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The Selfishness of Assisted Suicide Advocacy/Ideology — Murder/Suicide
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC I make it a point of not criticizing people who commit suicide. None of us knows what might cause such despair that we decide to terminate ourselves. Indeed, my focus … Continue reading
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Tagged assisted suicide, end of life, euthanasia, physician assisted suicide
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Adult Stem Cell Human Trial Begins to Treat Spinal Cord Injury
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC There have been human trials ongoing around the world using adult stem cells from olfactory tissues to treat paralysis caused by spinal cord injury–most famously by Dr. Carlos Lima (not … Continue reading
New Book on Unwise and Futile Human Immortality Quest
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC When I heard immortality researcher Aubrey de Gray make the hubristic claim that funding his work to end human death was more important than funding health care for destitute Africa, … Continue reading
Can There Be a Global Bioethics?
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC I was sent an old article from 2001 that focused on personhood theory and the attempt to redefine death, which criticized bioethics for being unduly Western in its outlook. (It … Continue reading
Geron On Again, Off Again ESCR Human Trial, On Again: What if Doctors Oppose?
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC For years, Geron promised that human trials for its ESCR derived product to treat people with new spinal cord injuries would begin–next year. Then approval was obtained from the FDA. … Continue reading
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Tagged adult stem cell research, embryonic stem cells, Geron, stem cell research, stem cells
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Eggsploitation Now Shipping
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Tagged egg donation, Egg Donors, eggs, eggsploitation
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New Documentary Eggsploitation Reveals the Infertility Industry’s Dirty Little Secret
For Immediate Release Film Presents the Hidden Dangers, Health Risks, and Exploitation of Young Women Through Egg Donation NEW YORK, NY/July 28, 2010 – The infertility industry has a dirty little secret that is dressed in deceptive advertising, large monetary … Continue reading
Eggsploitation Trailer
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Tagged egg donation, egg donor registry, Egg Donors, eggs, eggsploitation, IVY League Egg Donors
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Man Wants to be Killed for His Organs: Organ Non Profit Seems to Applaud
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC This is potentially insidious. Not the despairing man with ALS who wants to be killed for his organs, but the apparent reaction of an organ non profit representative who seems … Continue reading
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Tagged ALS, assisted suicide, end of life, organ donation, physician assisted suicide
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C & C Word Engineering
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Proponents of assisted suicide are ever trying to fool all the people all the time. One method is word engineering. Ever since euthanasia advocacy began over 100 years ago, advocates … Continue reading
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