The view that human life begins at conception is a favoured view of most of the pro-life camp. By it, they do not mean that the sperm and ova were not alive and only became so at conception, but rathe… more →
Human Enhancement and BiopoliticsJoshua wrote 3 months ago: The view that human life begins at conception is a favoured view of most of the pro-life camp. By it … more →
crazybengal wrote 4 months ago: From Melanie Phillips on the creation of animal/human hybrid embryos for “research purposes … more →
saba7saba7 wrote 5 months ago: The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has added his voice to the debate over the implemen … more →
Joshua wrote 6 months ago: An update to the story I blogged about a couple of months ago regarding proposed changes to Germany … more →
Joshua wrote 6 months ago: The Australian Capital Territory has just ruled to allow therapeutic cloning. Which is of course sen … more →
conceptualizer wrote 6 months ago: Embryology Bill WARNING: If you are religious and intolerant of other people having a negative view … more →
Joshua wrote 6 months ago: This bioethics twist on the classical ‘fat-man trolley problem‘ of moral philosophy can … more →
thehumaneletters wrote 6 months ago: Here is a letter from today’s Times that puts forward the incredibly simple and rational Catho … more →
Joshua wrote 6 months ago: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has yielded to the public pressure (most of it by religious nuts … more →
homoeconomicusnet wrote 6 months ago: While Gordon Brown offers a free vote over certain issues of the new embryology bill there is someth … more →
Joshua wrote 6 months ago: The Words this Wednesday come from Friday’s sermon by Catholic cardinal Keith O’Brien, g … more →
samunsted wrote 6 months ago: Above is today’s Toles Cartoon from the Washington Post. There is to be a small change in the … more →
David wrote 6 months ago: It intrigued me that it was the Catholic Cardinal of Scotland who chose this Easter to lead the camp … more →
Joshua wrote 7 months ago: I said in my post about a possible genetic manipulation for viral immunity that a knockout human wou … more →
Joshua wrote 7 months ago: If sex destroys embryos, how can one be a pro-lifer and yet still seek to conceive naturally? John H … more →
Joshua wrote 7 months ago: Another argument, the one that says no therapies have ever come from embryonic stem cells, has died … more →
Joshua wrote 7 months ago: Two American states, Nebraska and Missouri, have recently seen changes to cloning legislature or pro … more →
Joshua wrote 7 months ago: I’ve noticed Leon Kass, the conservative bioethicist who headed up the US President’s Co … more →
Joshua wrote 7 months ago: In some of the recent news articles I have read have mentioned the recent research deriving pluripot … more →