Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 196 : New Cures from Embryonic Stem Cells?

Receiving a diabetes treatment produced with embryonic stem cells signals a willingness on our part to tolerate the killing of younger human beings in order to benefit others who are older.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationOctober 29, 2021Abortion, Cooperation in Evil, COVID-19, Embryos, Fetal Tissue Harvesting, Stem Cell Research, Vaccines and Vaccination

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 184: Should I Get Vaccinated?

When a vaccine is determined to be safe and effective, it will often make sense for healthy individuals to choose, on their own initiative, to get immunized.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationOctober 30, 2020COVID-19, Vaccines and Vaccination, Conscience Rights, Fetal Tissue Harvesting

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 178: Accelerating Vaccine Development

Vaccines are real “game changers” in public health. As a society, we must continue to insist that vaccine development and production be held to the highest ethical standards.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationApril 30, 2020COVID-19, Vaccines and Vaccination, Research Ethics, Fetal Tissue Harvesting, Research

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 167: The Corpse Raiders

When it comes to extracting cells or organs from the corpse of a deceased child at an abortion clinic, however, these ethical requirements for consent cannot legitimately be satisfied.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationMay 30, 2019Abortion, Fetal Tissue Harvesting, Informed Consent, Organ Donation

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 122: Consenting to the Unconscionable

…the use of tissues and organs from direct abortions raises significant moral concerns, even if the mother’s signature may have been sought and obtained.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationAugust 30, 2015Fetal Tissue Harvesting, Informed Consent, Respect for the Remains of the Dead, Research

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 011: Fetal Farming and the New Slavery

In today’s society we almost nonchalantly sanction the production of a five day-old human life to destroy it. Tomorrow it may be a three month-old, then an eight-month old fetus.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationMay 30, 2006Fetal Tissue Harvesting, Stem Cell Research, Cloning

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 002: The Morality of Vaccinating Our Children

The Pontifical Academy of Life document reaches a different conclusion, namely, that even when a vaccine is made from aborted material, and when no other form of that vaccine exists, parents may indeed vaccinate their children.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationAugust 30, 2005Fetal Tissue Harvesting, Vaccines and Vaccination, Abortion

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