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Oklahoma Legislature Bans Human Cloning
The Oklahoma Legislature unanimously passed a ban on human cloning last week. The measure now goes to Gov. Brad Henry, although his signature is not a sure thing.
"He's vetoed the (ban on) embryonic stem-cell research," said Mike Jestes, executive director of the Oklahoma Family Policy Council. "So there's a chance he'll veto this."
The House passed the bill by an 83-0 vote; the Senate approved it 44-0. The bill prohibits all human cloning — including the creation of embryos for the purpose of harvesting their stem cells, and reproductive cloning.
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Proposed Texas Law Would Require Doctors to 'Offer' Ultrasounds to Women Seeking Abortion
Women Seeking Abortion (And then you can kill the baby) The Texas Senate has voted to require doctors to offer an ultrasound to women seeking an abortion and to let the woman see the result if she wants to. The original version of the bill would have required the ultrasound. The version given preliminary approval today on a 20-9 vote requires that an ultrasound be offered. The woman could decline. If the woman agrees to the ultrasound, she would still get to choose whether to see the results.
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Abortion is traumatic and parents must be informed
The president of the Collegial Medical Association in Spain, Juan Jose Rodriguez Sendin, said on Monday that abortion "is not like eating a piece of candy," but rather is a "traumatic" surgical intervention in which the autonomy of the patient "should be made compatible with the right of parents to be informed."
Speaking to reporters about the approval of a new law on abortion by the Council of Ministers, Rodriguez Sendin said it was an "error" and "unfortunate" that the legal age for an abortion without parent consent was dropped to 16 and that it would create worse problems for families than those that already exist in such cases.
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Is Obama avoiding the truth of abortion?
Albert Mohler, Jr.A leader in the Southern Baptist Convention says President Barack Obama merely "talked about talking about abortion" during his commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame.
Dr. Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, devoted his radio show Monday to the president's appearance at the Catholic university on Sunday. At one point during the speech, Obama called for common ground on the abortion issue.
"Is it possible for us to join hands in common effort, as citizens of a vibrant and varied democracy?" he asked rhetorically. "How do we engage in vigorous debate?"
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