Human cloning is not coming; it is already here. It is time to stop pretending that this is a problem for our children and grandchildren. This is our issue to tackle. Now. In the latest episode of BioTalk, Rebecca and I discuss the realities of human cloning and what we can do to stop it.
TOB Tuesday: Sex in the Intergalactic Future
I recently came across a post on Catholic sci-fi author John C. Wright’s blog titled Theology of the Body, Rishathra and the Cyberpope and, of course, I had to share it here. It was a response to one of Wright’s readers who asked: Considering the normal problems that one would have with producing offspring with another species, one wonders that … Read More
Wanting to Be Disabled?
My friend Mark Pickup weighs in on Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID) and the story of Chloe Jennings-White that I shared last week. Jennings-White, you will recall, wants to pay some hack doctor tens of thousands of dollars to cut the sciatic and femoral nerves in her spinal cord because she “believes both of her legs do not belong to … Read More
Regulating Porn
A couple of good reads on why regulating pornography is a good thing and not at all a “freedom of speech” issue: First, Tim Stanley writes at the Telegraph: Margaret Thatcher wanted to regulate internet porn – and so should all true conservatives “Comrades, hardcore violent porn that degrades women, corrupts the minds of children and tears our society apart … Read More
Cute Royal Baby Blogging!
As I watched the royal couple emerge from the hospital with their still nameless one-day-old baby boy bundled to the hilt, I was wondering if anyone was going to be able to get a clear picture of the new heir to the British throne. Sure enough: (source) (source) (source) Say what you want about the over-the-top media circus that has … Read More
UK Woman Wants Spinal Cord Cut
This is truly disturbing. Last month I told you about people with so-called Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID) who actually want to have their healthy limbs cut off. It appears this disorder is not limited to “amputee wannabes”. According to the Daily Mail: A Cambridge University educated research scientist is so desperate to live the life of a wheelchair-bound person … Read More
One Small Voice Making a Big Difference
Even the smallest person can change the course of the future. -Galadriel, Lord of the Rings Kurt Kondrich writes about his daughter Chloe (shown here with PA Gov. Tom Corbett): Today there is a tiny hidden world of beautiful human beings with Down syndrome hidden in the womb who are being targeted and eliminated because a lost, misguided culture has … Read More
IVF Still a Young Science
In case you missed it the first time, this post was republished at American Life League yesterday: After the death of Robert Edwards, one of the British doctors who perfected in vitro fertilization (IVF), earlier this year, Miriam Zoll took a look at the legacy of third party reproduction, specifically the often overlooked numbers of failed treatments associated with these … Read More
Germany Memorial Planned for Nazi Euthanasia Victims
This is good news: Work has begun on a memorial in Germany for the 300,000 people murdered by the Nazis for having mental and physical disabilities or chronic illnesses. A 30m (100ft) long glass wall is being built in the centre of Berlin, near the former site of the Nazi-era office that organised the “euthanasia” programme. In 1939, Adolf Hitler … Read More
U.S. v. Windsor: Following the Griswold Playbook
This week, two of my favorite lawyers wrote their analysis of last week’s Supreme Court marriage decisions — specifically the ruling on DOMA. First, my friend Jim Cole, legal counsel for Missouri Right to Life, writes at Mercator Net: As the dissents of Justice Scalia and Justice Alito make clear, the reasoning and legal principles on which the ultimate result … Read More
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