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RU486 and the Nazi connection
I have been looking at a few things that might be of interest concerning the connection between the RU-486 human insecticide and the trail it leads to the concentration camps gas Zyklon B. I know a lot of things have been implied about there being a connection, but I really want to define the connection for readers with the hope that others will wake up and see that once a company has trodden the path of human extermination, it doesn't take much to compel them down that path again. Maybe, just by chance, the hearts of a few will be pricked by the idea that this new "miracle drug" is nothing different than the old "miracle drug" that Zyklon B was to the Nazis.
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Catholic Church Offers $100,000 Stem Cells Grant
Hoping to contribute to the end of the use of embryos in research, the Catholic Church is offering a $100,000 grant for research into the medical use of adult stem cells. The Sydney Archdiocese announced the grant on Wednesday, saying it is still vehemently opposed to embryonic stem cell research but approves of the use of adult stem cells. Sydney Archbishop Cardinal George Pell says adult stem cells can already be used in the treatment of heart and liver disease.
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Couple to Face Committal Over Abortion
A young woman charged with procuring her own miscarriage will face a committal hearing alongside her boyfriend in September. Tegan Simone Leach, 19, of Cairns, became the first woman to be charged with the offence in half a century after using a smuggled pill to abort her foetus. Her boyfriend, Sergie Brennan, 21, is charged with attempting to procure and supply drugs to procuring an abortion. Cairns Magistrates Court on Wednesday set the matter down for a committal hearing on September 3. Pro-choice advocates have blasted the decision to charge the couple, saying it's an unprecedented breach of the rights of women.
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La. Governor Signs Refusal of `Deadly Health Care' Bill
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed into law a bill that protects doctors, nurses and pharmacists who refuse to provide health care on religious or moral grounds. The new law will shield health providers from civil or criminal penalties, job loss or demotion because they refuse to provide certain services. That includes abortion, certain types of emergency contraception, human embryonic stem cell research and euthanasia. Supporters of the bill said health providers shouldn't face retaliation from their [baby killer] employers if they refuse to perform care that violates their religious beliefs.
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Abortion Could Prove Divisive For Health Reform, Too
An ultimatum against using federal money for abortion procedures could reopen the politically treacherous rift over the issue, creating yet another obstacle for congressional Democrats to overcome if they are to achieve their health reform goals, Time reports. "While current versions of the [health reform] legislation do not address the abortion issue at all, late last month 19 anti-abortion Democrats in the House sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, warning 'we cannot support any health care reform proposal unless it explicitly excludes abortion from the scope of any government-defined or subsidized health insurance plan.'"
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Euthanasia bill fails in Britain Parliament
The Falconer Amendment would have permitted physicians, under certain criteria, to help disabled and terminally ill patients commit suicide. The amendment was powerfully opposed by Baroness Sue Campbell, who suffers from spinal muscular atrophy. She told members of Parliament that approval would send the wrong signal and instill a sense of fear in those who are disabled and those who face death from illness.
In a press release, Paul Tully, general secretary for the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, urged the Voluntary Euthanasia Society -- now called Dignity in Dying -- to drop its parliamentary campaign in the measure's defeat. He calls it offensive to disabled people and their caregivers.
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