* The Associated Press reported Monday that in-utero laser surgery on twins in Florida has “miraculously” saved one of the babies from death by re-routing amniotic fluid so that it is evenly distributed to each of the twins.
* The Amarillo Texas Globe-News reported in march that conservative Protestants are moving against artificial birth control to such a degree that fertility rates among them are beginning to challenge those of Catholic families.
* The National Post is reporting today that a Commons committee has recommended replacing Social Insurance Numbers for Canadians with “smart cards.”
* The National Post also reported that the Catholic Church in Newfoundland is appealing an earlier court ruling which supported the provincial government’s removal of the formerly constitutionally guaranteed right to religious schools.