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Georgetown Acton Wednesday March 23 1963 Priest urges stand on genetic engineering Anglican bishop pleads for more patience with fads by Alex A Hamilton priest has alerted Halton Roman Catholic school teachers to the dangerous lack of moral to deal with genetic control Father Steve Connor public realtions officer for the Diocese of Hamilton said that developments in medical science could lead to dangerous and disturbing consequences There is now an undreamedof power over the end and beginning of life he told teachers in his keynote address during a recent professional development day Along with this control goes the most insidious aspect further management of life he said This highlights the need for a fundamental reevaluation of standards of practice in medicine said Father Connor a student of Control of genes Is what he sees as the major factor on the horizon at the moment The mapping of genes could be complete in five years he added With it goes the possibility of preventing the occurrence of 3 generelated diseases Since it will still not be possible to save everyone th question is who to save Father Connor said Does one permit treatment for the young versus the old the healthy versus the infirm or la a decision based on race occupation or perceived Intelligence he asked With the power to remake the human person the question is In whose image Father Connor suggested He believes the responsibility for this is too great to be left only to doctors Society has bought the principle that management is better than chance and we are now Just beginning to get the power he added Birth is an area he on in con nection with management It is easier to manage than follow reproductive roulette he said The use of amnlocentisls coupled with abortion where a potential flaw la d is the management where genetic defect is suspected Father Connor said that this case of eliminating the manifestation of the problem decreases the Incentive to correct the defect He suggested that expected success test tube fertilization may eventually eliminate sexual intercourse as the genera method of fertilization The priest doesn really fear the emergence of a sinister person controlling people for malicious reasons but merely the backing into a situation by well meaning scientists Some people with control over teat tube clinics state that nobody would do anything deliberately evil related Father Connrr Silverwood WI hears about Womens Place by Martin May Bell of Women s Place in Milton was the guest speaker at Silverwood Women Institute March meeting held at the home of Wills Shortlll Halton Women Place open since October i960 serves ail of Halton To date about 360 women and family have passed through their doors Many of these women physically or mentally abused have been helped by the organization programs A pot luck birthday party for members over years was also celebrated A quilting course for women is in full swing with Dons Lindsay and Wllla as leaders Next meeting to be held on April p at the home of Mostoard However with an expected proliferation of these clinics we can leave it to trust without moral control he said Clinic operators would say a person wants a baby they should have one Father Connor said He la not convinced this is adequate justification Despite skepticism about things to come be say there win be no return to on age of purity There no deinventing Once something is Invented It is here and there la nogobgMck Father Connor defended the Catholic church saying that it Is not negative and has developed a sophisticated position on medical ethics It have a prohlera with being contemporary He asked teachers If the church does not have a responsibility to be a source on medical ethics He criticized the separate schools for not making more use of television in education particularly In teaching moral values Young people spend much time watching television so schools should take advantage of this media He suggested dramas with a moral message With the power to affect creation we have to rethink creation be added He said that this will be a paramount issue when cloning of a human being Is possible The priest expects that is not more than years away and could come much earlier if there is a public demand for it The social climate does not favor It yet he added Where healing ends and the creation of a superman begins Is a decision that will have to be considered soon Being human Is a surprise not a foregone conclusion he said Father Connor asked the teachers what the result for society would be If the poor and crippled were from the world Ultimately the question will be who should control the power to control genes he said by A trend evident within a certain segment of society which reflects a playboy attitude towards violence against women ancient pa gen hedonism says Bishop John Bothwell Speaking at the recent annual meeting of Family Services the bishop said the Church should be making a stronger statement on the sexual per missiveness permeating society He feels today s pace of life causes many to have renewed hunger for sexual in timacy at the same time wishing to have no strings attached Sexual intimacy for pleasure is not morally wrong if serious intentions and expression of tender loving care we require and hunger for is there The bishop who describes himself as a Christian humanist caused a slight stir in the audience in stating we need to be more patient In the churches and slower to judge people experimenting with newer lifestyles such as common law or communal living Tradition Inappropriate The traditional approach to sex is becoming inappropriate and there is no new wisdom appearing to express this human need said Bishop Bothwell of the Niagara Diocese Perhaps the church is not ap proaching this problem seriously as we have no guldanceother than hedonism and the old traditional Ideas The Anglican church leader was focusing his remarks on the Place of the Family In our Contemporary World and attempted to give historical reasons why society at towards marriage has changed respect to a more ready acceptance of breakdowns The crack up of families through separation and divorce is over taking millions at once in many countries It absurd to think it just personal Agreeing with Tofler Third Wave the bishop feels society over the past years has been bewildered by the onslaught of the Industrial revolution and more recently the computer age while traditionally accepted mores are still based In the centuriesold agricultural revolution Anglican change It was not until 15 years ago that Anglicans allowed remarriage after divorce it was considered the unforgive- he commented adding the church is being faced with accepting a much less rigid approach We have to recognize this fact openly An individuals responsibility and commitment in a marriage are enormously important and failure is often caused by circumstances not moral failure In reflecting over his own personal beliefs Bishop Bothwell admits procreation no longer the sole purpose of marriage Couples limit their families or remain childless which is not wrong if a responsible decision is made This view is supported by all faiths except Catholicism be added He also observed the human race can sustain itself with relatively little childbearing because of fewer infant deaths Too many human births is undesirable ALSBO fee paid by board By a slim margin the Board of Education voted to maintain Its member ship in Association of Large School Boards of Ontario In an effort to save the approximately membership fee trustees Cam Jackson and Bill Priestner agreed not to join the association Board vice chairman Betty F pointed out through the board has on impact at the provincial level where many of the education decisions arc made She con tended the association gives the board a strong voice at Queen Park It Is in conceivable that trustees do not want a united front trustee Dick noted In the short time he has been on 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