Monthly Archives: December 2013

Courts Should Reject Lawsuit Seeking Personhood for Chimpanzees

I have been receiving media calls and emails about the wholly expected lawsuits by the Non Human Rights Project to obtain writs of habeas corpus for chimpanzees. From the US News and World Report story: The lawsuit states that chimps are entitled to a “fundamental right to bodily liberty,” which Wise told Reuters is the…

Embryonic Stem Cell Research Falls Out of Favor as Scientists Use Ethical Stem Cells

When it comes to stem cell news you can use the best source is Family Research Council’s resident mad scientist, Dr. David Prentice (actually the only time I’ve ever really seen him mad is when reporters and actual mad scientists neglect to point out the differences between embryonic and ethical forms of research.) His latest…