Category Archives: Embryo Destructive Research
Barnard: The Embryo Troubles of Obama’s Top Doctor
Prof. Justin Barnard (associate professor of philosophy and director of the Carl F.H. Henry Institute for Intellectual Discipleship at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee) reflects on Public Discourse on the fact that many are pointing to Obama’s pick of an Evangelical to head the National Institutes of Health as a sign of the president’s willingness [...]
May 28: C-Span Live Stream of Robert George and Douglas Kmiec Exchange
C-SPAN will be covering the moderated discussion between Professor Robert P. George (Princeton University) and Professor Douglas Kmiec (Pepperdine Law School) to take place at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The discussion with focus on “The Obama Administration and the Sanctity of Human Life: Is There a Common Ground on Life Issues? What [...]
The Corner (NRO): Yuval Levin on the NIH Stem Cell Rules
The original post on The Corner (NRO) by Yuval Levin can be found here – Editor
Stem Cell Rules by Yuval Levin, Ethics and Public Policy Center
When President Obama announced his new embryonic stem cell funding policy last month, he left it to the NIH to set the rules, giving them no clear guidelines or ethical [...]
Robert P. George and Douglas Kmiec on Life Issues
In the aftermath of their exchange regarding President Obama’s position on the funding of embryo destructive research involving human cloning, Douglas Kmiec (Pepperdine Law School) posed twelve questions to Robert P. George (Princeton University) regarding the policies, ethics, and science surrounding life issues, and embryo destructive research in particular. Links to Douglas Kmiec’s questions and [...]