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Dignity of Life Speaker Series: Fr. Tad Pacholczyk – “Care and Treatment Decisions for Compromised Patients at the End of Life”

February 18th, 2009 · No Comments

Wednesday, February 25, 2008
Following 7:00 pm Ash Wednesday Mass
Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D.
Director of Education, The National Catholic Bioethics Center
Fr. Tad is a priest of the diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts. As an undergraduate he earned degrees in philosophy, biochemistry, molecular cell biology, and chemistry, and did [...]

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Tags: Bioethics · Presentations/Talks · Right to Life Issues

Oh, No Way

January 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment

OH boy!  I snatched up this book from the library, and even in the prologue I found something so utterly horrifying, that I just had to stop reading to let you know:
From “The Clone Age,” by Lori B. Andrews, page 7:  “Is it the wrong time for a pregnancy, but you want to freeze the [...]

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Tags: Bioethics · Neat Things I Didn't Author · Right to Life Issues

A Word About Words…

October 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Opening a can of worms, now….
Okay, so the elections are not too far away. Here’s my little rant about terminology regarding, for me, the biggest issue in this election: the pro-life versus pro-choice issue.
Now, seriously. Is it fair that the two sides are answering different questions for self-identification? No! That just confuses the issue and tries [...]

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Tags: Jennspeak · Right to Life Issues

“Pro-Child, Pro-Choice”

June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

This was a bumper sticker that I saw in the parking lot of work this morning.  It made me stop and think.  Okay, you are “pro-child”, and that is a good thing, because all life is precious, and all people are made in the image and likeness of God.
But, which children?  Obviously, it can’t be [...]

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Tags: Prayer/Prayer Requests · Right to Life Issues

Go Ahead, Push My Buttons

April 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Okay, I read in OLGC bulletin that there was going to be a talk on U-M campus entitled “Why Liberals and Feminists Should Be Pro-Life” and decided to stay a little late at work and head over.  There was so much in that talk that I could blog about, but for now I’ll just comment [...]

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Tags: Presentations/Talks · Right to Life Issues