Episode 45: Mary Anne Urlakis discusses the Sacred Dignity of Embryonic Human Life with Laura Elm (April 25, 2021)

Episode 45 of WCAT Radio’s “Inter Vitam et Mortem: Between Life and
Death: Interviews and Discussion with a Catholic Bioethicist” is
broadcast in conjunction with the Institute for the Theological
Encounter Between Science and Technology (ITEST) and an upcoming
webinar entitled “The Moral Arguments in the Embryo Adoption
Debate.”

Show host and Co-Founder of the Dignitas Personae Institute for
Nascent Human Life, Dr. Mary Anne Urlakis, discusses the sacred
dignity of embryonic human life with Laura Elm, the Founder and
President of Sacred Heart Guardians and Shelter. Sacred Heart
Guardians and Shelter is a charitable organization, guided by a
profound respect for the dignity of every human person from the
first moment of existence and founded with the mission of providing
corporal and spiritual care for the youngest and smallest members
of the human family. To this end, Sacred Heart Guardians and
Shelter facilitates a dignified, prayerful, Catholic burial for
embryos who die in Artificial Reproductive Technology (ART)
laboratories. In this episode, Mary Anne and Laura discuss the
fragility of embryonic human life and the necessity of treating
each and every human person with the sacred dignity requisite to
being created in the Image and Likeness of God.

Additional information and registration for the May 8, 2021 ITEST
Webinar, entitled “The Moral Arguments in the Embryo Adoption
Debate” can be found on the Institute for the Theological Encounter
Between Science and Technology page at: Embryo Adoption - Institute
for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology
(faithscience.org).