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Planned-Parenthood
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At What Point In Its Development Can a Human Being Feel Pain?

Logic isn’t a sufficient answer to the question I raised, however. For a scientific answer, we need evidence. Read More ›
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The Humanity and Personhood of an Embryo

A sperm and an egg separately constitute a potential human. But when they unite, the result is a human being from the moment of fertilization. Read More ›
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Planned Parenthood
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At What Point In Its Development Can a Human Being Feel Pain?

Peter Singer has argued that animals, like humans, deserve protection because of their ability to suffer. Read More ›
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Scientific “Decadence” and the Myth of Objectivity

Scientists aren’t like “everyone else”: because of the prestige they enjoy, the impact of their being “uncritical of things that [they] want to believe” is tremendous. It can be quite corrosive, quite malign. Read More ›
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Darkness Rising: As It Turns Out, Not All Newborns Have a Right to Life

The culture of death — the dehumanization of the vulnerable and the unwanted — is fast upon us. Read More ›

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