Bioethics articles

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Date: 10 May 2004
Excerpt: The affiliated Phoebe R. Berman Bioethics Institute at the Johns Hopkins University plans another such forum Thursday and is conducting extensive surveys on ...
Source: Baltimore Sun -

Made-to-order babies prompt ethics debate
Date: 10 May 2004
Excerpt: Unregulated industry: Valparaiso University professor Gilbert Meilaender, a member of the President’s Council on Bioethics, called the practice “morally ...
Source: Daily Times -

Despite Destruction of Life, Americans Back Embryo Screening
Date: 8 May 2004
Excerpt: Daniel McConchie, director of public relations and public policy for The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity, echoed Doerflinger's sentiments. ...
Source: LifeNews.com -

Your mother should know: Individual choices determine humanity's ...
Date: 8 May 2004
Excerpt: That's the thesis of Leon Kass, one of the world's leading medical ethicists and also chairman of the President's Council on Bioethics, a group of scholars ...
Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune -

Lawyers Look to Bioethics
Date: 7 May 2004
Excerpt: She now lives in upstate Niskayuna, NY, with a traveling husband, two babies and a home computer that allows her to pursue a master's degree in bioethics. ...
Source: NY Lawyer -

Singer authors book on the role of ethics in Bush presidency
Date: 7 May 2004
Excerpt: He became the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the Center for Human Values at the University in 1999 amid heated debates. ...
Source: Daily Princetonian -

Schiavo law ruled invalid; governor to appeal
Date: 7 May 2004
Excerpt: Kenneth Goodman, who heads the University of Miami's bioethics program, called Thursday's ruling ``an antidote to legislative civil disobedience.''. ...
Source: Miami Herald (subscription) -

Baby's Being Created for Stem Cells for Siblings
Date: 7 May 2004
Excerpt: ...or surrogate motherhood. But a member of the president's council on bioethics calls the practice morally troubling. How can these ...
Source: KSL-TV -

Focus on the Family Applauds FDA Decision on 'Plan B'; Ruling ' ...
Date: 7 May 2004
Excerpt: COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., May 7 /US Newswire/ -- Focus on the Family Senior Bioethics Analyst Carrie Gordon Earll issued the following statement today in ...
Source: U.S. Newswire (press release) -

Experts leery of new Va. anti-CU law
Date: 7 May 2004
Excerpt: But while acknowledging the damage to legal recognition for gay couples, Robert Lombardo, a professor of bioethics and law at the University of Virginia, said ...
Source: Washington Blade -

It's dilution, stupid!
Date: 7 May 2004
Excerpt: ...inherent social structure. Kelly Hollowell, JD, Ph.D., is a scientist, patent attorney and adjunct law professor of bioethics. She is ...
Source: WorldNetDaily -

HealthWatch: Screening Babies for Stem Cell Donation
Date: 6 May 2004
Excerpt: ...adoption, frozen or discarded. A member of the president's Council on Bioethics calls preimplantation tissue-typing morally troubling.
Source: KPIX-TV 5 -

Terri's Law declared unconstitutional
Date: 6 May 2004
Excerpt: Kenneth Goodman, who heads the University of Miami's bioethics program, called Thursday's ruling "an antidote to legislative civil disobedience.". ...
Source: Kansas City Star (subscription) -

The Islamically Correct Test-Tube Baby
Date: 6 May 2004
Excerpt: Though the President’s Council on Bioethics is just beginning to reevaluate infertility techniques in the United States, scientists and clerics in the Middle ...
Source: Beliefnet.com -

LOCAL NOTES: Aquila open house, Midwest Bioethics dinner, SBC ...
Date: 5 May 2004
Excerpt: Aquila Inc. plans an open house in Harrisonville to give the public more details about a proposed power plant in the area. The event ...
Source: Kansas City Star (subscription) -

Professor: Human life will one day be extended
Date: 5 May 2004
Excerpt: ...was part of the perspectives lecture series co-sponsored by the Department of Medical Humanities at the Brody School of Medicine and the Bioethics Center of ...
Source: Greenville Daily Reflector -

Babies Born to Be Donors Raise Concerns
Date: 5 May 2004
Excerpt: Valparaiso University professor Gilbert Meilaender, a member of the President's Council on Bioethics, called the practice "morally troubling.". ...
Source: Los Angeles Times (subscription) -

