NCBC Resources on Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning

  • "Stem Cell Research and Cloning" from Live the Truth: The Moral Legacy of John Paul II in Catholic Health Care Proceedings of the Twentieth Workshop for Bishops. NCBC.
    NOTE: Significant developments have taken place in identifying alternative sources of pluripotent stem cells since this article was written. See Maureen Condic's article below from the August 2009 Ethics & Medics.

  • Cutting Through the Spin on Stem Cells and Cloning - a DVD produced by Fr. Tad Pacholczyk which can be ordered from the NCBC online store
     
  • The Summer 2001 issue of The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly was titled "Respect for the Human Embryo" and was distributed to selected members of the House of Representatives and all members of the U.S. Senate in advance of their debate, and subsequent ban, on human reproductive cloning. Back issues may be ordered for $15 by calling the NCBC at 215-877-2660. (click to view Table of Contents)
     
  • The Spring 2006 issue of The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly Verbatim section reprinted an article by John B. Shea, M.D. titled "Catholic Teaching on the Human Embryo as an Object of Research." The article originally appeared in the October 2005 issue of Catholic Insight.

  • The August 2009 issue of Ethics & Medics provided a helpful article by Maureen L. Condic, Ph.D., titled "A Comprehensive Primer on Stem Cells.

  • A  Topic Packet has been prepared by the NCBC ethicists on this topic and is available from the NCBC online store.
     

  • The Pontifical Academy for Life published a declaration titled The Production and The Scientific and Therapeutic Use Of Human Embryonic Stem Cells in August of 2000.