas 2003]
Are Pro-Life Healthcare Providers Becoming an Endangered Species? - "Slowly but surely, more and more pro-life doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals are getting the message that they and their views are unwelcome in today's health care system." - Nancy Valko, RN [Pentecost 2003] (posted May 14, 2003)
Pontifical Academy for Life on Ethics and Biomedical Research Final Statement Following 9th General Assembly the Pontifical Council for Life, Feb. 24-26, 2003.
Futility Policies and the Duty to Die [Lent/Easter 2003] - Nancy Valko, RN
Is Treatment "Irrational"? [Lent/Easter 2003]
Unsigned Editorial that appeared in the St. Louis Review, December 14, 2001
Abortion -exposing the lies [Lent/Easter 2003] review by Virginia Sullivan
11th World Day of the Sick - Pope John Paul II's Message
English version Spanish version
National Sanctity of Human Life Day - President Bush's Proclamation
The Hearing to Save Terri Schiavo's Life - Rus Cooper-Dowda
Protecting Abortion, Forbidding Grief - Nancy Valko, RN [Advent/Christmas 2002]
Why Isn't Homosexuality Considered A Disorder On the Basis of Medical Consequences? reprinted from NARTH website - Kathleen Melonakos, M.A., R.N.
Ethical Implications of Non-Heart-Beating Organ Donation - Nancy Valko, RN [Michaelmas 2002]
Sedated to Death - Nancy Valko, RN [Pentecost 2002]
Coffins or Cribs? - John Wilke [Pentecost 2002]
Katie's Story - Nancy Valko, RN [Lent/Easter 2002]
Online Only January 2002 - A Lethal Evolution - Nancy Valko, RN
June 2001 Edition
Special Report - NCCB revises Ethical and Religious Directives:
JUNE 15 2001 - Bishops vote unanimously to forbid "cooperation" by Catholic hospitals with providers of abortion, euthanasia, sterilization - Helen Hull Hitchcock
Of Living Wills and Buterfly Ballots - Nancy Valko, RN [Pentecost 2001]
May 2001
Respect for the dignity of the dying Pontifical Academy for Life (December 9, 2000)
March 2001
Euthanasia News - Nancy Valko, RN
November 2000
Steven Becker and the Fight for the Soul of Catholic Health Care - Nancy Valko, RN
October 2000
More than 200 attend day-long conference on end-of-life issues held in St. Louis September 9, 2000, and co-sponsored by WFF, Missouri Nurses for Life, St. Louis University School of Nursing, and others. For report, click here: "Pulling the Plug"
September 2000
A Catholic Perspective: Providing Nutrition & Hydration to Patients - Julie Grimstad
Do hospitals give up on severely impaired patients too soon? - Sandy Caspersen and Nancy Valko, RN
August 2000
Bioethics Watch - Nancy Valko, RN
July 2000
Archbishop Rigali's Statement on Assisted Nutrition and Hydration - Archbishop Justin Rigali
The Value of Life and its bearing on three issues of medical ethics - Father Peter Ryan, SJ [Summer 2000]
June 2000
Bioethical Magisterium on Normal Treatment and Ordinary Care - Rev. Edward J. Richard
MAY 2000
Bioethics Watch - Nancy Valko, RN
"FOCA - Abortion out of Control" -- Pages 23-24,Voices Online Edition Fall, 1992 & Winter, 1993:Volume VII, No. 4. VIII, No. 1 --by Nancy Valko
RU486: What are we talking about? -- Pages 5-7 --
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