Issues - news
Bill would hinder crisis pregnancy centers
The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has called on congressional leaders to proceed no further on legislation to regulate advertising by pregnancy help centers. more »
by: Tom Strode - Aug 20, 2010 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Religious Liberty
LIFE DIGEST: Abortion doctor suspended again, still can practice
The Florida Board of Medicine has suspended the license of abortion doctor James Pendergraft for the fourth time but will still allow him to resume his practice. more »
by: Tom Strode - Aug 17, 2010 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Science
Pro-lifers: FDA-approved ‘ella’ is really an abortion pill
The federal government has approved for sale another pill as an emergency contraceptive, but critics say it actually is an abortion drug.
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by: Tom Strode - Aug 16, 2010 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Birth Control
ERLC urges court to uphold Ariz. school choice
The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold an Arizona program that allows tax credits for scholarship donations contributed to religious organizations. more »
by: staff - Aug 13, 2010 - comments: 1 - topic(s): Citizenship, , Church and State, Religious Liberty
LIFE DIGEST: Actress Neal dies, became pro-life after early abortion
Patricia Neal, Academy Award-winning actress who had an abortion as a young woman and later became a pro-life advocate, died Aug. 8.
Neal, only 23 at the time, aborted a child conceived during an affair with married, veteran actor Gary Cooper, with whom she starred in the 1949 movie “The Fountainhead,” according to the original obituary in The New York Times. more »
by: Tom Strode - Aug 10, 2010 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Healthcare, Legislation, Science, Bioethics
Pro-lifers gain assurance from White House
Pro-life advocates have received an important assurance from the Obama administration on one aspect of the new health-care reform law but are still seeking its repeal by Congress. more »
by: Tom Strode - Aug 5, 2010 - comments: 2 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Healthcare, Legislation
Senate confirms Kagan to Supreme Court, 63-37
The U.S. Senate sent Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court Thursday with a 63-37 confirmation vote.
Kagan, who has served as President Obama’s solicitor general, becomes the fourth female justice in the high court’s history. more »
by: Tom Strode - Aug 5, 2010 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Citizenship, ,
Richard Land calls Prop 8 ruling ‘grievously serious crisis’
WASHINGTON, August 4, 2010—Dr. Richard Land, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, commented on the ruling a federal court judge in San Francisco, Calif., handed down Wednesday stating Proposition 8, a voter-mandated ban on same-sex marriage, is unconstitutional. more »
Aug 4, 2010 - topic(s): Family, Marriage, Citizenship,
Bill legalizing online gambling passes hurdle
Congressional advocates for legalizing Internet gambling in the United States have made progress in their effort less than two months after rules implementing a 2006 law that cracked down on the practice finally took effect. more »
by: staff - Aug 4, 2010 - topic(s): Family, Addictions, Gambling, Citizenship, Legislation
LIFE DIGEST: Hundreds of embryos donated without consent
Hundreds of parents who used a Spanish fertility clinic have offspring living as children in other families throughout the world without their knowledge. more »
by: Tom Strode - Aug 3, 2010 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation, Science, Bioethics