Bioethics in the News

Show Notes: “The World Isn’t Ready for What Comes After I.V.F.” by Ari Schulman, New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/09/opinion/ivf-debate.html “Open Wallets, Empty Hearts” by Ari Schulman, The New Atlantis https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/open-wallets-empty-hearts   “Silicon Valley’s Trendy Ethic: Effective Altruism” by Heather Zeiger, Mind Matters News https://mindmatters.ai/2024/09/silicon-valleys-trendy-ethic-effective-altruism/ “I was adopted from China as a baby. I’m still coming to terms with that” by Cindy Zhu Huijgen, New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/15/opinion/china-adopted-babies-identity.html   The New Atlantis Donation Page: https://www.thenewatlantis.com/collections/2024-annual-campaign   CBHD Donation Page: https://www.tiu.edu/giving/bioethics/

In this episode of The Bioethics Podcast, we have one of the most powerful pieces we have ever published. It is read for us by the author, Lori Way, and it comes from her experience caring for her husband through illness, recovery, and a “new normal.” This piece is part of our "Faces of the Church Series" of articles, which are posted on our Intersections Forum at our website, https://www.cbhd.org/ Our Intersections Forum is meant to discuss, equip, and inspire pastors, ministry leaders, and laypeople regarding the real-life issues people are experiencing and seeking Christian guidance on at the intersection of medicine, technology, and the Christian life.

In this episode of the podcast, CBHD Research Scholar Anna Vollema and CBHD Research Analyst Heather Zeiger join CBHD Executive Director Matthew Eppinette for a discussion of several recent bioethics-related news items. Support the work of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity: ⁠https://www.tiu.edu/giving/bioethics/⁠ Show Notes: “What Silicon Valley’s New Ethical Thinking Gets Right–And Wrong,” ⁠Christianity Today⁠ Todd Daly, "The New Asceticism: Biohacking the Body for Greater Longevity," ⁠Dignitas⁠ "AI Has Become a Technology of Faith," ⁠The Atlantic⁠ "This doctor has helped more than 400 patients die. How many assisted deaths are too many?" ⁠National Post⁠ George Orwell, ⁠Why I Write⁠ J. Todd Billings, ⁠The End of the Christian Life⁠ Allen Verhey, ⁠The Christian Art of Dying⁠ Support the work of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity: ⁠⁠https://www.tiu.edu/giving/bioethics/⁠⁠

We at CBHD have been addressing reproductive technologies throughout our history. In 2017, at our 24th annual conference, we held a colloquium on Catholic, Protestant, & Orthodox Approaches to Reproductive Technologies. Three speakers walked through their convictional approach to these issues, each in turn.  This episode of the bioethics podcast is the third of three that carries these talks.  In the first episode, Marie T. Hilliard, JCL, PhD, RN, of the National Catholic Bioethics Center. presented A Catholic Approach to Reproductive Technologies.  The second episode had Scott B. Rae, PhD, of Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, with Protestant Approaches to Reproductive Technologies.  The series concludes in this episode with Gayle E. Woloschak, PhD, on an Orthodox approach.  Dr. Woloschak is Professor of Radiation Oncology, Radiology, and Cell and Molecular Biology in the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University.  She is also adjunct faculty at Lutheran School of Theology, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary.

This episode is the second in a series of three looking at reproductive technologies from Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox perspectives.  In the first episode, Marie T. Hilliard of the National Catholic Bioethics Center presented a Catholic approach to Reproductive technologies.  This episode has Scott B. Rae, PhD, of Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, with a protestant approach.  The series will conclude in the next episode with Gayle E. Woloschak, PhD, on an Orthodox approach.