Way to go, Kansas!

Yesterday Kansas voters said it loud and clear: Women are people, too, and their right to abortion shall not be infringed! By a decisive margin yesterday, Kansas voters rejected a measure that would have changed their state’s constitution to say it does not guarantee the right to abortion. Late last night the vote count was … Continue reading Way to go, Kansas!

‘First do no harm’ is not in the Hippocratic Oath

It is a widely held misconception that the familiar dictum “First, do no harm” comes from the Hippocratic Oath, an oath many physicians take when they enter medical practice. However, the Hippocratic Oath does not and never did contain those words (nor was it actually written by Hippocrates, according to many sources). It expresses a … Continue reading ‘First do no harm’ is not in the Hippocratic Oath