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LIFE DIGEST: Euthanasia booths on street, novelist proposes
Euthanasia booths should be available on the street so the elderly can have their lives ended, a well-known British novelist says.
“How is society going to support this silver tsunami?” Martin Amis said in an interview published Jan. more »
by: Tom Strode - Feb 2, 2010 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Science
LIFE DIGEST: Clinics can destroy embryos showing minor ills
British fertility clinics have the government’s permission to eliminate human embryos with essentially minor hereditary conditions.
The Telegraph, a British newspaper, reported Jan. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jan 25, 2010 - comments: 1 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Science, Bioethics
LIFE DIGEST: Schiavo death rated decade’s top bioethics story
The 2005 dehydration death of Terri Schiavo was “hands down” the most important bioethics story in the last decade, a specialist in the field says. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jan 12, 2010 - comments: 1 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Citizenship, Science, Bioethics
Mont. assist. suicide ruling ‘blurs’ life line
A Montana Supreme Court ruling that does not accord a constitutional right to assisted suicide but allows doctors to provide patients with lethal prescriptions endangers the terminally ill, disabled and elderly, a pro-life lawyer said. more »
by: staff - Jan 6, 2010 - topic(s): Life, End-of-Life Issues, Citizenship, , Science, Bioethics
LIFE DIGEST: Dutch euthanasia cases increase
Euthanasia cases in The Netherlands continued to increase in 2009.
The number of reported cases of euthanasia in the European country increased by 200 to about 2,500, Dutch News reported. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jan 5, 2010 - comments: 1 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Birth Control, End-of-Life Issues, Citizenship, Science, Bioethics
LIFE DIGEST: Adult stem cells providing treatments
Non-embryonic, or adult, stem cells continue to show remarkable results in treating injuries and diseases.
In recently reported therapies: more »
by: Tom Strode - Dec 22, 2009 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Birth Control, Stem-Cell Research
Cal Beisner on “Climategate”
As many of the world's leaders meet in Copenhagen to hammer out a deal to save the world from "climate change"–UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon warned the future of the world rests on their actions, a few more segments of the mainstream media are begrudgingly reporting that the e-mail account connected to the Climatic Research Unit at the British University of East Anglia was recently hacked. more »
by: Richard Land - Dec 8, 2009 - comments: 1 - topic(s): Citizenship, Legislation, National, Science, Environment
LIFE DIGEST: Baltimore law burdens pregnancy centers
The city of Baltimore has enacted a law that pro-life advocates say discriminates against pregnancy help centers.
Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon signed Dec. more »
by: Tom Strode - Dec 8, 2009 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Legislation, Science, Bioethics
CULTURE: Creation Museum focuses on Christmas; DVD player edits bad content
Dec 7, 2009 - topic(s): Family, Parenting, Science, Creation/Evolution
NIH approves first embryonic stem cells for research
The Obama administration took a barrier-breaking step into embryo-destructive research Wednesday when it announced the approval of the first human embryonic stem cell lines for use in federally funded experiments. more »
by: Tom Strode - Dec 3, 2009 - comments: 1 - topic(s): Life, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics