05Jan 2026 by Post

How Far Will Experiments on the Unborn Go?

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We have been told by some bioethicists that a born baby is no different morally than a fetus, so why stop there? Source
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27Oct 2025 by Post

Medical Journal Screed Decries All Fetal Personhood Laws

abortion, bioethics, black babies, demagoguery, doctors, Dorothy Roberts, drug addiction, ectopic pregnancy, embryology, fetal homicide, fetal personhood, fetus, Killing the Black Body, medical conditions, Medicine, miscarriages, pregnancy, Pro lifers, pro-life laws, racists, slaveholders, slavery, substance abusers, The New England Journal of Medicine, unborn children, United States, Vermont
The authors imply that laws that protect unborn children are racist. But pro-lifers want more black babies born and protected from harm, not fewer. Source
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29Apr 2025 by Post

The Math Behind the Immaterial Genome 

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While not a formal defense, this analysis aims to give readers an intuitive grasp of the reasoning behind Richard Sternberg's Platonic perspective. Source
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21Aug 2022 by Post

Pro-Abortion Absolutism and Its Consequences

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Abortion absolutism is a radical departure from the once well-accepted idea that nascent human beings — at least at some level — deserve respect and protection. Source
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02Aug 2022 by Post

Will Laws Protecting the Unborn Endanger Mothers?

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A fallacy used by abortionists and their allies is that doctors will be handicapped by having to comply with the law applicable to the care of their patients. Source
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14Sep 2020 by Post

Why Should a Baby Live?

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My title is adapted from a 2012 article by two philosophers, Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva. Source
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