The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity

The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity (CBHD) is a Christian bioethics research center at Trinity

The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity is a research center located at Trinity International University that explores the nexus of biomedicine, biotechnology, and our common humanity. Within a Judeo-Christian Hippocratic framework, we anticipate, interpret, and engage the pressing bioethical issues of our day. As a center of rigorous research, theological and conceptual analysis, charitable critique, and thoughtful engagement, we bring clarity to the complex issues of our day.

This BIOETHICS WEEKLY: An Opportunity for CBHD: Please Prayhttps://preview.mailerlite.io/preview/217454/emails/170272107...
11/08/2025

This BIOETHICS WEEKLY: An Opportunity for CBHD: Please Pray
https://preview.mailerlite.io/preview/217454/emails/170272107590059536

+ Patients go to court to stop embryos being destroyed after admin error
+ Personalized gene editing helped one baby: can it be rolled out widely?
+ She Was Ready to Have Her 15th Child. Then Came the Felony Charges.
+++ MORE +++

The BIOETHICS MONTHLY email has just gone out, recapping our work in October. Read all about it: https://preview.mailerl...
11/06/2025

The BIOETHICS MONTHLY email has just gone out, recapping our work in October. Read all about it: https://preview.mailerlite.io/preview/217454/emails/168383837602055974

+ INTERSECTIONS: A Science-Based Case for the Immortality of the Human Soul
+ PODCAST: Don't Die
+ Dignitas vol. 32, no. 1-2
+ The Ethics of Life & Death Cohort
+ Reproductive Technologies, IVF, and Embryos
+ Curious about Our Most Read Content?
+ CBHD Membership
+ News Highlights

From the latest issue of Dignitas – "Searching for Sleep: Sleep Hygiene as a Biomedical and Theological Problem" by Todd...
11/05/2025

From the latest issue of Dignitas – "Searching for Sleep: Sleep Hygiene as a Biomedical and Theological Problem" by Todd T. W. Daly, PhD
https://www.cbhd.org/dignitas-articles/searching-for-sleep-sleep-hygiene-as-a-biomedical-and-theological-problem

One main goal of this project is to offer a theological understanding of sleep and sleeplessness, framing these, and our practices surrounding them, in God’s divine economy. Part of this involves teasing out the differences between sleep hygiene as a component of the contemporary medical understanding of insomnia and the pursuit of sleep as a spiritual discipline, or thick practice. Indeed, a Christian perspective on sleep will acknowledge sleep as God’s good gift as part of our createdness. Sleep also gives us daily opportunities to place our trust in God’s goodness and protection while also reminding us of our own finitude and final sleep. Moreover, a Christian perspective will also attempt to articulate the deeper purposes (teloi) of sleep and sleeplessness with respect to the core Christian claims of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ and our own bodily resurrection secured by him. While these theological realities do not necessarily reject sleep hygienic practices, such theological realities do place sleep hygiene in its proper context.

This BIOETHICS WEEKLY:Dignitas vol. 32, no. 1-2https://preview.mailerlite.io/preview/217454/emails/169641898605020175+ C...
11/01/2025

This BIOETHICS WEEKLY:
Dignitas vol. 32, no. 1-2
https://preview.mailerlite.io/preview/217454/emails/169641898605020175

+ Common IVF test misses some genetic abnormalities in embryos
+ Music could help ease pain from surgery or illness. Scientists are listening
+ Pig Kidney Removed From Transplant Patient After Nine Months
+ Anxiety over global warming leading some young Americans to say they don’t want kids
+++MORE+++

10/31/2025

F. Matthew Eppinette | Legalizing the practice, even with “guardrails,” changes the way a society thinks and acts

This INTERSECTIONS article, "God’s Sovereignty in Barrenness" (https://www.cbhd.org/intersections/gods-sovereignty-in-ba...
10/30/2025

This INTERSECTIONS article, "God’s Sovereignty in Barrenness" (https://www.cbhd.org/intersections/gods-sovereignty-in-barrenness), is mentioned in a recent Christianity Today article, "There’s No Shame in Talking About Pregnancy Loss" (https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/10/theres-no-shame-in-talking-about-pregnancy-loss/)

Infertility inevitably leads to a personal wrestling with the Lord. The first command God gave humanity was “be fruitful and multiply” (Gen 1:28, ESV). Therefore, the desire for children is interwoven into how we were made and how we are wired.[1] The three wives of the patriarchs of the Old Testament responded in various ways to infertility and provide us with lessons we can apply to our lives today, especially those who are experiencing infertility or pregnancy loss. Their stories show that God is sovereign and that his promise is fulfilled through his divine intervention.

NOW AVAILABLE—Dignitas vol. 32, no. 1-2 (Spring/Summer 2025)https://www.cbhd.org/dignitas-issues/dignitas-vol-32-no-1-2-...
10/30/2025

NOW AVAILABLE—Dignitas vol. 32, no. 1-2 (Spring/Summer 2025)
https://www.cbhd.org/dignitas-issues/dignitas-vol-32-no-1-2-spring-summer-2025

Editorial (Spring/Summer 2025)
Anna B. Vollema, PhD (Cand.), Matthew Eppinette, MBA, PhD

Reviving Organs, Redefining Death? The Ethical Controversy Over Normothermic Regional Perfusion and the Way Around It
Guest Editorial
Adam Omelianchuk, PhD, MA

Palliative Sedation for Existential Suffering: The Enduring Wisdom of the Hippocratic Oath
Bryce Asberg, BA

The 35th Anniversary of Germany’s Embryo Protection Act: Model Legislation for the Ethical Protection of Human Embryos
Elizabeth Rex, PhD

