October 2009

Single Embryo Transfer Best – DUH!

A piece just out in the LATimes (although the concept is not new) addresses the practice of only transferring a single embryo into the mother’s womb when carrying out IVF. The author writes, “data published in today’s edition of the New England Journal of Medicine show that what they’re really doing is increasing their odds [...]

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Introducing the 2010 Paul Ramsey Award Winner, Leon R. Kass, M.D.

October 28, 2009 – San Ramon, CA The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network is pleased to announce that Dr. Leon R. Kass has been selected to receive the 2010 Paul Ramsey Award, given to those who have demonstrated exemplary achievement in the field of bioethics. Kass, the Addie Clark Harding Professor in the Committee [...]

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Introducing the 2010 Paul Ramsey Award Winner, Leon R. Kass, M.D. « The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network

Introducing the 2010 Paul Ramsey Award Winner, Leon R. Kass, M.D. « The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network is pleased to announce that Dr. Leon R. Kass has been selected to receive the 2010 Paul Ramsey Award, given to those who have demonstrated exemplary achievement in the [...]

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What’s Wrong with IVF? Let Me Count The Ways!

IVF headlines this week only further advance my position that we should have never taken the embryo out of the womb. For example: It allows doctors like Michael Kamrava, of Octumom fame to be touted as “distinguished” and to be only given a slap on the hand for his recklessness in transferring six embryos (two [...]

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The Drive to Redefine Defenseless Human Beings Into Mere Natural Resources « The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network

Wesley J. Smith, our special consultant to the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network has another great piece you can read here. Organ donation – yes. But donation is the operative word! The Drive to Redefine Defenseless Human Beings Into Mere Natural Resources « The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network Posted using ShareThis

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The Drive to Redefine Defenseless Human Beings Into Mere Natural Resources

For years, organ transplant ethicists and some in the bioethics community have agitated to change the definition of death from a purely biological determination, to one based in utilitarianism and desired sociological narratives. Why mess with death? Too few organs are donated for transplant, leading to long waiting lines and the deaths of some people [...]

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Consuming Children: Humanity=Artifact

Does the fact that we can do something ever imply that we should do it? On September 18, I attended a debate in which this question is central. The topic: “Designer Babies: The Morality of Pursuing Perfection.” The first time I heard the phrase “designer babies,” my mind flashed to the terror of toddler pageants: [...]

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Consuming Children: Humanity=Artifact

I recently attended a debate between Wesley J. Smith and Gregory Stock. Our CBC staffer, Evan Rosa has a great write up you can read in its entirety here. Evan writes, “The match-up for this event: Wesley Smith, bioethics watchdog and consultant to the CBC, arguing that genetically designing progeny is wrong, and Gregory Stock, [...]

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Stem Cell Research Goes Green « The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network

Recycling. Renewable Resources. Sustainability. We know these words well. But when it comes to human sustainability and health, we have a largely untapped resource that is proving to be more valuable than we might dare to imagine. Fittingly, it comes to us from our very first lifeline: the umbilical cord. Umbilical cord blood is already [...]

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