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U.N. panel OKs call for ban on human cloning
The United Nations’ legal committee passed Feb. 18 a resolution calling on all countries to enact comprehensive bans on human cloning.
The panel voted 71-35, with 43 abstentions, to urge U.N. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 28, 2005
ERLC unveils legislative agenda for 2005
By Richard Land and Barrett Duke
Coming off the most encouraging congressional session in years and starting the 109^th^ Congress with even more conservative lawmakers and a conservative President and administration makes 2005 a very promising year. more »
By Richard Land - Jan 14, 2005
Topic: Family, Marriage, Life, Abortion, Cloning, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Social Issues,
United Nations postpones vote on cloning
The United Nations again has failed to pass a ban on human cloning.
The U.N.’s legal committee was unable to break an impasse between supporters of a comprehensive ban on cloning and backers of a proposal that would permit the cloning of embryos for research purposes. more »
By Tom Strode - Nov 30, 2004
ERLC institute rejects research on embryos
Stem cell research that destroys human embryos is a “barbaric assault on the dignity of humankind” and should be rejected by both the public and private sectors, the ERLC’s Research Institute said in a statement released Oct. more »
By Tom Strode - Nov 15, 2004
Topic: Life, Cloning, Stem-Cell Research,
Bush pushes comprehensive cloning ban at U.N.
President Bush has urged the United Nations to adopt a resolution in support of a comprehensive ban on human cloning.
In a Sept. 21 speech to the U.N. more »
By Tom Strode - Sep 30, 2004
The Research Institute Forum on Stem Cell Research Participants
Forum at Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN on September 22, 2004.
Participants
Dr. C. Ben Mitchell
Dr. C. Ben Mitchell is associate professor of bioethics and contemporary culture at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he has served since 1999. more »
By staff - Sep 30, 2004
Topic: Life, Stem-Cell Research, Science,
Stem cell research debated in campaign
First lady Laura Bush has defended her husband’s restriction on government funds for destructive stem cell research against criticism by Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 13, 2004
Topic: Life, Stem-Cell Research,
Democratic nominee Kerry endorses ‘clone-and-kill’ bill
Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry signed on July 13 as co-sponsor of a bill that would permit embryos to be cloned but require they be destroyed early in their development. more »
By Tom Strode - Jun 15, 2004
Senate OKs pro-life judge, falls short on four nominees
The U.S. Senate confirmed a nominee to a federal judgeship in Arkansas in spite of opposition from abortion-rights and feminist organizations, but Democrats added to the number of appeals court judges they are filibustering. more »
By Tom Strode - Jun 15, 2004
Topic: Life, Stem-Cell Research,
Approval of funds for embryonic research appears unlikely
It is improbable a measure to fund destructive, embryonic stem cell research will make it through Congress this year.
Though most Democrats and even numerous Republicans in Congress have mounted an assault on the Bush administration’s pro-life policy on such research, the President appears to have the support of his party’s leadership in both houses more »
By Tom Strode - Jun 15, 2004
Topic: Life, Stem-Cell Research,