The Center for Bioethics and Culture (CBC) strongly decries the practice of deriving human embryonic stem cells through cloning because it exploits women for their eggs, it commodifies human life, and it is unnecessary. In the June 6, 2013, issue of the scientific journal Cell, researchers announce that they have successfully derived human embryonic stem…
VATICAN, May 15, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As if his blessing of a baby in utero at the opening of his papacy and praying for abortionists at his Good Friday stations of the cross were only a foretaste, a Vatican official has told LifeSiteNews that Pope Francis will have his first real opportunity to speak to…
A new report shows the mother of the famous singer Cher considered having an abortion and went as far as making an appointment and going to the an officer where a doctor did abortions after hours to take her daughter’s life. Until Georgia Holt changed her mind. Despite narrowly avoiding becoming an abortion victim, Cher…
March 22, 2013 was the launch of “One of Us” in Leiden, the Netherlands. www.demenselijkewaardigheid.nl OneOfUs.eu is one of the First “European Citizens Initiatives” – possible due to the EU Lisbon Treaty. After having drawn attention to the human dignity of the embryo – as they are “one of us” – a journalist asked for…
by Hilary White, Rome Correspondent, LifeSiteNews.com Pope Francis surprised about 40,000 Italian and international participants in today’s Marcia per la Vita (March for Life) Internazionale in Rome this morning, when he left the Apostolic Palace to greet them personally from his popemobile in the street where they were lined up. Monsignore Ignacio Barreiro, the head of…
A MUM was advised by her doctor to “travel to England” for a termination because of her baby’s foetal anomaly. She was told her foetus had a life-threatening congenital heart defect and a rare brain disorder – and would have little chance of surviving outside the womb. But little Louise Kehoe, now three years old,…
(Springfield, IL – May 7, 2013) – A meta-analysis combining the results of 8 studies of women facing unwanted pregnancies, published in the April 2013 issue of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, has concluded that “there is no available evidence to suggest that abortion has therapeutic effects in reducing the mental health risks of unwanted or…
NEW DELHI – In a few days Lili will celebrate her first birthday with her two “fathers” in Australia. Several thousands of kilometers away, she who gave birth to this child, an Indian surrogate, waits for photos of the fair-skinned child because she hopes to be “a small part of the family.” Seita Thapa delivered…
On 23 April 2013 the European Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, organized an interactive event in the European Parliament in Brussels, in cooperation with the European Parliament Information Offices in 30 EU capitals and cities. The event was entitled “It’s our Europe: Let’s get active!”. Citizens were invited to join the debate via Twitter using the…
An antibody injected into bone marrow was discovered in a California lab By Jason Koebler, April 23, 2013 Stem cells from a tank in a lab in Athens, Ga. A California lab has discovered a way turn stem cells from bone marrow into brain cells. Scientists have discovered an antibody that can turn stem cells from…