Bioethics Articles
Another reason not to give to the March of Dimes
As if the March of Dimes's support for eugenics and abortions in cases of fetal abnormality were not enough, pro-lifers [...]
Flawed cloning ‘ban’ proposed in U.S.
A bi-partisan plan to ban reproductive, but not "therapeutic" or research cloning, will result in "the establishment of human embryo [...]
Wrongful birth judgement decried as ‘deplorable’ and ‘appalling’
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ordered Dr. Ken Kan of Richmond to pay $325,000 to two separated parents, because [...]
Sorting through the intricacies of Bill C-13 ‘An almost unbelievable level of confusion exists’
If Bill C-13 were to be a pro-lifer's dream legislation, what would have to be different about it? What is [...]
Stanford to start biomedical cloning in absence of ban
Stanford University announced in December it is creating an Institute for Cancer/Stem Cell Biology and Medicine. An anonymous donor gave [...]
Cloning claims seen as ludicrous
The day after Christmas, Eve, the first human clone, was born. Or so claims the Quebec-based Raelian cult and its [...]
More adult stem cell breakthroughs
Excitement is building in the world of stem cell research, with breakthroughs being announced regularly, if not daily. But why [...]
Human Cloning
In recent months there has been a great deal of publicity in the newspapers on the question of human cloning. [...]
Don’t send in the clones
In the latest Star Wars film Attack of the Clones, a well-trained army of clone troopers performs brilliantly under pressure [...]
Cloning by any other name still stinks
Should scientists have a right in Canadian law to clone human beings? Yes, indeed, insists Abdallah S. Daar, professor of [...]
The secular case against cloning
Charles Krauthammer is a Uruguayan-born, McGill University-educated medical doctor cum Washington D.C.-based political pundit whose work appears regularly in the [...]
The government is either stupid or barbaric
In explaining why the federal government will allow embryonic stem cell research, Health Minister Anne McLellan said "These are surplus [...]
The problem of ignorance
How many Canadians do you think know the nature of the procedures involved in assisted reproductive technologies and in vitro-fertilization? [...]
Federal funding agency rebuked for embryo research support
Liberal, Alliance and Bloc Quebecois MPs on the House of Commons health committee accused Canadian Institutes of Health Research president [...]
Bush’s bioethics council called too conservative
U.S. President George Bush named University of Chicago ethicist Leon Kass the chairman of his President's Council on Bioethics in [...]