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News and Articles on Bioethics Council
Americans United for Life: Obama's Disbanding Bioethics Council Raises Troubling Questions Jun 20, 2009
AUL Vice President of Government Affairs said, "This was the most balanced bioethics council in history with two leaders, Leon Kass and Edmund Pellegrino, who went out of their way to ensure the council was reflective of all the major perspectives on the issues," he said. "We have to ask why the President has disbanded this effective and well-regarded council. Is this a move toward a council that is more of a rubber stamp of his administration's priorities, rather than a group that actively... (PR Newswire)
Untraditional humanist asks: What is a human being; how do we know? May 15, 2009
As chairman of the bioethics council, he oversaw the publication of several widely discussed reports, including Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry (2002), Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness (2003), an anthology, Being Human: Core Readings in the Humanities (2004), as well as Taking Care: Ethical Caregiving in Our Aging Society (2005). Kass joins a distinguished list of University faculty members to give the Jefferson Lecture since it was established in... (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Bush bioethics advisors take potshot at Obama stem cell platform Mar 28, 2009
Prestigious Hastings Center bioethics think tank publishes comments by more than half of President Bush's bioethics council ... The bioethics council's term expires September 30, two years ago ... Obama does not have a bioethics council, but he appointed a chief science advisor, , and has other scientists advising him on science policy issues. (Scientific American)
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