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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Euthanasia and Organ Harvesting
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC I am trying to raise the alarm that current bioethical policies and advocacy promote the objectification of human life and the denigration of human exceptionalism. This episode is in To … Continue reading
All the Way to Uganda
Just received an email from a professor in Uganda thanking the CBC “for the good work you are doing in the field of bioethics” and calling Eggsploitation an “eye opener” for himself and his students. We are humbled and grateful … Continue reading
Egg Donor Interview: Linda* in Los Angeles
Jennifer Lahl, CBC President—and Executive Producer, Director, and Writer of Eggsploitation—recently interviewed Linda about her egg donation experience. Lahl: You told me you saw the ad on Craigslist’s posting by the fertility center, looking for Asian egg donors. What made … Continue reading
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All Should Sign Durable Powers of Attorney for Health Care
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC There are advance medical directives — and then, there are advance medical directives. In other words, all are not equally useful or safe. Some — particularly of the short form … Continue reading
Idaho Sends Assisted Suicide Ban to Governor
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Bueno! The Idaho Legislature has overwhelmingly passed legislation to explicitly outlaw assisted suicide in the state. From the story: The Idaho House has concurred with the Senate and voted to … Continue reading
Sacramento Bee Notices CIRM Management Flaws
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC The Sacramento Bee is like all major California newspaper editorial boards — liberal and in the tank for Big Biotech. (I still don’t understand this love for BB, and the … Continue reading
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Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Research Permits “Disease in a Dish” Research of Parkinson’s
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Another big breakthrough on the IPSC front: Skin cells from a patient with Parkinson’s — a variety caused by a genetic condition — have been turned into neural cells, and … Continue reading
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Euthanasia “Choice” Would Often Not Be
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC I have been fighting the euthanasia agenda since 1993. During that time, the arguments haven’t changed much, although the euphemisms have. But even after all those years, I still marvel … Continue reading
Australian PM Cold to Legalizing Euthanasia
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC When I toured Australia last July, euthanasia legalization threats were pending or threatened in the parliaments of Western Australia, Southern Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, and perhaps most worryingly, Tasmania. … Continue reading
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Aging Is Not a Disease
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC The Lutheran theologian and bioethicist Gilbert Meilaender — who served on the President’s Council on Bioethics — has a long and provocative article out in the current First Things. Contrary … Continue reading