Anthropological Perspectives on Personhood

Webinar: Why Ethics Matters in Human Stem Cell Research

The ideologies behind the world's worst human rights abuses all have a common thread: they force a qualifier on personhood. “Personhood = human something else” is lethally dangerous math. “Personhood = human a certain sex.” “Personhood = human a certain race.” “Personhood = human a certain age.” Personhood & human rights are NOT conditional or subjective. They are inherent to EVERY human being — regardless of age, race, sex, location, level of development, level of dependency, etc. Watch the ful

Why "Life Begins At Conception" Is Simply Not True

The science of human embryology is settled - the unborn are human at fertilization. Students often make the mistake of saying the unborn aren't human when they really mean they are not persons like you and me. The science of human embryology is settled - the unborn are human at fertilization. We are both human and persons are the beginning. | Mark Harrington

Sandra The 33-Year-Old Orangutan Previously Granted "Non-Human Personhood" Settles Into New Home At Florida Refuge

When Does Life Begin? Outside the Christian Right, the Answer Is “Over Time.”