BENEDICT XVI: TO CHEMISTS, "CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION" BEFORE SUCH CHOICES AS ABORTION AND EUTHANASIA (2)

It is up to the chemist to invite everyone to "a jolt of humanity"; the Pope also made reference to the therapeutic experiments, repeating that "no one can be used as an object", that in this field there are "protocols" and "ethical rules" that must be respected, and that "experiments must be aimed at improving man, not only at scientific research". To the Catholic chemists, the Pope then asked to "help the young who enter the different pharmaceutical professions to reflect on the more and more delicate ethical implications of their jobs and decisions". This means "extending their training not only in technical terms but also in terms of bioethical issues". They are based on the assumption that "the human being, created in resemblance of God, must be the focus of research and biomedical choices".