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Parents choose biblical worldview in making Christian school choice
For Tamara and Charles Heeb, choosing a school came down to one question: Will the education complement what the children are being taught at home and at church? more »
By Dianna L. Cagle - Aug 18, 2007
Topic: Family, Children, Education, Parenting
Family sees benefits of public schools
FAYETTEVILLE — Laura Foley attended public schools and a Christian school. For her, they both worked. In seventh grade Laura left a Christian school she’d been attending for five years to go to a middle school in the Cumberland County public school system. more »
By Steve DeVane - Aug 18, 2007
Topic: Family, Children, Education, Parenting
Boys beg mom to teach them at home
Elis Mateus taught in private school 13 years, earning a tuition break for her sons to go with her salary. In 2000, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and “retired” from teaching. more »
By Norman Jameson - Aug 18, 2007
Topic: Family, Children, Education, Parenting
LIFE DIGEST: Abortion doctors circumvent partial-birth ban by using deadly drugs
The abortion industry has found a way around the Supreme Court’s support for a federal ban on a gruesome technique—shoot the unborn baby up with deadly drugs before delivering the child almost totally to complete the procedure. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 13, 2007
Topic: Life, Abortion, Infertility, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Legislation, National, Science, Bioethics
Planned Parenthood complains about bill’s effect
JEFFERSON CITY—Planned Parenthood took the opportunity to use church facilities and the occasion of Governor Matt Blunt’s bill-signing ceremony to call its own press conference regarding the passage of House Bill 1055 (HB 1055) July 6 at Concord Baptist Church. more »
By Barbara Shoun - Jul 24, 2007
Topic: Family, Education, Sexual Purity, Abstinence, Life, Abortion, Birth Control, Citizenship, Legislation
Senate panel OKs single indecency bill
A U.S. Senate committee approved legislation July 19 to assure the federal government has the authority to rule a broadcast is indecent based on the use of one word or image. more »
By Tom Strode - Jul 20, 2007
Topic: Family, Parenting, Pop Culture, Citizenship, Legislation, National
LIFE DIGEST: Sales of ‘morning-after’ pill boom following new over-the-counter policy
Sales of a “morning-after” pill that can cause an abortion are expected to double in the year since the federal government approved its non-prescription distribution. more »
By Tom Strode - Jul 16, 2007
Topic: Life, Abortion, Birth Control, Citizenship, Legislation
LIFE DIGEST: Advocacy for assisted suicide expanding to include chronically depressed
A new article in a leading bioethics journal demonstrates proponents of physician-assisted suicide increasingly are advocating extending the practice beyond the terminally ill to the chronically depressed, a pro-life spokesman says. more »
By Tom Strode - Jul 9, 2007 - (1)
Topic: Family, Elderly, Parenting, Life, Abortion, Disabled, End-of-Life Issues, Citizenship, Legislation, National
Bush administration’s stem cell stance targeted again
Senate advocates of stem cell research that destroys human embryos are trying a new tactic in their ongoing effort to gain federal funding for such experimentation. more »
By Tom Strode - Jun 27, 2007
Topic: Life, Infertility, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
Buckner helps single mothers
The women traveled a dark road. They spent years trying to get somewhere but always ended up in the same place. They were single moms struggling to provide, and their road was filled with potholes—unpaid bills, little mouths to feed and employers who required higher education which, due to responsibilities, they could not attain. more »
By Whitney Farr - Jun 25, 2007