Tag: Bioethics
Compassion isn’t enough when it comes to euthanasia
True moral seriousness begins with compassion, but it must not end there, writes Professor Hayden Ramsay.
Donor laws under the microscope
Should a blood donor be able to change their mind and ask for their blood back? Do we want gametes from deceased persons treated under different laws than the rest of their bodies? And how do the answers to these questions open up discussion on what it means to be human?
Archbishop reflects on the challenge posed by a ‘culture of death’
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP praised John Paul II’s far-seeing encyclical Evangelium Vitae at a conference in Melbourne. The sanctity of life ethic is being eroded in theory and practice in Australia.
The dark vision of the father of IVF
Sir Robert Edwards received a Nobel Prize for developing in vitro fertilisation. He didn’t deserve it.
New frontier of creation manipulation
A new frontier of manipulating the creation of human life to suit our own purposes has emerged, writes Monica Doumit.
The safeguards in Victoria’s assisted dying law are being skittled
Australia’s first, safest, and most conservative voluntary assisted dying scheme is booming. In Victoria, demand has skyrocketed and the Labor government plans to loosen safeguards and make it easier for even more people to access services.
What should we do with millions of frozen embryos?
An American woman has given birth after adopting an embryo which had been in cold storage for 30 years .
Leading Catholic bioethics think tank in UK closes down
The Anscombe Centre for Bioethics, the UK’s oldest Catholic bioethics institute, will close at the end of July due to financial constraints.
The latest IVF bungles highlight deep ethical problems
Will the latest serious errors lead to significant change in the IVF industry? Probably not.
Pope Francis brought “deep pastoral insight” to bioethics
An international webinar hosted by ACU’s Plunkett Centre for Ethics has paid tribute to the late pope’s efforts to promote authentic human flourishing.
Catholic Health Australia looks beyond efficiency to healing
Modern healthcare can be curiously bloodless, focussing on wages, the expense of drugs, insurance and patients’ length of stay. Yet those intangibles that cannot be tallied up on spreadsheets—compassion, the dignity of persons and the spiritual dimension of healthcare—are truly at the heart of our profession, writes Brigid Meney.
Catholic bioethicists call for legal protections for aborted children born alive
A proposed bill would require a child born alive after an abortion to be given the same medical treatment or palliative care as a newborn
