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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
LIFE DIGEST: Protests greet Obama speech at Notre Dame
Notre Dame University’s announcement President Obama will speak and receive an honorary doctor of laws degree at its May 17 commencement has elicited an outpouring of criticism from pro-life Roman Catholics. more »
By Tom Strode - Mar 24, 2009
Topic: Family, Abuse, Child Abuse, Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Stem-Cell Research, Suicide, Citizenship, National
Federal shift in marijuana policy is called ‘disastrous’
The Obama administration’s “surrender to bad state policies on so-called medicinal marijuana will have disastrous effects,” a Southern Baptist ethics leader said in response to a shift in marijuana policy indicated by Attorney General Eric Holder. more »
Topic: Family, Addictions, Substance Abuse, Citizenship, National
Obama order also nixed ethical stem cell grants left over from Bush administration
Largely overlooked in President Obama’s March 9 order lifting a ban on federal funds for stem cell research that destroys human embryos was his revocation of a policy promoting grants for ethical experiments. more »
By Tom Strode - Mar 12, 2009
Topic: Life, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, National, Science, Bioethics
LIFE DIGEST: Congress blocks anti-coercive abortion amendment
Congress has rejected efforts to retain a pro-life policy that bars federal funding for organizations that support coercive abortion programs overseas. more »
By Tom Strode - Mar 10, 2009
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation, National