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>Enough: ultrasounds, abortion, women and blood
>While calling us “anti-choice,” some “pro-choice” men and women are beginning to look at the true nature of what is being chosen. They’re noticing that we who oppose abortion are more likely to accept the woman with an unwanted pregnancy and championing the laws that make adoption and parenting a true choice. They’re noticing that … Continue reading
>Judge rules to restrain hospital on Emilio Gonzales
>I’m very glad that the judge in Austin has ruled that Children’s Hospital can’t remove him at this time from the ventilator and that he has named a guardian ad litum, to look at the evidence from the baby’s best interests. The Austin News 8 TV news also tells us that Emilio’s mother and her … Continue reading
>Juvenile Diabetes Adult Stem Cell Cure?
>The Journal of the American Medical Association has published a study – free online here – that describes successful treatment of 13 patients with their own stem cells. Some of the patients have been able to go without insulin or any other medications to control their diabetes. 15 patients with new onset “Juvenile Onset,” “Insulin … Continue reading
Embryos and cloning on Senate agenda this week
Opponents argue that the research is unethical, because deriving the stem cells destroys the blastocyst, an unimplanted human embryo at the sixth to eighth day of development. Michael Sandel, Ph.D. )philosopher)in the April 4, 2007 Boston Globe WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Stem cells will be at the top of the agenda for the U.S. Senate when … Continue reading
How not to question research
What bothers me most about this controversy is that the whole thing began when the authors announced that they were about to release their raw data. Where is the discussion about the evidence in question, rather than historical questions without the numbers. (I’ll admit that the numbers boggle me – I’m not sure how one … Continue reading
Mama’s last lesson
Easter Sunday, April 8, 2007 would have been my mother’s 70th birthday. Helen Margaret Jernigan Burnett, “Mama,” died from complications of thymic carcinoma last August. Mama is probably the source of my addiction to arguing and politics. Some people might think it comes from being the oldest daughter of a Baptist preacher, but I believe … Continue reading
End of life on the internet
LifeNews and Channel 8 TV in Austin, as well as several bloggers are reporting on the denial of the temporary restraining order for Emilio Gonzales in Austin, Texas. Unfortunately, there are quite a few errors in the story. I’m disturbed that the false information is spread and that there seems to be no problem in … Continue reading
>About those ultrasounds before abortion
>Over the last few days, Kelly at Blog.Bioethics.net has been blogging about House Bill 3355, passed in the South Carolina, which will require the abortion doctor to review the ultrasound with the woman or girl at least one hour before the abortion. The woman has to sign a statement that she’s received the informed consent … Continue reading
>The Nonsense of the Market for Eggs –
>The New England Journal of Medicine has a free text and audio interview on the subject of women who donate/sell/give their oocytes or eggs for other women to become pregnant through in vitro fertilization (IVF) or for scientific research. “Perspective: The Egg Trade — Making Sense of the Market for Human Oocytes” by Debora Spar … Continue reading
>Liver cell regeneration and adult stem cells
>Wesley Smith posted to his own blog and to Bioethics.com about the research out of Germany showing that patients’ own bone marrow stem cells can be stimulated to regenerate (normal) liver stem cells and then liver tissue, allowing the regrowth of enough new liver that surgeons can remove the cancer. (UK Telegraph article here, the … Continue reading
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