April 2010

Experience of an Anonymous Egg Donor

I volunteered to harvest eggs for a friend, whose ovaries had ceased producing eggs in her early 30’s.  She bought donated sperm from a California university sperm bank several years prior to my egg harvest and was being counseled about infertility options.   This was not an “eggs for money” contract.  I volunteered without a compensation [...]

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Experience of an Anonymous Egg Donor

I volunteered to harvest eggs for a friend, whose ovaries had ceased producing eggs in her early 30’s. She bought donated sperm from a California university sperm bank several years prior to my egg harvest and was being counseled about infertility options. This was not an “eggs for money” contract. I volunteered without a compensation [...]

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More Evidence That China Killing Dissidents and Selling Their Organs

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC If these stories are true–and I believe they are–China is a monster state. I have previously covered credible charges that Falun Gong prisoners are killed and their organs sold, stating that while there was not enough proof for a “conviction” beyond a reasonable doubt, the [...]

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Suicide Tourism: Dignitas Dumps Urns in Lake

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Ah, those compassionate people at Dignitas, the Swiss assisted suicide clinic that will make you dead for about $10,000. Allegedly, they dumped the ashes of former “clients” in a lake. From the story: BOSSES of Swiss suicide firm Dignitas were facing jail today after the [...]

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The Resistance: Sex, Lies and Greed

By Jennifer Lahl, CBC National Director The history of medicine has long been rooted in the ancient Hippocratic concept primum non nocere — “first, do no harm.” Yet we are living in a time in which the crazy train of advancing techno-medical practice is coming off its Hippocratic rails like never before. Case in point: [...]

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The Resistance: Sex, Lies and Greed

By Jennifer Lahl, CBC National Director The history of medicine has long been rooted in the ancient Hippocratic concept primum non nocere — “first, do no harm.” Yet we are living in a time in which the crazy train of advancing techno-medical practice is coming off its Hippocratic rails like never before. Case in point: [...]

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Anderson Cooper Appearance Update

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC I just received word from CNN that the package on assisted suicide for which I was interviewed will air tomorrow night. I apologize for any inconvenience. If you tune in, I’m the old guy with the beard. Thank you.

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Good News From Canada: Euthanasia Bill Soundly Defeated

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC The euthanasia legalization bill, C-384 (background), was soundly defeated in the Canadian Parliament today by a heartening vote of 228-59. There seem to be no news stories on this except on pro life sites. Hmmm. Let’s see what tomorrow brings. In the meantime, congratulations to [...]

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Wesley Smith To Be a Talking Head on AC360 Today RE: Assisted Suicide

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC I taped an interview for CNN about the Connecticut lawsuit by two would-be death doctors, seeking to legalize assisted suicide–a crime in CT–by having a court redefine assisted suicide by doctors of the terminally ill into “aid in dying.” Once so redefined, the theory goes, [...]

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Dutch Infanticide: Bioethicists Say It Isn’t the Killing That is Wrong, It is Insufficient Reporting of the Killing

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Ah, the Dutch: Having jumped off a vertical moral cliff when it comes to doctors killing patients, they seek to replace virtue with “transparency” through official reporting. The idea is that control over such practices can be maintained if the homicides are done in front [...]

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