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President Obama’s Commission on Birth, Death, and the Meaning of Life
[Reason.com] In November, President Barack Obama issued an executive order establishing a new Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. He appointed political scientist and University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann as the chair of the new Bioethics Commission. Such commissions are charged with working through tough questions about intellectual property rights, the protection [...]
Bioethics International launches new bio-pharmaceutical ethics initiative: The World Council for Ethical Standards
BEI launched its new bio-pharmaceutical ethics initiative, The World Council for Ethical Standards, with the aim of empowering a measurable commitment to excellence in ethics and person-centered decision-making and innovation across the healthcare supply chain. Initial focus is on the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries and companies.
The inaugural World Council meeting was held November 19, 2009 and included executives from Merck, Pfizer, Mannkind, [...]
Miller on why ‘Churchgoing Catholics strongly oppose abortion but divided on embryonic stem-cell research’
Bioethics International’s Executive Director, Jennifer Miller, is interviewed by CNA on why ‘Churchgoing Catholics strongly oppose abortion but [are] divided on embryonic stem-cell research’.
[CNA] A new Gallup Poll reports that a strong majority of churchgoing Catholics do not think abortion is morally acceptable. However, it claims about half of churchgoing Catholics dissent from Catholic morality on [...]
BEI partners with WeAct to provide panel for Fordham University Conference on Climate Justice: Transforming the Economy, Public Health, & Our Environment
Bioethics International’s Executive Director, Jennifer Miller, will be a panelist for Fordham University’s Conference ADVANCING CLIMATE JUSTICE: TRANSFORMING THE ECONOMY, PUBLIC HEALTH, & OUR ENVIRONMENT organized by WeAct.
Ms. Miller’s panel entitled, “Climate Justice Adaptation: Public Health and Emergency Preparedness,” is schedule for this Thursday January 29th at 1:15pm. We look forward to seeing you Thursday.
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Husband demands his donated kidney back from his wife after she files for divorce
A long Island man, Richard Batista, is demanding his kidney back after donating it to his wife Dawnell in 2001 after two previous failed transplants.
Despite telling the New York Daily News that there is “no value you can put on an organ when it saves someone’s life. There is no greater feeling on this planet,” he is suing Dawnell [...]
