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Holiday Weekend Reading and Watching
Happy New Year! Because New Year’s Day falls on Sunday this year, many will have a three day weekend, so I wanted to gather some resources you might want to read or watch, if you haven’t already. First, though, here … Continue reading
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Frozen Souls
Last week on her personal Facebook account, Jennifer posed the question, “What’s going to be the fall-out from the human social experiment of embryo donation and adoption?” A healthy discussion followed in the comments to her post. People weighed in … Continue reading
A Populist Bioethics Commission?
Our friend Wesley Smith makes some provocative suggestions for President-Elect Trump to establish a “populist bioethics commission.” The issue is pressing because biomedical technology is way out ahead of our policies: We are entering Brave New World territory, with potentially … Continue reading
Official Selection
We are very pleased that Eggsploitation is an Official Selection of the Silicon Valley International Film Festival 2016. This festival takes place on the campuses of several well-known tech companies this week. Today, Jennifer is at Dell’s Silicon Valley campus … Continue reading
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Clear about What is at Stake
In recent testimony before the New Jersey Health and Human Services Committee, Dr. Matthew Suh of the New Jersey medical association succinctly described exactly what is at stake when it comes to a proposed bill entitled “Aid in Dying for … Continue reading
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Film Recommendation: “Alive Inside”
Thanks to Facebook’s “On This Day” feature I was this morning reminded of the film Alive Inside, which I wrote about enthusiastically two years ago this week. As I wrote then, my encouragement is for you to “see the film … Continue reading
Compassion and Choice DENIED
This morning we released the official trailer for our newest documentary short film, DENIED. The film explores the impact that the legalization of physician assisted suicide has on those who want to live. We explore this through the story of … Continue reading
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3 Things You Should Know About Physician Assisted Suicide
Over the next few days I want to highlight our “3 Things You Should Know About . . .” document series. To begin, here are 3 Things You Should Know About Physician Assisted Suicide. Physicians Should Never Be In the … Continue reading
Dignity, Sickness, and Suffering
Amy Hasbrouck, the executive director of Toujours Vivant/Not Dead Yet Canada, recently wrote a terrific piece on the ways in which journalists sometimes (often?) distort the realities of assisted suicide and euthanasia when they report on it. She takes as … Continue reading
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Belgium Euthanizes Child
Belgium’s euthanasia law was expanded to apply to those under the age of 18 in 2014, and the first child to be euthanized under that expansion died within the past week. Because it involves a minor child, very few details … Continue reading
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