News Archives for December, 2008
CFI Calls Vatican’s Position on Biomedical Technology Deplorable and Scientifically Insupportable
December 12, 2008
In a move designed to firm up faith-based opposition to embryonic stem cell research and other cutting-edge biomedical technologies, the Vatican has released a 32-page document titled “Dignitas Personae” – meaning “the dignity of a person.” The document condemns a host of procedures considered “immoral” by the Catholic Church, …Full Entry »
On Human Rights Day, the Center for Inquiry Works to Uphold the Universality of Rights.
December 10, 2008
Today we mark the sixtieth anniversary of the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and above all its affirmation of the freedom of thought, conscience, religion, and expression.
At the United Nations General Assembly meeting in Paris in December 1948 at which the Declaration was …Full Entry »
