August 2010

CIRM Freely Spending Broke California’s Money

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC California is Greece without the Acropolis. And yet, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine–perhaps its profligate administers fearing that the people of California will pull the plug when its ten year borrow and spend license expires–is spending desperately on research in the hope that it [...]

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Are Atheist Doctors More Likely To Hasten Death of Patients?

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC A new study is out that claims atheist physicians are more likely than those of a religious persuasion to hasten the deaths of patients. From the story: Terminally-ill patients would be well advised to find out the religious beliefs of their doctor, according to research [...]

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New Survey: 57% Oppose Taxpayer Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research

This morning a new survey is out from Rasmussen: Only 33% of U.S. voters believe that taxpayer money should be spent on embryonic stem cell research, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Fifty-seven percent (57%) say funding for such research should be left to the private sector.

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Women as Commodities

By Chuck Colson, Founder, BreakPointYou’ve probably seen them—most of us have. Ads soliciting women to donate their eggs for in vitro fertilization are everywhere: in newspapers, on the Internet, on college campus bulletin boards.Most people don’t even think twice about it. An opportunity for young women to earn a little cash and do something nice [...]

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Women as Commodities

By Chuck Colson, Founder, BreakPoint You’ve probably seen them—most of us have. Ads soliciting women to donate their eggs for in vitro fertilization are everywhere: in newspapers, on the Internet, on college campus bulletin boards. Most people don’t even think twice about it. An opportunity for young women to earn a little cash and do [...]

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Statement by Feminists Choosing Life of New York

“To Protect Woman from Exploitation as Egg Donors and Enforce the NY Legislature’s Ban on Taxpayer Money Going to Advance Human Cloning, Feminists Choosing Life of New York Will Appeal Flawed Lower Court Ruling” ‎”. . . an affidavit by Jennifer Lahl, founding director of The Center for Bioethics and Culture, challenges the notion of [...]

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Human Egg Farming

Nathan Harden writes on NRO: A new documentary called Eggsploitation takes viewers inside the multi-billion dollar industry of human egg farming. Many of us have seen the ads offering young women tens of thousands of dollars to donate their eggs to an infertile couple. Sounds fairly harmless. But this film, produced by the Center for [...]

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Another endorsement for Eggsploitation

“Eggsploitation is a powerful and compelling film on the extreme risks and disregard shown to women . . . a must see for all egg donors and fertility patients. The infertility industry’s practice of reproductive endocriminology is a ‘dirty little secret’ and should be secret no more.” — Lynne Millican, Founder, LupronVictimsHub.com

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A Preventative Against Biological Colonialism

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBCColonialism of nations is dead, but a new form of resource hegemony is a-borning. Rather than exploiting commodities such as copper deposits and timber forests, the new colonialism is biological, seeking to mine living human bodies. Thus, we see rich westerners buying kidneys from destitute Pakistanis [...]

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A Preventative Against Biological Colonialism

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Colonialism of nations is dead, but a new form of resource hegemony is a-borning. Rather than exploiting commodities such as copper deposits and timber forests, the new colonialism is biological, seeking to mine living human bodies. Thus, we see rich westerners buying kidneys from destitute [...]

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