CBC

What the CBC Means to Me

Dear Friend of the CBC, As you may know, I serve as chair of the board of directors of The CBC. During the day I practice general surgery in Manhattan . . . Kansas. We call ourselves the Little Apple. We even have a ball drop on New Year’s Eve. I have had the honor [...]

Read the full article →

The Power of Human Stories

Thumbnail image for The Power of Human Stories

Dear Friend, Thank you for your personal interest in the Center for Bioethics and Culture. I deeply appreciate your commitment to helping make a difference in our world. Here’s a quick glimpse of how your partnership helps make a difference. Our approach to film and media is giving voice to the vulnerable. I just received [...]

Read the full article →

Merry Christmas

   During this time of giving, we are especially thankful for what we’ve received: your friendship, your support, and your interest in and commitment to our work. We pray that you and your family will have a blessed Christmas celebration. Merry Christmas from the Board of Directors and Staff of the Center for Bioethics and [...]

Read the full article →

Happy Thanksgiving

Thumbnail image for Happy Thanksgiving

Dear Friends, 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 [...]

Read the full article →

Best of CBC

It’s only natural that some of our articles are more popular than others. Some touch on issues in the current news cycle, while others—like the first item below, which is far and away the most popular article we have ever posted—address bioethics issues that arise in popular culture. Either way it’s good to revisit them [...]

Read the full article →

Thank You

Friends, you’ve done it again. This is the third funding project I’ve done through KickStarter, and each of them has been fully funded. I want to make sure you know how grateful I am for your support of the CBC’s work. Thank you. Your gifts will place the important message of Eggsploitation before a huge, [...]

Read the full article →

100,000+ to Attend

Dear Friend, As you probably know, I have the incredible opportunity to show Eggsploitation at a conference in Italy this August. More than 100,000 people are expected to attend the conference. Can you imagine the impact we might have in bringing the important message of Eggsploitation to such a large, international audience? The CBC team [...]

Read the full article →

Send Eggsploitation to Italy

Thumbnail image for Send Eggsploitation to Italy

Friends,   Over the past year the CBC team has been working to have our award-winning documentary film Eggsploitation translated into Italian. Our translators, Gianfranco Amato and Josephine Quintavalle, are sending me a DVD, and we can’t wait to see it.   Translating the film was a key part of responding to an invitation to [...]

Read the full article →

CBC in the News

“O Brave New World That Has Such Romneys In It”San Francisco Chronicle, May 17, 2012“Although gestational surrogates choose to carry another woman’s child, Jennifer Lahl of the Bay Area’s Center for Bioethics and Culture argues that these arrangements frequently involve rich women ‘exploiting’ poor women in countries like India or less affluent women in the [...]

Read the full article →

Opportunities and Challenges

Friends, The last six weeks have been packed with both new opportunities and challenges. You are helping to sustain me. Each team member of CBC sees that doors are opening in ways that were almost unthinkable even a year ago. Challenging cultural thought can be full of surprises. Be encouraged with us! Here is a [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries