June 4, 2013 (Mercatornet.com) – Let’s wind the clock back to 2003. In January wheelchair-bound quadriplegic actor Christopher Reeve visited Australia to promote the legalisation of “therapeutic cloning”. This was absolutely necessary, he said, or patients would die needlessly. Scepticism about the potential of embryonic stem cells was utterly unwarranted. “That’s a myth,” he told his Australian…
While in the afternoon France’s National Assembly is expected to vote on the law that reduces restrictions on research into human embryos and embryo stem cells, the newspaper La Croix and the French Bishops Conference recall and revive the European petition “One Of Us”, which is supported by 4 French organisations: the Catholic Family Associations…
Back when Proposition 71 was being pitched–which created the California Institute For Regenerative Medicine–opponents warned that making human cloning a state constitutional right would result in the exploitation of poor women for their eggs–needed in every attempt at SCNT cloning. Responding, supporters promised to prohibit egg buying as an expedient to pass the measure. Now, it’s…
Finland’s Interior Minister has sparked an uproar by sharply criticizing the country’s liberal abortion laws. In a July 6 speech to a Lutheran missions gathering in Kankaanpää in southwestern Finland, Interior Minister Päivi Räsänen lamented that animals have more protection in Finland than unborn human babies. Citing Acts 5:29, she also noted that one may…
(Phys.org) —Researchers have developed a new method to produce stem cells using designed proteins. The new system is more precise and more natural than current techniques and the team believe it could be a more efficient and safer route to producing stem cells. Stem cells have the potential to be used to replace dying or damaged cells…
The Holy Synod of the Romanian Patriarchate, in a meeting on the 4th and 5th of July 2013 in Bucharest, has approved the European Citizens’ Initiative “One of us”, which seeks to strengthen the legal protection within the bounds of the European Union of the dignity, right of life and integrity of every human being…
New York, NY (CFAM) — The UN Security Council rebuffed suggestions that victims of wartime rape have a right to abortion in a landmark resolution on women in peace and security last week. by Michelle Riestra and Rebecca Oas, Ph.D. | New York, NY | LifeNews.com Actress Angelina Jolie urged the United Nations to help…
The stage is set and the spotlight shines down on a group of young, smiling faces. Their beautiful hair, clothing and make-up pale in comparison to a far more important inner beauty that’s shining through. No, this isn’t your typical beauty pageant. It’s the “Miss You Can Do It” pageant showcasing young girls with disabilities ranging…
For many Chinese women, keeping a daughter is a battle—and the stakes are unthinkably high. A Chinese woman may not become pregnant without the government’s permission. Under China’s One-Child Policy, all couples must apply for a birth permit before starting a pregnancy. Nearly two-thirds of Chinese couples (more than 900 million people) may have only…
Lithuania has reached the minimum signatures required by the Commission. Nine countries have already got the minimum necessary according to the regulations for the European Citizens Initiatives. One of Us is called to be the European Citizens Initiative with a clear European dimension.