WASHINGTON — Over 100 lawmakers have sponsored a bill that would provide nationwide exemptions for those who cannot comply with the contraceptive coverage mandate in Obamacare due to religious reasons. The bill, which is being introduced for the second time, is called the Health Care Conscience Rights Act (H.R. 940), and protects health care providers, religious […]
ABINGTON, Northhampton – A former Olympic gymnast in the UK who refused her doctors’ advice to abort two of her unborn children due to health concerns and risks has given birth to triplets. As previously reported, Jaime Halsey, 35, and her husband Steve found out that they were expecting triplets in October and were referred to specialists […]
(WND) — Science publications are hailing research breakthroughs in a new life-saving procedure that harvests the organs of aborted children and transplants them in animals, where they can grow and then be made available to patients. The Genetic Literacy Project website calls the process Xenotransplantation and suggests the biggest question would be, “Would you accept […]
LONDON — The United Kingdom has become the first country in the world to approve the creation of what has been called “three parent babies”—a move that has has generated applause as an important health advancement while others have expressed concern about the ethical aspects of the practice. As previously reported, the practice involves in vitro fertilization […]
NEWARK, N.J. — The family of a teenage girl who was declared “brain dead” last year following a tonsillectomy and other throat and nasal procedures state that they have obtained declarations from four doctors who agree that her condition does not meet the definition of brain death. As previously reported, the matter centers around 13-year-old Jahi McMath, […]
SEATTLE — The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit against a hospital in Washington in an effort to force the facility to perform abortions on-site. The suit claims that Skagit Regional Health is not following state’s Reproductive Privacy Act, which requires medical facilities that provide maternity care to likewise offer abortion services. […]
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas lawmaker is working to craft a bill that would protect the rights of unborn children in cases where the mother is declared brain dead. The legislation comes in response to an incident in Fort Worth that made headlines last year as a judge ordered that a pregnant woman be removed […]
(Life News) — A British doctor who did an abortion on a 16-year-old girl’s baby and then proceeded to rape her has been found guilty. The doctor, Michael Salmon, reportedly sexually abused multiple girls during his practice. Salmon is on trial at Reading Crown Court accused of three counts a rape, 11 of indecent assault, […]
OTTAWA, Ontario — The Canadian Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Friday that a law providing criminal penalties for those who take part in ending the life of another should be amended to allow “limited exceptions” for physician assisted suicide. As previously reported, the court had been considering an appeal of a ruling from the British Columbia Court of […]
LONDON — The UK House of Commons has voted to approve a bill that would allow the creation of what has been called “three parent babies”—a move that some applaud as an important health advancement while others are concerned about the ethical aspects of the practice. The practice involves in vitro fertilization (IVF), during which […]