How Christians Should Engage with a Changing, Broken World
In this episode of The Voice of Advocacy, Dr. Brick Lantz, Vice President of Advocacy and Bioethics, sits down with J.C. Bicek, CMDA’s State Public Policy Director, to discuss key news articles that the CMDA Advocacy team is currently monitoring and find to be of concern for Christians in our current culture.
Dr. Lantz and Bicek explore important topics such as genetic manipulation, sexuality, organ transplantation, and community health, referencing relevant articles related to each issue. They dive into current events shaping our world and discuss how Christian’s can prepare to ethically respond as these issues arise specifically within healthcare.
Each article referenced in the episode can be found in the Articles section of the show notes.
Articles:
- Lankford Urges EPA to Investigate Environmental Risks of Abortion Drug Mifepristone
- Scientists make embryos from human skin DNA for first time
- Gene Editing Helped One Baby—Could It Help Thousands?
- Childhood Sexualities: On Pleasure and Meaning from the Margins
- The brave new world of cyber-brothels
- Reviving Organs, Redefining Death? The Ethical Controversy Over Normothermic Regional Perfusion and the Way Around It
- Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians
Resources:
- Contact CMDA’s Advocacy Team
- Give To CMDA
- Legal Inquiries
- Standing Strong in Training
- The Voice of Advocacy
J.C. Bicek is the CMDA’s Director of State Public Policy and the Vice President of the American Academy of Medical Ethics. He studied Economics and American History at the University of Kentucky, and Bioethics at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He lives in beautiful East Tennessee with his wife and children.
