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What Is Abortion? In today's guest commentary, Walter Hoye II discusses the humanity of a preborn baby and explains why abortions have always been, and will always be, incredibly evil. [ Read today's commentary here. ]
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| Indiana votes to defund Planned Parenthood Politico
The Indiana State Legislature has voted to strip Planned Parenthood of its federal funding, putting the state on a path to barring the group from receiving public dollars. The legislation now hits the desk of Gov. Mitch Daniels, putting the presidential contender who has famously called for a "truce" on social issues squarely in the middle of a contentious, national debate over Planned Parenthood's federal funding. | | Russia considering abortion restrictions to slow population collapse Life Site News In a speech last week Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that measures must be taken in the Russian Federation to boost the birth rate. Putin said that 1.5 trillion roubles will be invested in "demography projects," to improve the average life expectancy and to boost the birth rate by 25 to 30 percent over three years. Following Putin's speech, the Russian parliament, the Duma, introduced a bill to disqualify abortion as a medical service in the national health plan. It would also allow doctors to refuse to commit abortions. |
| Catholic couple blazes new trails in adult cardiac stem-cell research The Boston Pilot Eduardo Marban, director of the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute in Los Angeles, and his wife Linda Marban, research manager for Cedars-Sinai's Board of Governors Heart Stem Cell Center, are blazing a new trail in adult cardiac stem-cell research. In a first-ever clinical trial, a small sample of a patient's own heart tissue is used to grow specialized heart stem cells. The stem cells are then injected back into the patient's heart in an effort to repair and re-grow healthy muscle in a heart that has been injured by heart attack. |
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