Episode 42: Mary Anne Urlakis interviews Laura Elm, the Founder and Executive Director of Sacred Heart Guardians and Shelter (Sept 28, 2020)

In Episode 42 of Inter Vitam et Mortem: Between Life & Death: Interviews and Discussion with a Catholic Bioethicist, Dr. Mary Anne Urlakis interviews Laura Elm, the Founder and Executive Director of Sacred Heart Guardians and Shelter. Sacred Heart Guardians and Shelter is a charitable organization guided by a profound respect for the dignity of every human person from the first moment of existence and founded with the mission of providing corporal and spiritual care for the tiniest and most vulnerable members of the human family. To this end, Sacred Heart Guardians and Shelter facilitates a dignified, prayerful, Catholic burial for human embryos who die in Artificial Reproductive Technology (ART) Laboratories. In this interview, Laura Elm and Dr. Urlakis discuss the scope of the mission of Sacred Heart Guardians and Shelter and the unintended consequences of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) which have prompted this unique and necessary mission. More information regarding Sacred Heart Guardians and Shelter can be found on their website at: https://sacredheartguardians.org/services/burial/. (September 28, 2020)