Archive for the ‘Reproductive Technologies’ Category
A Sack of Spin
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A recent article by Kevin Sack concerns pre-abortion ultrasounds, and whether they might or might-not affect a woman’s decision. But he wrote another article simultaneously–one about how only cold, cruel extremists insist that clinics provide ultrasounds.
Impressive. Sack’s article is composed...
June 7th, 2010 | Abortion, Culture, Logic & Rhetoric, Media, Politics, Reproductive Technologies | Read More Instructions for Living Gently in a Violent World
Books that promise to radically change the way I see the world make me skeptical. Living Gently in a Violent World was no different, except insofar as that it actually did.
Living Gently is a release by InterVarsity Press in their ongoing series “Resources for Reconciliation,” which addresses...
July 28th, 2009 | Abortion, Book Reviews, Culture, Human Rights, Media, Moral Philosophy, Religion, Reproductive Technologies | Read More Hype and Hypocrisy:
Kinsley, IVF, and Embryo Destruction
The writings of Michael Kinsley, former editor of Slate and The New Republic, are often intelligent, insightful, and invariably, incorrect. His latest article for Slate, Science Fiction: What pro-lifers are missing in the stem-cell debate, is a prime example. Kinsley suffers from Parkinson’s and...
July 10th, 2006 | Reproductive Technologies | Read More The Issue at Hand:
IVF and the Obligations to Embryos
In a recent press conference President Bush was asked a question that was intended to clarify his position on the moral status of embryos:
If I understood you correctly, the embryos put together for in vitro fertilization do contain life. And if that’s the case, do you believe that those people...
June 14th, 2005 | Reproductive Technologies | Read More Sex and Desire:
The Role of Parental Aspiration in Sex Selection
[Note: This originally appeared on this blog as a post and has been revamped in order to be used for CBHD
March 30th, 2005 | Reproductive Technologies | Read More 



