“We should approve ‘three-parent’ embryos,” Alex Berezow, editor of RealClearScience (a science...
Medicine & Science
When doctors intimidate
These devastating words coming from the voice on the other end of the telephone didn’t settle well...
The journey of infertility: Walking with the Church to find...
It’s personal. It’s painful. And for the millions of people affected by infertility, it can also be...
The pill kills women and babies
Evil comes in many clever disguises. In the case of the concoction of steroidal hormones known as...
Lack of knowledge KILLED three of my babies
In 1973, at age 33, I was happily married and had three young children, but we wanted to wait a...
Visions of Countess Bathory: Bathing in blood for beauty
In the early 1600s, Hungarian countess Elizabeth Bathory was convicted for the killing and torture...
One less ‘YES’ for Gardasil
One less ‘YES’ for Gardasil In 2006, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved...
Understanding stem cell science
Stem cell banking: Fact, folly or fiction? Hardly a day goes by without a new revelation in stem...
Cord blood donation: The moral way to amazing cures
Tension welled as my grandfather fought through his final months with Parkinson’s disease in 2007...
A new kind of pharmacy
Catholic and other pro-life medical professionals are working in an ethical minefield today. Common...