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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(s): Life, Abortion, Birth Control, End-of-Life Issues, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
LIFE DIGEST: Woman gets windpipe from own stem cells
The barrier-breaking transplant into a woman of an entire organ made from her own stem cells is “marvelous news,” says a consultant for the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. more »
by: Tom Strode - Nov 24, 2008 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research
LIFE DIGEST: Abortion, stem cell groups urge Obama action
Supporters of abortion rights and destructive human embryo research already are calling on President-elect Barack Obama to repeal pro-life initiatives. more »
by: Tom Strode - Nov 11, 2008 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research
LIFE DIGEST: Biotech firm hopes for OK on embryonic trials
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may permit clinical trials using embryonic stem cells to begin within three months, a biotechnology firm has reported. more »
by: Tom Strode - Oct 28, 2008 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Suicide
LIFE DIGEST: Harmless cell breakthrough gives hope for cures
Researchers have converted a kind of adult cell into another within an animal, producing a stunning breakthrough that could result in treatments for numerous afflictions and further undermine the campaign for destructive embryonic experiments. more »
by: Tom Strode - Sep 3, 2008 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research
Is embryonic stem cell research obsolete?
Scientists continue to deal blows to the campaign for embryonic stem cell research, some by shifting their allegiance to a more ethical form of experimentation and some by discovering new means of creating stem cells that do not harm donors. more »
by: Tom Strode - Aug 26, 2008 - topic(s): Life, Stem-Cell Research
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 - comments: 4 - topic(s): 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 - comments: 1 - topic(s): 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 - comments: 5 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
Blunt should call special session for pro-life bill
For Missouri abortionists, it could be “the perfect storm.”
Missouri Southern Baptists believe abortion should be prohibited. Only God has the right to take an innocent life. more »
by: Don Hinkle - Jun 19, 2008 - comments: 1 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Legislation