Thursday, November 20, 2008

LifeSiteNews.com NewsBytes

LifeSiteNews NewsBytes For November 20, 2008

Compiled by Steve Jalsevac

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LIFE ISSUES

Last-minute Bush abortion ruling causes furor
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/18/america/abort.php

"Scheme to cover up a fraud" - Federal court records show how Planned Parenthood over-billed government for millions -- and may get away with it
http://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=e9f8ba3c-2f62-48ff-bb21-073f9774e149

A Swedish feminist party says it will push for abortion to be considered a human right as it campaigns for a seat in the European Union parliament.
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/134069/Swedish-feminists-Abortion-should-be-human-right

Kenyan Catholics Demonstrate Against Proposed Abortion Bill
http://www.kbc.co.ke/story.asp?ID=53853

Right to Die Lobby Already Wants to Expand newly passed Washington State Assisted Suicide Measure
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=c8956133-c59d-4a11-b247-1831dc887577

Depression in Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia Patients
http://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2008/11/depression-in-assisted.html

China's Gruesome Organ Harvest The whole world isn't watching. Why not?
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/824qbcjr.asp

Quebec's Liberal government to use taxpayer funds to pay for in vitro fertilization - This will cost the taxpayer $35 million for the first year
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=cc51fa71-c8eb-401b-b45e-5bc9445472c3

November election results should be a wake-up call that doing nothing also brings risks. The drumbeat for submission to the dominant, secular healthcare culture will only get louder in the years ahead.
http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=1223

Towards a coercive utopia - Some contemporary ethicists are updating eugenics.
http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/towards_a_coercive_utopia/

Speaking Truth to Power: European Cases Presage Huge "Conscience Rights" Bioethics Fights to Come
http://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2008/11/speaking-truth-to-power-european-cases.html

Let's Do What is Right Regardless of What Governments Tell Us is Right and Wrong - Wesley Smith
http://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2008/11/lets-do-what-is-right-regardless-of.html