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Pontifical Academy for Life Responds to Outcry Over Archbishop Paglia Assisted Suicide Comments

Pontifical Academy for Life Responds to Outcry Over Archbishop Paglia Assisted Suicide Comments

The Pontifical Academy for Life said Monday its president is against assisted suicide but thinks it is possible to have a “legal initiative” that would allow it to be decriminalized in Italy under “specific and particular conditions.” The April 24 statement was issued following an
The increasingly permissive and unethical standard for organ harvesting

The increasingly permissive and unethical standard for organ harvesting

There is tremendous societal pressure to obtain organs for transplantation. Approximately 43,000 organ transplants were performed in 2022, but as of February 27, 2023, approximately 104,000 patients remained on the organ transplant waiting list. Organ demand exceeds supply. Of the organ transplants performed in 2022, the majority (85%) were from “dead
Who Owns the Human Body?

Who Owns the Human Body?

In August of 2000, I was fresh out of graduate school and had just launched the Center for Bioethics and Culture (CBC) when I learned that the University of California, Berkeley, was hosting a three-day conference titled “Who Owns the Body?” Since Berkeley was practically
The Meaning of Medicine: Dr. Kristin Collier’s Speech at the University of Michigan Medical School

The Meaning of Medicine: Dr. Kristin Collier’s Speech at the University of Michigan Medical School

Note from the Editors: Last weekend, Dr. Kristin Collier, an assistant professor of medicine at University of Michigan Medical School, delivered the keynote address for the school’s white coat ceremony—an event that marks the start of medical studies for the entering class. Members of the