Web Links for further Education
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Pro-Life Resources – Les ressources pro-vie
This is a partial listing of resources available from Action Life. New materials are added to the “Resource Centre” as they become available. There is also an extensive collection of newspaper and magazine clippings.
Embryonic Stem Cells: Hope or Hype?
Last spring and summer, a flurry of media coverage surrounded the issue of research involving embryonic stem cells. With alarming frequency, news reports heralded potential cures for illnesses such as Parkinson’s, diabetes, spinal injury and
New life at the expense of another
By Mark Pickup Some time ago, the National Post carried a commentary by Jeff White called “Don’t suffer the little children: Our society appears undecided on the ethics of infanticide.” White’s muddled thinking seemed
Clinical Use of Adult Stem Cells
Current Clinical Use of Adult Stem Cells to Help Human Patients Proponents of embryonic stem cell research have created a false impression that these cells have a proven therapeutic use. In fact the embryonic
New method of prenatal screening: But to what end?
A prenatal screening program being pioneered at North York General Hospital in Toronto is being hailed as the new way forward for determining genetic abnormalities in unborn children. The question society should be asking
Choosing the “Perfect” Child: What’s Wrong with PGD
Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis is a screening technology used to scan embryos conceived through in vitro fertilization for potential genetic malformations. PGD can screen for diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis, hemophilia, Down‘s
Receiving an Adverse Prenatal Diagnosis
If you have recently received an adverse prenatal diagnosis for your unborn baby, it is likely you are feeling fearful and confused. It is possible that you have already been counseled to terminate your
Choisir la vie
(Ceci est un extrait du document «Choisir La Vie». Pour obtenir une copie complète du document veuillez contacter l'Organisme catholique pour la vie et la famille au (613) 241-9461.) L'avortement. Le choix de l'avortement
Surgery on the Unborn
Photojournalist becomes pro-life [Editor’s note: Michael Clancy, a photojournalist hired by U.S.A. Today, has had a change of heart after taking this now famous photo of a prenatal surgery performed on Samuel Armas in