Bioethics and American Democracy publication

The FDA Has Lost its Soul

David Gortler

Under Biden, every single bad decision at the FDA has been addressed with spin, closed ranks, finger-pointing, excuses, obfuscation, withholding of documents, and accusing critics of race-based motives. 

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The New American / August 2, 2022

FDA Approval Of Over-The-Counter Birth Control Puts Women’s Health At Risk

David Gortler

Should oral contraceptives be obtained without a prescription from a medical provider, a number of critical assessments will be overlooked.

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The Federalist / July 26, 2022

How the White House’s New FDA Commissioner Caused the Baby Formula Crisis

David Gortler

The FDA’s current way of doing things is badly outdated and has proven to be politically unworkable, unreliable, and unsafe.

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The Pharmacy Times / July 13, 2022

Electronic Health Records, Inflation, and Private Medicine

Devorah Goldman

These made‐​to‐​order, government‐​approved systems — which were not sought after by either doctors or the patient community — have failed in egregious ways.

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Cato Institute / July 13, 2022

Biden Pays Big Bucks for Pfizer’s Latest Flop

David Gortler

The Biden administration is paying $10.6 billion in taxpayer money for Pfizer’s unoriginal and ineffective Covid-19 drug, Paxlovid.

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The American Conservative / June 28, 2022

Contagious Vaccines

Aaron Kheriaty

Government-funded research of lab-engineered viruses to create contagious self-spreading vaccines that bypass the consent of citizens. What could go wrong?

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Human Flourishing / June 21, 2022

EPPC Scholar Files Expert Declaration in Suit by States Challenging Censorship by Biden Administration, Tech…

Aaron Kheriaty

EPPC Fellow Dr. Aaron Kheriaty has submitted an expert declaration in support of a legal challenge filed by Missouri and Louisiana alleging that President Biden and other leading federal officials colluded with Big Tech companies to censor and suppress free speech.

PDF / June 15, 2022

The WHO’s Pandemic Treaty

Aaron Kheriaty

We must oppose this to maintain national sovereignty and democratic norms.

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Substack / May 31, 2022

HHS Guidance on Trans Pharmacology Raises More Questions Than It Answers

David Gortler

Observant scientists and clinicians will notice the document is most remarkable for what it doesn’t say.

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Newsweek / May 19, 2022

The Public Health Prophet We Did Not Heed

Aaron Kheriaty

Although lockdowns and other biosecurity proposals were circulating by 2005, mainstream public health did not embrace the biosecurity model until covid.

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Substack / May 10, 2022

The Leak Shows Why Abortion Policy Should Be Returned to the States

Carter Snead

It would be ironic if whoever leaked the draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization did it in a desperate effort to prod the Supreme Court to uphold Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Because this breach is one of the starkest examples yet of why the question of abortion law and policy must be restored to our political branches.

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The Washington Post / May 5, 2022

CDC and the Surveillance State

Aaron Kheriaty

The CDC has been using phone tracking data to monitor schools and churches. The CIA has also been spying on Americans, with no judicial oversight and without congressional approval.

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Substack / May 4, 2022