Posts Tagged as ‘bioethics’

February 17, 2009

Implications of InVitro research

NYT post on risks of IVF — interesting in light of efforts by the BioEthics Defense Fund to curtail IVF in light of the California octuplets story.

January 20, 2009

Stem Cell Policy – Economic boom for some states

California’s Imperial Valley sees the potential new rule from the Obama administration as an economic plus to support California’s $3 billion, voter approved, investment in stem cell research.
However, any new rule would not result in creation of additional stem lines for research.  That activity is banned by law :
The Dickey-Wicker amendment, first passed in 1995, [...]