Corriere della Sera - November 16, 2010
LONDON - Towards Catholic doctors "there is a very strong cultural bias, which in the past has also affected the work and career." To say it is Giuseppe Noia, president of the Italian Catholic obstetricians and gynecologists (Aigoc), at the first national conference at the Gemelli hospital in Rome. 'People think that because of religion and ethics, we can not do good science, but it is precisely the ethos that you can do good science, "said Noia. In the past, "we were young gynecologists who were not employed in facilities where abortion for having expressed their Catholic identity, because of the issue of conscientious objection." According to Nola, "it would be opportuno riservare metà dei posti disponibili a personale obiettore, e l'altra metà a chi non lo è, in modo da garantire il servizio e tutelare al contempo le posizioni di tutti». Noia ha inoltre rilevato come molti «paventano l'ingresso dei volontari "pro life" nei consultori», ma l'intento dei ginecologi cattolici, ha detto, «non è quello di eliminare l'autodeterminazione della donna, bensì di fare una terapia educazionale alla coppia, dando informazioni basate sulla scienza». In questa impostazione rientrano i corsi itineranti che l'Aigoc terrà nel primo semestre del 2011 in Puglia, Calabria, Sicilia e Piemonte presso università e consultori. Quindici docenti, in un giorno e mezzo, terranno lessons on abortion, sexually transmitted diseases, advice on pregnancy and pre-conception and prenatal care.
assisted reproduction - A major theme of the conference was that of assisted reproduction: in particular obstetricians Catholics have made a commitment not to encourage or facilitate the use of or recourse to assisted fertilization, or take part in the interventions necessary for its realization. A statement inserted in a dodecalogo, the "promise obstetrician Catholic", which lists a number of objectives. Among these, over the defense and protection of human life from conception, there is a refusal to become an instrument of violent applications of medicine and a commitment to cooperate with law enforcement except on grounds of conscientious objection, if not respect for human rights and right to life. The document also requires putting into practice the principles of Catholic medical bioethics based on personalism, or does not recommend or facilitate abortion, not to prescribe contraceptive practices, intercept and sterilization, and not to resort to artificial insemination but instead deepen the understanding of the methods natural regulation of fertility and promote knowledge. (Source: USA Today)
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