Communique – Feb. 4, 2000
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…
abortion ABORT THE DISABLED? Analyzing the current practices and public policies relative to disabled newborns and abortion, Wellesley professor Adrienne Asch argues that since it…
abortion COMPLICATIONS-BANGLADESH: Researchers report that “a significant number of women” acquire tetanus after an abortion and subsequently die because they have not been immunized against…
abortion OHIO: The Ohio Health Department has launched an investigation, following a Cleveland Right to Life report that 80 percent of abortion clinics are operating…
abortion MONTANA: The state Supreme Court has identified a “woman’s right to procreative autonomy” as an argument in favor of physician-assistants performing surgical abortions. The…
abortion LIFE OF THE MOTHER and BREAST CANCER: Researchers report that a “coincidental diagnosis of breast cancer in pregnancy averages one in 3000 pregnancies. The…