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July 31, 2005

Man Emerges from 'Vegetative State' The Morning Call reported in early July the story of 14 year-old Renzo Viscardi who in 1998 fell into a coma after his heart stopped from an undiagnosed heart ailment. His parents were told his case was "hopeless". Doctors told...

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Democrats for Life Makes Party Inroads Pro-Life Democrats think they’re making inroads in getting their party’s Chairman, Howard Dean, to establish an official relationship with Democrats for Life. Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH) met with Dean and other Democrats about the recognition and said Dean is "is...

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Frist Support of Embryonic Stem Cell Research Draws Fire Senator Bill Frist, the Senate Majority Leader, has come out in favor of H.R. 810, a bill which would expand the federal funding of embryonic stem cell research even though President Bush has threatened to veto this legislation. The decision...

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July 29, 2005

Frist's Position on Embryonic Stem Cell Research While it is not surprising that those individuals who support the killing of embryonic children are applauding Sen. Frist's latest move, it is quite disheartening that so-called pro-life officials in the Bush administration are excusing his crisis of conscience as 'understandable.'

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Frist Support of Embryonic Stem Cell Research 'Insane' Senator Frist has definitively gutted the term "pro-life" of any meaning. If he admits that the embryo is human life, and clearly he does, but at the same says that there are circumstances under which we may legally kill her for our purposes, then how is he pro-life? Life is precious from the moment of conception, and unless we are willing as a people to defend it from ideology, special interests, federal funding and politicians, then we are not pro-life and we should not dare to hide under that moral mantle.

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Frist Supports Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Pulls a Kerry Despite being an ardent supporter of abortion and voting against a ban on partial-birth abortion, Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) claimed to be pro-life during his 2004 presidential bid. On January 25, 2004 he told Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday,...

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Bioethics Group Decries Frist Decision Majority Leader William Frist's (R-Tennessee) today went public with his support of embryonic stem-cell research (ESCR). His public statement included a reaffirmation of his "pro-life" stance. "I believe human life begins at conception... the human embryo has moral significance and...

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Women's Group Blasts Frist on Stem Cell Flip-Flop Sen. Frist's public backing of this horrific science is being felt deeply across middle America, and most importantly at the grassroots ... It is mystery to us how the senator could claim that he believes life begins at conception and then immediately contradict that statement by adding, 'I also believe embryonic stem-cell research should be encouraged and supported.' It certainly gives one pause in trusting his commitment to the sanctity of life," said Lanier Swann, CWA's director of government relations

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CMA Doctors Lament Senator Frist's Support of Embryo-Destroying Research The 17,000 member Christian Medical Association, headquartered in Tennessee, today lamented Sen. Bill Frist's (R-Tenn.) decision to pursue legislation and policies that would allow further destruction of human embryos in research to extract their stem cells....

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Frist to Back Embryonic Stem Cell Bill JivinJ points out that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) is scheduled to announce his backing of a embryonic stem cell bill that would increase federal funding for ESC research. Interestingly, Frist states, "I am pro-life... I believe human life...

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Senator Frist Disappoints Senator Bill Frist, the Senate Majority Leader, has come out in favor of H.R. 810, a bill which would expand the federal funding of embryonic stem cell research even though President Bush has threatened to veto this legislation. Numerous prolife...

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Frist Breaks with Pro-Life Supporters The Christian Defense Coalition states, Senator Frist should not expect support and endorsement from the pro-life community if he votes for embryonic research funding....

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Embryonic Stem Cell Research and the JDRF Jill Stanek's latest column WND.com, "The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's death oath," draws attention to the JDRF's radical support of embryonic stem cell research and the use of children with diabetes to motivate their agenda.Every tax dollar that irresponsible or...

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July 28, 2005

RU-486 Study Proves Need for Drug's Suspension Concerned Women for America (CWA) called "insufficient" the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) recent decision to strengthen the language on RU-486's warning label after reports that two more women have died after taking the abortion pill. Five women in the...

