Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk

Consenting to the Unconscionable

In recent years, scientists have come to rely on freshly obtained human tissue specimens for research and experimentation. Sometimes these tissues and organs can be obtained after routine surgeries like gall bladder removal from adults or foreskin removal during the circumcision of newborns. The use of such tissues and organs can be morally acceptable if the patient (or parents) provide informed consent. The use of cells and tissues from fetuses can also be morally acceptable when those cells are obtained from a natural miscarriage, and the parents provide consent. This would be equivalent to consenting to an organ donation from their deceased child.

Planned Parenthood and The Invisible Children

By now you have probably seen, or at least heard about, the videotapes on which Planned Parenthood officials speak bluntly about trafficking in the organs and tissues of aborted babies.

Little Sisters to Appeal ObamaCare Decision

In a July 23 filing with the U.S. Supreme Court, the Little Sisters of the Poor have asked the court for relief from being forced to comply with the federal contraceptive mandate or face heavy fines.

Court to Pharmacists: Conscience Is Not Part of the Prescription

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals July 23 reversed a lower court ruling that had granted pro-life pharmacists at a pharmacy in Washington state the right on religious grounds to refuse to stock emergency contraception or fill such prescriptions.

R.I. Bishop Buries Fetus Found in Sewage Plant

by Rick Snizek EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (CNS) – Finally, “Baby Francis” is resting in peace. In a simple, but dignified ceremony June 10 in a section of Gate of Heaven Cemetery set aside for the repose of babies, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence presided over a Christian burial service for the unborn child he […]