In November 2009, the Catholic bishops of the United States approved a document called “Life-Giving Love in an Age of Technology,” which explains the Catholic Church’s opposition to a range of infertility treatments and addresses certain developments in biotechnology in light of church teaching. Among other things, the document notes that while the church regards frozen embryos […]

Read a Jan. 25, 2010, New York Times story about advances in fertility technology and the potential and current ethical and legal problems they pose.

A Los Angeles doctor, Jeff Steinberg, provoked an uproar in March 2009 when he offered to help prospective parents choose embryos based on eye and hair color. He later retracted the offer and said he would limit the selection to screening for genetic diseases. Read about it in a March 3, 2009, article from the New York Daily […]

In December 2009 the state medical board of California filed a complaint against Kamrava accusing him of “gross negligence.” Read about the complaint a  Jan. 4, 2010, article from CNN.

The American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the nation’s chief professional organization for physicians who treat infertility, expelled Dr. Michael Kamrava, the Beverly Hills fertility specialist responsible for the eight babies born in January 2009 to Nadya Suleman. As this USA Today story reports, the society confirmed in October 2009 that its disciplinary committee took the action against Kamrava for repeatedly […]

William Allen holds law and divinity degrees and is associate professor and director of the Program in Bioethics, Law and Medical Professionalism at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville.

Research reported in the February 2010 edition of The New England Journal of Medicine indicates that some individuals with brain damage previously thought to prevent thought, consciousness and communication in fact possess previously unsuspected levels of awareness. Even if aided by advanced technology, they have the ability to answer questions accurately. Experts caution that this dealt with a small […]

Dennis Wagner is chairman of the board of the Access Research Network, a nonprofit that supports the discussion and teaching of intelligent design. In a 2008, blog entry, Wagner discussed what the ID community could do to prepare for the Darwin bicentennial.

PBS’ “Faith and Reason” series has tackled several issues involved with the confluence of science and religion. The website offers resources on several of the topics the series has covered.