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USCCB Issues Firm Condemnation of IVF in Reproductive Technology Document

While meeting at their Fall General Assembly Wednesday, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops overwhelmingly approved a new document clearly expressing the Catholic Church’s opposition to reproductive technologies such as...

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Egg ethics II

Suppose a couple, having problems with fertility, decides to try IVF as a means of having children. For the sake of the hypothetical, let’s say initial fertilization goes very well and the couple ends up with 30 viable embryos....

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Health Care: Abortion Is Not the Only Moral Issue

Our entire health-care system is filled with complex moral choices. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops thanks the members of the House, “who took this courageous and principled step to oppose measures that would...

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Japanese scientists fertilize human eggs with two biological moms

Though no babies have been born yet through this procedure, a team of Japanese doctors at St. Mother Hospital in Kitakyushu, Japan, have fertilized eggs with two biological mothers to create an early-stage embryo. They began...

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U.S. bishops approve document on reproductive technologies

Baltimore, Md., Nov 18, 2009 / 03:41 pm (CNA).- The U.S. bishops have approved a document regarding the moral use of reproductive technologies for couples struggling with infertility yet desire to have children. The document,...

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Sparrow hospital closing embryo storage facility

Specimens to be moved to Minneapolis Kathryn Prater • kprater@lsj.com • November 18, 2009 LANSING - The Lansing health care system is helping clients transfer their biological material to ReproTech Limited in St. Paul, Minn....

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Bishops' letter defines marriage

BALTIMORE | The nation's Catholic bishops approved a pastoral letter on marriage Tuesday as their pivotal effort in their battle to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. The letter, "Love and Life in the Divine...

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Study debunks theories on priests' sex abuse

BALTIMORE -- Researchers at New York's John Jay College of Criminal Justice, reporting initial findings in their look into causes of the Catholic church's 2002 sexual-abuse scandal, yesterday said they can't attribute it to gay...

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Research and Markets: An Essential Report on the Opportunities in Human Embryonic Stem Cell...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Opportunities in Human Embryonic Stem Cell (hESCs) Products" report to their offering. These "composition of matter" patents concerning primate...

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8 Strangest Genetic Scientific Experiments

Published on Today 11/17/2009 under Science - by Gracie Murano Nazi scientist created a twin-town The steely hearted "Angel of Death", Josef Mengele, whose mission was to create a master race fit for the Third Reich, was the...

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