A one trillion dollar package; a 2000 page bill; a win by just seven votes; and one big meltdown of a nation. That about sums…
There are two horrendous government bills being considered at the moment. Both deserve an immediate and decisive death. One is the ETS bill which Rudd…
I was stunned to open today’s newspaper and read an incredible letter to the editor, not only defending abortion, but making a case which the…
There is one thing that can be counted on with absolute certainly in this relativistic world: there is a protected species which no one even…
The pro-death camp is ever active, and it is constantly seeking to introduce more pro-death legislation in various jurisdictions. In Tasmania a private members bill…
Bioethics has to do with moral reflection on biological and biotechnological developments. Such ethical thinking is certainly needed, since biotechnology is racing ahead, often impervious…
All around the Western world the freedoms which in so many ways arose out of the Judeo-Christian worldview are slowly being challenged or stripped away.…
One of the big problems with living in an age of rights is that when one person demands his or her rights, often someone else…
In 1956 Harvard sociologist Pitirim Sorokin wrote The American Sex Revolution. In it he said, “This sex revolution is as important as the most dramatic…
Two recent bioethics announcements have added a few more nails to the coffin of humanity. While these new biomedical breakthroughs promise much about medical research,…
The concept of personal responsibility has taken a battering lately. People are quite happy to blame anyone and anything other than themselves for their behaviour…
For those couples who have genuine biological infertility problems, various assisted reproductive technologies (ART) such as IVF can seem like a real godsend. The desire…
The activists of the secular left are no dummies; they know that in order to win the culture wars, they must get access to our…
We can understand the sex industry and porn lobby attempting to target our kids and push their sleazy agenda on them. But when the government…
The Rudd government has just announced that it has overturned the ban on foreign aid funds going to abortion services. Following in the wake of…
The twin headlines in a Sunday newspaper said it all: “US ends stem cell ban;” “Obama’s whale stance”. Here we have more proof – as…
Planet earth is doomed. That is the clear message coming from the population control zealots. These anti-natalists are certain that if we do not immediately…
Immediately after John Howard and the Liberals won their fourth-term in the 2004 election, Kevin Rudd called together certain Federal Labor members to see how…
Historian Arnold Toynbee once said “Civilizations die from suicide, not murder”. I don’t think there is much debate about that. There might be some debate…
Why is it that Australia seems to produce so many “ethicists” who would perhaps have been perfectly at home in a certain European nation about…