Recent Catholic News

Great Falls, a city in Montana, has declared pro-life signs depicting the horrific results of abortion a traffic hazard, forcing pro-lifers to end a demonstration or have their signs confiscated by police.  http://www.nando.net/nation/story/59852p-866782c.html

– Maintains funding ban for research that would kill additional embryos – WASHINGTON, Aug 10, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Last night U.S. President George W. Bush announced his long-awaited decision on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. To the chagrin of many scientists and researchers, he said that funding would not be available for most research, but to the chagrin of many pro-lifers, he said that he would allow funding for research involving stem cell lines that have already been set up. Mr. Bush said that more than 60 genetically diverse stem cell colonies, or lines, have already been produced […]

– But European Science Foundation warns of baby cloning in some countries – EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Aug 10, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The European Commission has announced that it will not finance any projects involving the cloning of humans or stem cell research, expressing hope that all 15 European Union members will forbid work in such areas. In an interview published Thursday in the Financial Times Deutschland. EC research commissioner Philippe Busquin said “cloning has no scientific value and could damage the standing of science as a whole,” reported the Associated Press. Laws have been passed banning research on stem cells and […]

PHILADELPHIA, Aug 10, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The battle against euthanasia in the U.S. has received additional strength in recent days with an announcement by the American College of Physicians. The nation’s second-largest medical organization behind the American Medical Association has joined the AMA by stating its official opposition to physician-assisted suicide. A paper published Tuesday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, and co-written by Dr. Daniel Sulmasy of the American College of Physicians, says the ACP believes doctors should always look for ways to improve care for the dying. At the same time the paper emphasized the group’s strong support […]

OTTAWA, Aug 10, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark urged the Liberal government yesterday to move quickly to criminalize cloning. Such an initiative would be covered by the reproductive technologies bill being considered by Parliament. Mr. Clark, however, proposed a quicker solution for cloning, reported Canadian Press yesterday: “There is a private members bill,” he told a briefing Thursday. “It’s well written, it’s precise. It would allow action very quickly.” He was referring to a Private Members’ Bill introduced by Bloc Quebecois MP Pauline Picard that would ban human cloning. Ms. Picard’s bill would “amend the Criminal Code […]

Another tragic case highlights the eugenic impact of China’s ruthless population control program. A woman drowned her second granddaughter with the hope that her daughter-in-law would later give birth to a son. The woman has been sentenced to six years in prison for the crime.  http://english.hk.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/asia/afp/article.html?s=  hke/headlines/010809/asia/afp/Chinese_woman_drowns_granddaughter_in_quest_for_grandson.html “The Ontario government is open to letting parents run charter schools, institutions fully funded by the public but operated outside the control of school boards,” reports the National Post today. Minister of Education Janet Ecker indicated seven months ago that she did not favour the concept,” but has now said: “We’ll see where […]

PRO-ABORTS RELEASE PROPAGANDA TOOL TO MOBILIZE ANTI-LIFE FORCES The Center for Women Policy Studies is releasing a survey of pro-abortion state legislators as a tool to raise support against pro-life activity. The pro-abortion organization is highlighting pro-life advances at the state level that will hopefully mobilize pro-abortion forces to combat these advances.  http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/Current_Releases/0807-121.html STEM CELL TREATMENT OF CROHN’S DISEASE The first stem-cell transplant to treat Crohn’s disease appears to be working, claims a doctor at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where the procedure was performed 10 weeks ago, reported the Chicago Sun-Times Wednesday.  http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-stem07.html CALIFORNIA COURT PROTECTS PATIENT FROM END-OF-LIFE DECISION Yesterday […]

WASHINGTON, Aug 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – President Bush has called for 8-10 minutes of airtime on television and radio tonight to announce his decision on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. Judie Brown of American Life League reacted to the announcement saying she is counting on the President to make the right decision and further says that all research involving the destruction of human embryos must be banned entirely. “Do No Harm” a Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics sent 140,000 petitions to the White House asking President Bush not to have “tax dollars used for research that destroys […]

LifeSite Stem Cell feature page addition OTTAWA, Aug 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Proposed Canadian legislation governing assisted human reproduction and similar legislation in various countries permits scientists to experiment on human embryos created originally for in vitro fertilization. The one condition is that the embryo donors and other decision makers must give legally valid informed consent. However, Dr. John Shea, MD, who has researched the topic extensively, suggests that such informed consent is highly unlikely because of the rampant misinformation about research on human embryos. Dr. Shea explains that the purpose of informed consent is to ensure that a decision […]

BERLIN, Aug 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Germany and France have submitted a request to the United Nations for the creation of an “international convention against the cloning of human beings to the end of reproduction.” French Foreign Ministry spokesperson Bernard Velaro said, “It is a matter that is of importance to all humanity.” Germany’s research minister, Edelgard Bulmahn said, “freedom of research finds its borders where human dignity is affected.” However, the ban against reproductive cloning while allowing so-called therapeutic cloning is untenable, as evidenced in the recent debates over cloning in the United States Congress. During the debate, the […]