Posts tagged health
Arizona And Missouri Add Ballot Measures To Codify Abortion Rights

Arizona and Missouri are the latest states to add measures to the November ballot allowing voters to enshrine abortion rights in their respective state constitutions, joining at six other states with similar measures. In at least two states, Nebraska and Pennsylvania, ballot initiatives to protect life are pending.

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Christian Bioethicists Help Students Consider The Moral Complexities Of IVF

As the number of U.S. frozen embryos has grown to estimates beyond a million, their moral status has become the crux of discussion among bioethicists.  Vic McCracken, professor of ethics and theology at Abilene Christian University, co-teaches the medical bioethics course with Cynthia Powell, who directs ACU’s Center for Pre-Health Professions. Every year the class includes students who were born through IVF.

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