{"id":9388,"date":"2019-07-01T14:19:37","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T21:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9388"},"modified":"2019-09-08T14:25:33","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T21:25:33","slug":"new-head-of-bioethics-center-says-new-technology-raises-moral-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9388","title":{"rendered":"New head of bioethics center says new technology raises moral questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Crux<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Charles Collins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>     When church leaders in the United States face new bioethical questions &#8211; such as those surrounding abortion, euthanasia, or gender identity &#8211; they often turn to the Philadelphia-based National Catholic Bioethics Center. . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>     .  . . It was announced this month that Dr. Joseph Meaney, the director of international outreach and expansion for Human Life International, will be taking over as the president of the NCBC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>     Speaking to <em>Crux<\/em>, he said bioethics is \u201can almost exponentially growing field.\u201d .  .  .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>     .  . . He said the greatest challenges in the coming years will be \u201cfrom gender ideology issues such as sex-change surgeries and drugs and also end of life issues, particularly assisted suicide and euthanasia.\u201d .  . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>     .  .  .He told <em>Crux<\/em> there is \u201ca very broad and concerted attack on conscience rights in many Western countries,\u201d including over abortion and assisted suicide. Meaney said this doesn\u2019t just affect doctors, but also nurses, midwives, and pharmacists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>     What follows are excerpts of his conversation with <em>Crux<\/em>.  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