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The ‘conscience legislation’ of abortifacients
05.03.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

No licensed pharmacy in this state shall be required to perform, assist, recommend, refer to, or participate in any act or service in connection with any drug or device that is an abortifacient, including but not limited to the RU486 drug and emergency contraception such as the Plan B drug.
- 95th General Assembly of the [...]
Ethical elephants and their long noses
11.21.08 | Permalink | Comment?

One of the most hotly contested questions in the field of medical ethics today is the role of the physician in legally sanctioned execution (a.k.a. capital punishment); and while many professional medical associations in the United States, such as the American Medical Association (AMA), have explicitly condemned the use of physicians in capital punishment, there [...]
Back to life?
08.27.08 | Permalink | Comment?

I am back from my little trip, and am off with a slight deviation from the ordinary subject matter here @ moneduloides. Before you read the rest of this post head over to Signout at scienceblogs and check out the post The luxury of time.
Interesting, yeah?
I cannot claim to have ever had an experience similar [...]