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By Dave Andrusko A report in today’s Guardian newspaper is just the latest evidence that when researchers are compelled to find stem cells sources other than human embryos, they benefit twice over. First, since human embryonic stem cells have no proven track record to...
By Wesley J. Smith The embryonic stem cell and human cloning research debates are not “science” arguments, but rather, disputes over proper ethics in the pursuit of science. Supporters of ESCR think it isn’t wrong to destroy embryos for use in research. Opponents...
By Dave Andrusko One of the really fun qualities of writing for a living (especially in the virtually unlimited space provided by the Internet) is that you can easily and quickly update stories. Last month we wrote about 11-year-old Andrew Kijek, who has spastic...
Scientists think there's an evolutionary mechanism whereby the baby assists in protecting the mother's heart during and after pregnancy. Editor’s note. This comes from our friends at SPUC--the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children. This popular meme suggests...
By David Prentice Your eyes beheld my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. — Psalm 139:16 We are now just a little more than two weeks away from Christmas when...
Editor’s note. The following was distributed Tuesday by the office of Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ). On the very first day of the fall session, the House took up and passed vital legislation authored by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) to continue America’s bone marrow and cord...
By Wesley J. Smith Buried deep in an encouraging story about another advance in turning skin cells into stem cells, we see more evidence of biotechnology’s ultimate human cloning goal. First, the good news. An acid bath may be able to replace viruses in...
By Kathy Ostrowski, Legislative Director, Kansans for Life Bill Maher’s insult of Sarah Palin’s son, Trig, who has Down syndrome, was awful enough but it was made even worse when members of “The View” defended Maher’s tasteless, wantonly cruel, and mean-spirited...
By Carol Tobias, President National Right to Life We often talk about the successes of stem cell research using cells harvested from ethical sources – like umbilical cord blood – or cells that are reprogrammed to act like stem cells, such as skin cells. We talk about...
By Kathy Ostrowski, legislative director, Kansans for Life On Monday, when Kansas Gov. Gov. Sam Brownback signed Senate Bill 199 which creates the Midwest Stem Cell Therapy Center, legislators and lobbyists shared space at the ceremony with a cast of supportive...