by Texas Right to Life | Aug 1, 2010 | Abortion, Bioethics, News
Few people know that the early feminist movement was staunchly Pro-Life. Ironically, many feminist groups, such as NOW, have made advocacy for abortion their priority—a goal that would have startled and disappointed the founders of the suffragist...
by Texas Right to Life | Jul 27, 2010 | Bioethics, Embryos and Cloning, News
Return to Human Cloning Home Page Why would anyone want to create cloned human embryos? Some scientists think that stem cells extracted from cloned human embryos will be useful for the treatment of human diseases. They claim that a clone of the patient will...
by Texas Right to Life | Jul 27, 2010 | Bioethics, Embryos and Cloning, News
Return to Human Cloning Home Page Does research on cloned human embryos cause the death of those embryos? Yes. When scientists dismember cloned human embryos by extracting their stem cells, the inner cell mass is destroyed, causing the death of the...
by Texas Right to Life | Jul 27, 2010 | Bioethics, Embryos and Cloning, News
Return to Human Cloning Home Page Does a human cloning ban prohibit in vitro fertilization (IVF) techniques? No. A ban on human cloning only prohibits the creation of cloned human embryos (through asexual reproduction). In vitro fertilization is sexual...
by Texas Right to Life | Jul 27, 2010 | Bioethics, Embryos and Cloning, News
Return to Human Cloning Home Page Embryonic stem cell researchers comment on the challenges of using stem cells from embryos: Rarely have specific growth factors or culture conditions led to establishment of cultures containing a single cell type….[T]he...