End-of-Life Issues - news
Land, Gibbs in two-part documentary on Terri Schiavo
AGOURA HILLS, Calif.—Two thirty-minute television programs to air June 12 and 19 will explore the debate surrounding the death of Terri Schiavo and feature, among others, Richard Land, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention and David Gibbs, head of the Florida-based Christian Law Association. more »
Topic: Life, End-of-Life Issues
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
LIFE DIGEST: FDA delays human embryonic stem cell trial
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has delayed experiments on human beings using embryonic stem cells.
The announcement was a blow to the hopes of the Geron Corp., which had applied for FDA approval for the first human clinical trial using the controversial research to treat spinal cord injuries, Bloomberg News reported. more »
By Tom Strode - May 20, 2008
Topic: Life, Abortion, Cloning, End-of-Life Issues, Science, Bioethics
LIFE DIGEST: India’s prime minister decries sex-selection abortions
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently called for an end to sex-selection abortions in a country that has seen a huge gap develop between male and female babies. more »
By Tom Strode - May 6, 2008
Topic: Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues
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: HHS challenges physicians board on threat to pro-life doctors
The Bush administration has challenged the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) to clarify it will not punish pro-life doctors for refusing to refer patients for abortions. more »
By Tom Strode - Mar 25, 2008
Topic: Faith, Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Infertility, Suicide
LIFE DIGEST: NARAL won’t fight bill to reduce Down syndrome abortions
One of the country’s leading abortion rights organizations is not opposing a bill designed to reduce the killing of unborn children diagnosed with Down syndrome or other conditions. more »
By Tom Strode - Mar 17, 2008
Topic: Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Citizenship, Legislation
LIFE DIGEST: Abortion-stress disorder link no surprise to Silent No More
Another study demonstrating a link between abortion and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is no surprise to the leadership of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 18, 2008
Topic: Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues
High court weighs lethal injections
The U.S. Supreme Court debated the constitutionality of the country’s most common form of capital punishment Jan. 7, only three weeks after a state outlawed the death penalty for the first time in more than three decades. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 8, 2008
Topic: Life, End-of-Life Issues, Citizenship, Capital Punishment, National
ERLC: Bill inches toward socialized medicine
Compromise legislation on a health insurance program for children would move the United States nearer socialized medicine if approved, the Southern Baptist Convention’s ethics entity has warned. more »
By Tom Strode - Sep 24, 2007
Topic: Family, Children, Elderly, Life, End-of-Life Issues, Citizenship, Legislation, National