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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
LIFE DIGEST: Cancer drug no, assisted suicide yes, Oregon says
Barbara Wagner discovered recently her state would not cover chemotherapy for her lung cancer but would underwrite her death by physician-assisted suicide. more »
By Tom Strode - Jun 9, 2008
Topic: Life, Abortion, Cloning, End-of-Life Issues, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
LIFE DIGEST: California Assembly OKs backdoor assisted suicide bill
The California State Assembly has approved legislation that critics say would provide a backdoor way to legalize physician-assisted suicide.
The Assembly voted 41-32 May 28 for the bill, which is sponsored by Democrats Patty Berg and Lloyd Levine, leaders in unsuccessful efforts to pass assisted-suicide measures the last three years. more »
By Tom Strode - Jun 3, 2008
Topic: Family, Elderly, Life, Abortion, Cloning, End-of-Life Issues, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
British Parliament backs human-animal hybrids
Members of the British Parliament have handily defeated attempts to block the legalization of human-animal hybrids and “savior siblings” in a series of votes that left pro-life advocates aghast. more »
By Tom Strode - May 21, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Life, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
LIFE DIGEST: Euthanize the kids and old folks, Belgian proposes
Not enough parents can euthanize their children and not enough people can perform physician-assisted suicide to satisfy some Belgium politicians. more »
By Tom Strode - Mar 31, 2008
Topic: Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Stem-Cell Research
LIFE DIGEST: Injured Delaware woman faces all too common death by starvation
A young, severely brain injured Delaware woman is at the center of a court battle between her parents that could result in death by starvation and dehydration for her – and such a result would not be an unusual occurrence, a pro-life, bioethics specialist says. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 12, 2008 - (5)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
Bush pushes ethical stem cell research
President Bush urged a Democratic-controlled Congress Jan. 28 in his last State of the Union speech to maintain policies he has promoted and adopt recommendations he has previously offered. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 29, 2008
Topic: Life, Cloning, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Legislation, National, Science, Bioethics
LIFE DIGEST: British mother gives her life for unborn child
Lorraine Allard literally gave her life for her unborn son.
Allard, 33, died Jan. 18, exactly two months after giving birth to Liam and approaching three months after learning she was in the advanced stages of liver cancer. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 29, 2008
Topic: Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
Ban pushed on human-animal hybrids
A Republican and a Democrat in the U.S. Senate have combined their efforts once again in an attempt to prevent unethical research involving human-animal hybrid embryos. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 25, 2008
Topic: Life, Cloning, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Legislation, National, Science, Bioethics