Complete text. The death of any human being is always dignified, because dignity is intrinsic to human nature. The Bioethics Observatory https://www.observatoriobioetica.org/ at the Catholic University of Valencia considers that “the death of Vincent Lambert following the withdrawal of hydration and nutrition is an objectively euthanasic act since, although he suffered severe brain damage, he…
Fuente. Selon les auteurs d’une étude, l’explication est plutôt à chercher du côté des politiques publiques de soutien à la famille, particulièrement incitatives. Si la fécondité de la France est la plus élevée des pays de l’Union européenne, ce n’est pas grâce à l’immigration, contrairement aux idées reçues. C’est le constat d’une étude publiée ce mercredi par l’Institut…
On February 23, 2019 was presented in the Paris Senate, the Cultural Platform “One of Us”, which brings together thinkers from different European countries. This platform has been promoted by the European Federation “One of Us”, integrated by national organizations that defend life and family in Europe and which is chaired by the Spanish, Jaime…
Fuente Fue un fallo jurisdiccional: El Tribunal de Apelación no tiene competencia en el caso Lambert. Eso dice el Tribunal de Casación dando la razón a los recursos del Estado y del hospital de Reims. Eso implica que “desde ahora”, en palabras del abogado de la mujer del paciente, pueden cesar toda hidratación y toda alimentación…
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition I was contacted by man with a disability, who was telling me how he was feeling pressured to ask for euthanasia. After explaining his concerns he sent me this email comment: I am living in the advanced stages of quadriplegia, now 33 years along. I am feeling the…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the leading U.S. federal agency for public health protection, recently changed its information on natural birth control methods on their website. Until now, the site mentioned a failure rate of 24% for these methods, a figure intended to discourage couples from using them and to prevent doctors…
The Faculty of Theology at the University of Malta is currently accepting applications for the Master of Arts in Bioethics (opening October 2019). Offered on a part-time basis (evening), the course aims to foster a culture respectful of bioethics and to empower candidates for ethical decision and policy-making relevant to their professional practices. The M.A. in Bioethics is strongly inter-disciplinary. It encourages research in bioethics and…
Fuente “Las leyes que rigen la humanidad misma del hombre son de origen más que humano”, afirma en esta entrevista el filósofo francés Rémi Brague. Pero hay que prestar mucha atención a lo que se entiende por “leyes divinas”: son las condiciones mínimas de supervivencia de la humanidad, todo lo contrario a estar “sometido a…
Fuente July 18, 2019 (Society for the Protection of Unborn Children) — The 2018 Abortion Statistics, published June 13 by the Department of Health and Social Care, show that 205,295 unborn babies were killed by abortion last year. The total is just short of the highest on record (205,598 in 2007), but the number of abortions performed…
Fuente «¿Vale algo la vida humana?» El periodista y columnista de ABC, Pedro García Cuartango, llevaba días rumiando esta pregunta desde que hace unas semanas la joven de 17 años Noa Pothoven decidiera poner fin a su vida ante la indiferencia de la sociedad holandesa. Y con este interrogante y su respuesta -«vivir es un imperativo…