Laurence B. McCullough is Distinguished Emeritus Professor in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. He is also Adjunct Professor of Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology and of Medical Ethics in Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. In 2013 he received Baylor’s highest teaching award, the Barbara and Corbin J. Robertson, Jr., Presidential Award for Excellence in Education.