End-of-Life Issues - news
LIFE DIGEST: Euthanize the kids and old folks, Belgian proposes
Not enough parents can euthanize their children and not enough people can perform physician-assisted suicide to satisfy some Belgium politicians. more »
by: Tom Strode - Mar 31, 2008 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Stem-Cell Research
LIFE DIGEST: HHS challenges physicians board on threat to pro-life doctors
The Bush administration has challenged the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) to clarify it will not punish pro-life doctors for refusing to refer patients for abortions. more »
by: Tom Strode - Mar 25, 2008 - topic(s): Faith, Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Infertility, Suicide
LIFE DIGEST: NARAL won’t fight bill to reduce Down syndrome abortions
One of the country’s leading abortion rights organizations is not opposing a bill designed to reduce the killing of unborn children diagnosed with Down syndrome or other conditions. more »
by: Tom Strode - Mar 17, 2008 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Citizenship, Legislation
LIFE DIGEST: Abortion-stress disorder link no surprise to Silent No More
Another study demonstrating a link between abortion and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is no surprise to the leadership of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign. more »
by: Tom Strode - Feb 18, 2008 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues
High court weighs lethal injections
The U.S. Supreme Court debated the constitutionality of the country’s most common form of capital punishment Jan. 7, only three weeks after a state outlawed the death penalty for the first time in more than three decades. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jan 8, 2008 - topic(s): Life, End-of-Life Issues, Citizenship, Capital Punishment, National
ERLC: Bill inches toward socialized medicine
Compromise legislation on a health insurance program for children would move the United States nearer socialized medicine if approved, the Southern Baptist Convention’s ethics entity has warned. more »
by: Tom Strode - Sep 24, 2007 - topic(s): Family, Children, Elderly, Life, End-of-Life Issues, Citizenship, Legislation, National
Congress poised to challenge Bush on pro-family issues
Attempts to advance policies opposed by pro-life and pro-family organizations are expected to resume now that Congress has reconvened after a month-long recess. more »
by: Tom Strode - Sep 7, 2007 - topic(s): Family, Elderly, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Legislation, National, Religious Liberty, Science, Bioethics
LIFE DIGEST: Doctor’s alleged efforts to hasten death could undermine organ donation
If a San Francisco doctor is found guilty of seeking to hasten the death of a man to harvest his organs, it could have grave repercussions for organ donations in this country. more »
by: Tom Strode - Aug 6, 2007 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Citizenship, Legislation, National, Science, Bioethics
LIFE DIGEST: Advocacy for assisted suicide expanding to include chronically depressed
A new article in a leading bioethics journal demonstrates proponents of physician-assisted suicide increasingly are advocating extending the practice beyond the terminally ill to the chronically depressed, a pro-life spokesman says. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jul 9, 2007 - topic(s): Family, Elderly, Parenting, Life, Abortion, Disabled, End-of-Life Issues, Citizenship, Legislation, National
Vegetative state diagnosis often wrong, study shows; Planned Parenthood sued for student’s death
New studies demonstrate that doctors should be extremely cautious about diagnosing patients as being in a vegetative state and in limiting their expectations of improvement. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jun 26, 2007 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Science, Bioethics