Published Date: March 14, 2007 | Topics: Philosophy, Politics and Current Affairs
By Robert P. George and Rev. Thomas V. Berg, L.C. March 14, 2007 12:01 am ET Americans are divided over the question of whether it is morally acceptable to authorize by law, and fund with taxpayer dollars, research in which human embryos are destroyed. Stating that such research “crosses a moral boundary that our decent […]
Published Date: August 28, 2006 | Topics: Philosophy, Religion
Beyond the hype, some real hope. Astem-cell study published in the journal Nature last week set off a media frenzy. Headlines in all the major newspapers promised pluripotent (i.e., embryonic or embryonic-type) stem cells without the destruction of embryos. That’s what many people on both sides of the debate over embryo-destructive stem-cell research had been hoping for. […]