Fertility clinics discard thousands upon thousands of abandoned embryos every year. That’s because a single round of in vitro fertilization treatment typically involves collecting 10 or more eggs with only one or two being implanted in the mother. Many countries actually require that these surplus embryos be destroyed after a certain period.
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Cal Thomas: Inflation reduction act won’t
More spending, as in “The Inflation Reduction Act,” won’t reduce inflation, any more than drinking more alcohol leads to sobriety. But when Democrats are drunk on spending and power and too many Americans have an entitlement mentality, it doesn’t appear either side is prepared to go cold turkey when it comes to spending.
Paul Mills: How Maine selects justices, the nation could too
A look at how Maine has attempted to rule the composition of its own crucial third branch of government may offer a guide to how the national dilemma might be confronted.
Froma Harrop: The credit for electric cars is unusually well crafted
It isn’t true that the new subsidies for buying electric vehicles will only benefit the rich. Even if it were, I wouldn’t care.
Charlie Summers: A career in HVAC is promising
Today the need for well-trained technicians in HVAC-R (heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration) has never been greater, and these jobs pay well and offer opportunities for advancement and life-long career development.
Rich Lowry: Merrick Garland is on a path to the abyss
If we can’t know where Garland is ultimately heading in his probe of Jan. 6 and the documents seized from Mar-a-Lago, all indications are that he is preparing the ground for an indictment of Donald J. Trump.
Cal Thomas: Is Merrick Garland serious?
No foreign power could hope to undermine the pillars of our democracy better than we are doing ourselves. Serious attention to rebuilding these and other institutions, which can lead to restoring confidence in them, is urgently required.
Climate bill alone won’t halve U.S. emissions by 2030
To hit its target, the U.S. must continue down a steeper path than it has followed for the past 20 years. If the Congressional Budget Office’s projections of economic growth hold true, then by 2030 the U.S. must ensure that the production of each dollar of GDP releases only 189 grams of CO2, roughly half of what it releases today.
Cal Thomas: McCullough’s history never boring
As George Santayana famously said, “Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.” Times change, but human nature never changes. David McCullough has shown why the lessons of history remain important, especially for those determined not to repeat history’s mistakes and to learn from its successes.
Rich Lowry: No, Joe Biden still isn’t a good president
Only 18% of Americans in the latest Yahoo News/YouGov poll say that Biden should run for a second term. Just 29% of Biden voters are ready for him to suit up and ride again in 2024, an astonishing repudiation from people who presumably wish him well and were hoping for the best.