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
More Great Stem Cell News
I’m running a little behind on this news. It turns out the latest and greatest stem cell research discovery – turning ordinary skin cells into embryonic like cells – has been used to successfully treat mice with sickle cell anemia. ALSO, bone marrow is being used in spinal cord therapy. Do we need more proof…I mean really…that it is not … Read More
Can We Appeal to God’s Mercy Before it’s too Late?
Mark Pickup (a Canadian) has an excellent post up: Will America be Blessed or Judged?, reflecting on our 30+ year history of killing our nations weakest members. He concludes: After more than 30 years of abortion on demand in America and more than 40-million abortions, America is in serious risk of God’s judgment. Yet in my naivety, I still believe … Read More
Giuliani ’08, the Movie
Found this interesting little video via: Stop the ACLU It is part 2 of a (so far) 3 part series (parts 1 and 3 deal with marriage and gun control). By the end of part 3 a rebellion is rising among grassroots conservative bases all over the country…
Look on the Tears of Little Children
Do unborn children have tears? I don’t know, but this will be my prayer for our country from now until election day. It comes from a passage I recently came across in the Diary of St. Faustina: Once after an adoration for our country, a pain pierced my soul, and I began to pray in this way: “Most merciful Jesus, … Read More
Evaluating U.S. Presidential Candidates
Defend Life has stacked up the 2008 Presidential candidates against the US Catholic Bishop’s Faithful Citizenship document. They were evaluated on 30 different issues, eight of which were the issues involving potentially “intrinsically evil” positions and 22 which were other important issues. Those issues under “intrinsically evil” include: Protect all unborn (no exceptions; unborn protected under the Constitution), Oppose Euthanasia, … Read More
Thompson’s Powerful Pro-Life Endorsement
Thompson’s National Right to Life endorsement has been major news in the pro-life world this week, following other major endorsements (Robertson of Giuliani, Brownback of McCain). Today NRLC issued another statement on their endorsement after getting a chilly and sometimes hostile response from the pro-life community. One of the major criticisms is that Thompson does not support the Human Life … Read More
MO Cloning Ban Update
I haven’t heard much about the cloning ban lately until I got a few news alerts in my email today and yesterday. All of them come from the Pathway from the Missouri Baptist Convention: Article one: JEFFERSON CITY—The case of Cures Without Cloning (CWC) v. Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan and Missouri State Auditor Susan Montee is likely to … Read More
Is Mike Huckabee Fooling Everyone – or is He Worth Looking At?
With Sam Brownback out of the race, I have been looking at the other Republican candidates to see who I will throw my weight behind. Mike Huckabee has been making his way up the ladder, slowly but surely. His impressive win at the Washington Briefing recently has gotten many people talking. Social conservatives are hungry for a viable alternative to … Read More