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Author Archives: Matthew Eppinette
Assisted Suicide is Not Medicine
Dr. Philip Dreisbach, a California oncologist and hematologist, recently wrote an excellent and compelling piece on the dangers of physician assisted suicide. Unfortunately, the article remains locked behind the Wall Street Journal’s pay wall. Allow me then to highlight a … Continue reading
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Tagged Assisted Suicide, California, End of Life, physician assisted suicide, Taking Life
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New Survey Reveals Americans Wary of Faking Life
A number of outlets are reporting this week on a new survey that reveals a wariness among American adults toward biotechnologies that can be used for enhancement purposes. The survey of 4,700 adults also involved six focus groups to allow … Continue reading
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Tagged Beyond Therapy, Biotech, biotechnology, enhancement, Faith, Faking Life
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How Much Further Down the Road of Artifice Should We Travel?
The cover story in July 4 edition of Time magazine examines the gene editing technique known as CRISPR. The article is helpful for understanding the basics of the science of CRISPR, and it raises a number of the ethical issues … Continue reading
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Tagged CRISPR, DNA, Faking Life, Making Life, Ramsey, Repro Tech, RNA, Taking Life
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Physicians Aren’t Supposed to Kill their Patients
With the California legislature currently debating the legalization of physician assisted suicide, it’s significant that today’s Los Angeles Times profiles Dr. Ira Byock, the author of a number of books on end of life issues including Dying Well and The … Continue reading
A Celebration of Devastation
The Hollywood Reporter has a story out with the provocative (clickbait?) title, “23 HOLLYWOOD MOMS WITH SAME SPERM DONOR AND ONE CRAZY VACATION.” I call it clickbait because that’s not what the article is about at all. Instead, the article … Continue reading
Top Ten Posts (#4) #TBT
We’re using #TBT (Throw Back Thursday) to count down the top ten all time most popular posts here at CBC-Network.org. This week’s entry, #4, is Wesley Smith’s examination of the core beliefs and goals of transhumanism. From “The Trouble with … Continue reading
Top Ten Posts (#5) #TBT
We’re using #TBT (Throw Back Thursday) to count down the top ten all time most popular posts here at CBC-Network.org. This week’s entry, #5, is a warning and plea on egg donation. From “Thinking About Donating Your Eggs? Think Again” … Continue reading
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Tagged egg donation, Egg Donors, Eggs, eggsploitation, IVF, Repro Tech, Reproductive Technology
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Top Ten Posts (#6) #TBT
As I’m sure you know by now, we’re using #TBT (Throw Back Thursday) to count down the top ten all time most popular posts here at CBC-Network.org. This week’s entry, #6, is an egg donor’s first-person account of her experience. … Continue reading
Just the Sort of Contracts the Left Usually Condemns
Allow me to draw your attention to a recent article from The Week that addresses the issue of surrogacy from a politically left/progressive/liberal perspective. Briefly stated, the argument of “Why the Left Should Oppose Commercial Surrogacy” is one based in … Continue reading
Top Ten Posts (#9) #TBT
We’re using #TBT (Throw Back Thursday) to count down the top 10 all time most popular posts here at CBC-Network.org. This week’s entry, #9, is the most recently posted of the top 10. Only two months ago, Christopher White, CBC … Continue reading
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