The KC Star is one of the most biased newspapers in the country when it comes to the cloning debate. I was given the courtesy of writing an op/ed piece on the issue last week, it is true, for which I am grateful. But the news reportage continues to misstate the science of what is sometimes called . . . . Continue Reading »
If doctors and bioethicists had gotten their way, little Haleigh Poutre would have been dehydrated to death via removal of feeding tube. But now, according to this story, she may be eating eggs. How unsurprising that the national media has generally ignored the case: It would demonstrate vividly the . . . . Continue Reading »
The essence of euthanasia consciousness has never been about “choice,” but about deciding that certain lives are not worth living. And, it leads inevitably to justifying infanticide since killing to end suffering has been redefined from bad to good. If that is your basic view, then in . . . . Continue Reading »
Regular readers of Secondhand Smoke know that I am absolutely fuming about the propaganda effort by cloning boosters to redefine terms and obfuscate basic science. I will be writing much about this in coming months. Whether SCNT is human cloning is one of the threshold issues in the upcoming . . . . Continue Reading »
An Iowa television station is following the story of Amy Foels, who was paralyzed in an auto accident. Last year, she went to Portugal and received an adult stem cell treatment from Dr. Carlos Lima, who pioneered a regenerative therapy that uses the patient’s own olfactory stem cells.Amy has . . . . Continue Reading »
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