Wesley J Smith As we come to the end of the first tenth of the 21st century, pundits are making lists about the decade just past: the biggest stories, the worst movies. In that spirit, here’s a list of the top ten stories in bioethics. This isn’t an idle exercise. Bioethics matters. The field exerts …
Technological Morality: The top ten bioethics stories of the decade Read More »
Wesley J Smith From the moment President George W. Bush imposed federal funding restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, Big Biotech, patient advocacy groups, celebrities and the media have been obsessed with eviscerating the policy. Indeed, although the Bush administration funded about $175 million in grants for human embryonic stem cell research, and despite the …
On November 10, 2007, LLDF held its fourteenth annual banquet. Once again the venue was the beautiful and historic Bellevue Club on the east shore of Lake Merritt in Oakland, California. The evening began with an invocation by Fr. Emmerich Vogt, O.P. Following the invocation, LLDF president John Streett welcomed the guests and introduced the …
Embryonic Stem Cell Research—Mythology 101: The 2007 LLDF Banquet Read More »
Wesley J. Smith New discoveries pave the way for ethical stem-cell research, thanks to the president’s policies. Throughout his presidency, the Science Intelligentsia has castigated President Bush for placing limits on the federal funding of embryonic-stem-cell research (ESCR). Acting as if he had banned ESCR, which of course he hadn’t, “the scientists” and their camp …
The case of the People’s Advocate and the National Tax Limitation Foundation v. the Independent Citizen’s Oversight Committee (ICOC) has ended with the California supreme court denying LLDF’s petition to review the case.(1) One justice, Kennard, indicated she was of the opinion the case should be reviewed. Unfortunately for the unborn, the California taxpayer and …
Life After Proposition 71 (That Is, for Some of Us) Read More »
[The following excerpt is from an article “What We Know About Embryonic Stem Cells” originally published in First Things, January, 2007 (www.firstthings.com) and is reprinted with permission. This excellent article may be read in its entirety at http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=5420 —Ed.] […] Experience from multiple laboratories over the past decade confirms that it is extremely difficult to …
LLDF was recently invited to U.C. Davis to participate on a panel on the issue of stem cell research which was convened for the members of their California Agricultural Leadership Program. The panel consisted of two opponents of embryonic stem cell research (ESCR) and three proponents. Each panel member was given an opportunity to state …
From the Editor: Atlas Shrugs as Our Culture Dies Read More »
California voters’ decision in 2004 to spend nearly $3 billion on stem cell research has energized “sanctity of life” lawyers both here and in other parts of the United States. This network of attorneys and a cadre of nonprofits started out more than a decade ago fighting to protect abortion protesters’ free speech rights. More …
Jennifer Lahl Legislative Déjà vu For those who aren’t following the national human cloning debate, (although it sometimes feels like a traveling dog and pony show) the “Show Me” state of Missouri is currently in a battle similar to that which California faced back in 2004 as Proposition 71 successfully strapped the Golden State with …
On May 12, 2006, the Alameda Superior Court, Judge Bonnie Sabraw presiding, entered judgment in the litigation challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 71, which created California’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Life Legal Defense Foundation represented two taxpayer groups in the case, Plaintiffs People’s Advocate and the National Tax Limitation Foundation, who challenged the constitutionality of …
