Life and Learning X – 2000
Preface
Acknowledgments
I. Bioethics
What Is “Bioethics”? (Quid est “Bioethics”?) Dianne N. Irving
Decision at The End of Life: The Use and Abuse >of the Concept of Futility Edmund Pellegrino
II. Questions of Worldview
But Who Are the Innocent? John J. Conley, S.J.
Taking Abortion Seriously: A Philosophical Critique of the New Prolife Rhetorical Shift Francis J. Beckwith
Gaudium et Spes as a Blueprint for the Culture of Life Robert F. Gotcher
Sowing the Wind, Reaping the Whirlwind: From Frederick Taussig’s Abortion: Spontaneous and Induced (1936) to Warren Hern’s Abortion Practice (1984) Samuel W. Calhoun
Life after Communism: Democracy and Abortion in Eastern Europe and Russia Patrick J. Flood
III. Anthropological and Sociological Perspectives
Does Premature Intercourse Delay Psychological Maturation?
An Analysis of Outcome Data of the 1998-99 Teen STAR Program
Hanna Klaus, M.D. 225
Anthropological Differences between Contraception and Natural Family Planning Richard J. Fehring and William Kurz, S.J.
Relinquishment of Motherhood: Concept Analysis Teresa La Monica
Abortion Practice as a Perpetration-Induced Trauma Rachel M. MacNair
The Birth Control Pill: Abortifacient and Contraceptive William Colliton, Jr., M.D.
IV. Literary Perspectives
Bizarre Fiction on the Right-to-Life Issues Jeff Koloze
Sentiment, Science, and Thanatos in the Work of Walker Percy Francis E. Zapatka
Silencing Lorraine Hansberry Bernadette Waterman Ward
V. A Global Perspective
Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia John C. Willke, M.D.