Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, CNN & Playboy.

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George Katsumoto of Grand Prairie sharpens scissors at the Jo-Ann store on Preston Road in Dallas one day a week. In the foreground is a pair of vintage red scissors in a bird-shaped sewing caddy.