LIFE DIGEST: Tiller’s clinic unveiled by woman; Dr. Death granted parole; Chinese province bans sex-selection abortion - 12/18/2006
WASHINGTON (BP)--Kelly Dickerson has pulled the curtain back a little further on George Tiller’s late-term abortion business. Appearing on Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor” Dec. 12, Dickerson described having an abortion at Tiller’s Wichita, Kan., clinic an unspecified number of years ago as a 14 year old.
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LIFE DIGEST: War against baby girls
going global, expert tells United Nations - 12/11/2006
WASHINGTON (BP)--The war against baby girls is not limited to certain localities but has developed into a global event, a specialist in demographics said recently at the United Nations.
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LIFE DIGEST: Adult stem cell hopes grow, while reality sets in for California supporters of destructive research - 12/4/2006
WASHINGTON (BP)--Reports of success using adult stem cells continue to mount, while reality is setting in for advocates of destructive embryonic research -– at least in California.
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LIFE DIGEST: Congressional supporters of
destructive embryonic stem cell research hopeful; ... - 11/27/2006
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Promoters of embryonic stem cell research are predicting they could have the votes in the next Congress to overcome a presidential veto and provide federal funds for the destructive experimentation.
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LIFE DIGEST: British council rejects
‘active euthanasia’ for newborns - 11/20/2006
| "This may open a whole new therapy concept to the treatment of congenital heart defect.'" | | Univ. of Zurich official on non-embryonic stem cell research breakthrough |
WASHINGTON (BP)--A British bioethics council rejected a suggestion for “active euthanasia” of severely disabled infants but recommended babies born before 22 weeks into pregnancy not be treated.
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics issued its report Nov. 15 after a request by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists produced worldwide anticipation. The ob-gyn group urged the Nuffield council “to think more radically about non-resuscitation, withdrawal of treatment decisions, the best-interests test and active euthanasia.” As a result, the bioethics council agreed to include euthanasia of “extremely premature and seriously ill babies” in its consultation.
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LIFE DIGEST: Kansas A.G. inquiry into abortion clinics to continue; court outburst ‘unproductive,’ pro-life lawyer says - 11/13/2006
WASHINGTON (BP)--Kansas voters removed Attorney General Phill Kline from office in the Nov. 7 election, but that apparently will not halt his investigation into two abortion clinics.
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LIFE DIGEST: Doctors urge euthanasia of newborns; headlines absent for liver creation using non-embryonic stem cells - 11/6/2006
| Permitting doctors to determine whose life is worth living “changes medicine into a form of social engineering where the aim is to maximize the benefit for society and minimize those who are perceived as worthless." | | John Wyatt, University College London Hospital |
WASHINGTON (BP)--A British medical organization has called for the consideration of “active euthanasia” for severely disabled infants.
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists urged the Nuffield Council on Bioethics to include newborn euthanasia in its consultation on care for “extremely premature and seriously ill babies.” The council is to release its report Nov. 16.
In its request, the college called on the council “to think more radically about non-resuscitation, withdrawal of treatment decisions, the best-interests test and active euthanasia.” The college said it has not formally endorsed euthanasia for newborns but wants it to be weighed by British society.
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LIFE DIGEST: Embryonic stem cell research suffers another setback; British hospital disposes of babies in trash incinerator - 10/30/2006
WASHINGTON (BP)--Devastating flaws continue to afflict embryonic stem cell research.
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LIFE DIGEST: Hillary Clinton aids foes of California parental notice initiative; ad campaign calls for blacks to vote pro-life - 10/23/2006
WASHINGTON (BP)--Sen. Hillary Clinton, D.-N.Y., softened her tone on abortion nearly two years ago, but she now has loaned her voice to the effort to defeat a California ballot initiative that would require a minor female to notify her parents before aborting the child.
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LIFE DIGEST: ECT’s new statement urges work for ‘culture of life;’ Oregon boy emerges from coma after nearly two years - 10/16/2006
WASHINGTON (BP)--The project known as Evangelicals and Catholics Together recently released a new statement, this time on a subject that has made the two groups allies in American culture during the last three decades.
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LIFE DIGEST: ‘We had abortions’ campaign ignores women with regrets; doctors say ultrasound images 'dangerous' - 10/9/2006
WASHINGTON (BP)--Ms. Magazine wants as many women as possible to confess they had abortions -- as long as they don’t regret them.
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LIFE DIGEST: Democrats switch, shoot down Senate vote on abortion transport bill; support for ban still trails in S.D. - 10/2/2006
WASHINGTON (BP)--The Senate failed Sept. 29 to approve a bill to outlaw interstate abortions on minors without parental notice when eight Democrats switched positions to support their party leadership’s obstruction of the measure.
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LIFE DIGEST: Embryo screening increasing in U.S. fertility clinics; pro-life senator puts hold on FDA nominee - 9/25/2006
WASHINGTON (BP)--Fertility clinics increasingly are using embryo screening to weed out unborn children who don’t fit the genetic profile desired by their parents.
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LIFE DIGEST: ‘Morning-after’ pill does not reduce abortions, British expert reports; another abortion clinic is shut down - 9/18/2006
WASHINGTON (BP)--The “morning-after” pill has not reduced abortions in Great Britain and other European countries, refuting predictions by some of its proponents, a family planning specialist said Sept. 16.
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LIFE DIGEST: Senators rip ACT’s hype on stem cell study; abortion causing population woes in Europe; ... - 9/11/2006
WASHINGTON (BP)--Even leading congressional promoters of embryonic stem cell research have criticized Advanced Cell Technology’s much-hyped report that it had found an ethical way to do such experiments.
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