Communique

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… Read More »Communique – Feb. 25, 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… Read More »Communique – Feb. 11, 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… Read More »Communique – Feb. 4, 2000

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… Read More »Communique – Jan. 21, 2000

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… Read More »Communique – Jan. 14, 2000

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… Read More »Communique – Jan. 6, 2000

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… Read More »Communique – Dec. 17, 1999

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… Read More »Communique – Dec. 9, 1999

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… Read More »Communique – Dec. 3, 1999

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… Read More »Communique – Nov. 30, 1999

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… Read More »Communique – Nov. 19, 1999

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… Read More »Communique – Nov. 12, 1999