Exciting Year End Update
Greetings in this beautiful holiday season! Due to unfortunate family health dynamics, we have been on sabbatical during part of this past year. However, NCER has continually monitored the current Health Care Ethics landscape and publicly represented our shared passion to promote the life, dignity, and rights of every human being at each developmental stage.
NCER Progress in 2025:
- Our SPIRIT Radio (102.7 FM) Interviews: We had the opportunity to conduct 9 “Bioethics Briefings with
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Alabama IVF Court Case
In 2019, Alabama voters approved a state constitutional amendment which affirmed the sanctity and rights of unborn children, leading to a near total ban on abortions (unborn, in utero).
In the 2022 Dobbs v Jackson decision, the US Supreme Court ruled that states have a legitimate interest in the preservation and protection of prenatal life at all stages of development. In February 2024, Alabama Supreme Court stated that the “wrongful death of a minor act” …
Embryo Research to Reduce Need for In Vitro Fertilization Raises Ethical Concerns
NCER Comments:
In Mexico, women were paid to be artificially inseminated and then donate the resulting embryos for research. The women had to receive powerful hormone therapy, which carries considerable health risks, both immediate and long term. The goal of the study was to find a procedure that allowed parents with genetic abnormalities to give birth to healthy babies without having to pay for expensive IVF therapy. Instead of creating the embryos outside the womb …