A Consumer's Guide to Brave New World: Stem Cells, Human Cloning and the Sanctity of Human Life
Wesley J. Smith
Thursday, 06 Mar 2003 at 7:00 pm – 101 Carver
Wesley J. Smith is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute of Seattle, and an attorney and consultant for the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide. He has filed amicus briefs opposing the legalization of assisted suicide and on other bioethical issues in federal and state courts, including in the United States Supreme Court. He has authored or co-authored eight books including Forced Exit: The Slippery Slope from Assisted Suicide to Legalized Murder; Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America; Power Over Pain, a consumer's guide to obtaining good pain control; and A Consumer's Guide to Brave New World.
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