Bioethicists Art Caplan and Michael A. Devita have written an important column warning against plans that are afoot to increase the organ supply, but which if enacted, would instead be more likely to undermine the already thin crust of trust the people have in the organ procurement system. . . . . Continue Reading »
A federal court has ruled against finding a constitutional right to take medical marijuna. That is the right decision. But I think the Feds have missed an important bet on this issue. When the Controlled Substances Act was enacted, marijuana was explicitly defined as having no legitimate medical . . . . Continue Reading »
This story reveals an awful lot about the current state of Chinese society. A paralyzed woman wants euthanasia because she wants to die before her parents. Here’s why: “I must die before my parents; otherwise I will live a miserable life after their pass-away — dirty, stinking, and . . . . Continue Reading »
A French doctor was convicted of euthanizing a cancer patient. Good. According to the BBC report, she was given a suspended sentence, after stating that she decided to resort to a lethal injection after Druais had told her that she did not want to die “in filth” the French news agency . . . . Continue Reading »
Dr. Albert Mohler, a national Christian leader, advocated in his blog a few weeks ago for what can only be described as the eugenic manipulation of fetuses—if and when it becomes possible—to prevent the babies from being homosexual. The blog entry is only now being reported in the . . . . Continue Reading »
Apparently there has been a backlash against advertising with “suicide” themes. From the Seattle Post Intelligencer story: Washington Mutual has stopped running a spot that showed actors playing bankers poised atop a building as if about to jump. These ads are clearly not pro-suicide, . . . . Continue Reading »
I love the comic strip Pearls Before Swine. In the last few days, it has poked fun at the embryonic stem cell/cloning debate. For a good laugh, check these out: Rat gets bored; the pitter patter of little feet, why cloning is bad, and bad news for . . . . Continue Reading »
According to an article in the New Scientist, A simple formula can predict how people would want to be treated in dire medical situations as accurately as their loved ones can, say researchers. According to a study, surrogate decision makers were only 68% right when trying to predict what their . . . . Continue Reading »
This is tertiary targeting, and it is now a felony thanks to the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. Thugs from the Animal Liberation Front are targeting employees of Wachovia, Corporation—a financial company—vandalizing their property and otherwise terrorizing them. Why is ALF targeting . . . . Continue Reading »
The Star Ledger (“the voice of New Jersey”) has an ESCR story out, byline Kitta MacPherson, which is, as usual, biased in the direction of promoting ESCR. A study has been published in Nature reporting that human embryonic stem cells in mice effectively treated Sandhoff disease, a malady . . . . Continue Reading »
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