Bioethics Articles
Fetal tissue transplants dangerous, unethical
Interim Staff Researchers have again risked the use of fetal tissue in human trials for treating a degenerative eye disease. [...]
Adult stem cells prove superior for treatment
LifeSite Daily News A stem cell researcher was "beyond shock" at how easily stem cells taken from eyes reproduced in [...]
Everything you need to know about stem cell research
There are many issues of importance in the realms of human reproduction and genetics: From birth control and abortion to [...]
The presidency and stem cell research
By now, even I am getting tired of reading about embryonic stem cell research. Democratic presidential candidate Senator John Kerry [...]
Morality and science are on the same side in stem cell debate
On Oct. 9, the embryonic stem cell research movement got its martyr with the death of actor Christopher Reeve. A [...]
Scientists waste no time destroying embryos for research
LifeSite NewsStem cell scientists have wasted no time in going ahead with research using discarded embryos from IVF clinics. Dr. [...]
Not in his name
Pro-lifers say it would be wrong to promote embryo research as Reagan legacy Interim staff Ronald Reagan's death from Alzheimer's [...]
Bits ‘n’ Pieces
Embryonic stem cell research Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry attacked President George W. Bush for his views on embryonic [...]
Moral versus immoral stem cell research
In its March 3, 2004 issue, LifeSite Daily News made the following statement, "The Senate's social affairs, science and technology [...]
‘Heaven help us’ Canada allows human cloning, embryonic stem cell research
By Paul Tuns The InterimOn March 11, the Senate approved Bill C-6, An Act Respecting Assisted Human Reproduction and Related [...]
Bits ‘n’ Pieces
Abortion The Minnesota Medical Association calls a state health department website mentioning studies linking abortion and breast cancer "misleading" and "confusing," [...]
Priest argues in favour of denying food and fluids
By Gillian Long The InterimPro-lifers were very concerned after the Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute's third annual Connie Heng Lecture in [...]
Cloning vote revisited at the UN
By Sam Singson The InterimIn an unprecedented move, the General Assembly on Dec. 9 struck down a legal committee decision [...]
The top stories of 2003
Same-sex 'marriage' Without a doubt, the biggest news story of 2003 is the June 10 Ontario Superior Court decision granting [...]
Why embryo research ‘needs’ government funding
The reason that the ALS Society of Canada, and other like-minded organizations, want the government to approve Bill C-13 is [...]