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LIFE DIGEST: Planned Parenthood reaches $1 billion for year; Land urges defunding
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the country’s No. 1 abortion chain, surpassed $1 billion in annual revenue for the first time last year, and Richard Land is not pleased a third of that income came from taxpayers. more »
by: Tom Strode - Apr 15, 2008 - topic(s): Family, Children, Life, Abortion, 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
Pro-life bills loom large in Capitol
JEFFERSON CITY—Women seeking abortions will benefit in two ways if proposed legislation becomes Missouri law this year: they’ll have a better idea of what they’re getting into and they will be less likely to feel coerced into having their babies aborted. more »
by: Barbara Shoun - Apr 5, 2008 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation
Californians urged to sign petitions
FRESNO — California Southern Baptist Convention Executive Board members voted Jan. 25 to encourage CSBC congregations to collect petition signatures in support of the Family Child and Teen Safety and Stop Predators Act and the California Protect Marriage Act to assure their placement on the November 2008 ballot. more »
by: Terry Barone - Apr 5, 2008 - topic(s): Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation
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
HHS challenges threat to pro-life doctors
The Bush administration has entered the fray over the conscience rights of pro-life physicians.
Michael Leavitt, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, has called on the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) to clarify that it will not punish doctors who decline to perform abortions and refuse to refer patients to physicians who will do abortions. more »
by: staff - Mar 25, 2008 - topic(s): Life, Abortion
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: 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