Research indicates "morning-after" pills are non-abortive
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“Because they block creation of fertilized eggs, they would not meet abortion opponents’ definition of abortion-inducing drugs. “
Pepsico "has agreed to stop using a cell line from aborted babies to test flavor enhancers."
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Maybe sometimes boycotts do work? Sweet news follows boycott of PepsiCo But Pepsico says there never was any use of these kinds of cells.
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Selective abortions prompt call for ultrasound rules
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“A fetus’s gender should not be revealed until after 30 weeks of pregnancy, says an editorial in the Canadian Medical Journal.” (HT: Don Johnson)
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States enacted a record number of abortion restrictions in 2011
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”68% of these new provisions—92 in 24 states—-restrict access to abortion services, a striking increase from last year, when 26% of new provisions restricted abortion.”Discussion
Bill would ban sex- and race- selection abortions
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“ ‘Today in America, 40 to 50 percent of all African-American babies, virtually one in two, are killed before they are born, which is a greater cause of death for African-Americans than heart diseases, cancer, diabetes, AIDS, and violence combined,’ Franks said at a hearing on the legislation.” The Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2011
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"Dolly" scientist: abandon embryonic stem cell research
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“The scientist who led the team that cloned Dolly the sheep has urged fellow researchers to forego embryonic stem cell research” Dolly scientist
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Mississippi Baptists back "Personhood Amendment"
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If approved by voters, the initiative would amend the Mississippi Constitution to define the terms “person” or “persons” to “include every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning or the functional equivalent thereof.”
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