A popular mantra among abortion supporters, made popular by former President Bill Clinton, is that it must stay “safe, legal and rare.” The idea is that, as long as abortions are legal and kept out of the “back alley,” they are somehow safer. I am sure that Rasheedah Dinkins would beg to differ. A month after undergoing a “safe” and … Read More
Abortion in Italy
Below is part of Jill Stanek’s column in World Net Daily about the abortion crisis in Italy. It’s very sad what is going on over there, but we’re not that far behind. Legalized abortion has poisoned Italy. According to several foreign or Christian news reports like this one in SperoNews.com: A 13-year-old girl is in the psychiatric unit of an … Read More
WWJD?
Dave Andrusko has a column on the National Right to Life website responding to Michael D. Kerlin’s op-ed for Newsday offering a “spiritual” rationale for embryonic stem cell research (he is specifically talking about the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act to expand federal funding for ESC research). Things like this always make me queasy because they get the teachings and … Read More
Life is Worth LIVING!!
The National Catholic Register has an article about the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada’s recommendation that all pregnant women be tested for “chromosomal abnormality.” This is their equivalence to the American OBGYN’s similar suggestion, only the Americans specifically mentioned “Down Syndrome” as the target. The article’s line that pro-life groups say, “it is hostile to people with Down … Read More
A Decade After Dolly
Nature magazine has an article out reviewing the cloning debate 10 years after Dolly was cloned. The gist of the article is that the cloning debate shifted away from reproductive cloning (to create baby) and now focuses on “therapeutic” or research cloning (to create human embryos for research). “What really took place is that the stem-cell debate replaced the cloning … Read More
Restore Us to a Culture of Life
DENVER, February 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver, Colorado commenced the Lenten season today, Ash Wednesday, by issuing a message to his diocese reminding the faithful “As we offer our prayers to God this Lent, let’s ask Him to restore us as a culture of life — a culture committed to the sanctity of every life, from … Read More
“Her Prognosis is Excellent”
Those were the words of Dr. Paul Fassbach who has cared for Amillia Sonja Taylor, the first baby to survive outside the womb after a gestation period of fewer than 23 weeks (she was born after just over 21 weeks). The doctors have changed their minds about letting her go home today, but she is still a miracle baby! Let’s … Read More
Media Cover-up of Ethical Stem Cell Sources
Michael Fumento has a great piece about the media’s dismal coverage of the amniotic fluid stem cell discovery lately. A summary: Adult stem cells cure and treat more 70 diseases and are involved in almost 1,300 human clinical trials. Scientists also keep discovering that adult stem cells are capable of creating a wider variety of mature cells. Perhaps the most … Read More
Dad Returns Baby’s Body to Abortion Clinic
Here is a story similar to the one I posted earlier about baby Rowan. This story is about a man who brought his dead child into an abortion clinic after an induced labor abortion, I guess because he couldn’t think of anywhere else to bring it. One of the sidewalk councelors out that day called various law enforcement offices trying … Read More
The Life of the Embryo is the Issue
Princeton professor Robert P. Geore recently spoke at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and accurately pointed out that the issue of embryonic stem cell research is not whether or not it will ever lead to treatments, but should deal with the life of the embryos used for research: “The reason we should be opposed is a moral reason. [Embryonic stem … Read More