PewForum.org | Bioethics Channel http://pewforum.org/ The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life seeks to promote a deeper understanding of issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. en-us Copyright: (C) Copyright 2005 The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. All rights reserved. info@pewforum.org (PewForum Info) info@pewforum.org (PewForum Info) Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:40:01 -0400 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:40:01 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://pewforum.org/images/rssfeeds.gif PewForum.org | Bioethics Channel http://pewforum.org/ Treating the Pill as Abortion, Draft Regulation Stirs Debate http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16175 Set aside the fraught question of when human life begins. The new debate: When does pregnancy begin? Bioethics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16175 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST Court to review abortion ruling http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16172 A federal court said Monday it will review the constitutionality of a Virginia law prohibiting a type of late-term abortion. Bioethics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16172 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST Genetic testing of kids could pose a dilemma http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16176 Would you want to know if your toddler is more likely to develop Alzheimer's? Bioethics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16176 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST The NAACP and Black Abortions http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16058 At the Good Counsel shelters for homeless pregnant women in New York, yesterday was business as usual: pregnant moms getting ready to deliver, other mothers feeding their children, still others going off to school or training for new jobs. Bioethics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16058 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST Colorado Voters Will Be Asked When 'Personhood' Begins http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16042 A proposal to define a fertilized human egg as a person will land on Colorado's ballot this November, marking the first time that the question of when life begins will go before voters anywhere in the nation. Bioethics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16042 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST A hard pill to swallow http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16037 The papal encyclical forbidding oral contraception was widely rejected. Bioethics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16037 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST University of Chicago doctoral candidate finds evolutionary link in flatfish http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16026 Some dusty fish fossils spotted by a sharp-eyed University of Chicago doctoral student as he rummaged through forgotten corners of museum collections in Europe have answered a question that has long vexed scientists. Bioethics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16026 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST Forget sweet 16: Darwin, Duquesne fete 200 years http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=15992 Almost two centuries after his birth and nearly 150 years after publishing his seminal work on evolution, Charles Darwin still stirs controversy, even though his ideas are the foundation of modern biology and medicine. Bioethics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=15992 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST Washington state mulls assisted suicide measure http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=15839 There isn't much John Peyton can do on his own except speak, and soon he'll lose even that. Bioethics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=15839 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST Darwinists for Jesus http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=15838 In 1981, Michael Dowd would have counted himself among the millions of conservative Christians who blame Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution and the idea of a godless, purposeless universe for the moral decline of society. Bioethics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=15838 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST