A researcher at the University of Padova, Italy, published a report in October showing unborn babies have the ability to interact as early as 14 weeks into the pregnancy.
New technologies are not only far outpacing our ethics; they are even outpacing our awareness. This is bad news to those of us who are committed to defending the sacred dignity of all human life.
Our bad economy and the ever-growing expenses of an aging population will make assisted suicide an attractive option. If we do not once again come to value human life, we'll take the final step to embrace a culture of death.
A new blood test that might empower physicians to screen unborn children for more than 3,000 genetic disorders will result in a "death sentence" for many, a bioethicist says.
Would a Western government fund a coercive sterilization program in a third-world country, all in the name of combatting climate change? Sure it would.