#11170 Bioethics - Fr. Tad Pacholczyk

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🗓️ 27 May 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Questions Covered 13:47 – As people have their body parts replaced with mechanical parts (arms, heart, etc.) is there a point where they are no longer themselves? 19:00 – Has there been any update on stem cell research? Is there any update on embryonic stem cell research? 31:49 – Is it acceptable to donate your body to science? What is the Church’s stance on cremation? 37:02 – Legally, do you have to test animal embryos before testing human embryos? Is it ethical to preserve embryos to display for educational purposes? 45:07 – Are condoms illicit during pregnancy if they can help prevent bacterial infection when antibiotics can be harmful to the fetus? 50:32 – What is Fr. Tad’s perspective/counsel on ectopic pregnancy procedures? …

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0:00.0	The Catholic Games live Edgar Gujano, once again filling in for side-kill it.
0:20.4	And Sai should be back on Monday, and actually that's basically a guarantee because it's
0:24.9	a pre-record.
0:25.9	So he will be back here on Monday.
0:27.8	So if you're missing his voice, a missing of his face, if you're watching on YouTube, then
0:32.2	you'll be able to see him once again on Monday.
0:35.0	All right.
0:36.0	And today's hour, we have Father Tad Poholchek.
0:38.6	He is the director of education at the National Catholic Bioethic Center, and you can find
0:43.5	that at ncbcenter.org, or you can visit his personal website at fathertad.com.
0:49.2	Father, how are you?
0:51.4	I'm doing great, Edgar, great to be able to join you.
0:54.0	Yeah.
0:55.0	Thank you.
0:56.0	It's definitely good to have you here.
0:57.0	I've actually been in the background when you've been on the show before, so listening
1:00.6	to some of the conversations I've been quite fascinating in this new and developing world
1:05.3	of bioethics.
1:06.6	Well, I'm glad that you've been in the background, that's why this show's probably went so smoothly
1:12.0	in the past.
1:13.0	Well, myself and a good team that we have here, so that's for sure.
1:17.0	That's awesome.
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