by Texas Right to Life | Oct 1, 2010 | Bioethics
On August 23rd, the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia enjoined an executive order that President Obama signed in March of 2009. Obama’s executive order reversed the restrictions on government funding of embryonic stem cell...
by Texas Right to Life | Sep 1, 2010 | Bioethics
On August 13, the FDA approved the use of ella as a controversial form of emergency contraceptive. The FDA stated that ella can prevent pregnancy as many as five days after sex. Studies have shown that it can decrease the chance of pregnancy by about...
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...
