Bioethike

Dr. George Tiller, who was reported to have performed abortions up to the day before delivery in his Wichita clinic, was shot to death today in the lobby of Reformation Lutheran Church (ELCA) where he was a member.  Notes The New York Times, Dr. Tiller, who had performed abortions since the 1970s, had long been [...]

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These days, there’s no stopping the progress of adult stem cell research. Australia’s News.com is reporting that scientists have found a way to coat common contact lenses with adult eye stem cells so that corneas can be regenerated. Amazing! Notes University of New South Wales medical researcher Dr. Nick Di Girolamo: “The stem cells were [...]

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The North County Times reports that the Boys and Girls Clubs of Oceanside (California) sponsored a “Teens Talk Teens” video contest on teen pregnancy by high schoolers. While all winners, including grand prize winners Bobby Taylor and Nate Strong (you can see their video at the BGC Oceanside site) entered superior videos, I was particularly [...]

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In a piece entitled “Abortion Rights Backers Get Reassurances on Nominee,” The Washington Post is effectively reporting that pro-life supporters may indeed have something to fear after all in President Obama’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the highest court in the land. While the humorous White House press secretary Robert Gibbs insisted that the [...]

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With Dr. Gagnon’s permission: Why a “Sexual Orientation” and “Gender Identity” “Hate Crimes” Law Is Bad for You Part 1: Promoting hatred of people opposed to homosexual practice and transgenderism by Robert A. J. Gagnon, Ph.D. May 28, 2009 The so-called “Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act” (H.R. 1913), passed by the U.S. House [...]

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OneNewsNow reports that, according to Jonathan Saenz of the Free Market Foundation, since Texas implemented an abstinence approach to sex ed in the early 1990s, teen pregnancies have dropped by 24 percent. Teen abortions have dropped by 41 percent, and teen births have declined by 22 percent.

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Science Daily is reporting that the drug Abraxane, which uses human albumin to aid in the delivery of chemotherapy drugs to the body, nearly doubled non-progressive survival of patients with metastatic breast cancer. Unlike traditional chemicals that are combined with chemotherapy drugs, Abraxane also appears to have fewer side effects. You can read the entire [...]

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My mom was a registered nurse for many years before becoming a teacher at the local high school. Due to her service in the health field, and with thanks to her for the many dinnertime conversations about health care issues that, humorously, often made my father squirm in his seat, I’m sensitive to the consciences [...]

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The BBC is reporting that the Scottish abortion rate rose to a high of 13, 817 last year, of which 25% were carried out on pregnant teenagers. As I noted here, the English government’s push for contraception resulted in an increase in abortions. Scotland’s most senior Roman Catholic cleric, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, had this to [...]

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David Prentice at the Family Research Council is finding more and more publications discussing iPSCs (induced pluripotent stem cells; these are reprogramed adult cells), versus ESCs (embryonic stem cells, or cells taken from human embryos, typically blastocysts, in which the tiny human is destroyed). More news, and good news, indeed. Notes Prentice, iPS cells fulfill [...]

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