On 21 May 2008, “Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008” became law. Essentially, the act prohibits health insurance companies from denying coverage to someone with negative genetic makeup. This law is good legislation since it guarantees that everyone has the opportunity to enroll in or buy into health insurance to help improve or save peoples’ […]
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Posted 23 May 2008
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Also tagged: congress, eugenics, family, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, insurance, libertarian, medicine, politics, privacy, pro-life, Ron Paul
The thing about Nietzschian ethics is, it’s no an easy path. People like to talk big, and brag about how rough and tough they are, but the truth is that the path to the overman is not an easy one to walk. It requires much self-sacrifice and denial. Part of that is recognizing the traps […]
I at first found Mike Huckabee to be an interesting character, as a possible bright point in the dismal lineup of presidential candidates. Unfortunately, his character did not bear up well when I looked at him further, and I’m sorry to see that some bloggers like Rod Dreher still think he’s a viable politician or […]
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Posted 21 December 2007
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Also tagged: abortion, activism, biology, Mike Huckabee, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, politics, primaries, pro-life, Republican, rights, stem cells cloning
Feminists for Life speaker Karen Shablin will be speaking at the William Pitt Union this Thursday: Karen Shablin “Abortion: A Betrayal of Feminism” 7:00 PM Thursday, November 29, 2007 William Pitt Union, Kurtzman Room University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA From the biographical sketch linked above, I see that Ms Shablin was a former NARAL member […]
We now know more of the reason why Ian Wilmut left the human cloning research behind. Researchers from two labs (Yamanaka in San Fran. and Japan, Thomson in Madison) have induced mature somatic cells to become embryonic-like stem cells, matching all the experimental criteria for embryonic stem cells. This new class of stem cells is […]