'Research' can panic, not help, public
Date: 5 May 2004
Excerpt: BY ARTHUR CAPLAN. Arthur Caplan is chairman of the Department of Medical Ethics and director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. ...
Source: Newsday -

'Designer Children' Experiments Dehumanizing, Says Center for ...
Date: 4 May 2004
Excerpt: John Kilner, president of The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity and recently returned from a meeting in South Korea with cloning and embryonic stem cell ...
Source: U.S. Newswire (press release) -

Lab helps create babies to aid sick siblings
Date: 4 May 2004
Excerpt: Gilbert Meilaender, a professor at Valparaiso University in Indiana and a member of the President's Council on Bioethics , called the practice "morally ...
Source: Boston Globe -

ALL to Congress: Embryonic Stem Cell Research Is Unethical
Date: 4 May 2004
Excerpt: Joseph Howard, director of ALL's American Bioethics Advisory Commission, issued the following letter to every member of the United States Congress. ...
Source: U.S. Newswire (press release) -

Patients should be well informed about their options for medical ...
Date: 4 May 2004
Excerpt: This advice was given by Dr. Jack Hanford, a Methodist minister and author of "Bioethics from a Faith Perspective," during a series of discussions held last ...
Source: Paynesville Press -

Embryo testing leads to babies that offer hope to ill siblings
Date: 4 May 2004
Excerpt: In an editorial accompanying the report Tuesday, Dr. Norman C. Fost, a pediatrics professor and the director of the bioethics program at the University of ...
Source: Kansas City Star (subscription) -

US Catholic Leaders Refuse Explicit Papal Directive on Nutrition ...
Date: 3 May 2004
Excerpt: The reaction of some prominent Catholic ethicists has been a reflection of the divide in medical ethics between the teaching of the Church and modern bioethics ...
Source: Lifesite -

Monday May 3, 2004
Date: 3 May 2004
Excerpt: The reaction of some prominent Catholic ethicists has been a reflection of the divide in medical ethics between the teaching of the Church and modern bioethics ...
Source: Lifesite -

Reproductive medicine guidelines called effective
Date: 2 May 2004
Excerpt: On the heels of a report from the President's Council on Bioethics calling for more self-regulation in the medical field of assisted reproduction, a study ...
Source: American Medical News -

2004 Yomiuri Shimbun proposal for constitutional revision / ...
Date: 2 May 2004
Excerpt: ...to amend Japan's supreme law that emphasizes the importance of the family as the foundation of society and incorporates a clause on bioethics that could outlaw ...
Source: Daily Yomiuri -

The Politics of Bioethics
Date: 1 May 2004
Excerpt: ...human life," not using it as a means to even the noblest ends. But it is not clear that simply playing defense on this and other bioethics issues will succeed. ...
Source: The Weekly Standard (subscription) -

Group to present economic findings
Date: 30 Apr 2004
Excerpt: Research into aging and ethical questions raised by the possibility of humans living far longer will be the topic of a bioethics lecture Tuesday at the Brody ...
Source: Greenville Daily Reflector -

Selection of gender a question of ethics
Date: 29 Apr 2004
Excerpt: Earlier this year, the President's Council on Bioethics, made up of scholars and scientists commissioned by President Bush, approved a preliminary report on ...
Source: Fort Wayne News Sentinel -

The pursuit of happiness
Date: 28 Apr 2004
Excerpt: The President's Council on Bioethics recently delivered a report called "Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness." The panel defined the ...
Source: Christian Science Monitor -

Tax Dollars Best Invested in Proven Research: Focus on the Family ...
Date: 28 Apr 2004
Excerpt: COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 28 /US Newswire/ -- Focus on the Family Senior Policy Analyst for Bioethics Carrie Gordon Earll issued the following statement ...
Source: U.S. Newswire (press release) -

BIOLOGICAL TESTAMENT: SIRCHIA, MORE POWER TO BIOETHICS
Date: 27 Apr 2004
Excerpt: ...(AGI) - Rome, Apr 27.- The biological testament, approved by the national committee for bioethics must pass the two parliamentary stages but... ...
Source: Agenzia Giornalistica Italia -

