Bioethics Articles
Cloning ban debated at UN
Delegates from around the world met at the UN Sept. 29 to Oct. 3. They were charged with the task [...]
Uncertainity over reprotech bill
Bill C-13, An Act Respecting Human Reproduction and Related Technologies, hangs in limbo as the federal government seems unsure of [...]
A voice of reason for the 21st century
Life, Liberty and the Defense of Dignity: The Challenge for Bioethics By Leon R. Kass M.D. (Encounter Books, 313 pgs [...]
British couple sue for wrongful birth
British pro-life campaigners are critical of a High Court ruling that has awarded compensation to a couple because their daughter [...]
Human-rabbit embryos created by scientists
Researchers in China have announced the successful creation of animal-human chimeras which have survived till the blastocyst stage - at [...]
Natural Procreative Technology has the potential to make IVF obsolete
Infertility has become an epidemic in the Western world. One out of six couples are seeking some sort of medical [...]
Medical journal surrenders science to politics
What is arguably the most influential medical journal in the world has announced that it will publish more studies on [...]
Methods of pre-natal eugenics improved
The findings of a recent study conducted by the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal show an increase in the number [...]
Arthritis society changes tune on embryonic stem cell research
Soon after LifeSite News published an expose on The Arthritis Society, revealing a position paper and statements by TAS President [...]
How my stem cells gave me two more years of life
When Dr. M told me, two years ago, that I had multiple myeloma, he added that a) the disease is [...]
Why the rush?
As we report on page 3, the Canadian Institutes for Health Research has gone ahead with its own plans on [...]
CIHR jumps gun and moves to fund research on embryos
The Canadian Institutes for Health Research has shown blatant disregard for parliamentary prerogative with its announcement that it will go [...]
Stem Cells for money
One of the most puzzling questions regarding stem cell research has been: why are researchers so hungry for embryonic stem [...]
How old was Dolly the sheep?
Back in 1997, pro-life activist Cynthia Chauncey wrote a letter to the editor about Dolly, the world's first un-fathered sheep. [...]
Cloning advocates stage Toronto promo
There wasn't just cloning around happening when the Toronto chapter of the Raelian movement held a lecture on "Human Cloning: [...]