Recent Catholic Commentary

Three-parent embryos for mitochondrial disease? Twelve reasons for caution

The media is buzzing today with the news that Britain is planning to become the first country in the world to offer controversial ‘three-parent’ fertility treatments to families who want to avoid passing on mitochondrial diseases to their children (See BBC, Guardian, Times (£), Independent, Daily Mail and Telegraph).  The Department of Health announced yesterday that it would draw up draft guidelines to allow fertility clinics to offer the technique. The proposed guidelines would be released for public comment later this year, and Parliament would vote on a final version in 2014.  Scientists are currently researching two main three-parent IVF techniques. The first, being developed at Britain's Newcastle […]
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Religious liberty and the regulatory road to serfdom

The verdict is out on whether or not religious organizations and institutions will be able to keep their non-profit status, their licenses to operate, and so on if they do not comply with ideologically driven government mandates regarding sexuality, marriage, religious hiring, end-of-life issues, and abortion.
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Catholic Sebelius: abortion is between a woman, her doctor, and her priest

Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, a self-professed Catholic, said this week that abortion restrictions are wrong because the choice should be a discussion between women, their doctors, and “their priests.” “I'm alarmed about restrictions being passed by various legislators that take out of the control of women and their partners and their doctors and their priests, their own decision about their own healthcare,” she said. “I think women should make their own decisions and have a range of options available to them.” The Catholic Church opposes abortion as a form of murder.  The remarks are reminiscent of […]
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