Searching for Sleep: Sleep Hygiene as a Biomedical and Theological Problem
Todd T. W. Daly, PhD

Mama Bots: A Review of The Mother Code
Book Review
Christina Bieber Lake, PhD

Bioethics News Stories (January–June 2025)
Heather Zeiger, MS, MA

Global Health Timeline January (January–June 2025)
Heather Zeiger, MS, MA

Bioengagement (Spring/Summer 2025)
CBHD Research Staff

Updates and Activities (Spring/Summer 2025)
CBHD Staff

The BIOETHICS Weekly:+ NEW PODCAST: Don’t Die+ CBHD Membershiphttps://preview.mailerlite.io/preview/217454/emails/168903...
10/24/2025

The BIOETHICS Weekly:
+ NEW PODCAST: Don’t Die
+ CBHD Membership
https://preview.mailerlite.io/preview/217454/emails/168903035329709635

+ The Race to Make the Perfect Baby Is Creating an Ethical Mess
+ Oversharing with AI: How your ChatGPT conversations could be used against you
+ ‘Girl, Take Your Crazy Pills!’ Antidepressants Recast as a Hot Lifestyle Accessory
+ Resistant Bacteria Are Advancing Faster Than Antibiotics
+ Is Your Medication Made in a Contaminated Factory? The FDA Won’t Tell You.
+++MORE+++

Our latest MEMBERS ONLY EMAIL was sent this week, full of exclusive content, including an invitation to a members-only d...
10/23/2025

Our latest MEMBERS ONLY EMAIL was sent this week, full of exclusive content, including an invitation to a members-only discussion of Guillermo del Toro’s new film adaptation of Frankenstein.

Not a member, sign up today: $7/mo, $75/yr (students $5/mo, $40/yr)
https://www.cbhd.org/membership-signup

Other membership benefits include
• A print subscription to Ethics & Medicine: An International Journal of Bioethics (U.S. Mailing Addresses Only).
• Access to past CBHD Conference audio & video through our web portal on CBHD.org.
• Discounts at prominent publishers such as University of Chicago Press & InterVarsity Press.
• Discounts on prominent journals such as the American Journal of Bioethics
• Book discussion groups available only to CBHD members.
• Periodic online & in-person meetings to discuss specific bioethical topics.
• And more!

This BIOETHICS Weekly: + A Science-Based Case for the Immortality of the Human Soul+ Resources on Reproductive Technolog...
10/17/2025

This BIOETHICS Weekly:
+ A Science-Based Case for the Immortality of the Human Soul
+ Resources on Reproductive Technologies, IVF, and Embryos
https://preview.mailerlite.io/preview/217454/emails/168266205835036558

+ How dangerous are LLMs really?
+ He Was Expected to Get Alzheimer’s 25 Years Ago. Why Hasn’t He?
+ Is the patient Black? Check this box for yes
+ Exposure to any germs could’ve killed her. 11 years later, she’s living a normal life thanks to a gene therapy treatment.
+++MORE+++

DID YOU KNOW, we have a host of resources on reproductive technologies and IVF? A sampling:Gilbert Meilaender, “Childre...
10/17/2025

DID YOU KNOW, we have a host of resources on reproductive technologies and IVF? A sampling:

Gilbert Meilaender, “Children: Blessing or Project?” Intersections.
This article focuses on the ways in which changes in reproductive technologies affect how we think about children, parents, and parenthood, even if we do not make use of these technologies. The varying perspectives on frozen embryos is one example of changing technology and changing views.
https://www.cbhd.org/intersections/children-blessing-or-project

Brent Waters, “An Introduction to Reproductive Technologies,” Intersections.
This article provides an overview of reproductive technologies and briefly highlights a few ethical issues and concerns.
https://www.cbhd.org/intersections/an-introduction-to-reproductive-technologies

Paige Comstock Cunningham, “Baby-Making: The Fractured Fulfillment of Huxley's Brave New World, Parts I & II,” Dignitas.
Presented in two parts, this is a comprehensive overview of the ethics of assisted reproductive technologies (ART), including IVF and the resulting cryopreservation of embryos.
https://www.cbhd.org/dignitas-articles/baby-making-the-fractured-fulfillment-of-huxleys-brave-new-world-part-i
https://www.cbhd.org/dignitas-articles/baby-making-the-fractured-fulfillment-of-huxleys-brave-new-world-part-ii

Bryan Just, “What to Do with the Unchosen Frozen: Potential Blessings & Pitfalls of Embryo Adoption,” CBHD via Salvo.
What can Christians do in response to the fact that so many embryos are currently in cryopreservation?
https://www.cbhd.org/cbhd-resources/what-to-do-with-the-unchosen-frozen-potential-blessings-pitfalls-of-embryo-adoption

Matthew Eppinette, "Tiny, Vulnerable Lives," via World.
What should we do with hundreds of thousands of frozen embryos?
‍https://wng.org/opinions/tiny-vulnerable-lives-1714520459

Megan Best, “Fearfully and Wonderfully Made,” CBHD.
In this presentation, Best provides an overview of her book on ethics at the beginning of human life.
https://youtu.be/I_JEfsBVMWE?si=tYpx63lEMi1xlfyI

Matthew Eppinette, "To Evangelicals: IVF Bioethical Questions to Grapple with," via Christian Post.
Should Christians make use of IVF?
‍https://www.christianpost.com/voices/to-evangelicals-ivf-bioethical-questions-to-grapple-with.html

Further Reading
​​https://www.cbhd.org/issues/reproductive-ethics

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