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Panel OKs Sebelius despite Tiller donations
A U.S. Senate committee approved April 21 the nomination of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to head the Department of Health and Human Services in spite of her underreporting of campaign contributions from the country’s most notorious abortion doctor. more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 22, 2009
Topic: Family, Living, Health, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National
Pro-lifers: Stem cell rules step downward
The Obama administration’s draft guidelines on funding embryonic stem cell research are not as bad as they could have been, but they appear to be a step toward something much worse, pro-life leaders say. more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 21, 2009
Topic: Life, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, National
LIFE DIGEST: Planned Parenthood caught again
Planned Parenthood has been caught again seeking to circumvent the law – this time at a Memphis, Tenn., affiliate.
Live Action, a California-based organization led by college students, secretly video taped a Planned Parenthood counselor attempting to cover up alleged child sexual abuse. more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 20, 2009
Topic: Family, Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation, National
Protect the health conscience rule, Land urges HHS
Repealing a rule designed to protect medical professionals who morally object to such practices as abortion and assisted suicide would “rend the fabric of our democracy and open wide the door for discrimination,” Southern Baptist ethics leader Richard Land has told the federal government. more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 16, 2009
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National
LIFE DIGEST: Planned Parenthood’s abortions increase by 15,000
Business is still booming for Planned Parenthood.
The country’s No. 1 abortion provider increased its count of the lethal procedures by more than 15,000 and again totaled $1 billion in revenue, according to its newly released annual report. more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 13, 2009
Topic: Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Church and State, Legislation, National
Deadline nears for comments on health conscience rules
A pro-life U.S. senator’s effort to safeguard the conscience rights of patients and health-care workers went down to a resounding defeat as the Obama administration moved closer to apparent repeal of a regulation providing such protections. more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 9, 2009
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation, National
What Happened in America?
When I was in my early twenties, Ronald Reagan was president of the United States. I was a young U.S. Air Force officer, and I remember thinking that God was moving this country in the right direction. more »
By Craig Mitchell - Apr 7, 2009
Topic: Citizenship, National
LIFE DIGEST: Assisted suicide for healthy promoted
The Swiss assisted-suicide organization Dignitas plans to help a healthy woman die with her terminally ill husband, and a pro-life bioethics specialist says this development should have been expected. more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 6, 2009 - (1)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Suicide, Citizenship, , National
LIFE DIGEST: U.S. funds go to U.N. supporter of coercive abortion
It’s official. The Obama administration will grant federal funds to a United Nations agency that went seven consecutive years without receiving U.S. more »
By Tom Strode - Mar 31, 2009
Topic: Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Infertility, Suicide, Citizenship, Legislation, National, Science, Bioethics, Issues,
Ethicists: Obama misrepresented his own stem cell order during press conference
Pro-life ethicists have challenged President Obama’s March 24 description of his recent executive order involving destructive stem cell research. more »
By Tom Strode - Mar 26, 2009
Topic: Life, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, National, Science, Bioethics