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Moms Cited Outside Abortion Clinic Vows Appeal
Julie Bird says she held her baby in one arm, with a diaper bag slung over a shoulder, as she distributed leaflets outside the a Salt Lake abortion clinic. But in February 2007, she says she was accused of assault outside the Utah Women's Center, and cited by police (This is why pro-lifers at abortion clinics must have someone recording everything with a video camera). The charge, which turned into a disorderly conduct infraction, finally went to Salt Lake Municipal Court this week, and Julie was found guilty. Her lawyer, Frank Mylar, says she was ordered to pay a $750 fine and was placed on probation for 12 months. Another woman, also represented by Mylar, received the same sentence for trespassing. “We were there in a very peaceful, gentle, loving manner,” said Julie, adding her presence was not part of a protest or demonstration. “Our purpose was simply to offer information and whether or not people took it was up to them.”
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Australian doctors oppose anti-conscience abortion bill
Archbishop Hart opens crisis pregnancy center
The Archbishop of Melbourne opened a crisis pregnancy center on Wednesday, saying the womb had become an endangered area. His action came as a group defending the conscience rights of doctors criticized an Abortion Law Reform Bill pending in the parliament of the Australian state of Victoria which could force medical professionals to take part in abortions.
The group Doctors in Conscience against Abortion Bill recently formed to advocate for the rejection of the bill. Its membership includes almost 200 doctors as well as nurses, psychologists, and pharmacists.
The group represents people of various faiths and people professing no faith.
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New Versatile Stem Cells an Alternative to Embryos
Cells taken from men's testicles seem as versatile as the stem cells derived from embryos, researchers reported Wednesday in what may be yet another new approach in a burgeoning scientific field.
The new type of stem cells could be useful for growing personalized replacement tissues, according to a study in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature. But because of their source, their highest promise would apply to only half the world's population: men.
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`Dr. Death' Kevorkian Goes Green; Runs for Congress Seat
Jack Kevorkian, the euthanasia enthusiast, is a man of little appetite or need. He lives alone, disavows God and subsists on less than 500 calories a day. Reducing his footprint further still, Dr. Death has gone green, having recently purchased an electric car. It's not that he wants to save the human race, since he has little regard for the human race. Rather, Kevorkian says he doesn't need a gas guzzler since he doesn't stray far from his rundown apartment complex.
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Supreme Court Denies Review Of Several Abortion-Related Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday indicated that it will not review several abortion-related rulings by lower courts, including a New Jersey Supreme Court decision that state law does not require a physician to tell a woman that a first-trimester abortion would result in the "killing of an existing human being," BNA Health Care Daily reports. In September 2007 the state Supreme Court ruled in Acuna v. Turkish that a state appellate court was incorrect in ruling that it was a jury question whether the woman, Rosa Acuna, received sufficient information prior to receiving an abortion from physician Sheldon Turkish.
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Parents Demand Abortion Clinic's Patient Records
When a 14-year-old girl showed up at a Cincinnati abortion clinic in 2004, accompanied by a 21-year-old who was not her relative, clinic officials should have suspected statutory rape, an attorney for the girl's parents told the Ohio Supreme Court yesterday. Instead, Planned Parenthood performed the abortion without alerting the girl's parents or the authorities. The girl's parents are suing Planned Parenthood, alleging that the nonprofit organization has systematically ignored evidence of abuse against girls who visit Planned Parenthood's 37 Ohio clinics for abortions.
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