- DIY Gender?
- Two US states consider ban on embryonic stem cell research
- DC abortion activists up in arms over budget riders
- Children under assault by internet pornography
- Physicians argue for right to kill
- Dismantling contraception
- Nebraska's innovative abortion law now being duplicated nationwide
- Stanford Biobank removes guilt from parent's decision to donate their children to 'science'
- Gift honors each day of 49-year marriage
| Posted: 11 Apr 2011 10:29 AM PDT A recent feature in J. Crew's online catalogue portrays designer Jenna Lyons painting her son Beckett’s toe nails hot pink. The quote accompanying the image reads, “Lucky for me, I ended up with a boy whose favorite color is pink. Toenail painting is way more fun in neon.” |
| Two US states consider ban on embryonic stem cell research  Image by kyall via Flickr Posted: 11 Apr 2011 09:36 AM PDT Minnesota and Oklahoma are both in the process of passing legislation that will criminalize certain embryonic stem (ES) cell research procedures. |
| DC abortion activists up in arms over budget riders Posted: 11 Apr 2011 09:07 AM PDT Washington Mayor Vincent Gray will join a protest Monday on Capitol Hill to urge lawmakers to scrap from the budget compromise riders on DC abortion rights and a school voucher program. |
| Children under assault by internet pornography Posted: 11 Apr 2011 08:38 AM PDT "Anyone with unrestricted Internet access is just a mouse click away from viewing, either intentionally or accidentally, sexually explicit material online," explained Doug Anderson, of ContentWatch, a company that delivers Internet protection solutions. "Just like you wouldn't send your kids out on their bikes without a helmet, or let them ride in a car without a seatbelt, you probably shouldn't let them surf the Internet without protection. And just like helmets, there are Internet filters that are more for show, and Internet filters that actually protect your children." |
| Physicians argue for right to kill Posted: 11 Apr 2011 08:33 AM PDT A Canada-based euthanasia prevention group is trying to save the life of a disabled man. |
| Posted: 11 Apr 2011 08:02 AM PDT “Among the users of contraceptives, the margin of error is enough to create nearly the entire demand for abortion in this country every year.” And these numbers are supported by the research of the Guttmacher Institute. |
| Nebraska's innovative abortion law now being duplicated nationwide Posted: 11 Apr 2011 05:11 AM PDT  Image by Keturah Stickann via Flickr If the standards set out in the Nebraska law withstand challenge, based on the argument that a fetus feels pain at 20 weeks, it will be a landmark chapter in American legal history. |
| Stanford Biobank removes guilt from parent's decision to donate their children to 'science' Posted: 11 Apr 2011 02:44 AM PDT When couples undergo in-vitro fertilization (IVF), they must decide what to do with the human embryos left over from the treatment: store them, throw them out or — an increasingly popular option — donate them to research. |
| Gift honors each day of 49-year marriage Posted: 11 Apr 2011 01:36 AM PDT On his 49th wedding anniversary, Art Schumacher fished out the Coleman cooler he'd stashed in a closet and told his beloved Jeanette to close her eyes. |
