Archive - Tom Strode
LIFE DIGEST: Harmless cell breakthrough gives hope for cures
Researchers have converted a kind of adult cell into another within an animal, producing a stunning breakthrough that could result in treatments for numerous afflictions and further undermine the campaign for destructive embryonic experiments. more »
By Tom Strode - Sep 3, 2008
Topic: Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research
Pro-lifers decry APA’s denial of link between abortion, depression
Representatives of post-abortion and pregnancy center organizations have denounced a report that asserts there is no trustworthy evidence that a lone abortion causes mental health problems in a woman. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 27, 2008
Is embryonic stem cell research obsolete?
Scientists continue to deal blows to the campaign for embryonic stem cell research, some by shifting their allegiance to a more ethical form of experimentation and some by discovering new means of creating stem cells that do not harm donors. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 26, 2008
Topic: Life, Stem-Cell Research
LIFE DIGEST: Pastor calls for Democrats to ‘resist’ abortion
Los Angeles pastor Charles Blake interjected a discordant note into an Aug. 24 interfaith religious service that served as the first official event of the Democratic National Convention. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 26, 2008 - (4)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
Olympian shunned abortion; now has son & bronze medal
Tasha Danvers chose her unborn child four years ago over her hopes for an Olympic medal. Now she has both.
Running for Great Britain, Danvers won the bronze medal Aug. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 22, 2008
New HHS rule would protect pro-life docs
The freedom of conscience of pro-life doctors and other health-care providers would be protected under a new rule proposed by the Bush administration. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 22, 2008
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Religious Liberty
Calif. court: Fertility doctor must treat gays
The California Supreme Court dealt a blow to religious freedom Aug. 18, critics said, by ruling a fertility doctor cannot refuse to provide a treatment based on a patient’s homosexuality. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 19, 2008
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, , Religious Liberty
LIFE DIGEST: Researchers moving to reprogrammed cells from embryonic ones
Prominent scientists previously committed to stem cell research that destroys human embryos apparently are shifting their allegiance to reprogrammed stem cells that do no harm. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 19, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Cloning, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
Beijing coerces churches to not meet
The Chinese government has forced pastors of unregistered churches to pledge there will be no worship services at their congregations’ meeting sites during a three-month period surrounding the Summer Olympics, a human rights group reported Aug. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 14, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Persecution, Religious Liberty
Trafficking bills differ in critical ways
A clash between the Department of Justice and foes of human trafficking over how to address the global problem is on display in the conflicting pieces of legislation they support. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 13, 2008
Topic: Family, Children, Citizenship, Human Rights, Legislation, National