Pro cloners are now saying that the UN Vote in the General Assembly is not binding, and hence, is not important. But as Austin Ruse told me, almost ALL UN actions are declarations or non-binding resolutions, including the Beijing Platform for Action, the Cairo Program for Action, Rio Agenda 21, etc. . . . . Continue Reading »
I have never seen so much energy expended by so many people to make one poor, helpless woman dead. Yet, despite it all, Terri lives! The key question is why? At a time when people who are far less cognitively disabled then Terri are dehydrated to death in all fifty states with nary a peep of . . . . Continue Reading »
The vote in the United Nations General Assembly is a strong statement on behalf of maintaining morality in biotechnological research and medical applications. This is my analysis, which was published in the Daily . . . . Continue Reading »
Awhile back, in National Review Online I wrote about a Washington State Senate Bill that would permit human cloning and the farming of cloned fetuses. Chuck Colson picked up the scent in his popular Breakpoint commentary which is read by millions of people. Soon afterwards, I discovered a nearly . . . . Continue Reading »
The General Assembly of the United Nations has voted overwhelmingly against all human cloning. While “The United Nations Declaration on Human Cloning” is not binding, it is an important statement that all human cloning is “incompatible with human dignity and the protection of human . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday, I linked an article written by Michael Fumento, which noted that a potential cure for juvenile diabetes using adult stem cells is not being funded by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, even though the technique cured mice with late stage disease.Fumento wanted to follow up with a . . . . Continue Reading »
Assisted suicide is Oregon’s shame. The Portland Oregonian’s David Reinhard, one of the best observers of assisted suicide in Oregon, points out some of the problems in this excellent . . . . Continue Reading »
There may be hope on the way for people with juvenile diabetes, as this piece by Michael Fumento ably describes. And no, it won’t be from embryonic stem cells, but from adult stem cells obtained from the spleen. There is one problem holding back human trials: there is not yet enough money. Lee . . . . Continue Reading »