Archive for April, 2007
More on the Supreme Court’s Ruling
On April 19th, the U.S. Supreme Court reached a landmark decision. In a 5-4 decision, the Court upheld the 2003 Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act as constitutional. There is much to rejoice about, yet much remains to be done.
The Court has struck a balance between a woman’s right to choose to terminate her pregnancy and [...]Personhood: The View From the Womb (8)
Today’s podcast continues our series on human personhood, this time looking into the womb, and what Scripture has to say about human value there. Our news item comes from the world of nanotechnology, and we look at some of the ethics.
The Conception View of Personhood: A Review
Nanotechnology Risks – The Real IssuesTheme Music: Gli Uccelli [...]
Breaking News: Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Upheld
By a narrow 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court today upheld a federal law banning the late-term abortion procedure called ‘intact dilation and extraction,’ better-known by the label ‘partial-birth abortion.’ This is a major victory for the pro-life cause.
Partial-birth abortion (as we have discussed in an earlier post), has been called by one author “constitutionally [...]Whither Human Dignity?
As anyone who hasn’t been living on the planet Mars recently must surely know, there was a big furor last week over remarks by veteran broadcaster Don Imus. His injudicious use of racist and sexist remarks about the Rutgers University Women’s Basketball team got him fired from his job. His show, “Imus in the Morning,” [...]
Hype or Real Hope in Biotechnology?
Ethicist Nigel Cameron has called this the “Biotech Century,” which is certainly apt, given all of the excitement over new ways to intervene into biology and medicine, even tantalizing research to change our genetic makeup and to lengthen human life.
But here’s a sober bit of perspective. “Biotech” has become such a holy grail, attracting a [...]What is a Person? (7)
Our April podcast begins a series on human personhood, and the idea that this begins at the moment of conception. We support this view by examining the image of God as taught in the pages of Genesis.
Our news item this time is from the Vermont legislature, which recently voted down a measure to legalize physician-assisted [...]
