Human Cloning is Here Now, It’s Time to be Worried
One of my friends, who doesn‘t really follow the biotech scene, said to me one time, “When you tell me to worry about it, I will worry about it.” I replied, “Worry. Now.”
Eugenics is Shifting From Killing the Disabled to Genetically Enhancing Kids
Eugenics is evil in that it presumes that some human beings are better than others, and moreover, that we have a duty to control procreation to improve the human herd. In the USA, the first iteration of this great wrong–a political progressive project, by the way–led to hundreds of thousands of involuntary sterilizations. Not coincidentally, North Carolina…
Open-Womb Surgery Treats Unborn Baby’s Hydrocephalus
National Right to Life Note: When it comes to opening eyes, few stories carry the immediacy of those that document prenatal surgery on unborn children. Today’s contribution to our year-long “Roe at 40” series brings you Liz Townsend’s account that ran in the July 9, 1999, edition of National Right to Life News. A baby diagnosed…
Humanae Vitae at 45: Pro-Life Encyclical Still Right After All These Years
On this day in 1968, Pope Paul VI, of happy memory, issued his landmark encyclical, Humanae Vitae, which reiterated the Catholic Church’s 2,000 year old teaching that artificial contraception is sinful. At the time, and perhaps even more so 45 years later, many people — Catholic and otherwise — are gobsmacked that at precisely a time…
When Does Human Life Begin?
T here is a tremendous consensus in the scientific community about when life begins. This is hardly controversial. If the claim were made that life was discovered on another planet, for example, there are well-defined criteria to which we could refer to conclusively determine whether the claim was accurate. How do scientists distinguish between life and…
Doubt cast over tiny stem cells
Studies refute the existence of very small embryonic-like cells endorsed by the Vatican. by Alison Abbott Does a rare and minuscule cell type with the potential to repair almost any tissue in the body really exist? Proponents of very small embryonic-like cells (VSELs) extracted from bone marrow say that the cells have the potential to…
16-Year-Old “Over-Quota” Chinese Girl Drinks Fatal Poison, Denied College Entrance
16-year-old Cai Yanqiong is in critical condition after drinking pesticide, reported Chinese media this week. Ms. Cai, an “over-quota” daughter, had just learned that her lack of government registration barred her from taking China’s college entrance exam. Ms. Cai, who has one older brother, was raised by a single father who came under the jurisdiction of…
One of Us is the special guest at the Mladifest – Youth festival in Medjugorje
One of us will be present during the 24th edition of the International youth festival “Mladifest” of Medjugorje, https://www.mladifest.com/medjugorje/. You will find some volunteers that will give you the possibility to sign the Initiative and to find some materials. The volunteers will be there from the 1st to the 6st of August 2013. Location: Medjugorje…
2 Fatally Stabbed Over China’s ‘1-Child Policy’
A man who was told by officials they couldn’t register his fourth child because he didn’t pay a penalty for breaking China’s family planning laws stabbed to death two government workers and injured four others, state media and an official said. Footage of police trying to subdue the man outside a family planning office in…
China’s Brutal One-Child Policy
LONDON — ZHANG YIMOU, the celebrated film director and arranger of the 2008 Summer Olympics’ opening ceremony in Beijing, was accused last week of being the latest high-profile violator of China’s one-child policy. The People’s Daily, the Communist Party mouthpiece, alleged that Mr. Zhang had fathered seven children with four different women. The news has…