Articles for Month: August 2001

A federal judge imposed $80,000 in fines on a couple and their two adult daughters for violating New York State’s new abortion clinic access law. A Gay U.S. Democratic judge plans to run for the Senate seat vacated by conservative Jesse Helms https://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20010829/672432.html

A comprehensive agreement to reduce greenhouse gases, which some speculate are linked to climate change, was reached during the annual Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers.  https://www.southam.com/ottawacitizen/newsnow/cpfs/world/010827/w082791.html A new hate crime database being maintained by the Calgary police department will register all reports of “hate incidents,” or non-criminal acts motivated by hate, that happen in the community, including comments or actions perceived to be hateful to a personâs sexual orientation.  https://www.calgaryherald.com/news/stories/010812/5079324.html The Progressive Conservatives and the 12 MPs who defected from the Canadian Alliance have chosen a date for their first joint caucus and plan to seek […]

VANCOUVER, August 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Polygamy can be practiced in British Columbia without fear of prosecution because the provincial government believes the prohibition against the practice violates the constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion, according to an August 27 news report in Vancouverâs The Province. “BC is the only place in North America where polygamy and its associated abuses can be practiced openly without fear of prosecution,” said Debbie Palmer with the Committee Concerned with Child Abuse in Polygamy. Last week a US court sentenced Utah Mormon Tom Green – who has five wives and 30 children – to […]

NEW DELHI, August 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Indian researchers plan to capitalize on U.S. President Bushâs funding restrictions on embryonic stem cells by moving ahead with their own projects. Two Indian research organizations possess colonies of embryonic stem cells, known as cell lines, which can develop into many other types of tissues to be used for various new medical procedures. India is only beginning to formulate policies covering stem cell research and there are no legal guidelines currently in place. Scientists do not anticipate public disapproval of their work except from a minority of Hindus. “From the stage of embryonic […]

ANCHORAGE, August 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A booth at the Alaska State Fair, dispensing free prescriptions for a drug said to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex, has drawn fire from pro-life organizations. Karen Vosburgh, executive director of Alaska Right to Life, says that the emergency contraception display promotes a dangerous drug that can cause an abortion and that the drug disturbs women’s menstrual cycles and has ingredients linked to cancer The drug “is damaging, it is dangerous, and I think they are putting themselves out at a huge risk to dole out prescriptions when they are not even sure what […]

LOS ANGELES, August 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Human fat, collected by liposuction, shows promise of providing a plentiful source of replacement cells for a variety of medical treatments. This would possibly eliminating the controversial use of embryonic stem cells say researchers from two American Universities. The UCLA and University of Pittsburgh researchers have isolated stem cells—cells with the potential to become virtually any type of tissue—from fat and converted them into bone, cartilage and muscle. “This could take the air right out of the debate about embryonic stem cells,” said Dr.Mark Hedrick of UCLA, the lead author of the study. […]

The National Institutes of Health has revealed all the organizations that own the stem cell lines available for federal funding. Here is the list from the NIH website:  https://www.nih.gov/news/stemcell/082701list.htm Jesse Helms—the greatest U.S. senator of the last quarter of the 20th Century.  https://www.humaneventsonline.com/articles/08-27-01/jeffrey.html E. T. Hall, the Archaeologist Who Debunked Evolutionary theory’s Piltdown Man, dies at 77.  https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/21/obituaries/21HALL.html A Baby Seized by State Police from a Mother’s Hospital Room was given to homosexual couple. The same mother’s other son was killed by a dog attack while stationed in a foster home.  https://www.massnews.com/8231baby.htm

Opens the Door to Dangerous Developments, Vatican Radio Says VATICAN CITY, August 28, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The decision of U.S. President George W. Bush to offer limited public funding for experimentation on cell lines developed from human embryos has been criticized by Vatican Radio. Bush “has gone beyond the moral boundaries of research” and “his decision opens the door to very dangerous developments,” it said in an Aug. 10 broadcast. Bush and Pope John Paul II have discussed embryonic stem cell research in a July 23 meeting, with the Pope strongly urging the president to respect all human life and […]

WASHINGTON, August 28, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will test-market a pro-life advertising campaign in Philadelphia and southern New Jersey starting September 4 with the theme “Abortion. Have we gone too far?” The campaign will include billboards at bus shelters, ads on commuter rail cars and continuous radio spots on five stations. If successful, both the ads and an Internet presence could be used nationwide. “What’s new about this is we are presenting a couple of facts in a nonemotional and intelligent way,” said Cathleen Cleaver, secretariat for pro-life activities. “We’re not trying to provoke an […]

WASHINGTON, August 28, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Bush administration may not send a high-level delegation to a special U.N. General Assembly session on children next month if sections of the current draft of the final declaration, concerning abortion counseling and services and the rights of children, remain unchanged. “The outcome document [for the special session] shouldn’t support or endorse abortion counseling and services for adolescents. The draft does,” said a State Department official. In a final round of talks in New York this week, U.S. delegates are working to alter any language or clauses that the administration believes overemphasize the […]