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RU-486 Causes Septic Shock Deaths says Researcher Professor Ralph P. Miech, a professor emeritus in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology at Brown University, has provided clear evidence that RU 486 causes conditions in which bacterial infections can take hold and become deadly.

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UK Doctors May Remove Food and Water from Patients LONDON, July 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A UK appeals court has sanctioned the wishes of a doctor’s group, allowing doctors the right to decide when to remove food and water from patients, unless the patient has expressed a desire not...

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Life Links 7/28 Apologia Christi has started a series entitled "Answering Pro-Abortion Arguments." Pro-choice writer William Saletan discusses how the 14-day rule for experimenting on human embryos is wholly arbitrary in the third of his series on embryonic stem cell research and human...

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July 27, 2005

Fighting for the Right-to-Life Richard at Hyscience posts a stunning example of where the slippery slope of considering hydration and nutrition as medical treatments can lead. Leslie Burke, who has a degenerative brain condition, fears food and drink could be stopped against his wishes...

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Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Are Curing Patients Rome's Gemelli Polyclinic works with an international network to make umbilical cord stem cells available to patients with acute leukemia, thalassemia, lymphomas and congenital immune-deficiencies. The clinic runs a bank for umbilical cords, and any patient, from anywhere in the...

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Bobby Schindler to Speak in Arizona about Terri Schiavo The world watched as Terri Schindler-Schiavo entered eternity on March 31, 2005, after a decade long court battle to save her life. Terri's life had a profound impact on people around the world and permanently influenced the culture of life....

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Abortion Drug RU 486 Causes Rare Bacterial Infections A Brown University researcher says the abortion drug RU 486 causes rare bacterial infections in women that are not usually seen anywhere else. An article scheduled to appear in the September issue of The Annals of Pharmacotherapy confirms the drug...

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Euphemisms about Terri Schiavo VATICAN CITY, July 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Heath Care, Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, said this week, in relation to the death by dehydration of Terri Schiavo, that food and water are never considered...

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July 26, 2005

Using Cloned Humans for Research? Professor Ian Wilmut, the creator of Dolly the first cloned sheep to survive to adulthood, wants to create cloned humans for use as research subjects. - LifeSiteNews.com...

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Maria Korp sentenced to death Mrs Korp, 50, has been in a permanent vegetative state in Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital since she was found unconscious and locked in the trunk of her car in February. Her husband has been charged with conspiracy to murder and intentionally...

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Stem-Cell Study May Point to Cure for Heart Attacks Final results of a study conducted at Johns Hopkins University show stem cell therapy can be used effectively to treat heart attacks in pigs. Researchers said in just two months, stem cells harvested from another pig's bone marrow and injected...

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July 25, 2005

Durbin Disputes Turley Attack on Roberts George Washington University law professor Jonathon Turley in an LATimes Editorial (HT: Open Book) criticized Supreme Court nominee Judge John G Roberts, Jr. for telling Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) he would recuse himself if the law required a ruling that...

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Premature Babies Born at 23 Weeks Survive A new study by British researchers finds that almost half of the babies who are born at 23 weeks into the pregnancy survive the premature birth. The results may prompt British lawmakers to move back limits on late-term abortions and...

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Justice Called for in the Supreme Court Confirmation Proces The American Life League on July 26 is beginning a series of events to call for "justice in the Supreme Court confirmation process". An ALL press release states:We challenge the pro-abortion fanatics on the Judiciary Committee to put the right...

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Disability Activists Blast PBS for ADA Anniversary Promotion of 'Better Dead than Disabled' Film "The choice of this particular air date is an affront to people with disabilities in this country," says Diane Coleman, president of Not Dead Yet, a national disability rights group based in Forest Park, IL. "It's the 15th anniversary of...

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Oklahoma Abortion Laws Upheld by Appeals Court From the Christian Post:Last Wednesday, two challenges to Oklahoma’s abortion parental notification laws were struck down by the appellate court. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against two cases filed by Nova Health Systems, an abortion provider based...

