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LIFE DIGEST: Assisted suicide for healthy promoted
The Swiss assisted-suicide organization Dignitas plans to help a healthy woman die with her terminally ill husband, and a pro-life bioethics specialist says this development should have been expected. more »
by: Tom Strode - Apr 6, 2009 - comments: 1 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Suicide, Citizenship, , National
LIFE DIGEST: U.S. funds go to U.N. supporter of coercive abortion
It’s official. The Obama administration will grant federal funds to a United Nations agency that went seven consecutive years without receiving U.S. more »
by: Tom Strode - Mar 31, 2009 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Infertility, Suicide, Citizenship, Legislation, National, Science, Bioethics, Issues,
LIFE DIGEST: Protests greet Obama speech at Notre Dame
Notre Dame University’s announcement President Obama will speak and receive an honorary doctor of laws degree at its May 17 commencement has elicited an outpouring of criticism from pro-life Roman Catholics. more »
by: Tom Strode - Mar 24, 2009 - topic(s): Family, Abuse, Child Abuse, Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Stem-Cell Research, Suicide, Citizenship, National
Ore. assisted suicides hit record in ‘08
WASHINGTON—Oregon established a record in 2008 for most deaths by physician-assisted suicide since legalizing the practice, according to its annual report. more »
by: staff - Mar 9, 2009 - topic(s): Life, Suicide
LIFE DIGEST: More than 80 percent favor abortion limits
More than 80 percent of Americans believe legal abortion should be either prohibited or limited, according to a new survey.
The poll of U.S. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jan 5, 2009 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Suicide
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
Euthanasia movement peddles its deadly intentions
The poison peddled by the euthanasia movement here in the United States continues to take its toll. Assisted suicide was legalized in Oregon in the 1990s, and pro-death advocates are now pushing hard to make it legal in the state of Washington, where Initiative 1000 would allow any competent adult suffering from a terminal illness to make a written request for medication that the patient may self-administer to end his or her life. more »
by: Ken Connor - Oct 4, 2008 - comments: 1 - topic(s): Life, End-of-Life Issues, Suicide, Citizenship, Legislation
LIFE DIGEST: Trig Palin’s life prompts defense of abortion for Down children
The decision of Todd and Sarah Palin to give birth to Trig, their Down syndrome son, has prompted one promoter of objectivism to offer a shocking defense of the right of mothers to abort unborn children with the condition. more »
by: Tom Strode - Sep 23, 2008 - comments: 2 - topic(s): Family, Children, Life, Abortion, Disabled, End-of-Life Issues, Suicide
LIFE DIGEST: Bush administration again blocks funds for UNFPA
The Bush administration announced June 27 it has refused for the seventh consecutive year to forward federal money to a controversial United Nations family planning fund linked to the support of China’s coercive population control program. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jul 10, 2008 - topic(s): Family, Sexual Purity, Modesty, Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Suicide
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