Human Dignity and the Preborn Child - Part 2 - The Human Element with Brian Fisher

Human Dignity and the Preborn Child – Part 2humanelement2020-05-15T16:39:25+00:00

Why does our culture acknowledge the dignity of born humans, but not the dignity of preborn humans? In part two of a series on human dignity, Brian Fisher examines how the use of fear, semantics, symbolism, blame, and being unseen impacts our culture’s view on the dignity of preborn humans.

Helpful resources:

- - The Hill (Governor Cuomo statement):https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/489215-cuomo-its-not-the-economy-or-public-health-its-both
  - Human Dignity and Bioethics: Essays Commissioned by the President’s Council on Bioethics (Daniel Sulmasy article): https://bioethicsarchive.georgetown.edu/pcbe/reports/human_dignity/chapter18.html
  - Association for Psychological Science (‘I Feel Your Pain’: The Neuroscience of Empathy): https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/i-feel-your-pain-the-neuroscience-of-empathy
  - NARAL Pro-Choice America (“Forced Ultrasound Laws” webpage): https://www.prochoiceamerica.org/issue/forced-ultrasound-laws/
  - History.com (Japanese internment camps): https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation
  - KOSA News/CBS-7 (FBI statement; attack on Chinese-Americans): https://www.cbs7.com/content/news/FBI-calling-stabbing-at-Midland-Sams-a-hate-crime-569233691.html
  - Human Coalition blog (feedback from our clinics during COVID-19): https://www.humancoalition.org/2020/04/21/covid-19-update-within-this-pandemic-i-still-see-hope/
  - Planned Parenthood “Considering Abortion” webpage: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/abortion/considering-abortion
  - Essence Magazine (Marsha Jones and Alexis McGill Jonson column): https://www.essence.com/feature/black-women-texas-abortion-ban/
  - The Holocaust Memorial Center (identifying badges during Holocaust): https://www.holocaustcenter.org/visit/library-archive/holocaust-badges/
  - History.com (Anti-Semitism): https://www.history.com/topics/holocaust/anti-semitism#section_3
  - The Human Element Show “Seeking Through the Semantics”: http://thehumanelementshow.com/portfolio-items/seeing-through-the-semantics/?portfolioCats=36
  - Planned Parenthood “What facts about abortion do I need to know”: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/abortion/considering-abortion/what-facts-about-abortion-do-i-need-know

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