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- Van Maren: We’re not just ‘pro-life.’ We’re anti-abortion.
- Adult stem cells may transform the development of new drugs
- Texas Judge Rules State Can Keep Planned Parenthood De-Funded
- Fewer Americans view homosexuality as a sin
- Southern states stand firm on traditional marriage
- Protest against gay marriage: Huge crowds expected in Paris
- The Only Abortion Clinic in Mississippi May Face Closure
| Van Maren: We’re not just ‘pro-life.’ We’re anti-abortion.
Posted: 13 Jan 2013 07:15 AM PST Planned Parenthood is abandoning the “pro-choice” label after forty long years. According to Jezebel, “after exhaustive research, Planned Parenthood is abandoning the limiting and confusing terms ‘pro-life’ and ‘pro-choice’ in hopes of reaching more women who don’t identify as ‘pro-choice’ but still support and need their services.” The decades long war of language—pro-choice? Pro-abortion? Pro-life? Anti-abortion?—is coming to a fork in the road. |
| Adult stem cells may transform the development of new drugs
Posted: 13 Jan 2013 06:53 AM PST The culturing and use of human pluripotent stem cells is controversial because the natural source of such cells is embryos, which are destroyed by the process of extraction. But in 2007 two groups of researchers, one in Japan and the other in America, announced that they had worked out how to make adult skin cells behave like natural pluripotent cells, by adding four activated genes to them. The result is known as an induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell. |
| Texas Judge Rules State Can Keep Planned Parenthood De-Funded
Posted: 13 Jan 2013 06:43 AM PST In a ruling that surprised pro-life advocates, who expected Planned Parenthood to get the injunction it requested, a judge has determined that the state can keep de-funding Planned Parenthood while its lawsuit continues. |
| Fewer Americans view homosexuality as a sin
Posted: 13 Jan 2013 06:39 AM PST Americans’ acceptance of gays and lesbians is continuing to grow, with a new poll showing that just over a third of Americans view homosexuality as a sin, down from 44 percent a year earlier. |
| Southern states stand firm on traditional marriage Posted: 13 Jan 2013 02:00 AM PST The 'We Do' campaign tries to make a statement against southern states that have stood firm in defining marriage as between one man and one woman. |
| Protest against gay marriage: Huge crowds expected in Paris Posted: 13 Jan 2013 02:00 AM PST Several hundred thousand people are expected to march through Paris on Sunday against the planned legalization of same-sex marriage in the first mass protest against the unpopular President Francois Hollande. |
| The Only Abortion Clinic in Mississippi May Face Closure Posted: 13 Jan 2013 02:00 AM PST The only abortion clinic in the state of Mississippi came one step closer to closure yesterday. |
