Thank you for a wonderful article. I went to the BNA webpage, it says they are not accepting any referrals currently. Hopefully they are able to open up again soon!
Question--if a baby is truly anencephalic, with no brain at all, would it be moral to declare them "brain dead" and then the woman could deliver? As the woman is not actually committing abortion in that case (if you take the definition of abortion as the killing of the unborn)? I don't like this slippery slope, and you really can't declare someone "brain dead" while they are in the womb, but I wonder if medical ethicists have weighed in on this?
I found the discussion of early induction odd, since "before the baby reach[es] full term" is not, as far as I can tell, the line that Catholic bioethics usually draws. The standard line seems to be viability, and then after viability there is prudential judgement involved about why early induction is being done. (See e.g. https://www.ncbcenter.org/resources-and-statements-cms/summary-early-induction-of-labor)
What a beautiful example of Catholic laity taking the initiative of their Confirmation and just doing the work! Bishop Jugis guided them well to stay independent and not be subsumed under the diocesan structure. The Church's work includes so much more than the work of the dioceses!
Thank you for a wonderful article. I went to the BNA webpage, it says they are not accepting any referrals currently. Hopefully they are able to open up again soon!
Question--if a baby is truly anencephalic, with no brain at all, would it be moral to declare them "brain dead" and then the woman could deliver? As the woman is not actually committing abortion in that case (if you take the definition of abortion as the killing of the unborn)? I don't like this slippery slope, and you really can't declare someone "brain dead" while they are in the womb, but I wonder if medical ethicists have weighed in on this?
I found the discussion of early induction odd, since "before the baby reach[es] full term" is not, as far as I can tell, the line that Catholic bioethics usually draws. The standard line seems to be viability, and then after viability there is prudential judgement involved about why early induction is being done. (See e.g. https://www.ncbcenter.org/resources-and-statements-cms/summary-early-induction-of-labor)
What a beautiful example of Catholic laity taking the initiative of their Confirmation and just doing the work! Bishop Jugis guided them well to stay independent and not be subsumed under the diocesan structure. The Church's work includes so much more than the work of the dioceses!
This is such great work. A dear friend of mine lost her son to a form of encephaly. He lived for a week and was such a blessing.
Thank you for this article. What a blessing this organization is for families facing such a difficult prognosis!
Thank you so much for writing this beautiful story!