What is a Catholic Supposed to Do? On the heels of American Life League's Celebrate Life Magazine publishing an article regarding vaccines derived from aborted fetal tissue in the July-August issue, came President Bush's article in the OP/ED section of the NY Times...
Capitol Hill Stem-Cell Backers Received Health Industry Dollars By Asif Ismail and Christine Morente (Source: The Public-i http://www.public-i.org) (Washington, Aug. 30) U.S. representatives and senators who strongly pushed for federally subsidized embryonic stem...
The Banality of Politics: Bush’s Stem Cell Decision By Jameson Taylor The reason things keep getting worse and worse is because reasonable people keep compromising more and more. Eighty years ago, when Margaret Sanger led the campaign to legalize birth control,...
The New “Moderate” Pro-Lifers By Jameson Taylor Perhaps the most disturbing upshot of the embryonic stem cell (ESC) debate has been the shameless co-option of pro-life language by a number of so-called pro-life politicians. Shelbie Oppenheimer, who has amyotrophic...
Bush Justifies ESCR with Vaccine From Abortion - Ignores Public Campaign In February of this year as President Bush was making his decision as to whether he would allow federal funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research (ESCR), Children of God for Life wrote to him,...
The Bush Decision: Stem Cell Research - Questions and Answers Q:What is the next step for stem cell research? A: President Bush has allowed federal funding for embryonic stem cell research only if researchers use 64 existing lines of stem cells, already extracted...
Cells, Fetuses, and Logic Who is being sentimental, who rational, in this debate? By Ramesh Ponnuru, NR senior editor July 23, 2001 Issue Americans' attitudes toward abortion are notoriously muddled. But it is safe to say that they tend to dislike pro-lifers more than...
Stem cells harbor genetic abnormalities, scientists find From July 6 Minneapolis Star Tribune News Services Friday, July 6, 2001 Since the birth of Dolly, the first cloned sheep, scientists have created seemingly healthy copies of mice, pigs, goats and cows. But...
From The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity Using Stem Cells from Embryos Will Make Human Flesh Profitable Daniel McConchie Unless there is a scientific discovery that removes the perceived need for embryonic stem cells, the debate over their use in research is...
May 21, 2001 Ms. Debra L. Vinnedge Executive Director Children of God for Life 2130 Catalina Drive Clearwater, Florida 33764-3715 Dear Ms. Vinnedge: Thank you for your letter about the important issue of stem cell research. I share your...
20-week-old Fetal Tissue Used by NIH in Taxpayer-Funded AIDS Research Program May 14, 2001 Worldnet Daily By Terence P. Jeffrey © 2001 Human Events The U.S. government, according to a written statement by the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, funded the...
20-week-old Fetal Tissue Used by NIH in Taxpayer-Funded AIDS Research Program May 14, 2001 Worldnet Daily By Terence P. Jeffrey © 2001 Human Events The U.S. government, according to a written statement by the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, funded the...
May 10, 2001 Baby May Save Mother's Life: First Ever Newborn-to-Mother Transplant Gives Mom Best Mother's Day Gift San Bruno, CA -- A toddler in Florida may be giving her mom the best mother's day gift ever -- the gift of life. Doctors at one of the nation's leading...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 27, 2001 DO NO HARM: The Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics EMBRYONIC STEM CELL STUDY REPLICATES ADULT STEM CELL ADVANCES ACHIEVED OVER A YEAR AGO A report in today’s issue of Science magazine reports on one of the very few...
The Politics of Stem Cells Posted 3-21-01 The Good News You Never Hear. by Wesley J. Smith Stem cells are undifferentiated “master cells” in the body that can develop into differentiated tissues, such as bone, muscle, nerve, or skin. Stem cell research may...
Parkinson's Stem Cell Implants Yield Nightmarish Side Effects Gina Kolata/ NY Times A study that attempted to treat Parkinson's disease by implanting cells from aborted fetuses into patients' brains not only failed to show an overall benefit but also revealed a...
Parkinson's Stem Cell Implants Yield Nightmarish Side Effects Gina Kolata/ NY Times A study that attempted to treat Parkinson's disease by implanting cells from aborted fetuses into patients' brains not only failed to show an overall benefit but also revealed a...
Umbilical Cords Could Repair Brains By DANIEL Q. HANEY The Associated Press February 19, 20001 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Cells taken from umbilical cords after birth may offer a vast source of material - free of the ethical concerns of fetal tissue - for repairing...
From Ophthalmology Times - February 15, 2001 Issue Transplanted Stem Cells May Aid AMD Patients by Laura Newman Reviewed by Michael J. Young, PhD (Figure courtesy of Michael J. Young, PhD) Investigators hope that animal research - such as with these adult rat...
Human Embryo Research: Where We've Been, Where We Should Go By Richard M. Doerflinger Washington, DC -- President George W. Bush spent an impressive first weekday in office. On January 22, Mr. Bush issued a statement of support to March for Life attendees and...
Adult Stem Cell Bank Offers Ethical Alternative January 04, 2001 London, England -- A Roman Catholic medical institution in Rome is launching a placenta and umbilical cord bank, to provide stem cells for medical purposes -- an ethical alternative to killing unborn...
