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MORE GENDER-BENDING CHEMICALS
A global report cites risks to humans as well as wildlife from "endocrine disrupting" chemicals in the environment. EDCs often have the same properties as hormones that the body uses to control a wide variety of functions, including reproduction.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2188169.stm

PRO-LIFERS ACCUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELL SCIENTISTS OF HIDDEN MOTIVES
A week before Australian lawmakers deal with stem cell research, Do No Harm, a pro-life doctors' group has accused the bio-tech industry of hiding their true motivation for wanting the go-ahead to use human embryos for research. While they claim their hope is to treat terrible diseases, the scientists' real agenda includes a desire for human tissue to test drugs, study the effects of toxins, and undergo genetic research.
http://www.cnsnews.com/ForeignBureaus/archive/200208/FOR20020812b.html

METHODISTS ATTACK BUSH OVER UNFPA FUNDING
The social issues agency of the United Methodist Church has strongly criticized the Bush administration's recent decision to withhold $34 million from the United Nations Population Fund -- a move hailed by almost all pro-lifers. Jim Winkler, leader of the Methodists' Board of Church and Society, called it "a frontal assault on women and the United Nations" and that "the administration is caving in to extremist forces." Winkler showed no awareness that the killing of the unborn might be considered "extreme" by some.

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