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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 11, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, asexual reproduction, budding, chromosome mosaicism, corals, egg, embryo, fetus, hermaphrodite, Homo fetus, Homo sapiens, human being, human development, human life, Jerry Coyne, mentation, microorganisms, morality, mother, murder, neonate, pain, person, pro-life, Roman Catholic, sperm, sponges, tissue, transient gestational hermaphroditism, womb, worms, zygote}

If a Fetus Isn’t a Human Being, What Is It?

_{Michael Egnor
May 11, 2022

Bioethics, Biology, Medicine

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How is it that a leading professor of biology could fundamentally misunderstand the biology of human development? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 10, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association, cancer, children, conception, egg, embryo, human being, human life, law, National Academy of Sciences, newborn, parasite, public policy, scientists, settled science, sperm, womb, zygote}

Fact Check: Yes, Human Life Begins at Fertilization

_{Michael Egnor
May 10, 2022

Bioethics, Biology, Ethics, Medicine

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So what are we to make of a scientific profession in which scientific experts consistently distort the science of human life? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 13, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, biotechnology, children, family, fathers, gametes, genomes, in vitro fertilization, mothers, ovum, parenthood, sperm}

Our Looming Procreative Anarchy

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 13, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

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It is no secret that the traditional family is under unprecedented assault. But we haven’t seen anything yet. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
December 4, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, ambiguous genitals, babies, biological sexes, boys, brains, chromosomes, Colin Wright, females, feminists, gametes, genitalia, girls, human behavior, intersex people, Jerry Coyne, John Money, Leonard Sax, males, ova, Simone de Beauvoir, sperm, surgery, transgenderism, Transgenderism Series}

Is It a Boy or a Girl?

_{Jonathan Wells
December 4, 2020

Medicine

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Parents with a new baby are almost always asked, “Is it a boy or a girl?” And the answer is almost always one or the other. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
October 5, 2020

Categories
Biology
Medicine
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, blood vessels, bone cells, cells, chimpanzees, chromosomes, common sense, Darwinian evolution, daughter cells, Doctor's Diary (series), egg, genes, growth hormones, human cells, information, instructions, kidney cells, London, Marcos Eberlin, natural selection, nerve cells, nucleus, organs, ovum, proteins, red blood cells, skin, sperm, white blood cells}

Doctor’s Diary: The Wonder of Your Body’s Genetic Instructions

_{Geoffrey Simmons
October 5, 2020

Biology, Medicine, Reproductive Science

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Imagine the New York Public Library cutting every manual in half daily, or more often, and sending every month entire halves to a library in London. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
August 5, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, birds, blood, bones, brain, cartilage, chicken-and-egg problem, chromosomes, DNA, Doctor's Diary (series), evolution, evolution of the sexes, female, fertilization, fingers, fish, genitals, hormones, inbreeding, joints, ligaments, male, muscles, natural selection, nerves, occipital lobes, ovum, primates, procreation, Science (journal), Science Advances, sperm, swimming, Wright brothers, zygote}

Doctor’s Diary: Evolution’s Countless Chicken-and-Egg Conundrums

_{Geoffrey Simmons
August 5, 2020

Evolution

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It turned out last week that scientists have been wrong for 350 years about how sperm swim. Read More ›

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Date
May 15, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Amazon, cardiovascular disease, cells, coronavirus, delivery, endosomes, enzymes, FedEx, Max Planck Institute, PNAS, ribosomes, sex, shipping, sperm, trash, U.C. San Diego, U.S. Postal Service, ubiquitin, UPS, Vanderbilt University, vesicles}

Just-in-Time Delivery in Living Cells

_{Science and Culture
May 15, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Our modern world relies on shipping and receiving, but many cargoes have to arrive at the right time to be useful. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
August 22, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, adrenaline, buffalo, cats, chimpanzees, clitoris, Doctor's Diary (series), Dogs, dolphins, eggs, evolutionary tree, fertilization, Genesis, humans, intelligent design, intimacy, Judaism, mammals, Neanderthals, norepinephrine, ovaries, ovum, PNAS, poem, sex, sperm, spiders, starfish}

Doctor’s Diary: The Human Difference and the Design of Sex

_{Geoffrey Simmons
August 22, 2019

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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It’s safe to say that human intimacy, at its best, surpasses that of any animal, even the most intelligent. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 20, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association, cancer, debate, egg, embryo, evolution, fertilization, fetus, gravity, human life, ideology, law, Leonardo da Vinci, National Academy of Sciences, parasite, public policy, science, scientists, sperm}

What the Abortion Debate Tells Us About Integrity in Science

_{Michael Egnor
June 20, 2019

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

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Science has quite a bit to contribute to our debate about abortion as a matter public policy. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 27, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Engineering
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, babies, CRISPR, embryo, FDA, gene editing, genes, genetic engineering, genome, He Jiankui, HIV, human life, illness, MIT Technology Review, protocols, sperm, United States, uterus}

Genetically Engineered Babies Are Born: Life as Potter’s Clay

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 27, 2018

Bioethics, Engineering, Medicine

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The birth of gene-edited children — which I discussed here just yesterday — has been confirmed. Read More ›