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b'The heinous scientific experiments performed on living human beings at the hands of Nazi doctors and researchers was internationally condemned and prohibited as \\u201ccrimes against humanity\\u201d by the Nuremberg Code that was formulated seventy-five years ago in August 1947. In 1987, forty years later, the Magisterial Instruction Donum vitae added important new bioethical standards regarding the ethical and medical treatment of human embryos:

\\u2013 Are Therapeutic Procedures Carried Out on the Human Embryo Licit?

\\u2013 How is One Morally to Evaluate Research and Experimentation on Human Embryos?

The Catechism of the Catholic Church 2274, also clearly teaches that \\u201cSince it must be treated from conception as a person, the embryo must be defended in its integrity, cared for, and healed, as far as possible, like any other human being.\\u201d This webinar will discuss the moral imperative to \\u201ctreat human embryos as human patients\\u201d and to protect them \\u2013 \\u201clike any other human being\\u201d \\u2013 from \\u201cheinous crimes against humanity.\\u201d

ELIZABETH B. REX, MBA, PH.D., TH.D. (CANDIDATE)


The Magisterial FAQS Regarding the Ethical Treatment \\u2013 and the Legal Protection \\u2013 of Human Embryos who are Human Beings


Dr. Elizabeth Rex is the President of the The Children First Foundation, a charitable and educational organization dedicated to promoting Adoption as a positive and loving choice for unwanted unborn children, including unwanted frozen embryos. Dr. Rex has taught Bioethics at Holy Apostles College & Seminary and is currently an Adjunct Professor of Catholic Studies at Sacred Heart University. Dr. Rex has spoken at major conferences and is a frequent contributor to National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly regarding the moral arguments in the embryo adoption debate.


ABSTRACT


My presentation will discuss the most important Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS) regarding the teachings of the Catholic Church in Donum vitae (in 1987), Dignitas personae (in 2008), and the Catechism of the Catholic Church that magisterially define and defend the ethical treatment of human beings from the first moment of their conception. These major magisterial documents also call for the \\u201cintervention of political authorities and legislators\\u201d to establish civil laws that ensure the legal protection of \\u201chuman beings, even at the embryonic stage.\\u201d (Donum vitae III: Conclusion). My presentation will conclude with a brief review of important international and national laws that have already been legislatively enacted to provide the legal protection of embryos as human beings, who must be treated as human persons and patients.


GEORGE MYCHASKIW II, DO, FAAP, FACOP, FASA


The Medical FAQS Regarding the Ethical and Therapeutic Healthcare of Human Embryos who are Human Patients


Dr. George Mychaskiw is a founder and President of the Saint Padre Pio Institute School of Osteopathic Medicine (proposed), which will be co-located on the campus of Benedictine College, Atchison, Kansas. Dr. Mychaskiw is a thought leader in medical education and has developed four operating US osteopathic medical colleges and is in the process of developing four more. A practicing cardiac anesthesiologist, Dr. Mychaskiw is a graduate of the Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his residency and fellowships in pediatric and cardiothoracic anesthesiology at the Yale University School of Medicine.


ABSTRACT


In vitro fertilization (IVF) and the creation of human embryos are assisted reproductive technologies that have come into widespread use ahead of a structured foundation in medical ethics. As a result, the commercial applications of IVF have outpaced ethical restraint and consideration, such that millions of human lives are being created, without thought to their ultimate disposition. This presentation will discuss the biomedical aspects of IVF technology and illustrate the numerous unintended consequences of its proliferation. A case will be made for a prohibition or moratorium on IVF until legislation and regulations are enacted to protect these human lives and prevent further erosion of unborn human rights.


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