November 2010

Dolly the Cloned Sheep Cloned

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Dolly the sheep has been cloned. There are now four “Dollies.” From the story: Named after country and western singer Dolly Parton, Dolly was created from a cell taken from a mammary gland. The rest of the sample of tissue has lain in a freezer [...]

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“Direct Conversion” May Make Embryonic Stem Cell Research Obsolete

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC When George W. Bush praised scientists as having the talent and ability to discover and harness the healing potential of regenerative medicine ethically, that is, without needing to destroy embryos — his enemies scoffed. What a dope. His religion got in the way of the [...]

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European Court of Human Rights to Decide if a Right to be Dead

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC We live in a strange era in which Jefferson’s “right to life” supposedly has a concomitant “right to death.” At least, that will be the case if the European Court of Human Rights rules that Germany violated the right of a woman with disabilities to [...]

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South Australia Refuses to Legalize Euthanasia

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Great news. During my July sojourn Down Under, my sponsors made a point of taking me to Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, where I spoke in the Old Parliament Building. My allies were very worried about the prospects for the then pending euthanasia legalization [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving

Dear Friends, On behalf of the Board of Directors and Staff at the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network, we wish you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving. We at the CBC have much to give thanks for. First, we thank each and everyone of our readers for your faithful commitment to our mission to [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving

Dear Friends,On behalf of the Board of Directors and Staff at the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network, we wish you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving.We at the CBC have much to give thanks for. First, we thank each and everyone of our readers for your faithful commitment to our mission to defend human [...]

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CIRM to Try and Sucker Californians Into Letting It Borrow Even More Money

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC When proponents of Proposition 71 shouted CURES! CURES! CURES in 2004, perhaps the people of California could be forgiven for believing them — what with all the hype going on at the time — and borrowing $3 billion to pay for research grants (which will [...]

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Scottish Parliamentary Committee Rejects Assisted Suicide

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Last November, I was invited to Scotland to speak against assisted suicide and debate it at Holyrood (the parliament), the University of Glasgo, and at a large public forum in Edinburgh. The idea was for me to come to Scotland and hopefully soften the ground [...]

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UK Nursing Homes Evicting the Suicidal?

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Things have gone from the ridiculous to the surreal in the UK ever since the Law Lords ordered England’s public prosecutor to tell folk when assisted suicide would and would not be prosecuted. That helped foster the belief among some that suicide is a necessity, [...]

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Bush’s Embryonic Stem Cell Decision from Decision Points

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC I just read President Bush’s chapter in his new book on how he came to his ESCR funding policy. It was very interesting, particularly since I was tangentially engaged in the effort to impact the policy — and later, repeatedly defended his decision. When Bush [...]

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