This agony could be anyone’s Sheila July 17, 2007 One of the daily news lists I receive is on bioethics, and its filled with alarming stories from across the Read More
Bush’s third veto Sheila June 20, 2007 It’s coming up today, the third occasion George Bush will assert his presidential veto power and the second time Read More
Taking steroids, unaware Sheila June 16, 2007 This letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal is a startling commentary on basic facts about the dangers Read More
Texas high court wrangles over life Sheila June 11, 2007 Or rather, this court is wrestling with a power struggle over frozen embryos and who gets to control them. Augusta Read More
Body and blood Sheila June 10, 2007 Today being Corpus Christi Sunday, it’s more providential than ironic that controversy continues to whirl around the news stories Read More
What we believe about ending life Sheila May 22, 2007 Here is a clear, straight-line summary of how a society built on the Judeo-Christian ethic has come to accept the Read More
Re-dressing eugenics Sheila May 21, 2007 Like other matters of life and death, the selective elimination of the most weak and vulnerable among us has gone Read More
The ethic of life is consistent Sheila May 7, 2007 Terri Schiavo’s brother Bobby said something in the final days of her ordeal that I’ve heard him repeat Read More
Lethal language Sheila May 5, 2007 Speaking of bioethics specialist Nancy Valko (bottom of post below), and of the need to be well informed of complex Read More
End-of-life decisions Sheila May 5, 2007 The movement that exalts “choice” in all matters of life has long been after more control over death. The stories Read More
