November 2011

BioBites: The Surrogacy Debate, Man Researched Suicide for His Wife, Robotic Prison Wardens will Patrol South Korean Prison, and More

Bioethical news articles for November 29th: Join Slate in D.C. to Discuss Why We Fear the Future: “Robots taking over humanity. Nanotech blobs eating everything in sight. Technology eroding personal relationships. Genetic engineering creating designer babies. Science fiction, professional futurists, and armchair prophesying suggest that the future is terrifying. The solution: a happy hour. We have [...]

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BioBites: Robots in Reality, NY Man Accuses Girlfriend of Stealing Sperm for IVF, No Case for Killing Society’s Most Vulnerable, and More

Bioethical news articles for November 28th: Heart Patient Appeals for Euthanasia: “Driven by abject poverty and unbearable pain, a bed-ridden woman in Ganjam district has appealed for euthanasia. Jhunu Behera (38), a resident of K Barida village and a mother of four, has sought permission from the President and the Odisha Governor for euthanasia. ‘Instead [...]

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Bioethicists Don’t Have “The Answers” To Life’s Problems

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC So, which is it? Is ” mainstream bioethics” a “come let us reason together” learned discourse in which respected colleagues explore differing views and ethical outlooks, as some in the movement suggest? Or, is it actually, as I opined in Culture of Death: The Assault [...]

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Science Writer Avoids The Point of My Media Stem Cell Bias Charge

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC At least he read the piece, but John Farrell wrote right past the point in attempting to rebut my recent Weekly Standard column about the media’s biased coverage of Geron’s abandonment of embryonic stem cell research. From “A Conservative Protest About Stem Cells and the [...]

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Drug Companies Should Be Stopped From Outsourcing Drug Testing Ethics

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC The human body and its constitutent parts are fast becoming among the world’s most valuable “natural resources.” Indeed, ounce for ounce, human eggs are probably the most expensive (now) commodity in the world. Because human bodies are so valuable, biological colonialism is becoming a growing [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving

The Board of Directors and Staff of the Center for Bioethics and Culture would like to 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 work addressing the bioethical issues that [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving

The Board of Directors and Staff of the Center for Bioethics and Culture would like to 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 work addressing the bioethical issues that [...]

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BioBites: Surrogacy Guidelines to be Issues Next Month, One Mum’s £50,000 IVF Struggle, Personhood Amendment Proposed in Wisconsin, and More

Bioethical news articles for November 23rd: Fatherless: New Documentary Questions Morality of Anonymous Sperm Donation Industry: “A new documentary film released Monday explores how children conceived through anonymous sperm donations are left searching for their true identities, and questions whether the ‘anonymous father’ industry of sperm donation should exist at all. ’Anonymous Father’s Day presents the [...]

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BioBites: Novel Spurs Designer Baby Debate, Fighting Over the Rights of Sperm Donor Babies, Robotics Give Spinal-Cord Injury Sufferers New Independence, and More

Bioethical news articles for November 22nd: A Novel that Spurs the Designer Baby Debate: “If you could pre-programme the genes of your child, what would you wish for? A healthy child, free from risk of disease, sure. But what about other genetic tweaks that could provide your offspring with a kick-start in life? That’s what rogue [...]

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LA Times Circles the Wagons on ESCR

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Consider this an addendum to my Weekly Standard piece on media bias in reporting the collapse of Geron’s embryonic stem cell project that came out on Saturday. The LA Times finally got around to reporting the Geron collapse. Apparently, it had to figure out how [...]

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