DECEMBER 2000
VOL. 25, No.12

Induced Delivery and Fetal Anomalies
Early Delivery of a Viable Infant Is Unjustifiable
by Eugene F. Diamond, M.D

Trying to Stay Well: A Christian Virtue
The Moral Duty to Maintain Good Health
by J. Brian Benestad, Ph.D.

NOVEMBER 2000
VOL. 25, No.11

John Paul II on Neurologic Criteria
From the Address to the Transplant Specialists
by Pope John Paul II

A Comment on the Papal Statement
Clear Direction on the Question of Brain Death
by Edward J. Furton, Ph.D., M.A.

Metaphysics and Catholic Bioethics
What Distinguishes Catholic Morality?
by Brother Nicanor Austriaco, O.P., Ph.D.

OCTOBER 2000
VOL. 25, No.10

A New Ethic for Medicine and Society
The Thirtieth Anniversary
by Malcolm S. M. Watts, M.D.

The Selling of Abortion—One, Two, Three
Reflections on a Classic Editorial
by Rev. Germain Kopaczynski, OFM Conv.

SEPTEMBER 2000
VOL. 25, No.9

Removing Ventilatory Life Support
Description of the Present Procedure
by Carr J. Smith, Ph.D. and
Carol B. Smith, B.A., R.R.T.

A Theological Caution on NFP
When Children Become a Means to an End
by Rev. Benedict M. Guevin, OSB., Ph.D., S.T.D.

AUGUST 2000
VOL. 25, No.8

The Social Benefits of Vaccination
Altruism and Love of Neighbor
by John D. Grabenstein, R.Ph., Ph.D.

Human Sexuality: Holiness or Boredome?
Literary Reflections on Freedom
by Rev. David N. Beauregard, OMV

JULY 2000
VOL. 25, No.7

Embryonic Stem Cells and Totipotency
Can These Cells Become an Embryo?
by Nicholas Tonti-Filippini, M.A.
and Peter McCullagh, M.D., D.Phil..

When Does Parenthood Begin?
A Massachusetts Court Defines the Issue
by Daniel Avila, Esq.

JUNE 2000
VOL. 25, No.6

Who Are the Auctores Probati?
Authoritative Guides to Moral Decision-Making
by Rev. Russell E. Smith, S.T.D.

Semen Analysis and the Infertile
A Licit Method of Collecting Sperm
by John E. Bertini, M.D., FACS and
Rev. Albert S. Moraczewski, O.P., S.T.M.

MAY 2000
VOL. 25, No.5

The Science of Natural Family Planning
Why and How it Works
by Mary E. Kambic and Robert T. Kambic, MSH

In Vitro Fertilization and the Person
Trinitarian Reflections on Love
by Rev. John F. Doerfler, STL, JCL

APRIL 2000
VOL. 25, No.4

A Non-Heart-Beating Donor Protocol
Avoiding Controversy over Brain Death
by Greg F. Burke, M.D.

A Flawed Report and a “Botched” Suicide
Oregon’s Second Year of Assisting Death
by Richard M. Doerflinger, M.A.

MARCH 2000
VOL. 25, No.3

Destroying Human Embryos for Research
Comments of the NCBC on the
“Draft NIH Guidelines for Research Involving
Human Pluripotent Stem Cells”
by The NCBC Ethicists

Scientific Progress on Adult Stem Cells
Some Key Articles from the Year 1999

FEBRUARY 2000
VOL. 25, No.2

The National Academy of ... Religion?
Theistic Evolution and Religious Establishment
by Michael J. Behe, Ph.D.

Reflections on the Hippocratic Oath
The Wisdom of the Ancient Code
by James N. Suojanen, M.D

JANUARY 2000
VOL. 25, No.1

Cases of Life, Death and Decision
Pregnancy, Fertility and Abortion
by Michael J.F. Iannessa, M.D.

Teaching Catholic Bioethics
Conveying the Truths of the Tradition
by John Morris, Ph.D.

A Note from Washintgon D.C.
Re: Federal Funding of Embryo Research