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.
The President of the European Development Association, Francesco Cariati, has declared his official support for the European citizens’ initiative One of Us, which has long been featured on the EDA website. Besides his official support, Francesco Cariati has also offered to cooperate on a volunteer basis with the European Coordination Office and the National Committees…
I keep warning that the environmental movement is growing increasingly radical and anti-human. Theproposed international law of “ecocide,” would punish large scale development of resources as a crime akin to genocide. Example: A mock trial held in the chambers of the English Supreme Court found fictional CEOs ofAlberta Tar Sands companies guilty of ecocide and subject to…
After roughly a year of polling the British public about it (because naturally that’s the best way to determine all serious ethical questions involving complicated human biotechnology), last week the UK’s Chief Medical Officer, Dame Sally Davies, announced that the British government’s health department is drafting regulations in order to start offering “three-parent” IVF treatments in order to combat mitochondrial disease. What this means, essentially, is that the UK will give the genetic engineering of future generations without their consent it’s official stamp of approval.
