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Still committed to the demonstrably false assumption that there is a direct relationship between population growth and resource depletion, Population Action International has released a new report which claims that “the current trend of slower population growth is one bright spot in an often gloomy picture of increasing natural resource scarcity.” 

Focus on the Family discussed the radical pro-homosexual bias in the American media yesterday using research from Americans For Truth About Homosexuality and conservative columnist Don Feder. 

American and Italian scientists working in partnership have developed a new and more reliable technique – UltraScreen – for detecting Down’s syndrome in unborn babies, according to a study published in the Obstetrics and Gynecology journal. (Reported yesterday in The (London) Times and by SPUC (the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children)

The latest issue of Christian Renewal reports on the 2000 International Reformed Presbyterian Conference held earlier this month in Michigan. According to the article, the main speaker at the week-long meeting, Dr. Bill Edgar, told his audience that “Christians ought to stand out in today’s small-family culture by our love for children.”“Horror stories of medical maltreatment of people in the care of the New South Wales [Australia] guardianship authorities, including the alleged euthanasia of an elderly woman against the wishes of her family, were recounted to a parliamentary committee yesterday,” reports tomorrow’s Sydney Morning Herald. 

Starting today and continuing until Sunday, the Toronto-based Centre for Social Justice is holding a Radical in the 21st Century Retreat. Among the far left speakers, is the virulent pro-abortion activist, Judy Rebick. 

“Australian church groups are appalled that several dozen ‘drag queens’ are expected to participate in the official closing ceremony of the Sydney Olympics, saying the involvement of men dressed as women does little to enhance the city or the Games,” reports Conservative News Service today. “Christians, meanwhile, have been prohibited from openly displaying their faith.” 

“Anonymous sperm donors don’t have an unlimited right to privacy and can be forced to testify in legal proceedings, the California Supreme Court ruled,” reports CNN today.