Bioethics

”68% of these new provisions—92 in 24 states—-restrict access to abortion services, a striking increase from last year, when 26% of new provisions restricted abortion.”

“ ‘Today in America, 40 to 50 percent of all African-American babies, virtually one in two, are killed before they are born, which is a greater cause of death for African-Americans than heart diseases, cancer, diabetes, AIDS, and violence combined,’ Franks said at a hearing on the legislation.”The Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2011

“The scientist who led the team that cloned Dolly the sheep has urged fellow researchers to forego embryonic stem cell research” Dolly scientist


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“…more respondents found cloning animals immoral [62 % ] than doctor assisted suicide [48 % ]. A narrow 45 percent of Americans believe assisted suicide is morally acceptable.

The three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, lifted an injunction that had been placed by federal judge Royce Lamberth on federal funding.