Archive - Tom Strode
Religious commission criticizes Saudi textbooks
An Islamic academy in Northern Virginia plans to revise before the new school year textbooks that reportedly advocate violence against non-Muslims and some Muslims, a school spokesman has said. more »
By Tom Strode - Jun 19, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Religious Liberty, War
LIFE DIGEST: Georgia woman jailed for forging girl’s abortion notification
A Georgia woman has been sentenced to a year in jail after pressuring her son’s teen-age girlfriend to have an abortion, forging a letter of parental notification and paying for the procedure. more »
By Tom Strode - Jun 17, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Cloning, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
SBC tackles Calif. ‘gay marriage’ ruling
Messengers to the 2008 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting passed resolutions in the June 11 evening session supporting a California initiative to repudiate same-sex “marriage” and urging government defunding of Planned Parenthood, the country’s leading abortion provider. more »
By Tom Strode - Jun 12, 2008
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, , Social Issues
LIFE DIGEST: Cancer drug no, assisted suicide yes, Oregon says
Barbara Wagner discovered recently her state would not cover chemotherapy for her lung cancer but would underwrite her death by physician-assisted suicide. more »
By Tom Strode - Jun 9, 2008
Topic: Life, Abortion, Cloning, End-of-Life Issues, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
LIFE DIGEST: California Assembly OKs backdoor assisted suicide bill
The California State Assembly has approved legislation that critics say would provide a backdoor way to legalize physician-assisted suicide.
The Assembly voted 41-32 May 28 for the bill, which is sponsored by Democrats Patty Berg and Lloyd Levine, leaders in unsuccessful efforts to pass assisted-suicide measures the last three years. more »
By Tom Strode - Jun 3, 2008
Topic: Family, Elderly, Life, Abortion, Cloning, End-of-Life Issues, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
Land urges defeat of climate-change bill
Southern Baptist ethics leader Richard Land is calling for opposition to climate-change legislation before the U.S. Senate.
The president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission sent an e-mail letter to Southern Baptists and other ERLC constituents June 2 urging them to ask their senators to oppose the Climate Security Act, S. more »
By Tom Strode - Jun 3, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Legislation, , Science, Environment
Abortion provider Planned Parenthood could benefit from Senate’s war funding bill
The U.S. Senate has approved price breaks for the country’s leading abortion provider in legislation funding American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. more »
By Tom Strode - May 29, 2008
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation
LIFE DIGEST: Senate aids Planned Parenthood in war funding bill
The country’s leading abortion provider will benefit from a bill to provide funds for American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, if the U.S. Senate gets its way. more »
By Tom Strode - May 28, 2008
Topic: Family, Children, Life, Abortion, Birth Control
Bush signs ban on genetic discrimination
President Bush has signed into law a bill to prevent insurers and employers from discriminating against people based on their genetic information. more »
By Tom Strode - May 23, 2008
Topic: Family, Living, Health, Citizenship, Legislation
British Parliament backs human-animal hybrids
Members of the British Parliament have handily defeated attempts to block the legalization of human-animal hybrids and “savior siblings” in a series of votes that left pro-life advocates aghast. more »
By Tom Strode - May 21, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Life, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics