Archive - Tom Strode
LIFE DIGEST: Pro-life group calls for Pitino’s firing
A University of Louisville student pro-life organization has called for the dismissal of men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino after he acknowledged committing adultery and providing $3,000 to his sexual partner for an abortion she underwent. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 18, 2009
Topic: Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Science, Bioethics
LIFE DIGEST: Planned Parenthood fined for overbilling
The state of Washington has ordered a Planned Parenthood affiliate in Spokane to reimburse about $700,000 for overbilling Medicaid.
The news is the latest in a series of events that have revealed unscrupulous and/or illegal practices in clinics of the country’s No. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 11, 2009
Topic: Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
ERLC analysis says House health care bill ‘dangerous’
The health-care reform bill making its way through the U.S. House of Representatives “is extremely dangerous legislation to the health and wellbeing of most Americans” for a variety of reasons, the Southern Baptist Convention’s ethics entity says. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 8, 2009 - (3)
Topic: Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Citizenship, Healthcare, Legislation
Land: Quality of life would suffer under bill
Both the quality and duration of life for America’s next generations will suffer if President Obama’s health-care reform proposal becomes law, Southern Baptist ethics leader Richard Land says. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 8, 2009 - (2)
Topic: Citizenship, Healthcare
LIFE DIGEST: RU 486 death toll for women at 29
Use of the abortion drug RU 486 has resulted in the deaths of 29 women worldwide, according to a new report.
Exeglyn, the European manufacturer of RU 486, reported the total, which is more than twice the previous estimate, to the Italian Pharmaceuticals Agency (AIFA), LifeNews.com said in a July 31 article based on news media sources. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 4, 2009
Topic: Life, Abortion, Birth Control, Citizenship, Healthcare, Legislation, National
Democrats block pro-life effort on health care bill
A U.S. House of Representatives committee protected abortion services in a proposed government health-care plan Thursday in a turn of events that saw it first approve, then defeat an amendment to prevent required coverage of the lethal procedure. more »
By Tom Strode - Jul 31, 2009
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Legislation
LIFE DIGEST: Induced stem cells as potent as embryonic ones, studies show
Researchers in China have shown induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells are as powerful as embryonic stem cells while avoiding their ethical problems. more »
By Tom Strode - Jul 28, 2009
Topic: Life, Abortion, Birth Control, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Religious Liberty, Science, Bioethics
Land: critical time on health care reform
The delay in congressional action on health-care reform provides pro-life Americans and others with a timely opportunity to affect the controversial legislation, Southern Baptist public policy specialist Richard Land said July 24. more »
By Tom Strode - Jul 24, 2009
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Healthcare, Legislation
Science czar denies coercive population control views
President Obama’s science czar coauthored a book in the 1970s that raised coercive measures as possible means of curbing the human population.
The Senate confirmed John Holdren March 19 as director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), but quotations on involuntary population control in a 1977 textbook he coauthored now have come under scrutiny. more »
By Tom Strode - Jul 23, 2009
Topic: Life, Citizenship, National, Science, Bioethics
LIFE DIGEST: Unborn babies have memories, study says
Unborn children have memories, according to a new study from The Netherlands.
Researchers at two medical centers found unborn babies at 30 weeks gestation show short-term memory, according to The Washington Times. more »
By Tom Strode - Jul 21, 2009
Topic: Life, Abortion, Cloning, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Legislation, National, Science, Bioethics, Issues,