Medicine, like science, is one of those things that we expect to be above partisan politics. We hope that they will remain neutral and independent,…
Terry Lane does not like the fact that religion will influence people, and he wants religious MPs to ‘fess up. The Sunday Age columnist and…
Two recent events have highlighted the importance of clear ethical thinking on the issues of the day, and how we can learn from those who…
There was an interesting piece in today’s papers, just a very brief item. It was about a poor chap in northern Vietnam who had become…
The Australian House of Representatives has just voted to allow the passage of a clone and kill bill. The Patterson Bill was passed by a…
I have written before about the complex relationship between faith and political involvement. And I will do so again. Here I want to address one…
It was rather odd to see so many female Senators voting for human cloning the other week. This in spite of the fact that many…
The clone and kill bill to be debated in the House of Reps next week is a strange bit of legislation. While it has some…
Despite the number of credible scientists who argued against human cloning, the Australian Senate nonetheless went ahead and voted for it to occur here. Not…
There were not one but two editorials in today’s Australian (November 8, 2006) that demonstrate how weak thinking and ethical poverty often run in tandem.…
This week the Senate debates whether we allow embryo research and human cloning. The media often likes to argue that this is a battle between…
Because the stakes are so high with many of the new biotechnologies, proponents of them often resort to word games to cover up what is…
As the Federal Government still debates the issue of human cloning, the impression remains that on the one side of the debate are scientists, and…
Religion in the public arena has been getting a lot of attention recently. The Australian Democrats are fearful of Christian influence in politics. (Indeed, I…
The push for human cloning continues around the world. Sure, most people say they do not want to see humans cloned, but they do want…
Last week all the world’s media was abuzz with reports of a new stem cell extraction method which purportedly leaves the embryo alive. I penned…
Pro-lifers have long warned that there are many ugly reasons for pursuing research on embryos. The cosmetics industry is one such reason. It has long…
With a title like this, one would imagine this to be a book about the conflict between evolution and creation, or something similar. In fact…
Be forewarned. Coulter is conservatism’s pit bull terrier. And as a pit bull, she goes straight for the jugular. No niceties, no tact, no diplomacy,…
The brave new world the authors refer to is the scary new world of biomedical technologies and breakthroughs. While the new biotech offers much promise,…