Articles for Month: May 2002

Injured feelings of “vulnerable groups” used to define discrimination, rather than intent or facts of story EDMONTON, May 1, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The Edmonton-based Report Newsmagazine has lost a key media-freedom case before a tribunal of the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission. In Kane v. Alberta Report, the tribunal determines which parts of a news story are newsworthy and which are not; it “strongly suggests” that the magazine’s staff submit to human rights training by the commission; and it warns that henceforth findings of discrimination will be based on the injured feelings of “vulnerable groups,” not on the intent […]

OSLO, Norway, May 1, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Researchers at the University of Oslo and the biotech company Nucleotech LLC have announced a breakthrough in reprogramming ordinary human skin cells into immune cells without resorting to stem cells at all. While lead researcher Philippe Collas and James Robl oppose restrictions on research, their finding may overturn arguments for the urgency of using human embryos for research. The team punched holes into mature skin cells and soaked them in a solution made from immune system cells, causing the skin cells to stop functioning as skin cells and take on the characteristics of […]

Local Media Reports Did Not Mention That Suspect Was Abortion Clinic Security Chief LOUISVILLE, May 1, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The chief of security for the EMW Women’s Surgical Center, an abortion clinic in Louisville Kentucky, has been sentenced to 10 years for raping two women in their early twenties. The April 2002 Life Dynamics newsletter, Life Activist, reports that 44-year-old Anthony Harvell pled guilty after DNA tests tied him to both victims. Local media reports, covering the matter when Harvell was charged in January 2001, failed to mention that Harvell worked for an abortion clinic. Moreover, one of the victims […]

BRUSSELS, May 1, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Political leaders from Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Spain and the United Kingdom have given their support to a campaign by the anti-Catholic group “Catholics for a Free Choice” (CFFC). In an advertisement appearing April 25th in the European Voice newspaper, 29 of the more than 600 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) signed their support for the condoms4life campaign. The advertisement states, “Catholic bishops preach sanctity of life. But their ban on condoms contributes to the tragedy of AIDS and death around the world. Most Catholics […]