Parenting - news
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
Topic: Family, Education, Parenting, Mothers, Singles
House rebuffs pro-life overseas policy
The House of Representatives approved legislation June 21 that would undermine a ban on federal funds for organizations that perform or promote abortions in foreign countries. more »
By Tom Strode - Jun 22, 2007
Topic: Family, Life, Abortion, Birth Control, Citizenship, Legislation, National
Land: Bush ‘gets it’ on stem cells
President Bush’s latest veto of a funding bill for embryonic stem cell research received the expected divided reaction—foes of the destructive experimentation applauded his action while supporters assailed it. more »
By Tom Strode - Jun 21, 2007
Topic: Family, Children, Parenting, Adoption, Life, Cloning, Infertility, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Legislation, National, Science, Bioethics
Bush again vetoes embryo destruction
For the second time in less than a year, President Bush vetoed a bill June 20 that would have provided federal funds for stem cell research that destroys human embryos. more »
By Tom Strode - Jun 20, 2007
Topic: Family, Parenting, Adoption, Life, Cloning, Infertility, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Legislation, National, Science, Bioethics
ERLC Urges Concerned Citizens to Support the FCC and Oppose Profanity and Obscenity in Broadcasting
The recent ruling by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York may mean that television media companies can broadcast obscene and profane programming. more »
By Andrew R. Lewis - Jun 18, 2007
Topic: Family, Children, Parenting, Pop Culture, Citizenship