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A Pound of Flesh
The origin of the phrase “a pound of flesh” is Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. The character Shylock demands payment for a loan, causing Portia, who is making the final judgment in the matter, to say to him, “Take then thy bond, take thou thy pound of flesh.” Of interest in the scene is that she specifies to Shylock that he may have flesh but not a drop of blood. Today, the...
Sickly stem cells
Politics in science is nothing new, but sometimes it is so blatant as to be downright discouraging. Recent reports suggest that those specific human embryonic stem cell lines that President Bush approved for use in 2001 are problematic.
A little Alito
We don’t usually make positive statements about political appointments or nominations until after we are certain that the person in question is really a true pro-life representative.
Wild, whacky and weird
A days-old preborn child is not a person according to the Arizona court of appeals. When a Phoenix couple tried to sue Mayo Clinic
I’ll take one of those, please, not one of these
Baylor College of Medicine in Texas is going to run a clinical trial that will invite couples to participate in a social experiment that permits them to choose the sex of the baby they want to have.
What’s in a name?
The news out of Topeka, Kansas proves a point – being a Republican is being whatever you want to be unless becoming a Democrat can aid in your defense of child killing.
Bad stuff comes home to roost
The New Jersey Legal Center for Defense of Life announced a victory for babies! A court has agreed that the center can proceed with its claim for an award of attorneys’ fees against the infamous Englewood abortion mill that is known publicly as Metropolitan Medical Services.