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LIFE DIGEST: Assisted suicide claims 1st victim in Washington
Washington has its first legal death by physician-assisted suicide since the state’s voters approved the practice in November.
Linda Fleming, 66, died May 21 after taking a lethal dose of drugs prescribed for her under Washington’s Death With Dignity Act, according to Compassion and Choices, a pro-assisted suicide organization. more »
By Tom Strode - May 27, 2009
Topic: Life, Abortion, Cloning, End-of-Life Issues, Science, Bioethics
LIFE DIGEST: Oklahoma lawmakers OK cloning ban
The Oklahoma legislature has unanimously approved a bill to prohibit all forms of human cloning.
The House of Representatives voted 83-0 for the measure May 15, and the Senate passed the bill with a 44-0 vote the same day, according to The Daily Oklahoman. more »
By Tom Strode - May 19, 2009
Topic: Life, Abortion, Cloning, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
LIFE DIGEST: Britain to weigh embryo creation for body parts
British couples could create embryos to establish body-repair kits for their other children and themselves, if a government agency approves the proposal this summer. more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 28, 2009
Topic: Life, Abortion, Cloning, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
A House vote soon on human cloning?
WASHINGTON—Proponents of embryonic stem cell research may soon try to push through the U.S. House of Representatives a bill to approve federal funds for experiments on human embryos — including cloned ones — while falsely claiming that human cloning is being banned, according to a warning from a leading pro-life organization. more »
By staff - Apr 1, 2009
Land: Obama’s order ‘attempt to remove morality from scientific research’
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Southern Baptist ethics leader Richard Land decried President Barack Obama’s March 9 executive order overturning the prohibition on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research (ESCR). more »
Mar 9, 2009
Topic: Life, Cloning, Stem-Cell Research
LIFE DIGEST: Researchers moving to reprogrammed cells from embryonic ones
Prominent scientists previously committed to stem cell research that destroys human embryos apparently are shifting their allegiance to reprogrammed stem cells that do no harm. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 19, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Cloning, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
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
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
Cures campaign extends target to 2010
Battle to outlaw human cloning in Missouri goes on
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—All is on hold until 2010 when it comes to the expansion of constitutionally protected human cloning in Missouri or the changing of the current law to reflect a more pro-life view. more »
By Allen Palmeri - Jun 5, 2008
Topic: Life, Cloning, Citizenship, Legislation