This episode is the second in a series of three looking at reproductive technologies from Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox perspectives. 

In the first episode, Marie T. Hilliard of the National Catholic Bioethics Center presented a Catholic approach to Reproductive technologies. 

This episode has Scott B. Rae, PhD, of Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, with a protestant approach. 

The series will conclude in the next episode with Gayle E. Woloschak, PhD, on an Orthodox approach.

Reproductive technologies, especially in vitro fertilization (IVF), remain at the forefront of the news and societal conversation in 2024.

In 2017, at our 24th annual conference, we held a colloquium on Catholic, Protestant, & Orthodox Approaches to Reproductive Technologies. Three speakers walked through their convictional approach to these issues, each in turn. 

This episode, then, begins a series of three episodes that will carry these talks. 

The first, in this episode, is by Marie T. Hilliard, JCL, PhD, RN, of the National Catholic Bioethics Center, presenting a Catholic approach to Reproductive technologies. 

The next episode will feature Scott B. Rae, PhD, with a Protestant approach, and the series will conclude with Gayle E. Woloschak, PhD, on an Orthodox approach to reproductive technology.

This episode of the podcast features an article written by our Executive Director on recent developments in artificial intelligence, particularly within the realm of healthcare. What do we need to know about these rapidly developing new technologies, and how might Christians think about and respond to AI?

Show Notes:

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As we close out 2023, our Executive Director wanted to take a few minutes to talk about where we’ve been this year and where we’re planning to go next year.

Show Notes:

• Our 31st annual conference, The Future of Health: Faith, Ethics, and our MedTech World, June 27–29, 2024
• Intersections: "Artificial Intelligence: More than Byte-Sized Issues"
• YouTube: "Our Executive Director On the Newly Approved CRISPR Gene Editing Treatment"

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In this episode of the podcast, we try something new and different. CBHD Executive Director Matthew Eppinette, CBHD Research Scholar Anna Vollema, and CBHD Research Analyst Heather Zeiger discuss current bioethics news items posted on bioethics.com.

Topics they discuss include artificial intelligence, CAR-T therapy, medical debt, and ways churches and individuals might care well for those in their congregations and communities who are going through a time of illness.

To keep up with all of the latest news from the arena of bioethics:

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In addition, the Call for Proposals for our 2024 conference—The Future of Health: Faith, Ethics, and our MedTech World—remains open until December 18. For more information, see the Submission Guidelines on our website.

Also, help spread the word to others in your circle of influence. Perhaps someone you know has a great idea for a paper and just needs a little encouragement!

In this episode of the podcast—our second ever video episode—we have an address given by William Hurlbut, MD, of Stanford University on genomic editing. 

This is a topic that is much in the news – in fact, the United Kingdom has just become the first country to approve a treatment using the gene editing technique known as CRISPR. 

But what, exactly is genomic editing, what opportunities does it provide, what challenges come with it, and for those of the Christian faith, how do our theological beliefs help us to evaluate it? 

These are the topics of this address.

2024 CALL FOR PROPOSALS

CBHD invites healthcare and other professionals, scholars, researchers, educators, and students to submit abstracts of papers that address questions associated with our conference theme—The Future of Health: Faith, Ethics, and our MedTech World—or that engage more broadly with other foundational and emerging bioethical issues raised at the intersections of medicine, science, technology, and our common humanity. For more information, see the Submission Guidelines at https://www.cbhd.org/conference/cfp

Rights and Responsibilities of Pregnant Women

In this edition of the podcast, our Executive Director, Matthew Eppinettte, provides an update on the work of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity, framed by what he sees as the most pressing bioethics issues of the coming years.

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Your donation today will help us continue to advance our research on these and other vital areas of life and health.

With your help—and only with your help—will we be able to continue to stay ahead of the curve on these and other areas in the academic arena of bioethics. 

In addition, your backing will allow us to continue to provide resources and support to physicians, pastors, and other church leaders on the front lines who face these issues in their work, their congregations, and their communities each day.