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About Stacy A. Trasancos
Stacy A. Trasancos is the executive director of Bishop Joseph Strickland’s St. Philip Institute and chief research officer of Children of God for Life. She has a doctorate in chemistry, a master’s in dogmatic theology, and worked as a senior research chemist for DuPont. She teaches Catholic Studies courses at Seton Hall University, is a Fellow of the Word on Fire Institute, and author of Particles of Faith: A Catholic Guide to Navigating Science. Stacy is mom to seven children and grandmom to six. She and her husband, Jose, live with their family in Hideaway, Texas.
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Opinion: It’s time to get beyond vaccines

March 3, 2021 Stacy A. Trasancos 149

So far, all the COVID-19 vaccines depend on the use of fetal cell lines that originated with abortion. Lots of discussion about the morality of vaccines followed Moderna’s announcement last November that its phase III […]

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The Death of Embryos and “The Conception Problem”

May 2, 2018 Stacy A. Trasancos 11

To embrace an embryo, we must conceive what has been conceived. […]

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The lab or love? Catholic women and STEM careers

February 21, 2018 Stacy A. Trasancos 14

This false dichotomy can harm women interested in STEM, and weaken the larger scientific community. […]

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How far will atheists go to deny the Christian birth of science?

August 21, 2017 Stacy A. Trasancos 17

Clashes with atheists such as Richard Carrier show why Christians are needed as leaders of scientific progress: because they have the correct vision of creation. […]

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Over the weekend the Washington Post published an analysis of several recent polls indicating that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump—whose difficulties attracting female and minority voters have been widely noted—may be facing even greater difficulties with […]

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