Medically assisted suicide and faith: Why tension persists as laws change
In 2019, the New Jersey Legislature passed a law legalizing medically assisted suicide. Several other states debated similar measures.
Category: Medical ethics; Resource type: Source guides
Religion and transhumanism: Perfect fit or sure to conflict?
Did God want humans to find a way to live forever? Religious transhumanists say embracing radical human enhancement is a faithful act.
A new ethical frontier: Gene editing
Gene editing could provide a revolutionary cure for gene-linked diseases. But does it take medicine too far?
Woman’s decision reignites Americans’ debate over assisted suicide
An aging population and the associated end-of-life challenges have combined to keep assisted suicide at the center of the nation’s moral concerns.
“Quick Response to Study of Abstinence Education”
A New York Times story on the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine study.
“Doctors denounce abstinence-only education”
Read an Associated Press story, “Doctors denounce abstinence-only education.” It’s posted by MSNBC.
National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
Publishes a chart of the various bills through which abstinence-only sex education is funded nationally and in the states.
“Abstinence program loses federal funding”
In this Feb. 2006 story, the government stopped funding of a national program that teaches abstinence-only sex education after the ALCU filed a lawsuit against the group, saying it promoted religion in public schools.