Life and Learning II

FEATURED SPEAKER

• The Beginning and Development of Human Life
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  The Physiological Substrate of the Mind in Early Human Life
  Jerome Lejeune, M.D.

RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES

• The Sounds of Silence: Abortion and the New Testament Canon
  Michael Gorman
• What Is Respect for the Sanctity of Human Life?
  Thomas Loughran
• The Evangelicals and the Prolife Position
  Robert O’Bannon

SOCIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES

• Differential Impact of Abortion on Adolescents and Adults
  Wanda Franz and David Reardon
• The Role of Social Science in Shaping “Humanist” Sexuality
  Mary Shivanandan
• The Place of Experiential Learning in Education in Human Sexuality
  Hanna Klaus, M.D.
• Abortion and Cultural Interpretation
  Keith Cassidy
• New Conceptual Lenses Through Which to View the Fear Which Fuels Fetal Tissue Research
  Mary Jane Owen
• A Study of the Legal Framework, the Ideas and Attitudes of Professional Care-Givers and the Elderly toward Terminal Care and Euthanasia
  L. L. Deveber, F. Henry, R. Nadeau, J.D., E. Cassidy, I. Gentles, and G. Bierling

SCIENTIFIC AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES

• Current and Future Developments in Experimental Therapies
  Maria Michejda, M.D.
• Scientific and Philosophical Expertise: An Evaluation of the Arguments on “Personhood”
  Dianne Nutwell Irving
• On the Use of Nutrition and Hydration: a Second Opinion
  Kevin O’Rourke, O.P.
• Abortion: “To Be or Not To Be?” A Nation Divided
  Barbara Braun
• The Philosophical Underpinnings of the Prolife Movement
  Paul M. Quay, S.J.
• Anencephaly — Organ Transplantation?
  Paul A. Byrne, M.D., Joseph C. Evers, M.D., and Richard G. Nilges, M.D.