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Court revisits partial-birth abortion case
A federal appeals court has provided hope that Virginia’s ban on partial-birth abortion may withstand its scrutiny after all.
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has decided the full court will reconsider a May decision by a three-judge panel that the state prohibition on the gruesome late-term abortion procedure is unconstitutional. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jul 31, 2008 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Citizenship,
LIFE DIGEST: WIC connects poor to No. 1 abortion provider
The federal government not only abundantly funds Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), but now it is referring poor women to the Web site of the country’s leading abortion provider. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jul 29, 2008 - comments: 2 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Human Rights, Legislation
LIFE DIGEST: Massachusetts abortion doctor indicted in death
A Massachusetts grand jury has indicted a doctor in whose care a 22-year-old woman died after an abortion in September.
The Barnstable County Grand Jury charged Rapin Osathanondh with manslaughter July 16 in the death of Laura Smith. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jul 22, 2008 - topic(s): Life, Abortion
LIFE DIGEST: British woman eliminates embryos for one cancer-free child
A London woman is carrying Great Britain’s first baby guaranteed not to inherit breast cancer, but she had to eliminate several of her other embryonic offspring to do so. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jul 15, 2008 - comments: 5 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
Jury declines to indict abortion doctor
A Kansas grand jury has decided not to file charges against the country’s best-known, late-term abortion doctor after a six-month investigation. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jul 11, 2008 - topic(s): Life, Abortion
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
Schiavo-like case in Florida garners interest
Stroke victim indicates she doesn’t want to die
Just a few years ago 57-year-old Karen Weber sat around the kitchen table talking about the Terri Schiavo case with her husband, Ray, and her mother, Martha Tatro. more »
by: Joni B. Hannigan - Jul 7, 2008 - topic(s): Family, Living, Health, Life, End-of-Life Issues
CLC urges Blunt to call pro-life special session
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Christian Life Commission (CLC) of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) is drafting a letter to Gov. Matt Blunt urging him to call a special session of the General Assembly to deal with pro-life legislation. more »
by: Brian Koonce - Jul 2, 2008 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation
LIFE DIGEST: Human rights to go to apes in Spain
The Spanish parliament’s move to grant rights previously reserved for human beings to chimpanzees and other apes is a victory for those seeking to minimize the uniqueness of humanity, a bioethics specialist says. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jun 30, 2008 - comments: 1 - topic(s): Family, Parenting, Life, Abortion, Cloning, Citizenship, Human Rights
Planned Parenthood ‘price breaks’ axed
The U.S. House of Representatives has eliminated language in a war supplemental spending bill that would have provided price breaks for Planned Parenthood, the country’s No. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jun 25, 2008 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Birth Control, Citizenship, Legislation