In the summer of 2011, National Director of Human Life International America, Arland Nichols, spoke to Texas Right to Life about the contentious topic of certainty of death and organ donation.
Bioethics
Arland Nichols-Suicide and Organ Donation
In the summer of 2011, National Director of Human Life International America, Arland Nichols, spoke to Texas Right to Life about the contentious topic of suicide and organ donation.
Possible prenatal diagnosis of autism: Could geniuses be aborted?
Studies indicate that new technologies may allow doctors to diagnose autism while a child is still in the womb. Amniocentesis, a test that diagnoses chromosomal disorders like Down syndrome, may be able to indicate whether a child will develop autism after...
High Profile Stem Cell Scientist Heads for Lone Star State
One of Michigan’s most prominent embryonic stem cell research scientists will soon make the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas his new home. Sean J. Morrison is the director at the Center for Stem Cell Biology and a Howard Hughes...
Appeals Court Rules Taxpayer Money Can Fund Embryonic Research
On April 29th, a federal appeals court ruled that President Obama can use taxpayer money to fund embryonic stem cell research despite the fact it destroys a unique human life. This decision repeals an August 2010 preliminary injunction that stopped all taxpayer...
Australian Ethicist Calls for Breeding of Smart Babies
A leading Australian ethicist believes society has a moral obligation to genetically screen embryos to create a smarter society of superior "designer
Obama To Overturn Conscience Clause That Protects Pro-Life Medical Workers
In 2008, former President George W. Bush issued a rule that forbade health care facilities that received federal money from discriminating against any health care professionals, simply because they refused to participate in medical procedures they found morally...
More Evidence that Adult Stem Cells Work: A Man is now HIV-free
Doctors treating a patient’s leukemia with a bone marrow transplant have discovered an astonishing side effect. The patient is now HIV-free. Timothy Ray Brown, a 42-year-old American living in Berlin, Germany, has had no presence of the AIDS virus in his...