- No longer 'unwanted,' hundreds of Indian girls choose new names
- "Conviction, Not Convenience"
- $1.2M grant for adult stem cells from mental patients
- Planned Parenthood aborts babies when Catholic hospitals will not
- Abortion takes center stage at Iowa GOP forum
- Planned Parenthood security guard assaults cop
| No longer 'unwanted,' hundreds of Indian girls choose new names Posted: 23 Oct 2011 11:53 AM PDT More than 200 Indian girls whose names mean "unwanted" in Hindi have chosen new names for a fresh start in life. A central Indian district held a renaming ceremony Saturday that it hopes will give the girls new dignity and help fight widespread gender discrimination that gives India a skewed gender ratio, with far more boys than girls. |
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Posted: 23 Oct 2011 07:40 AM PDT “Being pro-life is not a matter of campaign convenience; it is a core conviction,” Rick Perry announces in Iowa. |
| $1.2M grant for adult stem cells from mental patients
Posted: 23 Oct 2011 07:11 AM PDT Rutger's University received a US$1.2 million grant from NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) to start research on adult stem cells. The stem cells will be taken from people with mental health disorders such as major depression, attention deficit disorder and other mental illnesses. |
| Planned Parenthood aborts babies when Catholic hospitals will not Posted: 23 Oct 2011 12:09 AM PDT The debate over abortion and other women's 'reproductive issues' triggered by the proposed partnership between two of Western Washington's largest health care groups has raised significant ethical concerns concerning religious freedoms. |
| Abortion takes center stage at Iowa GOP forum  Image by Getty Images via @daylife Posted: 22 Oct 2011 07:59 PM PDT Gov. Rick Perry of Texas sought to win over social conservative voters in Iowa on Saturday night as he drew a distinction between his opposition to abortion with the views of his leading Republican rivals and declared, “Being pro-life is not a matter of campaign convenience; it is a core conviction.” |
| Planned Parenthood security guard assaults cop
Posted: 22 Oct 2011 07:41 PM PDT According to the pro-life group Created Equal, a video released Thursday shows a Planned Parenthood security guard repeatedly assaulting a Columbus police officer at an October 19 fundraiser for the abortion organization. |
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