Bioethics Articles
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Is there any reliable information about the numbers of human embryos that are frozen or used for experiments in Canada [...]
Bioethics under review
Interim special Reform party M.P. Sharon Hayes and St. Jerome's College philosophy professor Dr. Donald DeMarco are two central speakers [...]
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Is it true that the American Medical Association (AMA) has approved the removal of vital organs, e.g. the heart, from [...]
Canadian law coming to terms with IVF research
Although there had been worldwide shock and dismay over the recent destruction in England of 3,300 (or more) abandoned embryos [...]
Keeping pace with new reproductive realities
The destruction of human embryos in England can be seen as another case of reproductive technology outpacing the law. Research [...]
Divergent views on treatment on embryos
Although the rate of conception is very high with in-vitro fertilization (IVF), successful embryo transfer (ET) and implantation is much [...]
Embryo Destruction worse than feared?
On August 1st, in a move called “a pre-natural massacre” (Vatican’s newspaper L’Osservatore Romano) and “a new milestone for the [...]
Embryo destruction brings hard lesson in new biology
The recent destruction of more than 3,300 embryos by British fertility clinic technicians was a chilling reminder of the vulnerability [...]
Clerics keep pressure on President Clinton over spring veto
U.S. clerics are keeping up the heat on President Bill Clinton for his spring veto of a Congressional ban on [...]
Concerns raised over fetal cell experiments
The Interim In yet another macabre example of unborn children being used for medical experiments, researchers at Stanford University in [...]
Ottawa to ban sperm for profit
The Interim Health minister David Dingwall announced June 5 that Canada is going to ban the sale of human sperm. [...]
New Concerns on reproductive technology
Sue Careless The Interim In the US donor insemination is offered as a commercial service and is worth $165 million [...]
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I have been told that the Catholic Church rejects test-tube babies. Is this true? M. W. Montreal No, it is [...]
Feds to halt embryo dealing
One of Canada’s Health Minister’s last acts before leaving office was the preparation legislation which would restrict the buying and [...]
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Who are the Nobel prize winners who promoted the idea of infanticide of handicapped babies? P.N. Vancouver B.C. Two Nobel [...]