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On Moral Grounds, Some Judges Are Opting Out of Abortion Cases

Here’s the original article about the judges who are threatened because they are following their consciences. Free subscription is required for the New York Times. There’s no subscription required for the Tennesseean.com, linked below.

>Judges with consciences

>Another step in the supposedly private act of aborting one’s child is exposed as anything but private: Judges in Tennessee are recusing themselves from hearing the “judicial bypass” cases – where minor girls may obtain abortion without notifying (much less obtaining permission from) their parents – because of moral objections to abortion. In Tennesse, the … Continue reading

Judges with consciences

Another step in the supposedly private act of aborting one’s child is exposed as anything but private: Judges in Tennessee are recusing themselves from hearing the “judicial bypass” cases – where minor girls may obtain abortion without notifying (much less obtaining permission from) their parents – because of moral objections to abortion. In Tennesse, the … Continue reading

>FDA Chief Resigns Over Plan B

>FDA Assistant Commissioner for Women’s Health, Susan Wood, says she can’t remain at the Agency because of the refusal to change the status of the drug protocol, “Plan B” often called the “morning after pill.” The Henry J. Kaiser Foundation’s daily news reports the fuss. I agree with the former Commissioner, she should not be … Continue reading

FDA Chief Resigns Over Plan B

FDA Assistant Commissioner for Women’s Health, Susan Wood, says she can’t remain at the Agency because of the refusal to change the status of the drug protocol, “Plan B” often called the “morning after pill.” The Henry J. Kaiser Foundation’s daily news reports the fuss. I agree with the former Commissioner, she should not be … Continue reading

>"one can justify sacrifice of some embryos"

>Here’s one argument for limits on science from a Commentary in Stem Cells, “A Proposed Stem Cell Research Policy” by Louis M. Guenin of the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA : COMMENTARYA Proposed Stem Cell Research PolicyLouis M. Guenin Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, … Continue reading

"one can justify sacrifice of some embryos"

Here’s one argument for limits on science from a Commentary in Stem Cells, “A Proposed Stem Cell Research Policy” by Louis M. Guenin of the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA : COMMENTARYA Proposed Stem Cell Research PolicyLouis M. Guenin Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, … Continue reading

>Limit Science ("Why?")

>The Guardian contains an op-ed piece by Lord Robert Winston of the UK declaring that that Nation’s regulation of in vitro fertilization should stop. He questions, But why should this one treatment area be singled out? and then complains: The 1990 Act emphasises that clinicians must regard the welfare of any child that might be … Continue reading

Limit Science ("Why?")

The Guardian contains an op-ed piece by Lord Robert Winston of the UK declaring that that Nation’s regulation of in vitro fertilization should stop. He questions, But why should this one treatment area be singled out? and then complains: The 1990 Act emphasises that clinicians must regard the welfare of any child that might be … Continue reading

>Real Life Help for Katrina’s Victims

>We’re working on saving lives and giving aid to the victims of Katrina, over at FreeRepublic.com.

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