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LIFE DIGEST: ‘Selective reduction’ results in 2 dead boys
An Australian couple’s choice for “selective reduction” of their unborn twins resulted in the death of both boys.
In a Nov. 22 procedure at Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne, an ultrasound clinician attempted to abort a twin diagnosed with a heart defect but instead accidentally administered a lethal injection to the healthy son. more »
By Tom Strode - Nov 29, 2011
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National, Science, Bioethics,
U.S. makes embryo patenting ban permanent
The United States now has a permanent ban on issuing patents on human embryos.
President Obama signed the prohibition into law Sept. 16 as part of a patent reform measure titled the America Invents Act. more »
By staff - Sep 22, 2011
Topic: Life, Cloning, Citizenship, Legislation, National, Science, Bioethics,
LIFE DIGEST: Ban on embryo patenting becomes law
A permanent ban on issuing patents on human embryos has become law.
President Obama signed the prohibition into law Sept. 16 as part of a patent reform measure titled the America Invents Act. more »
By Tom Strode - Sep 21, 2011
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National, Science, Bioethics,
LIFE DIGEST: Pills from baby corpses sold in China
Chinese pharmaceutical companies are selling stamina-enhancing pills made from dead babies, according to a South Korean television network.
A documentary team from SBS, formerly known as Seoul Broadcasting Station, reported on the gruesome practice, according to the International Business Times (IBT). more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 16, 2011
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National, Science, Bioethics,
LIFE DIGEST: Ohio enacts late-term abortion ban
Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed into law July 20 a ban on late-term abortions.
The new law prohibits abortions at 20 weeks gestation or later if a doctor determines an unborn child is able to survive outside the womb. more »
By Tom Strode - Jul 26, 2011
Topic: Life, Abortion, Cloning, Citizenship, Legislation, Science, Bioethics,
LIFE DIGEST: Doctor poisons unborn babies in secret clinic
An abortion doctor – his medical license suspended four times in Florida – has opened a secret clinic in the Washington, D.C., area to perform what is apparently a new type of late-term method. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 15, 2011
Topic: Life, Abortion, Reproductive Technology, Citizenship, National, Science, Bioethics,
LIFE DIGEST: Couple aborts twins because they were boys
An Australian couple has provided more anecdotal evidence of a growing new dark age for the sanctity of human life.
The unidentified man and woman, who live in the state of Victoria, aborted twin sons because they were not female, the Herald Sun reported Jan. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 25, 2011
Topic: Life, Abortion, Infertility, Reproductive Technology, Suicide, Science, Bioethics,
Judge refuses to lift stem cell stay
Federal judge Royce Lamberth rejected Sept. 7 the Obama administration’s request that he revoke his suspension of federal funds for embryonic stem cell research while the case proceeds in court. more »
By staff - Sep 8, 2010
Topic: Life, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, , Science, Bioethics,
LIFE DIGEST: Actress Neal dies, became pro-life after early abortion
Patricia Neal, Academy Award-winning actress who had an abortion as a young woman and later became a pro-life advocate, died Aug. 8.
Neal, only 23 at the time, aborted a child conceived during an affair with married, veteran actor Gary Cooper, with whom she starred in the 1949 movie “The Fountainhead,” according to the original obituary in The New York Times. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 10, 2010
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Healthcare, Legislation, Science, Bioethics,
LIFE DIGEST: Hundreds of embryos donated without consent
Hundreds of parents who used a Spanish fertility clinic have offspring living as children in other families throughout the world without their knowledge. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 3, 2010
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation, Science, Bioethics,