Bioethics & Human Dignity
Life issues — abortion, euthanasia, IVF, embryonic research. Sexual ethics from *Humanae Vitae* and the Theology of the Body. End-of-life and the human person's body.
2 articles in this pillar
- IVF and the Discarded Embryo: The Magisterium's Whole TeachingIn vitro fertilisation — the conception of human life outside the body, in a laboratory dish — is the most-used reproductive technology of the modern era.
- Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: The Catholic TeachingThe Catholic Church teaches that physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia — actions in which a doctor or another agent ends a patient's life, whether at the patient's request or otherwise, supposedly to relieve suffering — are…