Bioethics

Questions Covered:

• 13:23 - My mother has dementia and carries one of the genes for Alzheimer’s. I have the same gene. Is there some sort of plan I can make in case I get dementia someday? Is there testing for this? 
• 18:44 - Can I send the paperwork about my end of life care to the NCB Center to have it screened so I know I am following Church teaching? 
• 29:14 - What are the ethics of donating your body to science? 
• 41:50 – What is the Catholic Church’s teaching on IVF? 
• 45:45 - Are you able to take birth control if you are taking it for another purpose? 
• 49:00 - You just said that proper burial would be in the ground. My husband is buried above the ground. Can you clarify this? 
• 51:25 - Aren’t there times that a person cannot donate organs, like the heart and lungs, because they are still alive?