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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 22nd, 2009
By proclamation of Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger (California) and Jim Doyle (Wisconsin), and Mayors Gavin Newsom (San Francisco) and Jerry Sanders (San Diego), September 23 is “Stem Cell Awareness Day.” It is a good day to rejoice that we all began our earthly journey as embryonic stem cells, give thanks for the medical advancement and proven [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 20th, 2009
Although “Woman X,” a thirty-five-year-old scientist, had a pre-existing ovarian condition, her sad story adds further weight to the argument that the hyperstimulation of ovaries is. not. a. good. thing. As readers of Bioethike know, besides a procedure for in vitro fertilization (IVF), ovary hyperstimulation of thousands if not more women will be required in [...]
Posted in ESCR on Apr 22nd, 2009
Kathy Lynn Grossman asks in today’s USA Today Faith and Reason blog,
Would you let your embryos — left over in a clinic freezer from your efforts to have a child — languish on ice forever, be discarded or be used by medical researchers looking for ways to cure dread diseases?
Why, yes of course, Ms. Grossman, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 7th, 2009
This March 31 article in Time suggests that doubts linger about the long-term health affects of human egg donation, which require hormone injections among other things, although there have been no studies completed thus far.
HT: Center for Genetics and Society.
The Reverend Robert C. Baker, B.B.A, M.Div., is an ordained pastor in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, and serves the Church as an editor at the denomination's publishing house. He is currently pursuing an M.S. degree in Health Care Ethics at Creighton University. He is the author of What Happened To Merry Christmas? and How Do You Start a Fire with Water? and has authored or edited numerous Bible studies and books.