Communique – Mar. 17, 2000
abortion WRONGFUL LIFE: A case involving a woman who gave birth to a child with trisomy 21, and subsequently sued her physician “for failure to advise…
abortion WRONGFUL LIFE: A case involving a woman who gave birth to a child with trisomy 21, and subsequently sued her physician “for failure to advise…
abortion BABY BODY PARTS: The U.S. Congress is slated to hold hearings on the subject in the Senate, while in the state of Wisconsin a bill…
abortion EXCEPTIONS: Almost 100 physicians have a signed a statement agreeing that there is no situation in which an abortion is medically necessary to save the…
abortion CALIFORNIA: A legislative proposal (AB 525) would require certain health care service plans to provide disclosure so that recipients would know about the availability of…
action alert The National Institutes of Health has extended the public comment period for its proposed guidelines for stem cell research–guidelines that would allow researchers…
action alert The National Institutes of Health has extended the public comment period for its proposed guidelines for stem cell research-guidelines that would allow researchers…
birth defect detection NEW STUDY: The Pew Environmental Health Commission reports that “only 33 states even had systems for tracking defects, and of those only 26…
adolescent sexuality ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH (AFY): Formerly the Center for Population Options, AFY has announced the results of an international study which found that rates of…
abortion CANADA: Claiming that therapeutic abortion is “one of the safest operations currently available,” Dr. Garson Romalis, a Canadian abortionist who was shot in 1995, complains…
abortion CONSCIENCE CLAUSE: An excellent brochure produced by the New Hope Life Center, a project of Catholics United for Life, details the law in each…
abortion PROPONENT: David A. Grimes, M.D., cites the case of a 26-year-old woman as the basis for presenting his view that “the abortion experience” is…
abortion ACCESS: The American Medical Women’s Association has adopted positions in favor of nurse practitioners, nurse-midwives and physician assistants being trained as abortion providers, in…