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>Conservative vs. Progressive (no adjectives)
>Once again, we’re reminded about the great gulf between perception and reality (just look at the repetition of the names of authors whose ethics comments are published in the “mainstream” science and bioethics journals and explore the political and religious viewpoints of those authors and editors), between the idea that all humans are people possessing … Continue reading
Political news in Nature Reports
Rather than science news, Nature Reports focuses on the political (I believe this is available without subscription, but let me know if you need a copy and can’t access it): News Feature Nature Reports Stem Cells Published online: 17 October 2007 Scientific definition by political request (by) Monya Baker The NIH must set criteria for … Continue reading
The Politics of Embryonic Stem Cells: Gearhart “pressures” Atala
I was able to attend the “Understanding Stem Cells: Science and Policy” lecture at the Koshland Science Museum, the museum of the National Academies of Sciences, in Washington, DC last week where I heard Jonathan Moreno, PhD, – the ethicist who works for and advances the American Center for Progress and Dr. John Gearhart, Director … Continue reading
>Between two cultures
>There’s been a lapse in my blogging this week as I’ve been in Washington DC for the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities annual conference, with a few forays into the Washington Briefing, “Value Voters” forum. The ASBH is full of conferences like the Panel Session entitled “Collaborated Death: An Exploration of the Swiss Model … Continue reading
>Texas has funds for SCHIP without Federal increase
>Threats to the contrary, the Houston Chronicle has picked up on the fact that Texas has enough Federal funds to continue CHIP in our State for “at least a year,” even with the expansions and improvements passed by the 80th Legislature earlier this year. And in spite of the President’s veto. This news was also … Continue reading
>AMA editorial on Partial Birth Abortion Ban
>I would like to respond to the Commentary by Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, “Abortion Politics: Clinical Freedom, Trust in the Judiciary, and the Autonomy of Women.” in the Journal of the American Medical Association, October 3, 2007.(behind a pay wall) Declaring that the Supreme Court’s consideration of the “respect for the dignity of human life” … Continue reading
>Privacy, politics, and medical records
>The editors and pseudoeditors of the American Journal of Bioethics blog are talking about all the people who accessed the hospital records of George Clooney after his motorcycle accident. Somehow, according to the author of the post, it’s all President Bush’s fault. In light of the news and comments on the latest iteration of SCHIP … Continue reading
>SCHIP goes on, in spite of veto
>Let’s get this straight: SCHIP will not cease to be because of the President’s veto. Last month, we read that Congress had passed a 16 week extension of SCHIP and that the President would veto the SCHIP bill if Congress went ahead with their planned expansion to nearly double the funding. The SCHIP bill that … Continue reading
>Democrats for Life (yes, they exist – barely)
>Joe Carter at the blog, Evangelical Outpost, reviews a new book (Democrats for Life: Pro-Life Politics and the Silenced Majority by Kristen Day)about the Democrats for Life, which covers how the Democrats became the Party of the Abortion Rights Movement. The true difference between Republicans and Democrats is best demonstrated by taking a look at … Continue reading
>Catholic Bishops to Allow Plan B in Emergencies
>Can anyone be forced to act against his conscience? Do religious convictions have any weight in the law? How far can the courts go to make a person do an act that he believes is unethical or immoral? I hope these questions are not ignored due to the sensationalism that surrounds emergency contraception. The Catholic … Continue reading
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