We have been asked frequently in the last weeks to comment on the UK and European legal judgements involving the treatment of Baby Charlie Gard. The ethical issues involved are extremely complex but it has to be acknowledged unequivocally that all those who have been involved in commenting or intervening in any way wish what […] Read more
CONVEGNO: IL TRISTE MERCATO DELLA MATERNITA’ MODERNA Per la prima volta in Italia CORE cerchera’ di sensibilizzare l’opinione pubblica sulla realta’ dei vari aspetti della riproduzione assistita – in particolare la compra-vendita di ovuli e sperma, e l’affitto di utero – secondo prospettive nuove che saranno trattate da esperti di vari ambiti. Interverranno: Anselma Dell’Olio […] Read more
As this research stands at the moment, it can be acknowledged as an attempt to save the lives of premature babies, which in itself is to be welcomed. It could be described as an attempt to develop a much more sophisticated neonatal incubator than is currently available to be used to extend our capacity to […] Read more
“Josephine Quintavalle from Comment of Reproductive Ethics said the answer lies in a more equal society rather than offering discounted egg freezing. “If you think you’re emancipated by doing this I’d say to women ‘wake up’. “This is not what female emancipation is about. “I think a lot of people have been taken in by […] Read more
“Helping Hands – The Christian Response to Crisis Pregnancy – What You Can Do…”. This year sees the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Abortion Act and it has been noted that since then the number of unborn children who have so tragically lost their lives is equivalent to the current population of London. […] Read more
Dr David Prentice from the Charlotte Lozier Institute and Arina Grossu from the Family Research Council explain the processes and the ethics of these controversial developments in human embryology. https://www.ewtn.com/series/shows/prolife-weekly/index.asp
Women Deserve better than Abortion … And borrowing further from the slogan of the great American Organisation, Feminists for Life, so too do their defenceless babies. With some 550 abortions taking place already every day in the United Kingdom, it is difficult at first sight to see how the pro-abortion 10 Minute Bill, approved in Westminster […] Read more
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/b08j2bqx Josephine Quintavalle, representing CORE and PLA was on a panel which also included Canon Stephen Saxby from ‘Christians for Choice’, and Dr Sandy Kirkman, Lecturer in Midwifery from the University of Glenmorgan. ‘Hearing total endorsement of abortion from a clergyman was one of the hardest moments in this discussion’, said Mrs Quintavalle. ‘I am […] Read more
With the first three-parent embryo licence issued by the HFEA to scientists in Newcastle, Josephine Quintavalle defends the absolute integrity of the human embryo in a debate on Radio Ulster: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster/programmes/schedules/2017/03/05 This can be accessed at 33.45 minutes into the programme.
Hollywood actors and ex-married couple Sofia Vergara and Nick Loeb are at war over two frozen embryos. Vergara, who is Catholic, refuses to allow the embryos to be brought to term with a surrogate mother; Loeb, who is not, insists that they have a right to life. That is what happens when you take the embryo […] Read more
