Life Issues
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ABORTION
Roe Reality Check (USCCB)
www.secondlookproject.org/tslp_roereality.htmlSecond Look Project (USCCB)
www.secondlookproject.org/Fact Sheet: Partial Birth Abortion – Questions and AnswersCONTRACEPTION
“Contraception and Abortion: The Underlying Link” – Rev. Walter Schu, LC“The Contraceptive Revolution and Its Fruits” – John Bruchalski, MD, FACOG“Truth About Emergency Contraception: The Post-fertilization Abortion Effect” – Allison LeDoux"Statement on the so-called "morning-after pill" – Pontifical Academy for Life, 2000Humanae Vitae (Of Human Life) – Pope Paul VI, 1968“Contraception, Why Not?” – Dr. Janet SmithASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
“Begotten, Not Made: A Catholic View of Reproductive Technology” - John HaasDonum Vitae (The Gift of Life) - Instruction on Respect for Human Life In its Origin and the Dignity of Procreation: Replies to Certain Questions of the Day – Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1987STEM CELL RESEARCH
U.S. Bishops' Statement "On Embryonic Stem Cell Research" (June 2008):
http://www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/bioethic/bishopsESCRstmt.pdfStem Cell Research and Human Cloning – Questions and Answers:
www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/bioethic/stemcell/Q&ABulletinInsert09222004.pdfUSCCB’s Stem Cell flyers:“Making Sense of Bioethics” – Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D.Additional articles and information at:www.usccb.org/prolife (USCCB Pro-Life Secretariat)www.ncbcenter.org (The National Catholic Bioethics Center)CATHOLIC HEALTH CARE ETHICS
Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care ServicesThe National Catholic Bioethics CenterCatholic Medical AssociationEND OF LIFE CONCERNS
The Manner of Our Dying www.usccbpublishing.org/client/client_pdfs/mannerofourdyingbi.pdf
In Support of Life
www.macathconf.org/Support.htmDownload the health care proxy form for Catholics in Massachusetts.
A Catholic Guide to End-of-Life Decisions: An Explanation of Church Teaching on Advance Directives, Euthanasia, and Physician Assisted Suicide www.ncbcenter.org/eol.asp“Life-sustaining Treatments and the Vegetative State: Scientific Advances and Ethical Dilemmas”– Pope John Paul II, 2004“Responses to Certain Questions Concerning Artificial Nutrition and Hydration”