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Predictions, Abridged

I was asked by the Dallas Morning News to predict future biotech controversies, in a similar way as did the San Francisco Chronicle, published last week and linked here earlier. Here is the somewhat different version that appeared today in Texas. (Registration may be . . . . Continue Reading »

Trouble in Threapeutic Cloning Paradise

One of the big issues that causes many feminists to oppose therapeutic human cloning is the distinct possibility that women, particularly the most destitute women, will be exploited for their eggs. (One egg is needed per somatic cell nuclear transfer procedure.) When S. Korean researcher Woo-Suk . . . . Continue Reading »

Suing For Being Born

Here’s hoping this Australian lawsuit goes nowhere because if it is successful, the law would recognize the concept of wrongful birth. (I know it isn’t in the USA, but remember, our Supreme Court now looks to decisions overseas to determine American constitutional law.) If the parents . . . . Continue Reading »

Predicting the Future

I was asked by the San Francisco Chronicle to write an extended piece that would be a look into the crystal ball about the controversies that can be expected to roil society over issues of science and biotech in coming years. This is it. Among the matters discussed are personhood theory, the . . . . Continue Reading »

Scientism Marches On

I have subscribed to the New Scientist, which is a “pro science” magazine, by which I mean, in addition to purely science articles, it publishes polemical broadsides arguing on behalf of naked science unfettered by societal restraints. In the October 22 issue, Timothy Ferris, identified . . . . Continue Reading »

A Sign of the Eugenic Times

I was just reading last Sunday’s New York Times Magazine. There, in all its eugenic glory, is an advertisement with the headline, “Donor Egg Immediately Available.” The text tells us that the “fully-screened” egg donors come from women “in advanced degree . . . . Continue Reading »

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