Ezekiel Emanuel Quotes
Ezekiel Emanuel — American Scientist
Ezekiel Jonathan "Zeke" Emanuel is an American bioethicist and fellow at the Center for American Progress. He opposes legalized euthanasia, and is a proponent of a voucher-based universal health care. He was an associate professor at the Harvard Medical School,Before he joined the National Institutes of Health in 1998. As of September 2011 he serves as the Diane and Robert Levy University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy and holds a joint appointment at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Wharton School... (wikipedia)
By establishing a social policy that keeps physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia illegal but recognizes exceptions, we would adopt the correct moral view: the onus of proving that everything had been tried and that the motivation and rationale were convincing would rest on those who wanted to end a life.
The president recognizes that funding global health is good for national security, domestic health and global diplomacy. Consequently, President Obama has steadily increased funding for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, which was created by President Bush and has strong bipartisan support.
