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Jamaica Parliament Views Graphic Abortion Videos While Considering Decriminalizing Abortion

Posted on 17 November 2008

Members of the Joint Select Parliamentary Committee of Jamaica squirmed with unease in their seats - some even leaving the room - while watching a video depicting various abortion procedures.The video was shown during a presentation by Dr. Doreen Brady…

Bill to Help Women with Babies with Genetic Defects Passed

Posted on 14 November 2008

The Pre-natally and Post-natally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act (PPDCAA), which proposes to offer information and services for expectant and young mothers of handicapped children, was signed into US federal law in October.The law is an attempt to address the dramatic…

Health Care Providers in Washington State Refuse to Perform Assisted Suicide

Posted on 10 November 2008

Eastern Washington’s largest hospital system, Providence Health Care, has said assisted suicide will not be permitted in its hospitals.The owners of Sacred Heart Medical Center and Holy Family Hospital, a branch of Providence Health Care, said, “Providence will not support…

First Trial against an US Surgeon for Killing a Patient to Harvest Organs Begins

Posted on 08 November 2008

A San Francisco surgeon is undergoing trial for allegedly hastening the death of a terminally ill patient to harvest his vital organs.The case against Hootan Roozrokh is believed to be the first of its kind brought against an American transplant…

U.S. Bishops Come out Swinging against Abortion, Pro-Abort Politicians

Posted on 18 October 2008

In these final weeks before the American election, many US bishops are working hard to leave Catholics no doubt of where they must stand on the abortion issue when it comes to the ballot box.Bishops Robert W. Finn of Kansas…

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