Pro-life, Bio-Ethics and the Disabled

If the House of Representatives passes the Equality Act, its mandates will "discriminate against people of faith" by adversely affecting charities and their beneficiaries, conscience rights, women’s sports, "and sex-specific facilities," said the chairmen of five U.S. bishops' committees.

Overturning Roe v. Wade will not be the silver bullet many in the pro-life movement have hoped for. Even if the Supreme Court delivers a symbolic repudiation of its 1973 ruling, abortion will continue with state oversight and passions will run high on the extremes of the debate, according to speakers on a Jan. 27 webinar.

Catholics oppose abortion out of strong moral conviction. How ought to Catholics engage other Americans who strongly disagree about the moral consequences of abortion?

What happens when human rights become circumscribed on the basis of capacity, or ethnicity, or some other consideration. The meaning of selective abortions of fetuses diagnosed with Down syndrome, such as in Denmark, where only 18 Down children were born in the entire country in 2019, and in Iceland, where the syndrome effectively has been “eradicate” is not lost on the disabled and their families.

Carter Snead, a leading expert on public bioethics, advocates for a new conception of human identity in American law and policy. Carter addresses three complex issues in bioethics: abortion, assisted reproductive technology, and end-of-life decisions.

O. Carter Snead discusses the difference between a secularist account of a human person against a Catholic account of the human.

Hosted by Jessica Keating, M.Div.. Erika Bachiochi, J.D., Ethics and Public Policy Center discussed "Women, Pregnancy, and Authentic Reproductive Justice."

Hosted by Jessica Keating, M.Div.. Dr. Daniel K. Williams, University of West Georgia discussed "When Liberals Were Pro-Life." This presentation is the first part of the Conversations That Matter: The Intersection of Justice and Pregnancy series sponsored by the University of Notre Dame.

"This means that the federal government will likely execute four people using an untested lethal injection protocol ... without any real oversight from the Supreme Court," tweeted Sister Helen Prejean, a Sister of St. Joseph of Medaille.