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Science in Obama’s Administration
After lots of ‘Net speculation on science and medicine advisory councils and committees in addition to mine of this morning, we find out that the Obama leader for the transition team on the President’s Council on Bioethics Review Team will be Jonathan Moreno the associate at the bioethics arms of the Center for American Progress, … Continue reading
Science: “A call to serve”
Some of you may know that I served on the National Advisory Committee on Violence Against Women from 2002 through the end of 2005. Attorneys General Ashcroft and Gonzales and Secretaries of Health Thompson and Leavitt were co-chairmen during their terms. They and the Office on Violence Against Women were more interested in protecting the … Continue reading
Tenth of California votes still not counted
California mail in votes and provisional votes are still being counted. As of Tuesday, November 11, The counted votes number just over 11 Million. 2.1 million votes are still uncounted, 1.1 million of which are mail-in votes. The votes cannot make a difference in the Presidential race, since Obama is already more than 2.1 million … Continue reading
Charo: No “Presidential sleight of hand” on stem cells
“The Wicker-Dickey Amendment cannot be changed by Presidential sleight of hand or wave of pen.” R. Alta Charo, World Stem Cell Summit, Madison Wisconsin, September, 2008 See video, at time marker 11:18/01:01:29. John Podesta, the founder of the Center for American Progress and the leader of the transitional team for the newly invented “Office of … Continue reading
Upside down ethics
That last post definitely points out the mess of current bioethics: Autonomy as the first principle, before the more traditional “Heal when possible, but first do no harm.” Is the purpose of medicine to give the patient what he or she wants, or is it to save lives and restore or maintain health? As I’ve … Continue reading
“The motivation is abortion”
“The motivation is abortion,” says R. Alta Charo, a professor of law and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. “If the Supreme Court allows states to declare embryos as personhood, you would be in a position to say immediately that all abortions have to stop.” LifeEthics covered this story a few days ago, … Continue reading
Robert P. George on “Obama’s Abortion Extremism”
Professor Robert B. George has published a review of Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama’s abortion views and advocacy. The information on the Freedom of Choice Act goes beyond politics to the heart of all pro-life advocacy and would more than likely offend even abortion “moderates.” But this barely scratches the surface of Obama’s extremism. He … Continue reading
Healthcare lottery
When you buy a lottery ticket, do you choose the cash option with its immediate payout of half the winnings or do you choose the payment of the full amount, doled out over 20 years? I’ve found this question to be a good way to help other people understand the difference between conservativism and those … Continue reading
Half the abortion rate
That’s a quote from NARAL (“National Abortion Rights Action League” ), in a report on the effects of the Hyde Amendment (a pdf document). The Hyde Amendment restricts federal funding of abortions, including those for women who are eligible for prenatal care funding by Medicaid. NARAL urges us to examine the record of John McCain … Continue reading
>Is conscience solely a religious matter?
>I’ve commented on the surprising accusation that protection of the consciences of physicians is anti-gay as well as anti-abortion by the pro-abortion faction. Now, the atheists are chiming in, claiming over and over that it’s just the Christians who might refuse to perform abortions and object to calling abortion standard reproductive care. “Pharyngula,” is the … Continue reading
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