by Texas Right to Life | Nov 17, 2016 | Abortion, Bioethics, Embryos and Cloning, Issues, News
Indiana University was caught buying body parts of babies killed in abortions. Earlier this year, at least four Texas medical school were exposed for participating in the trafficking of human body parts. Taxpayer funded schools purchase fetal body parts to conduct...
by Texas Right to Life | Sep 22, 2016 | Bioethics, Issues, News
This week, LifeTalk co-hosts Mark Crutcher, Renee Hobbs, Melissa Conway, and Elizabeth McClung examine what happens when human Life is approached as a commodity to be manipulated and even discarded at will. First up: “gender shopping.” Singer John Legend and model...
by Texas Right to Life | Oct 12, 2010 | Bioethics
It was revealed on October 11th, 2010 that a patient in the U.S. became the first person in the world to receive treatment involving human embryonic stem cells in a FDA approved study. Embryonic stem cell research (ESCR) is fraught with controversy because it...
by Texas Right to Life | Oct 1, 2010 | Bioethics, Newsletter
History of Stem Cell Research What are Stem Cells? Stem cells are the basic building blocks of physiological tissue; they are not yet differentiated into specific types of tissue. Through normal development, they will become every type of tissue in the human...
by Texas Right to Life | Feb 5, 2010 | Bioethics
Modern technology has profound moral implications, both for good and for evil. This is manifestly clear in the ongoing scientific and public debate concerning human stem cell research. To say the least, stem cells have revolutionized the field of regenerative medicine...