Archive for September, 2006
A ‘Genetic Outlaw’ Speaks Out
A law professor in Minneapolis has recently become an “outlaw” in the eyes of some. Her crime? She chose not to have an abortion when she received a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome. Elizabeth Schiltz had her baby anyway, and writes about her experience in Defiant Birth: Women Who Resist Medical Eugenics (2006, Spinifex Press). [...]
A New Idea in Stem Cell Research?
It was too good to be true. A recent report from Reuters documents a new technique that produces early stem cells, but without destroying embryos. But the devil is in the details. As I discussed in my July 30th post, destroying embryonic humans for the supposed betterment of others violates long-held ethical standards against the [...]
