Richard Doerflinger is a bioethics policy expert who has long been associated with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, where he served as Associate Director of the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities. He contributed to The Weekly Standard on issues at the intersection of bioethics and public policy, including opposition to human cloning and embryonic stem cell research.
RON REAGAN'S SPEECH at the Democratic convention last night was expected to urge expanded funding for stem cell research using so-called "spare" embryos--and to highlight these cells' potential for treating the Alzheimer's disease that took his father's life.