This is one of Brownback’s latest YouTube videos from his Pro-Life Whole-Life Tour. It’s very refreshing to see a politician speak so passionately in favor of life. Too often we get quick pro-life talking points from politicians and when have we ever seen them devoting a whole tour to promoting the sanctity of all human life? According to a recent … Read More
House Might Debate Funding Ethical Stem Cell Research
Today, as we are speaking actually, the U.S. House of Representatives has taken up the Labor, Health and Human Services appropriations bill. Rep. Chris Smith (R, NJ) and Rep. Artur Davis (D, AL) are supposed to offer an amendment, according to Life News, that would: bring the funding of the National Cord Blood Inventory program up to its full authorized … Read More
NARAL Does Not Oppose Giuliani
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — One of the top pro-abortion groups in the country [NARAL, the National Abortion Rights Action League] told its membership last week that several of the main Republican presidential contenders couldn’t get its support because they’re pro-life on abortion. Of the leading names, only pro-abortion ex-New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani was not included for criticism. Obviously … Read More
Marine Recruit Dehydrated to Death
Earlier last week Georgia Marine recruit Josh Isaac died after being denied the basic necessities of food and water This may sound like the most horrendous act of torture saved for Marines and troops caught behind enemy lines, but it is yet another example of the misguided compassion that grips our society. The feeding tube has officially become the new … Read More
Local Planned Parenthood Will Stop Performing Abortions
I should be ashamed of myself for not reporting on this whole affair earlier since it comes from my home state. The pro-life (and pro-choice, for that matter) blogosphere and the national media alike have been dilligently reporting on Missouri’s HB 1055 which was signed into law a few weeks ago by our semi-pro-life Governor Matt Blunt. Among the many … Read More
Schiavo Lesson Learned?
One would think, with recent stories about coma patients waking after almost 20 years, and Jesse Ramirez coming out of his “persistent vegetative state,” that many in the media would understand the connection to the Terri Schiavo case and the reality of what was done to her. But Bobby Schindler points out that the media has done no such thing: … Read More
Leukemia Patient Grateful for Life Saving Stem Cells
These are my favorite stories to post. 22 year old Tyler Colosimo, diagnosed with leukemia, has received stem cell transplants from umbilical cord blood which are greatly improving his condition. He is one of roughly 13,000 patients who are unable to find suitable bone marrow donors, including blood relatives. Without biologically matched donors these patients have a very slim chance … Read More
Ding Dong the Sheep is Dead – Will the Research Go With Her?
Australia, much like the U.S., has been in the midst of an intense debate regarding cloning/stem cell research. Recently, legislators in New South Wales voted to overturn their previous ban on therapeutic human cloning. In his article, New science leaves cloning as dead as Dolly for the Australian e-journal On Line Opinion, Dr. David van Gend, a family doctor in … Read More
Could it Possibly Get More Bewildering Than This?
This is just bizarre on so many levels: A Canadian mother has frozen her eggs for use by her seven-year-old daughter, who is likely to become infertile. Should the girl opt to use the eggs and gain regulatory approval, she would effectively have a baby that was her half-brother or sister. It was approved by an ethics committee because out … Read More
Women Still Die From “Safe, Legal” Abortions
But don’t expect to hear that from Planned Parenthood: California health regulators have taken action against a Riverside Planned Parenthood clinic for failing to report an abortion patient’s death in a timely manner… Edrica Goode, 21, of Riverside died Feb. 14 of toxic shock syndrome at Riverside County Regional Medical Center. In a lawsuit, her mother, Aletheia Meloncon, alleges that … Read More