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Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
September 8, 2008

Instruction Dignitas Personae on Certain Bioethical Questions (Text of the Document)

• Vatican Summary

NCBC Analysis and Commentary

• Introduction. The Church, Bioethics, and Reason. Stephen Napier, Ph.D.

• Part One, nn. 4-5; The Nature of Being Human. Edward J. Furton, Ph.D.

• Part One, nn 6-10; The Goods of Marriage: Natural and Supernatural Truths. John M. Haas, Ph.D., S.T.L.

• Part Two, nn 11-17, Techniques for Assisting Fertility; IVF and the Deliberate Destruction of Embryos; Intercytoplasmic Sperm Injection. Edward J. Furton, Ph.D.

• Part Two, nn. 20-22, The Freezing of Oocytes; the Reduction of Embryos; Preimplantation Diagnosis. Father Alfred Cioffi, Ph.D., S.T.D.

• Part Two, n. 23 New Forms of Interception and Contragestation: Emergency Contraception. Marie T. Hilliard, R.N., Ph.D, J.C.L.

• Part Two, nn. 18, 19, Freezing Embryos; Prenatal Adoption Stephen Napier, Ph.D. and John M. Haas, Ph.D., S.T.L.

• Part Three, nn. 24-27, Gene therapy; Genetic enhancement. Stephen Napier, Ph.D.

• Part Three, nn 28-33, Cloning and Stem Cell Research. Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D.

• Part Three, nn 34-35, The Use of Human "Biological Material" of Illicit Origin. Dr. John M. Haas and Dr. Edward J. Furton