Too many parents and too few
Date: 27 Apr 2004
Excerpt: ...destruction. For the last seven years, the Council of Europe has had a protocol to the Convention of Bioethics banning human cloning. ...
Source: Valletta Times -

Permanent provost named
Date: 26 Apr 2004
Excerpt: Dr. Larry Palmer, an endowed chair at the Institute for Bioethics, Health and Law, was the other candidate considered for the position. ...
Source: Louisville Cardinal -

Youth perspective new at third bioethics forum
Date: 23 Apr 2004
Excerpt: ...works from high school, so I'll explain," the WiCell Research Institute fellow said Thursday at the third annual International Bioethics Forum here. ...
Source: The Capital Times -

New Study Investigates Use of PGD's Role in Reducing Multiple ...
Date: 22 Apr 2004
Excerpt: Expected to Advance Recent Findings Reported in New England Journal of Medicine, Study Supports Guidelines Recommended by President's Council on Bioethics. ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Bioethics Issues Prominent at BIO 2004 in San Francisco
Date: 20 Apr 2004
Excerpt: At the same time, the introduction of any new technology sparks new debates about its ethical and social implications. "Bioethics is a topic for the ...
Source: PR Newswire (press release) -

Bioethics Issues Prominent at BIO 2004 in San Francisco
Date: 20 Apr 2004
Excerpt: ..."Bioethics is a topic for the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) every day of the year and one that we ... Among the bioethics sessions that are planned:
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

Bioethics chief Kass proffers ethical food for thought
Date: 20 Apr 2004
Excerpt: Kass, the controversial chairman of President Bush's Commission on Bioethics, was disputing the claim made by advocates of cloning for medical research that ...
Source: Pasadena Star-News -

Varsities sign MoU for research on bioethics
Date: 20 Apr 2004
Excerpt: Madras and Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical University yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to take up educational programmes and research on bioethics ...
Source: News Today -

Bioethics Council Chairman Speaks With FRC About Troubling Report
Date: 19 Apr 2004
Excerpt: Today Family Research Council (FRC) is publishing on its website a short "Q&A" with Dr. Leon Kass, who chairs the President's Council on Bioethics. ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

Bioethics Council Chairman Speaks With FRC About Troubling Report
Date: 19 Apr 2004
Excerpt: In an Interview With FRC, Chairman Leon Kass Clears up Confusion Over Recent Bioethics Report WASHINGTON, April 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Family Research ...
Source: PR Newswire (press release) -

Established in 1844: America's Oldest Catholic Newspaper In ...
Date: 15 Apr 2004
Excerpt: Dr. John Haas, president of the National Catholic Bioethics Center in Boston, is set to speak at 7:30 pm Wednesday, April 21, at the St. ...
Source: Pittsburgh Catholic -

Annual Bioethics Forum to explore genetic testing
Date: 14 Apr 2004
Excerpt: ...of new abilities to conduct genetic tests for disease and predisposition to disease will be the focus of the Third Annual International Bioethics Forum on ...
Source: Wisconsin Technology Network -

Being Human
Date: 12 Apr 2004
Excerpt: But deeper issues roam just beyond The Land of the Obvious, and the two-year-old President's Council on Bioethics is charged with visiting them. ...
Source: Christian Science Monitor -

Bioethics council reaches consensus on assisted reproduction
Date: 11 Apr 2004
Excerpt: The President's Council on Bioethics has released a consensus report on reproductive technology that calls for federally funded research, more self-regulation ...
Source: American Medical News -

Live Sage Crossroads Interview With Dr. Leon Kass, Chairman of ...
Date: 8 Apr 2004
Excerpt: Join us on http://www.sagecrossroads.net for a live, one- on-one webcast with Dr. Leon Kass, Chairman of the President's Council on Bioethics, to discuss the ...
Source: PRNewswire (press release) -

The doctors of myth and fantasy meet bioethics
Date: 7 Apr 2004
Excerpt: Nowhere is this more obvious than in the debates undertaken by the President's Council on Bioethics, which confront the changes in the biological revolution by ...
Source: Town Hall -

'Designer Children' Experiments Dehumanizing, Says Center for ...
Date: 05 May 2004
Excerpt: John Kilner, president of The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity and recently returned from a meeting in South Korea with cloning and embryonic stem cell ...
Source: U.S. Newswire (press release) -

