Yesterday, a woman in Cleveland gave birth to her own grandchildren: Jaci Dalenberg, 56, carried the children as a surrogate for her daughter, Kim Coseno, and had to be closely monitored because of her age. The woman from Wooster, gave birth to two identical twins and their sister by caesarean . . . . Continue Reading »
Also of interest, the U.S. bishops yesterday approved a rite of blessing for expectant parents and unborn children, which Louisville’s Archbishop Joseph Kurtz described as “a very tangible way to witness pastorally and sacramentally to the life of the unborn child.” Included in . . . . Continue Reading »
I have written previously of the case of Dr. Hootan Roozrokh in San Luis Obispo, who is accused of attempting to hasten a patient’s death in order to be able to harvest his organs. A letter to the editor by a physician named John P. Okerblom, M. D. , objects. He writes:Case sends . . . . Continue Reading »
I have met people with severe chronic pain in my travels and at my speeches. These people live very difficult lives that requires strong medical and emotional support from family, friends, and communities to help them keep going. Unsurprisingly, suicide levels among sever chronic pain sufferers is . . . . Continue Reading »
In my recent First Things article on the passage of I-1000’s assisted suicide license, I warned:And with that success, the sails of the ghost ship Euthanasia rippled with the briskly rising breeze, and once again began to plow through the waves toward other shores, far and near. Soon, . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday at the USCCB Annual Assembly, the American bishops voted to approve the Revised Grail Psalter for liturgical use in the United States, along with a new (and improved) translation of the Proper of Seasons for the Roman missal. The new Psalter has been recommended for its musicality, its . . . . Continue Reading »
I know what you mean , Nathaniel. Last week in Princeton, First Things contributor Mary Eberstadt spoke at a conference hosted by the Love and Fidelity Network (called ” Sexuality, Integrity, and the University “). Perhaps her most insightful and provocative remark was the comparison . . . . Continue Reading »
“Any one of us here would consider it a privilege to die tomorrow—die tomorrow!—to bring about the end of abortion.” —Auxiliary Bishop Robert Hermann of St. Louis, speaking at the 2008 USCCB Fall General Assembly in Baltimore. . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s Washington Post : Few issues are likely to generate more emotional opposition than federal funding of stem cell research. Handled wrongly, it could energize conservative opponents and derail Barack Obama’s presidency. There is no question that we must move ahead, but caution . . . . Continue Reading »
I am back in the podcast business, renamed from Brave New Bioethics to What It Means to be Human. After consulting with my colleagues at the Discovery Institute—which is producing the broadcast—we decided that since I am dealing with issues well beyond bioethics now, the new title was . . . . Continue Reading »
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