Word: hubbards
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...activities are simply the most advanced form of activity implicit in such a developing agency. Rather, we oppose his appointment because we do not wish to have him in our midst. It is a matter, as we said before, of simple self-respect. Yours sincerely, Richard C. Lewontin Ruth Hubbard Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard University
What a foolish statement Biologist Ruth Hubbard made, saying that in vitro fertilization reinforces society's notions that women's lives are worthless unless they bear children [Jan. 21]. No one is forcing fertilization on anyone, but now unfertile women have another option. It's quite miraculous...
...attacked the clinic proposal at two public hearings, vowed to continue the fight in court. The group contends that in vitro fertilization can lead to abortion since flawed embryos will be destroyed before or after implantation. Objections have also been voiced in other quarters. Last week Harvard Biologist Ruth Hubbard, an outspoken feminist, charged that "the push toward this technology reinforces the all-too-prevalent view in our society that women's lives are unfulfilled or indeed worthless unless we bear children." Since so little is known about the consequences of such methods, she said, women and their test...