Abortion

Today we find ourselves in a promising environment. More pro-life laws are in effect than ever before and there is increasing public recognition of the negative impact of abortion on women. Similarly, the tragic deaths of Laci and Conner Peterson in 2002 dramatically underscored the importance of protecting the unborn from criminal violence.  More . . .

Bioethics

With each passing year, we face new and increasingly complex challenges to the sanctity of human life. New biotechnology is advancing far faster than our society's ethical and legal constraints ensuring its moral use. When Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World in 1932, human cloning was just science fiction. Today, human cloning is a reality.  More . . .

End of Life

In the spring of 2005, the nation was embroiled in a debate over the end of life as courts in Florida decided the fate of Terri Schindler-Schiavo. The case directly pitted those in the pro-life camp against those decrying the fictitious "right to die." Terri's status was hotly debated in the media, and the media inundated the public with play-by-play announcements in Terri's final weeks. Members of the public, in turn, formed their own varied and strongly opinionated views of the case. Terri's source of hydration was removed and she died an agonizing death, but the debate over her life and death rages on, encompassing not only the issue of withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments, but also the issues of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia.  More . . .  

Rights of Conscience

A pro-life nurse at a large public hospital in Texas was told by her supervisor to assist in a second-trimester abortion. The nurse fearfully and discreetly expressed her concerns to the hospital chaplain. The nurse feared for her job if she objected, and so had come to ask Sister Emma, "Will God forgive me?" What would you do if forced to choose between your job and your conscience?  More . . .