President's Bioethics Chairman Charges Recent Report was Misused
Date: 05 May 2004
Excerpt: Critics charge that some members of the President's Council on Bioethics, along with their allies in the media, have misrepresented the most recent Council ...
Source: Michnews.com -

'Research' can panic, not help, public
Date: 05 May 2004
Excerpt: BY ARTHUR CAPLAN. Arthur Caplan is chairman of the Department of Medical Ethics and director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. ...
Source: Newsday -

Babies Born to Be Donors Raise Concerns
Date: 05 May 2004
Excerpt: Valparaiso University professor Gilbert Meilaender, a member of the President's Council on Bioethics, called the practice "morally troubling.". ...
Source: Los Angeles Times (subscription) -

Swaminathan panel flayed for ambiguity
Date: 05 May 2004
Excerpt: Like Dr Sahai, she also suggested instituting of a National Bioethics Commission to steward the technology with responsibility and sensitivity. ...
Source: The Hindu -

Yomiuri proposal gets praise
Date: 05 May 2004
Excerpt: In addition, it relates to bioethics as well as such newly emerging concepts of human rights as those relating to information and intellectual property, so I ...
Source: Daily Yomiuri -

Central Exchange recognizes Pletz
Date: 4 May 2004
Excerpt: City, Community Health Group, Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City Public Television, Central Bank, Rockhurst University, Midwest Bioethics Center, Kansas ...
Source: Kansas City Star (subscription) -

US News ranks 3 DePaul grad programs in top 10
Date: 4 May 2004
Excerpt: ...competitive students with paid work experience at the AMA after their first year of law school and the Center for the Study of Race & Bioethics, which serves ...
Source: Chicago Sun Times -

Euthanasia Campaigner Jailed for Attempted Murder
Date: 4 May 2004
Excerpt: Michael McCabe, the director of a Catholic bioethics organization in Wellington called the Nathaniel Center said Monday the Martin case certainly did not ...
Source: Cybercast News Service -

US Catholic Leaders Refuse Explicit Papal Directive on Nutrition ...
Date: 3 May 2004
Excerpt: The reaction of some prominent Catholic ethicists has been a reflection of the divide in medical ethics between the teaching of the Church and modern bioethics ...
Source: Lifesite -

Genetic Testing of Embryos to Pick 'Savior Sibling' Okay with ...
Date: 3 May 2004
Excerpt: The Genetics and Public Policy Center is a part of the Phoebe R. Berman Bioethics Institute at The Johns Hopkins University and is funded by The Pew Charitable ...
Source: U.S. Newswire (press release) -

COMMUNITY NEWS 5/3/04
Date: 3 May 2004
Excerpt: Research into aging and ethical questions raised by the possibility of humans living far longer will be the topic of a bioethics lecture Tuesday at the ...
Source: Greenville Daily Reflector -

Biotech Firms Seek Big Bucks for Human Cloning, Embryonic ...
Date: 3 May 2004
Excerpt: Institute, an attorney for the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, and a special consultant to the Center for Bioethics and Culture. ...
Source: LifeNews.com -

Handy Sandy
Date: 3 May 2004
Excerpt: Commission. He is a professor at Edinburgh University. He is a member of the International Bioethics Commission of Unesco. He helped ...
Source: Guardian -

Reproductive medicine guidelines called effective
Date: 2 May 2004
Excerpt: On the heels of a report from the President's Council on Bioethics calling for more self-regulation in the medical field of assisted reproduction, a study ...
Source: American Medical News -

The greatest gift: living organ donations
Date: 2 May 2004
Excerpt: It changes the whole ethical equation," said Arthur Caplan, director of the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Bioethics. ...
Source: Seattle Times -

Surgeon will recount rise from ghettos
Date: 2 May 2004
Excerpt: In 2002, he was named to a White House bioethics panel. "There is no such thing as a problem-free life," Carson said last week in a telephone interview. ...
Source: Kansas.com -

Group to present economic findings
Date: 30 Apr 2004
Excerpt: Research into aging and ethical questions raised by the possibility of humans living far longer will be the topic of a bioethics lecture Tuesday at the Brody ...