Update on Abortion Coverage Limitations: States Take Action
|This updated chart shows each state’s limitations on abortion funding via health insurance. *Current as of June 2014.
Monthly Archives: June 2014
A Scientific View of When Life Begins
|In this paper, Dr. Maureen Condic examines scientific evidence for the point at which it is evident that human life begins.
Quebec Legalizes Euthanasia, Compromises Conscience
|Late last week, a radical new Euthanasia bill passed into law by a free vote in the National Assembly in Quebec. The bill, Bill 52, passed Thursday afternoon, by a margin of 94 to 22 with no abstentions.
Center for Bioethics and Culture Founder Releases Documentary on Harmful Effects of Surrogacy
|Jennifer Lahl, founder of the Center for Bioethics and Culture and an award-winning film director, recently released her latest documentary entitled Breeders: A Subclass of Women? The new film examines the harmful consequences of surrogacy. Breeders concludes her three-part film series on sexual reproductive technologies. The first installment, Eggsploitation (California Independent Film Festival Best Documentary, 2011), highlighted the risks for […]
Improving Joyful Lives: Society’s Response to Difference and Disability
|This paper looks at the highly complex genetic condition that is Down syndrome and society’s response to individuals with this condition. This important paper points out that while research to improve the lives of those with Down syndrome has progressed, federal funding for it lags considerably behind that for other genetic disorders. Policy recommendations are made for the support of those with this condition and their families.
Cloning is Cloning is Cloning
|This primer on cloning examines the nature and purpose of human cloning in light of recent developments in stem cell technology. The paper points out that all cloning is reproductive and reflects on the immediate outcome of human cloning – a human embryo – while examining the terminology used by cloning advocates to obscure the facts.