Dennis Turner was treated for Parkinson’s disease with his own neural stem cells, taken from his brain, nearly ten years ago. He went into a significant remission that lasted for about four or five years before symptoms returned, that as I wrote in Consumer’s Guide to a Brave New World, . . . . Continue Reading »
Pro lifers in the UK are seeking transparency—that’s the big new buzz word, isn’t it?— about eugenic abortion in the UK, and apparently the government is trying to squelch the news. From the story: They have accused officials of using restrictions that are more heavy-handed . . . . Continue Reading »
I will be debating cloning, stem cells, and lecturing on assisted suicide for the next ten days. I have no doubt the term “human exceptionalism” will come up. In the meantime, I will check in here, too, with posts and reacting to what SHSers have to say. So please stay tuned and keep . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, you can’t say you weren’t warned: A scientific study has found that too much exposure to SHS is bad for the brain. From the story: The research, published today in the British Medical Journal, highlighted a 44% increase in risk of cognitive impairment when exposed to high levels of . . . . Continue Reading »
This understatement of the day is given to us by Alfie Patten, the thirteen-year-old British boy who just became a father: Alfie Patten, 13, and his girlfriend Chantelle Steadman, 15, decided to keep Maisie who was conceived after one night of unprotected sex. Alfie, who is just 4ft tall, . . . . Continue Reading »
On January 27, 2009, Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-PA 11th District) responded to a caller on C-SPAN , who, struggling to support her family while earning fewer than ten dollars an hour, was questioning the unaccounted recent federal bailouts. She was polite, but angry. Here’s my . . . . Continue Reading »
As I get ready to fly to Dublin, I learn that chimpanzees are dancers . . . . Continue Reading »
We keep hearing from those who support dehydration that taking food and water away from cognitively disabled patients leads to a “gentle death.” I have written debunking this fallacy, but here is a reporter’s take on Eluana’s death so you can judge for yourself. From the . . . . Continue Reading »
Compassion and Choices (formerly Hemlock Society) is the abundantly funded, prime mover and shaker for the assisted suicide movement in the USA. It unquestionably had a good year in 2008 with the passage of I-1000 in Washington and the imposition of a fundamental state constitutional right to . . . . Continue Reading »
Michael New’s latest on the claims of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good is a must read: An August 2008 study released by the group Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good had Obama supporters (and some editorial boards) swooning. Analyzing state level abortion data from 1982 to . . . . Continue Reading »
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