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 LifeNews.com Pro-Life Headlines 
  • Senate Republicans Won't Let Democrats Use Abortion to Pass Health Care Bill
  • Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- If Democrats in Congress think they can rely on an appeasement strategy on abortion to pass the health care bill through the Senate via reconciliation, Senate Republicans say they are misled. In the latest turn of events in the ongoing abortion-health care debate, Senate Republicans have upped the ante. more >>

  • Democrats Take Issue With March 18 Date for Pro-Abortion Health Care Vote
  • Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A dustup took place yesterday on Capitol Hill as a top Democratic leader took issue with President Barack Obama's spokesman over the projected date for the House vote on the Senate health care bill. Now, more Democrats are revolting against what they see as a White House mandate for a vote date. more >>

  • White House Faith Council Releases Final Report, No Plan to Reduce Abortions
  • Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The White House Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships presented its policy recommendations to President Barack Obama. The plan failed to include any proposals on reducing abortions or helping pregnant women find abortion alternatives. more >>

  • National Day of Appreciation of Abortion Providers Ignores Hurting, Killing Women
  • Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Today is National Day of Appreciation of Abortion Providers, the annual celebration by pro-abortion activists of abortion practitioners. Groups like Planned Parenthood and the ACLU sent their members messages today honoring abortion practitioners but they ignored how they have killed and injured women. more >>

  • Mitt Romney Says He Was Never Pro-Choice on Abortion as Mass Governor
  • Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Mitt Romney is likely one of several Republican candidates who will vie for the GOP nomination and the right to take on pro-abortion President Barack Obama. For his 2008 attempt at representing Republicans, Romney caused consternation by talking about his position change on abortion and he is doing it again. more >>

  • Georgia Bill Banning Race-Based, Sex-Based Abortions Draws National Attention
  • Atlanta, GA (LifeNews.com) -- Following up on a billboard campaign throughout Atlanta saying there are too many abortions done on black unborn babies, a statewide pro-life group is getting national attention for a bill it is supporting in the state legislature that would ban abortions done specifically because the child is African-American. more >>


 
 
Stem Cell Research & Bioethics 

The Catholic Church's teaching on bio/medical ethics originates in the Christian teaching of the inherent dignity of the human person. Current advances in science and technology offer new hope for the eradication or alleviation of symptoms of many serious diseases. While encouraging authentic research in these areas, the Catholic Church is also careful to offer criterion for moral judgment in scientific research and technology, particularly in the area of the beginning of human life.
 
Additional Links & Resources 
Donum vitae The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith's 1987 document Donum vitae, Instruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation: Replies to Certain Question of the Day

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Begotten not Made: A Catholic View of Reproductive Technology - by John Haas, PhD, STL

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Center for Bio ethics and Culture The Center for Bio ethics and Culture (CBC) is composed of Doctors,Nurses, Ethicists, Clergy, Educators, and other professionals coming together to educate and equip people in the bio ethics issues of the 21st Century, a century already christened "the Biotech Century."

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Center for Bio ethics and Human Dignity: To advance the development of medical treatments and therapies that do not require the destruction of human life, including the human embryo.

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National Catholic Bio ethics Center - A great resource for any bio ethical questions. They also publish a monthly newsletter.

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Stem-Cell Research
On Human Embryos and Stem Cell Research: An Appeal for Legally and Ethically Responsible Science and Public Policy - by the Center for Bio ethics and Human Dignity Declaration on the Production and the Scientific and Therapeutic use of Human Embryonic Stem Cells

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"Emergency Contraception"
Pontifical Academy for Life document - The Polycarp Research Institute To promote and perform research that seeks to improve the physical, psychological and spiritual condition of mankind. These include: Breast cancer and abortion, breast cancer and oral contraceptives, post fertilization effect of emergency contraception and oral contraception.

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Cloning
The National Committee for a Human Life Amendment: Human cloning is a form of asexual reproduction. It is done by taking genetic material from a person's body cell, injecting it into an egg whose nucleus has been removed or inactivated, and then stimulating the egg to begin embryonic development. Genetically the cloned embryo is virtually identical to the person whose cell was used. Some would use cloning to produce infants as copies of living or deceased people ("reproductive cloning"), while others would use cloning to mass-produce human embryos to be destroyed as raw material for experimentation (so-called "experimental cloning").

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Genetics
Observations on the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights
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