Bioethics Articles
Natural family planning: why and what
Natural Family Planning is not simply “a better form of birth control.” Behind NFP lies an integral vision of the [...]
Quebec: Fetal experimentation
A recent medical journal article out of Sherbrooke, Quebec, details the fact that fetal experimentation has not [...]
Pro-life commentary: Prenatal diagnosis and the mentally handicapped
The evidence is in: the deliberations are over; our subject is found guilty; and the sentence [...]
Artificial Insemination
Artificial Insemination (AI) is he placing of semen inside a women’s vagina, or directly into the uterus [...]
Detecting abnormalities in the unborn: chorionic villi sampling
Recently there has been widespread publicity of a new method, called chorionic villi sampling, for [...]
Birth defects
A U.S. federal judge ruled that a widely-used spermicide caused birth defects in a 3 year old girl [...]
RU-486 abortion pill
The first “foolproof” abortion pill, called RU-486, is now in its final tests with the British Committee [...]
Selling babies is illegal in Canada
Selling babies is illegal in Canada-perhaps. While there are laws which cover money changing hands in the [...]
Britain’s MP’s ban embryo experiments
Private Member’s bills usually attract little attention, but Mr. Enoch Powell’s measure-the Unborn Children Protection Bill- [...]
Pro-life commentary: MSAFP testing: the latest “search and destroy” technology
The Newcastle area of New Brunswick has the distinction of having one of the world’s most comprehensive [...]
Bits and pieces
Two years ago I wrote my first column. It was for the first issue of The Interim and [...]
In Vitro M.D. ignores fetal tests
Dr. David Armstrong, scientific director of the test-tube clinic at the University of Western Ontario, does not appear [...]
U of T contraceptives
A health-care package being planned by the University of Toronto’s Students’ Council is to include coverage for contraceptives. Some [...]
Pro-life commentary on the prevention of Down’s syndrome through amniocentesis
Genetic Counseling is that field of medicine which is involved in gathering genetic and family information in [...]