Making Sense of Bioethics: Column #220 : Evaluating Medical Use of Marijuana During Pregnancy

Cannabis use during pregnancy and lactation raises the prospect of adversely affecting not only neurodevelopment, but also subsequent neuropsychiatric, behavioral and executive functioning of the child.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationAugust 30, 2024Pregnancy Complications, Parenting, Disabilities and the Disabled, Alternative Medicine

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column #215 : The Ethics of Neuroimplants and Brain-Computer Interfaces

Brain-Computer Interfaces could offer important medical and therapeutic uses in the future, they also are poised for dubious or clearly immoral uses.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationOctober 24, 2023Bodily Enhancement-Mutilation, Disabilities and the Disabled, Research

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 197 : Eugenics, Forced Sterilization, and Protecting the Mentally-Challenged

...the solution should never be direct sterilization but tailored care that addresses their specific mental health situation...

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationNovember 30, 2021Human Sexuality, Birth Control and Contraception, Disabilities and the Disabled, Eugenics, Sterilization

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 193: The Moral Analysis of Boxing

It is important for us to inquire about the intended purpose or goal of boxing.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationJuly 30, 2021Disabilities and the Disabled, Ethics of Athletics and Sports

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 187 : The “Quality of Life” Error

Our focus should be on the benefits and burdens of a proposed medical intervention rather than on trying to impose our own conclusion that certain individuals no longer have enough value or meaning in their lives.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationJanuary 29, 2021Caring for the Elderly and Infirm, Death and Dying, Disabilities and the Disabled, End-of-Life Issues, Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, Pain Management-Palliative Care and Hospice

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 173: Medicine and a Sense of the Sacred

We need to attend carefully to the graced realities we regularly handle lest we end up squandering or losing our sense of the sacred.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationNovember 30, 2019Abortion, Caring for the Elderly and Infirm, Death and Dying, Disabilities and the Disabled, Imposing Our Beliefs, Universal Morality, Sacraments, Medical Profession — Ethics and Pastoral-Spiritual, Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 163: The Welcome Outreach of Perinatal Hospice

This approach seeks to set up a particular supportive environment in which all the members of the family can receive the child following delivery, hold and name the newborn, and fully acknowledge his or her brief but meaningful life.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationJanuary 30, 2019Abortion, Death and Dying, Prenatal Testing, Pain Management-Palliative Care and Hospice, Disabilities and the Disabled, End-of-Life Issues, Pregnancy Complications

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 153: The Wrong-Headedness of “Wrongful Birth” Lawsuits

At its core, the idea of a ‘wrongful birth’ claim is unreasonable and ethically incoherent.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationMarch 30, 2018Law and Ethics, Abortion, Parenting, Disabilities and the Disabled, Pregnancy Complications

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 135: Leaving Our Values at the Door of the Strip Club

Good parents never drive their children to strip clubs, and neither should any institution entrusted with a protective parental role; on the contrary, such institutions should erect appropriate boundaries and limits on harmful behaviors, so their residents can grow and flourish...

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationSeptember 30, 2016Pornography, Universal Morality, Disabilities and the Disabled

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 086: Loving Those with Disabilities

The true measure of the greatness of a society will always be in terms of how it treats its weakest members, and the authenticity of our own love will be measured by our compassion and acceptance of the disabled and the powerless.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationAugust 30, 2012Prenatal Testing, Disabilities and the Disabled

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 078: Unconditional Parental Love

A husband and wife are called to give themselves to each other completely and unreservedly, and to accept each other unconditionally in the marital embrace. Every child of theirs, whether entering the world with a handicap or not, is an expression and fruit of themselves and their acceptance of each other.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationDecember 30, 2011Parenting, Prenatal Testing, Eugenics, Disabilities and the Disabled

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 064: Defending the Dignity of Those with Dementia

When our ability to think rationally or choose freely becomes clouded or even eliminated by dementia, we still remain at root the kind of creature who is rational and free, and the bearer of inalienable human dignity.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationOctober 30, 2010Death and Dying, Caring for the Elderly and Infirm, Suffering, Dementia, Disabilities and the Disabled, End-of-Life Issues

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 031: Feeding Our Loved Ones: The Modern Anathema of Living With Brain Damage

Our duty is to provide loving care and strong support to those whose “quality of life” may be less than perfect, including those who are sick or those who may be disabled like Terri Schiavo, rather than targeting them for an early demise through the withholding of food and water.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationJanuary 30, 2008Persistent Vegetative State (PVS), Proportionate and Disproportionate Means, Artificial Nutrition and Hydration, Disabilities and the Disabled

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