Trial lawyers have an old saying. “When the facts are on your side, pound the facts. When the facts are not on your side, pound the table.” In the debate over the link between abortion and breast cancer, there is a fair amount of table-pounding by those who support the status quo. This is accomplished [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Abortion and Breast Cancer: Discerning the Literature (Part I)
Posted in Abortion, Breast Cancer, Health Care, tagged Abortion, Breast Cancer, Orthodoxy, Science on December 28, 2009 |
Holy Innocents, Then and Now
Posted in Abortion, Dignity, Motherhood, Right to Life, tagged Abortion, Holy Innocents, Martyrs, Rachel's Vineyard, Silent No More on December 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Today the Church celebrates the Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs. Many will no doubt draw parallels with the Holy Innocents of our age. So let’s stop and reflect together in two posts. If one were to accept the definition of personhood given by our Culture of Death, these Innocents barely qualified, as they had [...]
Father Groeschel and the Holy Innocents
Posted in Abortion, Priests on December 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
If you’ve never heard of him, Father Benedict J. Groeschel, C.F.R. is one of the GIANTS of the spiritual life. A Columbia University-educated doctor of psychology, Director of the Office of Spiritual Development for the Archdiocese of New York, Co-Founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, Retreat Master, and a PROLIFIC AUTHOR, I was [...]
Sound Off!
Posted in Uncategorized on December 27, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Should the Federal Government be subsidizing embryo-destructive research considering its failure to even make it out of animal trials, while adult stem cell research has resulted in hundreds of therapeutic applications? What are your thoughts about this from a scientific, moral, ethical, fiscal, or legal perspective? Sound Off!
Thank You Jill Stanek
Posted in Dignity, Family, Right to Life on December 27, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Originally posted 12/24. Reposted today. (I don’t want my thank you card pushed off the front page so soon) A few weeks ago I joined in the insightful discussions going on at Jill Stanek’s blog. Moderator Bethany and Jill encouraged me to begin a blog of my own, given my scientific background. They were followed [...]
Favorite Quotes
Posted in Abortion, Birth Control, Condoms, Family, Quotes, Right to Life, tagged Abortion, Birth Control, Pope Paul VI on December 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“For you deal here above all with human life, and human life is sacred; no one may dare make an attempt upon it. Respect for life, even with regard to the great problem of the birth rate, must find here in your Assembly its highest affirmation and its most rational defence. Your task is to [...]
Science, Causes, Truth, or Science Causes Truth? (Part I)
Posted in Abortion, Biomedical Ethics, Breast Cancer, tagged Ignaz Semmelweis, Pro-Life, Science, Scientific Method, Truth on December 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Discovery “At the heart of science lies discovery which involves a change in worldview. Discovery in science is possible only in societies which accord their citizens the freedom to pursue the truth where it may lead and which therefore have respect for different paths to that truth.” -John Polanyi, Canadian Nobel Laureate (Chemistry); Commencement Address, [...]
Roots: Radicalized Autonomy (I)
Posted in Roots, tagged Pope John Paul II, Radicalized Autonomy, Roots, Veritatis Splendor on December 27, 2009 |
Understanding the philosophical underpinnings for the Culture of Death is key to building a Culture of Life and a Civilization of Love. We’ll take a look at these philosophical Roots on a consistent basis. Pope John Paul II writes in Veritatis Slendor (The Splendor of Truth): “32. Certain currents of modern thought have gone so [...]
Study: Chinese Women With Abortions Have Statistically Significant 17% Increased Breast Cancer Risk
Posted in Abortion, Breast Cancer, tagged Abortion, Breast Cancer, political correctness, public health on December 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In November, ABC (abortionbreastcancer.com) reported two studies demonstrating the link between abortion and breast cancer. Scientist Argues Researchers Underestimated Risk “Chinese researchers Peng Xing and his colleagues conducted a case-control study in Northeast China examining reproductive factors associated with subtypes of breast cancer. They found a statistically significant overall odds ratio of 1.17 (17% increased [...]
Biomedical Ethics
Posted in Abortion, Biomedical Ethics, Christmas, Condoms, DNA, Quotes, Sexually Transmitted Disease on December 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
LifeNews reports, Obama Admin Forces Americans to Pay for More Embryonic Stem Cell Research: “National Institutes of Health chief Francis Collins approved taxpayer funding of 27 more lines of embryonic stem cells.” Having overturned the Bush administration’s restrictions, we are headed in the wrong direction morally, but also scientifically. Embryonic stem cell research has consistently [...]
Saint Stephen’s Martyrdom and the Pro-Life Cause
Posted in Dignity, Fathers of the Church, Personhood, Right to Life on December 26, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Today is the Feast of the Martyrdom of Saint Stephen. For speaking truth, for bearing witness to Jesus, Stephen was stoned to death. Saul of Tarsus, prize student of the great Rabbi Gamaliel, stood by and approved. He can be seen standing with stony approval to the right in the painting. We know what happened [...]
Blood Stem-Cell Transplant Regimen Reverses Sickle Cell Disease in Adults
Posted in Stem Cell Therapy on December 25, 2009 |
Another milestone for Adult Stem Cell Therapy, from the National Institutes of Health Photo: Getty Images “A modified blood adult stem-cell transplant regimen has effectively reversed sickle cell disease in 9 of 10 adults who had been severely affected by the disease, according to results of a National Institutes of Health study in the Dec. [...]
Mary Did You Know?
Posted in Uncategorized on December 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Kathy Mattea sings Mary Did You Know?. If you’ve never heard it, click the link to the YouTube video. Powerful. I’m not given to the Hermeneutic of Doubt in modern scripture scholarship, nor do I take a fundamentalist approach. However, I do believe what Paul wrote to Timothy when he said “All scripture is inspired [...]
Urbi et Orbi: Christmas 2005
Posted in Bishops, Christmas, Dignity, tagged Pope Benedict XVI on December 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
“Today we can dispose of vast material resources. But the men and women in our technological age risk becoming victims of their own intellectual and technical achievements, ending up in spiritual barrenness and emptiness of heart. That is why it is so important for us to open our minds and hearts to the Birth of [...]
Elizabeth
Posted in Advent, Christmas on December 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My nine-year-old, Elizabeth has had an other-worldly devotion to the Nativity since age two. It’s grace. To see it in action is to leave no doubt. Beth also loves Santa and all of the magic associated with being the target of another’s coming with gifts. Gradually, we are folding the Santa narrative into an understanding [...]
