In November, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops held their annual meeting in Baltimore, Maryland.  Unfortunately, the document they produced, “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship,” is both disheartening and, frankly, politically useless. The bishops tell the reader that “The direct and intentional destruction of innocent human life from the moment of conception until natural death...

Abortion advocates were pleased when reports from the world of medicine suggested that it cannot be shown conclusively that a child in the womb feels the pain of the needle to his heart, the vacuum sucking away his body parts, or the curette that carefully slices him to pieces.  However, a careful reflection on such...

Embryonic stem cells are always a controversial topic, especially when politicians wrangle over whether the government should support the practice of harvesting them.  Some argue that only embryonic stem cells are valuable, while others have shown that research employing adult or umbilical-cord-blood stem cells has greater success.  This debate is not about facts, however, but...