Monday April 2, 2001

LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

Amniocentesis, a test used to determine if a baby has Down syndrome kills more babies than it diagnoses with Down syndrome, reported Zenit yesterday, drawing on a British study which shows that the test causes up to four healthy babies to be miscarried for every abnormality it detects. The test is used after less definitive tests have shown a risk of Down's, the Sunday Times reported yesterday.
http://www.zenit.org/english/archive/0104/ZE010401.htm#4159

Trinidad and Tobago is just one Caribbean country where concern is being expressed about a Norwegian "gay cruise ship" travelling through the area. CEO and General Manager of the Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago, Colin Lucas, told the Trinidad Guardian that "the Port has received several enquiries as to whether such a ship was or had applied to dock here." He said that since homosexuality is not against the law in T&T, any cruise ship passenger who has not broken the law and who fulfills the country's entry requirements is free to come ashore.

Spain's Catholic Archbishop Agustín Garcia-Gasco of Valencia expressed his sadness this weekend at the strong political support behind a law which recognizes homosexual unions, Zenit reported yesterday. He lamented that "there was not a single political voice that mentioned the possible dangers" the measure poses to the family. The law is supported by the Popular Party, which includes Christian Democratic leaders. The opposition Socialist Party and "Esquerra Unida" did not think the measure went far enough.

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