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A Concise History of Euthanasia

I have a book review of a wonderful history of the euthanasia movement in the current issue of First Things. It begins, “To read Ian Dowbiggin’s A Concise History of Euthanasia is to learn that in more than a century of advocacy for euthanasia, the arguments have barely changed at . . . . Continue Reading »

Animal Testing in the UK: Going Up

The UK has had a terrible time with animal liberationists trying to prevent the use of animals in necessary medical research. Apparently their campaign isn’t working. The number of animal experiments rose by 2% last year. Obviously, animals should not be subjected to research for frivolous . . . . Continue Reading »

Heading for a Biotech "Dot-Com" Bust?

So, my governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, has authorized California to borrow $150 million to fund the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine. This means a lot of money is going to go to human cloning and ESCR, more perhaps than researchers will be able to spend—money that may well never . . . . Continue Reading »

Attempts at Reproductive Cloning Ongoing

Renegade fertility doctor Panos Zavos claims to have tried reproductive cloning in several women, including a 52-year old. He failed and no pregnancies were established. He also claims to have created 4-celled cloned embryos, but they may not have been embryos at all since an egg without a nucleus . . . . Continue Reading »

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