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Alabama Republicans introduce bills that would let IVF clinics destroy human embryos

February 28, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

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CNA Staff, Feb 28, 2024 / 17:05 pm (CNA).
Republicans in both chambers of the Alabama Legislature are introducing bills that would shield clinics from civil and criminal liability when destroying human embryos during the pro… […]

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Republicans embrace IVF despite the destruction of human embryos

February 28, 2024 Catholic News Agency 5

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 28, 2024 / 13:32 pm (CNA).
Numerous Republican lawmakers are announcing their support for in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures and distancing themselves from an Alabama Supreme Court decisio… […]

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Here’s what Trump, Biden, and the Catholic Church are saying about IVF

February 26, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 26, 2024 / 14:30 pm (CNA).
Both former president Donald Trump and President Joe Biden… […]

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After Alabama Supreme Court’s embryo personhood ruling, what comes next?

February 23, 2024 Catholic News Agency 4

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CNA Staff, Feb 23, 2024 / 17:50 pm (CNA).
An Alabama Supreme Court decision that established the personhood of frozen embryos drew pr… […]

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Alabama Supreme Court rules that frozen embryos are children under state law

February 20, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 20, 2024 / 06:31 am (CNA).
The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen human embryos constitute children under state statute, a decision that could have wide-reaching effec… […]

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New AI app sparks baby fever, but will it lead to more child commodification?

July 31, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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Washington D.C., Jul 31, 2023 / 11:00 am (CNA).
A new AI app is sweeping the app store, sparking “baby fever” in a generation known for low parenthood and marriage rates. Meet “Remini,” a photo-enhancing ap… […]

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First British baby with DNA from three people is born after IVF procedure

May 11, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

CNA Newsroom, May 10, 2023 / 10:05 am The first baby born in the United Kingdom with DNA from three parents was born after doctors performed a revolutionary IVF procedure designed to prevent rare but […]

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Surprising number of Americans would screen embryos for intellectual aptitude, survey says

February 17, 2023 Catholic News Agency 3

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Catholic archbishop: With new law, foundation of French bioethics ‘has been erased’

June 30, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Rome Newsroom, Jun 30, 2021 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
A Catholic archbishop said Wednesday that a new law passed by France’s National Assembly has “erased” the foundation of French bioethics… […]

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Prenatal genetic testing and the light of mercy

August 26, 2019 Sister Renée Mirkes 6

The Gospel of John saturates our minds and hearts with the law of self-gift. The life-defining reality that the Son of God—out of his infinite mercy—gave up his body and poured out his blood is […]

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