The Pulse
Newsletter of Georgia Right to Life
Pillars of Personhood
Personhood is the human rights issue of the 21st Century. Personhood will restore respect and effective legal protection for all human beings, including the unborn. It encompasses the threat of emerging issues, such as cloning, embryo experimentation and euthanasia.
Rationing: The New Healthcare App
In July, the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the world’s leading oncology association, announced the development of a new mobile app for cancer patients. This app is not intended to ease people through the treatment process, but to create a standardized...
Wanted Dead or Alive! Part 4: Organ Donation: Things to Consider
Note: This is the last article in a series of four Wanted Dead or Alive articles on the issue of Organ Donation. Part 1 - An Overview; Part 2 - Essential Medical Terminology, Part 3 - Dead Enough to Donate. It's heart wrenching enough dealing with a loved one nearing...
Wanted Dead or Alive! Part 3: Dead Enough to Donate
Every 10 minutes, a person’s name is added to the organ transplant waiting list. Every day, approximately 80 people receive a new organ. Every day, almost 20 individuals die because they did not receive one. At the writing of this article, there were more than 120,000...
Wanted Dead or Alive! Part 2: Essential Medical Terminology
Dealing with end of life situations and the issue of organ donation are emotionally and spiritually challenging. How are these cases to be evaluated? What’s best for the individual? Should there ever be a time to consider harvesting a person’s organs? Imagine sitting by a loved one’s bedside, faced with the tremendous weight and responsibility of trying to answer those questions!
Wanted Dead Or Alive! Part 1 – Overview
For centuries there was little debate about when a person had actually passed away. Not so today. Advances in modern medicine are truly marvelous—saving the lives of people who would have faced certain death just a few decades ago. At the same time, however, those...
Advance Directives: Patient Beware
Most people think advance health care directives and living wills are understandable, ironclad and followed to the letter. Many believe the purpose is simply to help health care providers carry out a patient’s wishes of how they want to be treated if they become...
Futile Care Vs Palliative Care
Ethics Committees and Futile Care Futile Care Theory: Bioethicists Should Stop Pretending They Are Doing Patients a Favor Sunday, May 30, 2010, 5:49 PM Wesley J. Smith Allowing people to make their own informed decisions regarding the extent of end-of-life medical...
Rationing Healthcare
The New York Times begins to soften us for health care rationing. "Eventually, we may well have to decide against paying for expensive treatments with only modest benefits. But given how difficult that would be for this country, it makes sense to start with the easier...
Assisted Suicide
Assisted suicide and euthanasia is a confusing subject. However, this subject will greatly affect future generations as we continue the slide down the slippery slope. Please carefully consider all factors before making a judgment. The following are a list of questions...
When Love Wins…
When Janet Sheikhan first discovered she was pregnant, she and her husband were thrilled. But then, Janet received terrible news: A test showed the baby was severely deformed. On the advice of her doctor, Janet regretfully decided to have an abortion. But when she asked to see her tiny aborted child, Janet was shocked to discover it was a perfectly-formed baby boy. Later she read the autopsy report, which confirmed the baby had not been deformed but was perfectly healthy.
If They Say, You Say
Georgia Right to Life has compiled this Talking Points resource to help pro-life advocates provide informed responses in important conversations.