Bioethics At A Glance

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Bioethics At A Glance

What is Bioethics?
The Intersection of Law and Science

Bio: Life

Ethics: The discipline dealing with moral duty and obligation

"Among the most urgent of the Council's intellectual tasks is the need to provide an adequate moral and ethical lens through which to view particular developments in their proper scope and depth."
-- Dr. Leon R. Kass, Chairman, President's Council on Bioethics, 2001-2005

"To advance human good and avoid harm, biotechnology must be used within ethical constraints. It is the task of bioethics to help society develop those constraints and bioethics, therefore, must be of concern to all of us."
-- Dr. Edmund D. Pellegrino, Chairman, President's Council on Bioethics, 2005-2009

Bioethics is an emerging area of law and public policy where the innovations of modern technology intersect with our legal responsibilities toward each member of the human family.

Bioethics is just that - the ethics of our conduct toward each human life.

Bioethics is a human rights issue because it impacts the life and death ethics affecting every member of the species homo sapiens.

Bioethics Defense Fund promotes human rights from beginning to end. We put law in the service of life.

Our Mission is to advocate for the protection of human life via legislation, litigation and education on the issues of:

Human Cloning & Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide

Abortion & Women's Health

For media interviews or to schedule "Bioethics Briefings" for your legislature, policy group, university or professional organization, contact us at (504) 231-7234 or info@BDFund.org.

For further, in-depth bioethics analysis, visit the archive of The President's Council on Bioethics (2001-2009).

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