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Obama guarantees reversal of Bush’s pro-life stem cell policy
President Obama has promised Democratic lawmakers he will issue an executive order reversing President Bush’s ban on federal funds for stem cell research that destroys human embryos. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 10, 2009
Topic: Life, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, National, Science, Bioethics
LIFE DIGEST: Obama’s reversal of pro-life policy his least popular act
President Obama’s executive order to rescind a pro-life policy is the most unpopular act he took in the first 10 days of his administration.
Also in this edition: Brit: Saving planet requires no more than 2 kids per family and ‘Biological colonialism’ threat in Africa, archbishop warns and Lawsuit filed in Florida infanticide more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 3, 2009 - (1)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Birth Control, Citizenship, National, Science, Bioethics
LIFE DIGEST: FDA OKs first embryonic stem cell trials
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted permission for the first human clinical trials using embryonic stem cells.
Also in this edition: Pennsylvania best, California worst in pro-life rankings and Survey: Chinese women want more children and Italian court opens door for starvation death more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 26, 2009
Topic: Life, Abortion, Birth Control, End-of-Life Issues, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
LIFE DIGEST: Pro-life cause made gains, Bush says
The effort to protect all human life made advances during his eight years in the White House, President Bush said as he prepared to leave office. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 19, 2009
Topic: Life, Abortion, Birth Control, End-of-Life Issues, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
LIFE DIGEST: Screened baby born without cancer gene
The first British child who passed a screening before implantation for a genetic risk of breast cancer has been born, but nine of her siblings were destroyed in the process. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 13, 2009 - (1)
Topic: Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Science, Bioethics
Halfway to Conscience Protections Victory for Health Care Workers
One month ago, pro-life physicians and health care providers were handed a huge victory protecting their right of conscience on abortion-related procedures under a proposed federal regulation. more »
By Doug Carlson - Sep 23, 2008 - (2)
Topic: Faith, Life, Science, Bioethics
LIFE DIGEST: Pastor calls for Democrats to ‘resist’ abortion
Los Angeles pastor Charles Blake interjected a discordant note into an Aug. 24 interfaith religious service that served as the first official event of the Democratic National Convention. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 26, 2008 - (4)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
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: British woman eliminates embryos for one cancer-free child
A London woman is carrying Great Britain’s first baby guaranteed not to inherit breast cancer, but she had to eliminate several of her other embryonic offspring to do so. more »
By Tom Strode - Jul 15, 2008 - (5)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
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