The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) will recommend abolishing a longstanding ethical limitation on human embryo research. For decades the scientific community has observed the so-call 14-day rule. This ethical guideline—first formulated in the United Kingdom under the Warnock Commission in the mid-1980s—requires that embryos may only be gestated for 14 days after …
Continue...Several COVID-19 treatments and vaccines have come under scrutiny because their development included testing using cells from the tissue that might have come from an aborted fetus. Here is what you should know about the fetal tissue cells and the ethical concern about using them to develop therapeutics and vaccines. What are fetal tissue cells, …
Continue...Recently, the Human Fetal Tissue Ethics Advisory Board released its recommendations for funding based on proposals submitted to the National Institute of Health. This board, tasked with the oversight of projects that would require the use of fetal tissue, recommended that the Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar withhold funding from all but one …
Continue...In February, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a notice of intent to convene the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Human Fetal Tissue Research Ethics Advisory Board for fiscal year 2020. In June, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced several changes, which ERLC supported, to its policy on …
Continue...Steven Harris, Paige Cunningham, Tim Goeglein, and Dr. Freda Bush combine their expertise to discuss the undercover Planned Parenthood videos and what implications we can expect.
Continue...Over the past two weeks, three neighboring Southern states have passed legislation to ban some or all abortions. Last week Georgia passed a law that recognizes the unborn as legal persons as soon as they have a “detectable human heartbeat.” This week Tennessee became the latest state to sign a “trigger law” criminalizing abortion, while …
Continue...Within the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), resolutions have traditionally been defined as an expression of opinion or concern, as compared to a motion, which calls for action. A resolution is not used to direct an entity of the denomination to specific action other than to communicate the opinion or concern expressed. Each year, resolutions are …
Continue...What just happened? Last month, CNS News reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had signed a new contract to acquire “fresh” human fetal tissue which would be transplanted into “humanized mice” so that these mice will have a functioning “human immune system.” According to a presolicitation notice, the federal government intended to …
Continue...What just happened? The Supreme Court ruled today on National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California, a case regarding a California law that threatened to shut down pregnancy resource centers serving women and children in need. What is this case about? The case of NIFLA v. Becerra …
Continue...Editor’s note: This is the eleventh article in a monthly series on what Christians should know about bioethics. What is suicide? Suicide is the act of purposely ending one’s own life. What is difference between suicide attempt, gesture, and ideation? Suicidal ideation is any self-reported thoughts of engaging in suicide-related behavior. A suicide attempt is …
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