By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBCThe phenomenon that is Jack Kevorkian continues to unfold in a truly appalling way. When he began his assisted campaign in 1991, he initially received bad press. However, once he successfully redefined his purposes as “preventing suffering,” the media and public’s attitudes shifted dramatically. Kevorkian’s poll [...]
San Ramon, CA, January 31, 2011 — Eggsploitation has been named Best Documentary in the 2011 California Independent Film Festival Slate Awards. The award was announced as part of the Gala Slate Awards Luncheon held on January 30 in Walnut Creek, CA. The 13th annual California Independent Film Festival runs from January 28 to February [...]
. . . Not So Secret Anymore We continue to be encouraged by the interest Eggsploitation is generating and the feedback it’s receiving. It is an Official Selection of the 2011 California Independent Film Festival and has been nominated for Best Documentary in their Slate Awards.Rebecca Hagelin penned an op-ed in The Washington Times calling [...]
By Jennifer Lahl, CBC President As millions around the world celebrated the birth of Jesus, Elton John and his partner, David Furnish, issued a press release announcing the birth of their baby boy, born on Christmas Day. Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, a healthy baby, was born through modern, assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Using an anonymous [...]
WINNERS: Dr. Leon Kass: Recipient of the CBC’s 2010 Paul Ramsey award. Dr. William Hurlbut, who serves on the Paul Ramsey nominating committee said, “Leon Kass is an extraordinarily constructive and courageous voice in bioethics—a treasure to our civilization. He is the intellectual epicenter of American bioethics.” The Dickey-Wicker Amendment: Enacted during the Clinton administration [...]
San Ramon, CA, January 11, 2011 – Eggsploitation has been nominated for Best Documentary in the 2011 California Independent Film Festival Slate Awards. The 13th annual California Independent Film Festival opens January 28, 2011 at the New Rheem Theatre in Moraga, CA, and runs through February 3. Eggsploitation is scheduled to show Tuesday, February 1 [...]
Below are a few of the endorsements we have been privileged to receive. Please consider making an end-of-year gift to assist our work. “The CBC is the most constructive and effective organization in the arena of bioethics. Support of their work is a contribution to the future of our civilization.” — William Hurlbut, M.D.Neuroscience Institute Stanford [...]
The following piece, by CBC Special Consultant Wesley J. Smith, appeared in today’s San Francisco Chronicle. It is just one example of the many ways in which your gifts enable the CBC to engage bioethics issues around the country. Why The California Institute for RegenerativeMedicine Should Be Defunded By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant [...]
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