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Staying Human

Advancing science and medicine for, not on, human beings

Read the Editors’ Introduction
End of Life •
Eugenics •
Reproductive Technology •
Enhancement •
Beginning of Life •
Human Dignity •
Medicine •
Transhumanism •
All

Essay | Fall 2004 - Winter 2005

Fall 2004 - Winter 2005

  • Robert P. George
  • Patrick Lee

Acorns and Embryos

On bad metaphors in debates about the beginning of life

From: The Embryo Question

Robert P. George and Patrick Lee

Essay | Fall 2004 - Winter 2005

Fall 2004 - Winter 2005

  • Eric Cohen

The Bioethics Agenda and the Bush Second Term

Eric Cohen

State of the Art | Summer 2004

Summer 2004

The Big Change

The End of Menopause and Its Meaning

Essay | Spring 2004

Spring 2004

  • Adam Wolfson

Getting Serious About IVF

Adam Wolfson

Essay | Fall 2003

Fall 2003

  • Christine Rosen

Why Not Artificial Wombs?

On the meaning of being born, not incubated

Christine Rosen

Essay | Summer 2003

Summer 2003

  • Christine Rosen

Eugenics—Sacred and Profane

Christine Rosen

State of the Art | Summer 2003

Summer 2003

My Mother, the Embryo

IVF's Latest: She-Males, Fetal Eggs, and Children of the Unborn

State of the Art | Spring 2003

Spring 2003

Fertility Gone Mad

Pregnancy After Menopause, IVF Birth defects, & More

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