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July 24, 2005

Abortion and Breast Cancer Link AfterAbortion's Annie Banno posts the results of the 2000 China Abortion/Breast Cancer Study that the National Cancer Institute Funded but apparently doesn't want anyone to know about:...because it means that as many as 4,262,500 U.S. women (who had 3 or...

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July 22, 2005

The Trouble with Funding Embryonic Stem Cell Research The unethical destruction of human lives is the principle argument for rejecting the use of taxpayer's money to fund embryonic stem cell research. Steven Milloy, in his column Stem Cell Smoke and Mirrors, gives another:The reason that embryonic stem cell...

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Adult Stem Cells Treat Heart Disease The Houston Chronicle reports the story of scientists who are using a patient’s own stem cells to treat congestive heart failure. According to the article, researchers found that stem cells injected directly into the heart not only improved blood flow...

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A Sad Anniversary On this day in 1974, twenty-two-year-old Carol Wingo died of a Demerol overdose during an abortion at Mercy General Hospital in Detroit. That same year the CDC recorded 26 deaths due to legal abortion. RealChoice has the details....

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Abortions Down but Still Top 20 Percent of Pregnancies An analysis of the most recent abortion data shows that the number of U.S. women having an abortion is continuing its decade-long drop and stands at its lowest level since 1976. Yet, the number is staggering. In the year 2002,...

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July 21, 2005

Cruel Cunning Cruel Cunning: Great apes can be partly human, but not quite. Young women can be misled because they might get pregnant and are better off being artificially sterile, even if they might grow very ill or even die. Human embryos can be useful, but not really human.

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The Scoreboard has Changed It's an even bigger blowout now. 65 to 0. According to Do No Harm, adult stem cells have now benefitted human beings with 65 different diseases while embryonic stem cells have yet to treat a single human being. HT: Secondhand...

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Unborn Child of Mother in Coma Reaches Milestone Baby Torres, whose mom, Susan, suffered a stroke at 17 weeks pregnant and remains in a coma, has reached a milestone: her unborn child recently passed the 24th week of development - the earliest point at which doctors felt the...

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Doctors Call for FDA to Pull RU-486 off the Market - Updated Responding to yet another woman's reported death and a new FDA warning about the abortion drug Mifeprex, or RU-486, a 17,000-member medical association today again called for the FDA to pull the drug for a safety review. David Stevens, M.D.,...

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Roberts' Wife: Feminist Pro-Lifer The Washinton Times reports:Judge Roberts' wife, Jane Sullivan Roberts, also is an attorney. From 1995 to 1999, she was an executive vice president for Feminists for Life, a 33-year-old pro-life group based in the District. She still serves as legal...

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July 20, 2005

Supreme Court Nominee Roberts Position on Abortion is Unknown Despite the accolades of pro-life organizations and the opposition by abortion rights extremists, the position of Supreme Court nominee John Roberts on abortion and the landmark Roe v. Wade decision is unknown. In fact, his record related to abortion is...

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Life Links 7/20 Dawn Eden is highlighting the post of a blogger and probable medical student who recently performed at least 5 abortions at Planned Parenthood before examining her beliefs on abortion. This AP article mentions After Abortion and ProlifeBlogs regarding Senator Barbara...

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Pull RU-486 Abortifacient from the Market The FDA issued a public health advisory for Mifepristone (trade name Mifeprex, also known as RU-486) following four deaths associated with the use of the drug. Jill Stanek explains that that problem is related to the drug Cytotec, which is...

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Wanted: A fair, honest Senate hearing for Supreme Court nominee John Roberts Washington, DC—Judie Brown, president of American Life League, the nation's largest grassroots pro-life educational organization, issued the following statement in response to President Bush's nomination of Judge John Roberts for the United States Supreme Court:"President Bush's nomination of Judge John...

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July 19, 2005

The President's Supreme Choice President Bush has selected the Honorable John Roberts of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, to take the seat on the U.S. Supreme Court vacated by retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. "Everything we know about Judge Roberts...

