Bioethics
Written on 29 Mar, 2005 at 12:23 in
Bioethics | Author:
LifeSiteNews.com
Special to The Interim
Umbilical cords continue to surprise researchers as an abundant source of stem cells. The Feb. 9 Toronto Star reported that a group of scientists at the University of Toronto has discovered what they are calling the “jackpot” of stem cells in a mass of jelly found ... (Continue reading)
Written on 27 Feb, 2005 at 7:37 in
Bioethics, Book Review, Society & Culture | Author:
Alex Schadenberg
Consumer's Guide to a Brave New World by Wesley Smith (Encounter Books, $38.95 in bookstores or $35.00 through the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, toll free at: 1-877-439-3348, 219 pgs )
Reviewed by
Alex Schadenberg
The ... (Continue reading)
Canada
1. Bill C-6 passes
The government's reproductive and experimental technologies bill will lead to the deaths of untold millions of tiny human beings through destructive embryonic stem cell research and opens to the door to human cloning through poor definitions and loop-holes.
2. Social conservatism and the Canadian election
Prime Minister Paul Martin and his media accomplices inject the topic of abortion into the federal election, although everyone carefully avoids ... (Continue reading)
Written on 10 Dec, 2004 at 12:50 in
Bioethics | Author:
DELHI, India - In 1997 a article the New York Times stated that headless human cloning for organ harvesting would occur within ten years. Scientists now claim to be close to that goal. Speaking at the Conquest Over Mortality conference of the International College of Surgeons, P.B. Desai, an oncologist and former director of the Mumbai-based Tata Memorial Centre said it is just a ... (Continue reading)
Written on 10 Dec, 2004 at 12:45 in
Bioethics, Fetal Rights | Author:
Interim Staff Researchers have again risked the use of fetal tissue in human trials for treating a degenerative eye disease. Elisabeth Bryant, who suffered from retinitis pigmentosa and was completely blind, has had her sight partially restored by a transplant of eye tissue derived from an aborted baby. In ... (Continue reading)
Written on 10 Dec, 2004 at 12:43 in
Bioethics | Author:
LifeSite Daily News
A stem cell researcher was "beyond shock" at how easily stem cells taken from eyes reproduced in the lab. "Within seven days, they go from one cell to 7,000 to 10,000 cells," said Brenda Coles of the University of Toronto, lead author of a report in the Proceedings ... (Continue reading)
Written on 10 Dec, 2004 at 12:41 in
Bioethics, Religion | Author:
Fr. Seamus Hogan
Special to The Interim
There are many issues of importance in the realms of human reproduction and genetics: From birth control and abortion to in-vitro fertilization ... (Continue reading)
Written on 10 Nov, 2004 at 8:00 in
Bioethics | Author:
Paul Tuns
By now, even I am getting tired of reading about embryonic stem cell research. Democratic presidential candidate Senator John Kerry has made it a campaign issue and the deaths this year of ... (Continue reading)
Written on 9 Nov, 2004 at 14:42 in
Bioethics, Editorials | Author:
On Oct. 9, the embryonic stem cell research movement got its martyr with the death of actor Christopher Reeve. A decade ago, the man who played Superman in a series of movies in the 1970s and 1980s fell in a horse-riding accident and became a quadriplegic. In recent years, he became the poster-child for ESCR and one of its leading activists. Not surprising, his body was barely cold when Senators John Kerry and John Edwards, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 7 Jul, 2004 at 15:51 in
Bioethics | Author:
LifeSite NewsStem cell scientists have wasted no time in going ahead with research using discarded embryos from IVF clinics. Dr. Ronald Worton, scientific director of the Stem Cell Network, is co-ordinating a national effort to create stem cell lines from living human beings in the embryonic stage. Many studies have shown that embryonic stem cells have proven to be virtually useless in therapeutic application.
The research project ... (Continue reading)
Written on 7 Jul, 2004 at 14:45 in
Bioethics | Author:
Pro-lifers say it would be wrong to
promote embryo research as Reagan legacy
Interim staff
Ronald Reagan's death from Alzheimer's triggered an outpouring of support for human embryonic stem cell research from numerous members of Congress emboldened by the comments of Reagan's widow, Nancy.
But, in an article in Human Events Online Michael Reagan protested the use of his father's name to support the research. "Two members of the family have been long foes of this ... (Continue reading)
Written on 7 Jul, 2004 at 14:26 in
Abortion, Bioethics, Bits n' Pieces | Author:
Embryonic stem cell research
Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry attacked President George W. Bush for his views on embryonic stem cell research (ESCR), saying he is putting politics before science. "The American people deserve a president who understands that when America invests in science and technology and higher education, we can build a new and stronger economy for the 21st century … While the Bush ... (Continue reading)
Written on 6 Apr, 2004 at 8:33 in
Bioethics, Columnist | Author:
Fr. Ted Colleton
Faith and Life
In its March 3, 2004 issue, LifeSite Daily News made the following statement, "The Senate's social affairs, science and technology committee has unanimously approved Bill C-6, an Act Respecting Assisted Human Reproduction and Related Research." The bill will now go to the third and final reading in the Senate and be given a final vote directly thereafter.
"The legislation allows destructive research on human embryos 'leftover' from fertility clinics; it allows the specific ... (Continue reading)
Written on 6 Apr, 2004 at 7:54 in
Bioethics | Author:
Paul Tuns
By Paul Tuns
The InterimOn March 11, the Senate approved Bill C-6, An Act Respecting Assisted Human Reproduction and Related Research (formerly C-13). The media dutifully did the government's bidding by erroneously reporting that the government's reproductive and experimental technologies bill bans human cloning and regulates embryonic stem cell research.
Such claims have proven to be untrue. As an analysis by Campaign Life Coalition, released last year, demonstrates, shoddy definitions of what a human ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Feb, 2004 at 12:48 in
Abortion, Bioethics, Bits n' Pieces | Author:
Abortion
The Minnesota Medical Association calls a state health department website mentioning studies linking abortion and breast cancer "misleading" and "confusing," while the state branch of the American College of Obstretricians and Gynecologists says the site is deceptive. The health department also claims there are studies that say there is no link ... The Centre for Reproductive Rights tells Focus on the Family, the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute and other pro-life services and organizations to ... (Continue reading)
