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The Fight for Restorative Reproductive Medicine
The Catholic Church morally opposes assisted reproductive technology (ART), which today is almost exclusively invitro fertilization (IVF) for a multitude of reasons. (See this excellent video by John A. DiCamillo, President of the National Catholic Bioethics Center). Among these reasons is the creation of “unwanted” embryos that remain indefinitely cryopreserved. According to the National Embryo…
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Lawsuit Filed by Former PA Student
Alina Thopurathu has filed a lawsuit against Springfield College in Massachusetts for discriminating against her Catholic beliefs when she spoke up after she was made to observe a second trimester abortion without being informed. An excellent student since beginning the program in 2017, Alina was dismissed from that program in July 2023, two months after…
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CAPPA Amidst Medical Association Politicization
Thirty years ago, on March 25th, 1995, Pope Saint John Paul II promulgated Evangelium vitae, an encyclical of significance to anyone in health care. In it, he coined the term culture of death, which is one that “…actively fostered by powerful cultural, economic and political currents which encourage an idea of society excessively concerned with…
