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Funds blocked for U.N. agency linked to Chinese program

The Bush administration has once again blocked $34 million designated to a controversial United Nations family planning fund linked to support of China’s coercive population control program. more »

by: Tom Strode - Jun 15, 2004 - topic(s): Life, Abortion

Bush re-election intrusion into churches disturbs Land

ERLC President Richard Land has expressed his disagreement with an effort by President Bush’s re-election campaign to mobilize churches. That effort includes an attempt to gain possession of the membership directories of churches. more »

by: Tom Strode - Jun 15, 2004 - topic(s): Citizenship, Church and State

Democratic nominee Kerry endorses ‘clone-and-kill’ bill

Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry signed on July 13 as co-sponsor of a bill that would permit embryos to be cloned but require they be destroyed early in their development. more »

by: Tom Strode - Jun 15, 2004 - topic(s): Life, Cloning

Senate OKs pro-life judge, falls short on four nominees

The U.S. Senate confirmed a nominee to a federal judgeship in Arkansas in spite of opposition from abortion-rights and feminist organizations, but Democrats added to the number of appeals court judges they are filibustering. more »

by: Tom Strode - Jun 15, 2004 - topic(s): Life, Stem-Cell Research

Approval of funds for embryonic research appears unlikely

It is improbable a measure to fund destructive, embryonic stem cell research will make it through Congress this year.

Though most Democrats and even numerous Republicans in Congress have mounted an assault on the Bush administration’s pro-life policy on such research, the President appears to have the support of his party’s leadership in both houses more »

by: Tom Strode - Jun 15, 2004 - topic(s): Life, Stem-Cell Research

Marriage battle heats up in Congress, courts

The battle over marriage continues to heat up.

Defenders of the biblical and traditional definition of marriage lost an important vote in the U.S. more »

by: Tom Strode - Jun 15, 2004 - topic(s): Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality

Appeals court supports drugs for assisted suicide

The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled federal Attorney General John Ashcroft does not have the authority to prohibit the use of federally regulated drugs for the purpose of aiding patients in committing suicide. more »

by: Tom Strode - May 31, 2004 - topic(s): Life, End-of-Life Issues, Suicide

Bush reiterates stand against funds for embryonic research

President Bush continues to oppose destructive, embryonic stem-cell research despite mounting pressure from Congress.

After 206 members of the House of Representatives wrote Bush seeking liberalization of his restrictions on federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research, Elias Zerhouni, director of the National Institutes of Health, wrote them May 14 to report the President still opposes government funds for such experimentation. more »

by: Tom Strode - May 31, 2004 - topic(s): Life, Stem-Cell Research

House maintains ban on abortions in military hospitals

The U.S. House of Representatives has turned back an effort to lift the ban on abortions in military hospitals overseas.

The House voted 221-202 May 19 against an amendment by Rep. more »

by: Tom Strode - May 31, 2004 - topic(s): Life, Abortion

Judge strikes down partial-birth abortion ban

The United States government has lost in one federal court in its attempt to ban partial-birth abortion.

A federal judge in San Francisco ruled June 1 the Partial-birth Abortion Ban Act is an unconstitutional burden on a woman’s right to abort her unborn child. more »