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President Bush Nominated to the Supreme Court a Strict Constructionist in Judge John Roberts Roberta Combs, President of the Christian Coalition of America said, "We are believing that President Bush kept his campaign promise today when he nominated John Roberts to the Supreme Court. We are trusting that Judge Roberts is in the mold...

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NRTL Responds to Roberts Nomination Following today's announcement regarding the nomination of Judge John G. Roberts to serve as associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, the following statement was issued by the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) in Washington, D.C. "Liberal pressure groups...

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Pro-Life Response to Roberts Supreme Court Nomination - Updated See the Prolife Blogs Supreme Court Aggregator for all recent reports from our members. Jill Stanek has the talking points coming out of Washington. In a later post she writes, "Good sign: NARAL hates Roberts". Jill is on a roll:...

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Background on Judge John Roberts, Supreme Court Nominee Update: See the Supreme Court Aggregator for all recent reports from our members. Judge Roberts is Exceptionally Well Qualified. Judge John Roberts has the keen intellect, impartiality and temperament, sound legal judgment and highest integrity necessary in a Supreme Court...

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Bush Nominates Roberts to the Supreme Court WASHINGTON - President Bush chose federal appeals court judge John G. Roberts Jr. on Tuesday as his first nominee for the Supreme Court, selecting a rock solid conservative whose nomination could trigger a tumultuous battle over the direction of the...

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Edith Brown Clement and Abortion The recent buzz regarding Bush's upcoming nomination to the Supreme Court tonight is it will be Edith Brown Clement. As Tim has already mentioned, her record with regards to abortion is sparse. However, one ruling that should be noted is...

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Women Hurt by Abortion Speak Out About Supreme Court Nomination Women of Operation Outcry call on President Bush and the Senate to select a justice who is willing to look at facts and evidence unavailable in 1973 and to examine the evidence on how abortion affects women and families. "There...

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Supreme Court Nomination Close, Speculation Continues President George Bush is apparently close to making his first nomination to the Supreme Court, and speculation is centered on Judge Edith Clement of the U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans....

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July 18, 2005

Update on the Supreme Court Nomination President Bush said today he is reviewing potential candidates for the Supreme Court vacancy with the goal of ensuring a replacement for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor by the new court session in October. "My desire is to get this process...

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Stem Cell Hype and Michael J. Fox - Updated Actor Michael J. Fox is pushing Congress hard to lift President Bush's restrictions on embryonic stem cell research. "Embryonic stem cell research holds enormous promise," said Fox, who suffers from Parkinson's disease, in remarks prepared for a Capitol Hill news...

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Are you opposed to human cloning for research? Well if you are, you should know that the writers of the American Journal of Bioethics Blog equate your views with those of individuals who think the world is flat and are "book burning fruitcakes." The blog entry also misleadingly...

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Stem Cell Agenda Becoming Clearer ... to Marlowe's Shade. I can't help seeing parallels to the slippery slope of the right-to-die movement. And in any debate involving the sanctity of life, one small compromise is a the proverbial camel's nose under the tent. Update: Hyscience...

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July 17, 2005

BlogsforTerri Announces New Mission The Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation, Blogsforterri, and TerrisFight.org have been busy preparing for the next phase in the fight to increase awareness about the intrinsic value of human life. The 'quality of life' has nothing to do with the 'value...

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Book about Terri Schiavo Hits Top Ten List Silent Witness : The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo's Death by Mark Fuhrman hit the New York Times Top 10 List. Fuhrman is a retired LAPD detective and author of various "New York Times" best sellers, including "Murder in Brentwood,"...

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Differences Rooted in Foundational Presuppositions Joe Carter at the Evangelical Outposts provides an excellent post on the presuppositions behind the most prevelant views of human dignity:Abortion. Euthanasia. Embryonic stem cell research. Some of the most contentious and disputed issues of our day are matters of...

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July 16, 2005

Embryonic stem cells not needed for research ... after two decades of research, embryonic stem cells have not helped a single human being. And they come with a hefty price tag: they are only obtained by destroying a living human embryo. An embryo who is just 270...

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