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• The One-Child Warranty, Continued

  Posted Friday, June 06, 2008 7:53 AM By William Saletan
  
  Last week I wrote about the warranty on children killed by the recent earthquake in China. I referred to an exemption to the country's one-child policy, allowing parents who lost their kids to replace them. At one point, I asked, "Why should the warranty Read More...
  Filed under: sex selection, human commodification, eugenics, one-child policy, disability

• The One-Child Warranty

  Posted Thursday, May 29, 2008 7:53 AM By William Saletan
  
  A lot of people in China are angry. The earthquake that struck there two weeks ago has destroyed their entire stock of the country's most strictly rationed item: children. Here's the background from the New York Times : Thousands of parents have openly Read More...
  Filed under: abortion, human commodification, one-child policy

• The Bio-artificial Industry

  Posted Thursday, May 01, 2008 2:06 PM By William Saletan
  
  How do you feel about mass-producing and selling human tissue in machine form? I hope you like the idea. Because it's on the way. A few days ago, the University of Michigan trumpeted a study validating the efficacy of its " bioartificial kidneys ." In Read More...
  Filed under: prostheses, regeneration, meat, flesh, human commodification, bio-artificial, artificial kidneys

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