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- Horrific discovery of baby remains at defunct abortion facility
- Komen reversal fails to surprise some
- Do we need a morality pill?
- Scientists want kids with three parents to eradicate genetic disease
- Catholics plan counterattack on new contraception mandate
- Wa. State Senate passes gay 'marriage' bill
Horrific discovery of baby remains at defunct abortion facility Posted: 04 Feb 2012 07:03 AM PST Criminals say that the most difficult part of a murder is what to do with the body. This was apparently true for an abortionist who operated a clandestine abortion facility from his home more than 60 years ago in the small town of Hannibal, Missouri. |
Komen reversal fails to surprise some Posted: 04 Feb 2012 06:59 AM PST Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced on the morning of Feb. 3 that it is amending its funding guidelines so that only those organizations under criminal investigation will be excluded, a move that could allow Planned Parenthood funding to be restored. |
Posted: 04 Feb 2012 06:53 AM PST Princeton bioethicist Peter Singer and a research assistant, Agata Sagan, proposed a “morality pill” in a column in the New York Times this week. They speculate that moral behaviour is at least in part biochemically determined. Hence, it should be possible to engineer moral behaviour with drugs |
Scientists want kids with three parents to eradicate genetic disease Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:28 AM PST The British federal government is reviewing the Research Involving Human Embryos Act after a report was tabled in Parliament last year. Professor Illingworth said scientists hoped the government would alter the law to allow research into embryo transfers. |
Catholics plan counterattack on new contraception mandate Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:00 AM PST Church vows to use courts and legislation to fight un-American requirement for religious employers to provide contraception to workers with government-required health insurance. |
Wa. State Senate passes gay 'marriage' bill Posted: 03 Feb 2012 06:47 PM PST The bill, which had bipartisan support, passed in the Senate 28 to 21 late Feb. 1. The bill has already garnered enough support in the House after it moves through committees to pass and is expected to be on the governor’s desk early next week. |