Cloning - news
LIFE DIGEST: California Assembly OKs backdoor assisted suicide bill
The California State Assembly has approved legislation that critics say would provide a backdoor way to legalize physician-assisted suicide.
The Assembly voted 41-32 May 28 for the bill, which is sponsored by Democrats Patty Berg and Lloyd Levine, leaders in unsuccessful efforts to pass assisted-suicide measures the last three years. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jun 3, 2008 - topic(s): Family, Elderly, Life, Abortion, Cloning, End-of-Life Issues, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
LIFE DIGEST: FDA delays human embryonic stem cell trial
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has delayed experiments on human beings using embryonic stem cells.
The announcement was a blow to the hopes of the Geron Corp., which had applied for FDA approval for the first human clinical trial using the controversial research to treat spinal cord injuries, Bloomberg News reported. more »
by: Tom Strode - May 20, 2008 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Cloning, End-of-Life Issues, Science, Bioethics
Pro-life petition to ban human cloning spreads in Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. – A petition to “ban human cloning once and for all in Louisiana” is spreading across the state.
Leaders in the Louisiana pro-life movement say they hope for at least 10,000 signatures by the time the petition is presented to Governor Bobby Jindal and members of the Legislature in late April. more »
by: Karen L. Willoughby - May 3, 2008 - topic(s): Life, Cloning, Citizenship, Legislation
CLC gives $10,000 for coalition phone database
JEFFERSON CITY—The Christian Life Commission (CLC) of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) showed its support for Cures Without Cloning (CWC) March 6 by allocating $10,000 for a phone database system. more »
by: Allen Palmeri - Apr 9, 2008 - topic(s): Family, Addictions, Gambling, Life, Cloning, Citizenship, Legislation
LIFE DIGEST: Brits break barrier, create human-animal embryos
A research team has created human-animal embryos in Great Britain for the first time.
Scientists at Newcastle University announced April 1 they had placed human cells into empty cow eggs, The Times of London reported. more »
by: Tom Strode - Apr 8, 2008 - topic(s): Faith, Bible, Life, Abortion, Birth Control, Cloning, Science, Bioethics
Cloning battle shifts to appeals court
JEFFERSON CITY—Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan crafted insufficient, unfair and biased ballot summary language that has resulted in yet another delay in the battle over whether a proposed constitutional amendment on preventing human cloning will go before the voters in 2008. more »
by: Allen Palmeri - Mar 25, 2008 - topic(s): Life, Cloning, Citizenship, Legislation
LIFE DIGEST: Mo. judge agrees with pro-lifers on cloning proposal
A Missouri circuit judge and pro-life advocates in the state agree on at least one thing—Secretary of State Robin Carnahan acted unjustly on a proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit human cloning. more »
by: Tom Strode - Feb 26, 2008 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Cloning
Bush pushes ethical stem cell research
President Bush urged a Democratic-controlled Congress Jan. 28 in his last State of the Union speech to maintain policies he has promoted and adopt recommendations he has previously offered. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jan 29, 2008 - topic(s): Life, Cloning, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Legislation, National, Science, Bioethics
Ban pushed on human-animal hybrids
A Republican and a Democrat in the U.S. Senate have combined their efforts once again in an attempt to prevent unethical research involving human-animal hybrid embryos. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jan 25, 2008 - topic(s): Life, Cloning, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Legislation, National, Science, Bioethics
LIFE DIGEST: U.S. abortions drop to lowest total in three decades
Pro-life Americans received some welcome news just before Sanctity of Human Life Sunday—the number of abortions has reached its lowest level in three decades. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jan 22, 2008 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Birth Control, Cloning, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Legislation, National