By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC The current First Things (June/July 2010) has an important article by Eric Cohen and Yuval Levin — both of whom were staffers on the President’s Council on Bioethics under Leon Kass. They note that President Obama has profoundly downplayed bioethics in his presidency so far [...]
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For Immediate Release November 24, 2009 President Obama Establishes New Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, Names Commission Leadership WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order creating a new Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. He also announced today he has appointed Amy Gutmann to serve as Chair [...]
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