http://pewforum.org/ The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life seeks to promote a deeper understanding of issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. en-us Copyright: (C) Copyright 2005 The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. All rights reserved. info@pewforum.org (PewForum Info) info@pewforum.org (PewForum Info) Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:10:01 -0400 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:10:01 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://pewforum.org/images/rssfeeds.gif http://pewforum.org/ http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16058 At the Good Counsel shelters for homeless pregnant women in New York, yesterday was business as usual: pregnant moms getting ready to deliver, other mothers feeding their children, still others going off to school or training for new jobs. Bioethics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16058 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16042 A proposal to define a fertilized human egg as a person will land on Colorado's ballot this November, marking the first time that the question of when life begins will go before voters anywhere in the nation. Bioethics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16042 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16037 The papal encyclical forbidding oral contraception was widely rejected. Bioethics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16037 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16026 Some dusty fish fossils spotted by a sharp-eyed University of Chicago doctoral student as he rummaged through forgotten corners of museum collections in Europe have answered a question that has long vexed scientists. Bioethics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=16026 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=15992 Almost two centuries after his birth and nearly 150 years after publishing his seminal work on evolution, Charles Darwin still stirs controversy, even though his ideas are the foundation of modern biology and medicine. Bioethics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=15992 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=15839 There isn't much John Peyton can do on his own except speak, and soon he'll lose even that. Bioethics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=15839 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=15838 In 1981, Michael Dowd would have counted himself among the millions of conservative Christians who blame Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution and the idea of a godless, purposeless universe for the moral decline of society. Bioethics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=15838 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=15835 Whether a Republican or Democrat moves into the White House in January, opponents of embryonic stem cell research will be out in the cold for the first time in nearly a decade. Bioethics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=15835 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=15787 My patient is an elderly man with end-stage congestive heart failure, kidney failure and now an infected dialysis line, and he is unlikely to live more than six months. Bioethics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=15787 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=15788 In public health circles they are known as "exempters" -- parents who for reasons of faith or philosophy choose not to immunize their children against diseases such as measles and whooping cough. Bioethics http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=15788 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST