Archive - Tom Strode
Gay rights movement advances as House committee OKs ‘special protections’
A congressional committee voted Thursday to extend hate crimes protections to homosexuals and transgendered individuals in the first step of what supporters hope will be a major victory for the gay rights movement. more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 24, 2009
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, , Legislation, Religious Liberty
Land: Plan B decision violates parent-child relationship
The federal government will not challenge a judge’s controversial ruling on the Plan B “morning-after” pill, meaning 17-year-old females will be able to obtain a drug with abortion-causing qualities without a prescription. more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 23, 2009
Topic: Life, Abortion, Birth Control
Panel OKs Sebelius despite Tiller donations
A U.S. Senate committee approved April 21 the nomination of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to head the Department of Health and Human Services in spite of her underreporting of campaign contributions from the country’s most notorious abortion doctor. more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 22, 2009
Topic: Family, Living, Health, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National
Pro-lifers: Stem cell rules step downward
The Obama administration’s draft guidelines on funding embryonic stem cell research are not as bad as they could have been, but they appear to be a step toward something much worse, pro-life leaders say. more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 21, 2009
Topic: Life, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, National
LIFE DIGEST: Planned Parenthood caught again
Planned Parenthood has been caught again seeking to circumvent the law – this time at a Memphis, Tenn., affiliate.
Live Action, a California-based organization led by college students, secretly video taped a Planned Parenthood counselor attempting to cover up alleged child sexual abuse. more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 20, 2009
Topic: Family, Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation, National
Protect the health conscience rule, Land urges HHS
Repealing a rule designed to protect medical professionals who morally object to such practices as abortion and assisted suicide would “rend the fabric of our democracy and open wide the door for discrimination,” Southern Baptist ethics leader Richard Land has told the federal government. more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 16, 2009
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National
LIFE DIGEST: Planned Parenthood’s abortions increase by 15,000
Business is still booming for Planned Parenthood.
The country’s No. 1 abortion provider increased its count of the lethal procedures by more than 15,000 and again totaled $1 billion in revenue, according to its newly released annual report. more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 13, 2009
Topic: Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Church and State, Legislation, National
Deadline nears for comments on health conscience rules
A pro-life U.S. senator’s effort to safeguard the conscience rights of patients and health-care workers went down to a resounding defeat as the Obama administration moved closer to apparent repeal of a regulation providing such protections. more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 9, 2009
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation, National
LIFE DIGEST: Assisted suicide for healthy promoted
The Swiss assisted-suicide organization Dignitas plans to help a healthy woman die with her terminally ill husband, and a pro-life bioethics specialist says this development should have been expected. more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 6, 2009 - (1)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Suicide, Citizenship, , National
House OKs bill to control tobacco
WASHINGTON—The U.S. House of Representatives easily approved a bill last week to give the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco products. more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 6, 2009
Topic: Family, Living, Health, Citizenship, Legislation