Abortion - news
LIFE DIGEST: Massachusetts abortion doctor indicted in death
A Massachusetts grand jury has indicted a doctor in whose care a 22-year-old woman died after an abortion in September.
The Barnstable County Grand Jury charged Rapin Osathanondh with manslaughter July 16 in the death of Laura Smith. more »
By Tom Strode - Jul 22, 2008
LIFE DIGEST: British woman eliminates embryos for one cancer-free child
A London woman is carrying Great Britain’s first baby guaranteed not to inherit breast cancer, but she had to eliminate several of her other embryonic offspring to do so. more »
By Tom Strode - Jul 15, 2008 - (5)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
Jury declines to indict abortion doctor
A Kansas grand jury has decided not to file charges against the country’s best-known, late-term abortion doctor after a six-month investigation. more »
By Tom Strode - Jul 11, 2008
LIFE DIGEST: Bush administration again blocks funds for UNFPA
The Bush administration announced June 27 it has refused for the seventh consecutive year to forward federal money to a controversial United Nations family planning fund linked to the support of China’s coercive population control program. more »
By Tom Strode - Jul 10, 2008
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Modesty, Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Suicide
CLC urges Blunt to call pro-life special session
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Christian Life Commission (CLC) of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) is drafting a letter to Gov. Matt Blunt urging him to call a special session of the General Assembly to deal with pro-life legislation. more »
By Brian Koonce - Jul 2, 2008
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation
LIFE DIGEST: Human rights to go to apes in Spain
The Spanish parliament’s move to grant rights previously reserved for human beings to chimpanzees and other apes is a victory for those seeking to minimize the uniqueness of humanity, a bioethics specialist says. more »
By Tom Strode - Jun 30, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Family, Parenting, Life, Abortion, Cloning, Citizenship, Human Rights
Planned Parenthood ‘price breaks’ axed
The U.S. House of Representatives has eliminated language in a war supplemental spending bill that would have provided price breaks for Planned Parenthood, the country’s No. more »
By Tom Strode - Jun 25, 2008
Topic: Life, Abortion, Birth Control, Citizenship, Legislation
LIFE DIGEST: House drops provision to benefit Planned Parenthood
The U.S. House of Representatives has eliminated language in a war supplemental spending bill that would have provided price breaks for Planned Parenthood, the country’s No. more »
By Tom Strode - Jun 24, 2008 - (2)
Blunt should call special session for pro-life bill
For Missouri abortionists, it could be “the perfect storm.”
Missouri Southern Baptists believe abortion should be prohibited. Only God has the right to take an innocent life. more »
By Don Hinkle - Jun 19, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Legislation
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