IVF has been at the forefront again after Alabama’s court decision. This is indicative by Nature’s recent headline that states the following: Is IVF at risk in the US? Scientists fear for the fertility treatment’s future An Alabama court ruling that human embryos outside the uterus should be regarded as children has raised concerns among … Read more
Thesis: Surrogate motherhood conflicts with several principles of Christian ethics and the practice presents more problems than it solves. Summary Surrogacy can be defined as the practice whereby one woman carries and delivers a child for another woman, another man, or another couple with or without payment with the intention that the child should be … Read more
Medicalized killing exists as a global issue. For example, the Netherlands was the first country to legalize euthanasia practices in 2001. Since that time, ten countries, ten U.S. States, and the District of Columbia have adopted some form of legislation that allows immoral practices for terminating life. However, many evangelicals remain unaware of laws that … Read more
In his 2005 National Review article, “Human Non-Person,” Wesley J. Smith discusses the idea that some bioethicists differentiate between human life and human personhood. Thus, a human life that is not a person can be aborted, euthanized, and mined for body parts to aid actual “persons.” A key feature of the personhood view is that … Read more