In his last State of the Union Address, President Bush made time to applaud advancements in ethical stem cell research and call on Congress to ban human cloning On matters of life and science, we must trust in the innovative spirit of medical researchers and empower them to discover new treatments while respecting moral boundaries. In November, we witnessed a … Read More
Kenny Hulshof for Governor!!!!
This would be a breath of fresh air after Gov. Blunt’s pro-cloning Governorship! Not only did Rep. Hulshof oppose Amendment 2, he also voted against expanding federal funding for embryonic stem cell research and has a strong pro-life record. He has not made any formal plans to run yet, but he’s considering it. From the St. Louis Post: U.S. Rep. … Read More
More Thoughts on Human Cloning News
Something caught my attention (thanks to Mary Meets Dolly) in the news about the first cloned human embryos since it ran yesterday. From the Washington Post article I linked to yesterday: Cloning involves fusing an ordinary body cell with a female’s egg cell whose DNA has been removed. Chemical factors inside the egg reprogram the body cell’s DNA so that … Read More
Hands Off My Body!
This pic goes well with the news that came out today about researchers in California who claim to have successfully cloned human embryos. So far no stem cells were derived from the embryos, but that is the idea for future cloned embryos. No one knows if those embryos were healthy enough to grow into babies. But the study leader, who … Read More
At the Risk of Repeating Myself
With the Republican nomination still up for grabs, I can’t let this go. I found this at another conservative blogger‘s website: As the perceived threat of terrorism recedes, the question of social values has come to the fore in Rudy’s campaign. Rudy tackled those issues head on in his speech to the Value’s Voters Summit in October, and I won’t … Read More
When Technical Progress Becomes a Threat
I have been reading Pope Benedict’s latest encyclical, Spe Salvi, which I am surprisingly enjoying (I wasn’t sure if it would be too philosophical and intellectual for me – I have never read anything of his before). It is actually very reader friendly and insightful. At one point he is discussing the transformation of Christian faith-hope in the modern age … Read More
Keeping Up With the Cloners
The dishonesty of the Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures did not end with Amendment 2 and Wesley Smith has been doing an excellent job of keeping up with their lies and false accusations. See, More Lies from Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures and The Mendacity of Missouri Coalition for Life Saving Cures Lately the chairman of MCLC has been using … Read More
Banning Abortion in Missouri?
That’s what an Illinois based group is trying to do. The Secretary of State just approved ballot language for a constitutional amendment so that supporters can start gathering signatures. The text: Shall Missouri law be amended to: * make it illegal for a doctor to provide a woman with an abortion at any time during her pregnancy unless the doctor … Read More
Cures Without Cloning Blog
Missouri Cures Without Cloning has launched a new blog to help get out accurate and up to date information about cloning, the Missouri initiative to ban human cloning, and the current legal battle we are facing. Check it out! Right now we’re still waiting for a court date to get through this ugly legal mess and hopefully get an accurate … Read More
Fr. Tad Weighs In
In an interview with Our Sunday Visitor, Fr. Tad Pacholczyk gives the federal embryonic stem cell research financial restrictions credit for the latest breakthrough using ethical stem cell research: I think that the restrictions on funding have had an effect on how scientists approached this question, because federal funding is always seen as a form of approbation and blessing. Any … Read More