Episode 28: Mary Anne Urlakis interviews Laura Elm of Sacred Heart Guardians and Shelter (July 22, 2019)

In this episode of Inter Vitam et Mortm: Between Life and Death:
Interviews & Discussion with a Catholic Bioethicist, Dr. Mary
Anne Urlakis interviews Laura Elm, the Founder and Executive
Director 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 fascilitates a dignified, prayerful, Catholic burial for
embryos who die in Artificial Reproductive Technology (ART)
laboratories. In this poignant interview, Laura and Dr. Urlakis
discuss the founding of Sacred Heart Guardians, and the unintended
consequences of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) which prompted this
necessary and unique mission. More information regarding Sacred
Heart Guardians and Shelter can be found on their website at:
https://sacredheartguardians.org/services/burial/. (July 22, 2019)