Michael Gerson tackles this question today in the Washington Post. In early debates and statements, he has set out his views on this topic with all the order and symmetry of a freeway pileup. His argument comes down to this: “I hate abortion,” which is “morally wrong.” But “people ultimately have to make that choice. If a woman chooses that, … Read More
Creepy Science
From Fred Reed at the Washington Times: In England, it now seems, a baby can be aborted for not being pretty enough. Maybe this was inevitable as genetic screening and techniques such as ultrasound advanced. The London Daily Telegraph Web site reports that the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has licensed a fertility clinic to screen embryos for a … Read More
Stem Cells Treat Incontinence!
What else can they find to treat with stem cells?? Science Daily — Women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) treated using muscle-derived stem cell injections to strengthen their sphincter muscles experience long-term improvements in their condition, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. The study, … Read More
No Greater Love
Reflection: How many of us women, pregnant and faced with a life threatening illness, would give up our own lives in order to become a mother to our son, if only for six months. One mother from Scotland has done just that. Anna Radosz has passed away six months after giving birth to her son, Oscar. While she was pregnant, … Read More
Stem Cells Treating Spinal Cord Injury!!
Here is a story that hits close to home for me. A Michigan woman, paralyzed from the waist down after a car accident, has been traveling to Russia for adult stem cell therapy that is helping her regain feeling and movement: The stem cells are drawn from Rummelt’s own blood and separated in a special machine. Then they are injected … Read More
Brownback’s Response
On my previous post I wanted to add text of Sen. Brownback’s response to the abortion/rape victim question last night but never found it. I must not have searched very well because Catholic Fire was able to find it (and many others, I’m sure): That would be a very difficult situation….But the basic question remains: Is the child in the … Read More
Was There a Winner Last Night?
Unfortunately I did sit through last night’s Republican presidential debate on Fox News and if there was a winner I sure couldn’t tell. I hate to say it, but I was pretty uninspired by most of the answers on all issues. I loved Sam Brownback’s answer when he was asked what he would say to a rape victim who found … Read More
Do it for the Children
The American College of Pediatrics calls for support of adult stem cell research and an end to embryonic stem cell research. This is my favorite quote from the news release from a fellow from the ACP: Not only does embryonic research require taking the life of human embryos, it also prolongs needless suffering by delaying the development of more promising … Read More
Is Thompson a Better Choice Than Giuliani?
There is a major grassroots effort to encourage Fred Thompson to run for President next year. This, I think, is by many who see him as more electable than other “second and third string” candidates and more conservative than front runners like Giuliani and McCain (but Giuliani in particular). It is no secret that I am an avid supporter of … Read More
SMILE! Your Mom Chose Life!
This Mother’s Day be sure to thank your mother, among other things, for choosing to give you the gift of life – especially if you were born in or after 1973! Thanks, mom, for life! These babies are VERY happy their moms chose life: