[Pflienews] PharmFacts E-News Update: Embryology and Church Teachings
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Thu Oct 9 12:24:40 MDT 2008
*PharmFacts E-News Update -- 9 Oct 2008 AD
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Dear Friends and Colleagues:
FYI, copied below is the URL for my new article "Human Embryology and
Church Teachings" just posted online at LifeIssues.net for those who
were formerly on my e-list. I have also attached a copy of the article
to this email. Please feel free to pass it on to your e-list friends or
others who might find the scientific, bioethical, philosophical,
theological or historical texts and references helpful in their own work.
The first part of the article consists of the current objective
empirical facts of human embryology as screened and documented for over
66 years (and known professionally for over a hundred years, e.g.,
Wilhelm His 1880) by the international nomenclature on human embryology
(the International /Terminologia Embryologica/ Committee), and
incorporated as part of the /Carnegie Stages of Early Human
Development/. The articled is complete with URLs to these independent
websites for those who want to investigate the science further
themselves. The /Terminologia Embryologica/ is published by the
International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) and is
available for sale in book or CD-Rom format at:
http://www.thieme.com/SID2194056226451/productsubpages/pubid-1163116455.html.
For on-line access to information about the Committee and the /Carnegie
Stages of Early Human Development/, see the U.S. national websites at
the National Museum of Health and Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of
Pathology:
-- The National Museum of Health and Medicine:
http://nmhm.washingtondc.museum/
-- Human Developmental Anatomy Center, Developmental Anatomy:
http://nmhm.washingtondc.museum/collections/hdac/index.htm
-- The Carnegie Collection of Embryology, The /Carnegie Stages of Early
Human Development/:
http://nmhm.washingtondc.museum/collections/hdac/anatomy.htm, and at
http://nmhm.washingtondc.museum/collections/hdac/Select_Stage_and_Lab_Manual.htm
The middle part of the article addresses and evaluates the current
philosophical, theological, legal and bioethics arguments (pro and con)
for "immediate personhood" and "delayed personhood". The final part
consists in the major Church teachings (with direct quotes from formal
Church documents) on the related issues of abortion, the use of
abortifacients, the use of vaccines, prenatal genetic diagnosis, human
embryo research, human fetal research, human cloning, human genetic
engineering, /in vitro/ fertilization (IVF), etc. The main text
(including "Outline") is 31 pages; the bibliography is 30 pages, and
all page numbers and URLs in it are current and activated.
I hope you will find both the content and the extensive references
helpful in your own work. If you have any questions or comments, please
just let me know -- I'll try to respond as soon as I can.
Best,
Dr. Dianne N. Irving, M.A., Ph.D.
DNIrving at aol.com
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*http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/em/em_132embryologychurch1.html*
Human Embryology and Church Teachings
*Dianne N. Irving, M.A., Ph.D.
*/Copyright September 15, 2008//
Reproduced with Permission
/**
/[Note: This article is copyrighted and thus must be acknowledged when
using its original ideas and resources or quoting from it.]/
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*Outline: *
Introduction
I. Human Embryology
1. *Human Sexual Reproduction *
2. *Gametogenesis *
3. *Fertilization *
4. *Human Sexual Reproduction: Carnegie States of Early Human
Embryonic Development *
5. *Human Asexual Reproduction *
1. *Methylation and Regulation*
II. Church Teachings
1. *Philosophical Anthropology *
2. *Abortion *
3. *Ensoulment and the "Personhood" Arguments *
4. *Human Embryonic "Stem Cell" Research, Human Cloning, Human
Genetic Engineering, Etc. *
5. *Correct Formation of Conscience *
III. Bibliography
1. *Science *
2. *Bioethics/ Medical Ethics/ Law *
3. *Organizations and Institutions *
4. *Philosophy and Theology *
5. *Church Teachings *
Human Embryology and Church Teachings
Introduction
For the last 40 years debates have been raging over abortion, the use of
abortifacients, /in vitro /fertilization (IVF) and other artificial
reproductive technologies (ARTs), pre-natal genetic diagnosis, human
embryo and fetal research, human embryonic "stem cell" research, human
genetic engineering, human cloning, and other related issues. During
that time the "scientific facts" used as the "starting points" for
arguments both "pro" and "con" have been astoundingly and boldly
deconstructed - to the point that such scientific fabrications have now
become assumed and appealed to as the "norm". Scientific fictions such
as the "pre-embryo" and its many and various (often ingenious)
"substitutes" have been incorporated into a variety of scientific
fields, medicine, bioethics, philosophy, theology, law, public policy
making, industry, even concretized for posterity in libraries,
textbooks, journals, government regulations, professional societies, and
information technology around the world - truly a massive and
destructive epidemic of scientific misinformation. This politicization
of science is astounding.
The consequences of this scientific misinformation to the individual
formation of conscience, as well as to the public good and welfare, has
already been staggering and yet to be finally weighed. Both individual
and professional intellectual honesty and integrity would seem to be a
thing of the past. It is now almost impossible for people to even /think
/clearly or rationally about these issues. Yet it goes without saying
that, if the starting point of any argument consists of false or
erroneous scientific "facts", then any and all presumed conclusions that
are drawn from such "facts" are by definition invalid and worthless.
Such is the case when false and erroneous scientific "facts" of human
embryology and human molecular genetics are used in these debates in
order to "scientifically" justify essentially unethical actions.
This article is an attempt to start the process of correcting this
shameful historical record by documenting the objective scientific facts
of human embryology that have been known scientifically and
professionally for over a hundred years. It is hoped that more
professionals and leaders will finally understand the depth of the
problem and come forward as well. This article will also demonstrate
briefly how well a realist-based philosophy, as well as the formal
teachings of the Church on these various related issues, coincide with
the objective scientific truth. Clear thinking on these critical issues
is the objective.
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