Leon Kass

“In the case of abortion, one pits the life of the fetus against the interests of the pregnant woman.”

“Our only responsibility is to live our own life and take care of our own children.”

“An enormous amount of direct advertising from pharmaceutical companies are offering a kind of instantaneous solution to problems.”

“It seems to me that a kind of thinking which is not technocratic has an opportunity for a renaissance in this country.”

“I don't like being forced to reduce my thoughts to sound bites.”

“We should never rush into folly just because other nations are practicing it.”

“I've been opposed to human cloning from the very beginning.”

“Genetics is crude, but neuroscience goes directly to work on the brain, and the mind follows.”

“The neuroscience area - which is absolutely in its infancy - is much more important than genetics.”