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Women want
new limits on abortion
 THE
vast majority of women want to see further curbs on abortion,
according to a poll yesterday. Eight out of ten believe terminations
carried out at the lawful limit of 24 weeks of pregnancy are
cruel. .Daily
Mail Tuesday 17 June 2006
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Ethical objections
to cloning children
Sir
- I am perplexed by your leader (June 5) claiming that those
who object to cloning "on grounds of religion or taste"
have no business impeding those enlightened souls who do not.
Why should respect for human life and for parenthood not constitute
adequate grounds for society to prohibit a practice that violates
both at a stroke?Daily
Telegraph Tuesday 6 June 2006
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Doctors may
not treat child if judge backs life support
DOCTORS
caring for a terminally ill boy have told his parents that they
may refuse him as a patient if a court denies them the right
to switch off his life support.
The care required to keep the 18-month-old alive is unethical
and should never have been offered, said one consultant. The
warning has intensified fears among parents of similarly ill
children that doctors will use the case as an excuse to refuse
treatment in the future.The
Times Saturday March 11 2006
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Woman quizzed
on euthanasia claim
''Officers
from Devon and Cornwall Police have travelled to Birmingham to
interview a woman who claimed she killed a terminally-ill relative. 'BBC News.
3rd March 2006
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Euthanasia
Nurse Killed Nearly 40 People, Gets 11 Life Prison Terms
'One
of America's most notorious euthanasia practitioners has received
eleven consecutive life terms in prison for killing patients
while working as a nurse. ''You betrayed the ancient foundations
of the healing professions,'' Superior Court Judge Paul Armstrong
told defendant Charles Cullen.' LifeNews.com 3rd March 2006
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Court to rule
on allowing severely disabled boy to die
''The
parents of a severely disabled 17-month-old boy will hear today
if the High Court has decided to allow doctors to let him die.
Lawyers for the hospital trust treating the boy have argued that
his quality of life is so poor that they should be allowed to
take him off the ventilator that is keeping him alive. But his
parents want their son to undergo surgery that they claim would
enable him to live at home and enjoy a better quality of life.The
case is similar to that of Charlotte Wyatt, the two-year-old
girl who has been the subject of varying court orders on her
right to life-saving treatment. Independent News and Media Limited. 3rd
March 2006
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Euthanasia
for babies
This
has been happening in Holland for some years on the basis of
"necessity" & a hospital recently was in the headlines
for establishing guidelines on therapeutic killing of infants
considered to have no prospect of a life worth living. Disability
groups in the UK were outraged when they foune that this included
children with spina bifida etc. In other words, this is not as
daft a proposition as the Voluntary Euthanasia Society would
have one believe.
Dr Rob George 02/02/2006 at 17:48
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Medical Ethics Alliance
- Press Release on assisted suicide
The
death of a person by their own hand is always a great sadness.
It has wide repercussions and in the case of someone facing a
disabling disease sends out a strong message to others that what
life remains may not be worth living. It is but a short step
from that to the view that they are no longer valued.
Those
who live or work with the disabled know that if their needs are
understood and met, they may continue to enjoy the love of their
families and be deeply respected by those close to them.
The
contrast between a woman walking into an anonymous building and
dying shortly afterwards behind closed doors, that of the courageous,
prayerful and inspirational death of pope John Paul II could
hardly be greater. The first is cold and calculated. It does
harm to society's attitude towards the disabled, but the other
engendered an outbreak of respect and affection of historic proportions.
25/1/06
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Grand Jury Asked to Investigate Abortion Murder,
Misconduct
While
the thoughts of the nation are focused on the subject of abortion
through the Samuel Alito Senate Confirmation hearings and anticipation
of the upcoming 33rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, an effort has
been launched that will force a Kansas county to convene a Grand
Jury to investigate alleged criminal acts that led to the abortion
death of a Down Syndrome teenager last year.WICHITA, KS - 17 January 2006
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British scientists plan work on human-rabbit
embryos
BRITISH
scientists are planning to create embryos that are part-human
and part-rabbit to use in investigating treatments for motor
neuron disease.
See also We went crazy, says disgraced scientistTimes 15
January 2006
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NEW PILOT PROGRAMMES TO HELP PEOPLE WHO LACK
CAPACITY
Health
minister Rosie Winterton today announced the seven organisations
that have been chosen to pilot the new Independent Mental Capacity
Advocacy (IMCA) role. From January 2006, pilot IMCA advocates
will provide a service to people without capacity, who have no
families or friends to support them.noticias.info 28 December 2005
See also Proposed independent advocates will encourage
inhuman medical practice, says SPUC
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Not all lives of equal value?
Commenting
on the Law Commission`s report on the reform of the homicide
law ( press reports 20/12/05 ) the Medical Ethics Alliance said;
"By making so called 'mercy killings' a lesser offence,
a serious injustice could be done to those who are terminally
ill,...Medical
Ethics Alliance - 20th December 2005
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Abortion survivor's speech aborted
A
28-year-old abortion survivor was prohibited from speaking at
an Irish college, which claimed the insurance premium was insufficient.
Gianna Jessen survived a saline abortion at the seven-month gestation
stage period. ©
2005 WorldNetDaily.com 26 November 2005
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Dutch commission to set
rules on baby euthanasia - Link removed
AMSTERDAM,
Nov 29 (Reuters) - The Netherlands is setting up a commission
to regulate the practice of ending the lives of "seriously
suffering" newborn babies, the government said on Tuesday,
in a move critics say could allow more euthanasia.
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Belgium: Redefining Palliative Care and Forcing
Physicians to Refer for Euthanasia
Physicians
must refer patients for euthanasia, and euthanasia is part of
palliative care in Belgium, according to a joint statement issued
by the Catholic University of Leuven, the University of Ghent
and the Belgian Association of General Practitioners.
Concerned
about the implications of the statement for freedom of conscience,
the Protection of Conscience Project wrote to the Association
in July, 2004 to initiate a dialogue on the subject. The Association
answered the first letter but failed to respond when the Project
attempted to continue the discussion.
Protection of Conscience Project - 31 October, 2005
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Gallup Poll: Support for Embryonic Stem Cell
Research is Dropping.
A
new Gallup poll sponsored by CNN and USA Today finds the level
of support for using taxpayer funds for embryonic stem cell research
on the decline. The poll has a majority of Americans backing
federal funding, which is out of step with other surveys showing
the opposite. LifeNews.com
16 August 2005
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Attack
of the Clones? - This is no movie. Welcome to the Brave New World.
As
the House of Representatives Tuesday votes on possibly expanding
federal funding of embryonic-stem-cell research — legislation
the president has promised to veto — there are some real
concerns about how far we've already stepped into a "Brave
New World." With those concerns in mind, and a big-picture
look at all the issues involved in this new world, Wesley J.
Smith, a lawyer and consumer activist (friend and collaborator
of Ralph Nader even!) recently produced A Consumer's Guide to
a Brave New World. He addressed some of these issues Monday in
an interview with NRO editor Kathryn Lopez. Bottom line: "All
is certainly not lost." National Review 24 May 2005
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PRESS
RELEASE – 21st May 2005 -NEWCASTLE SCIENTISTS CLONE THEIR
FIRST HUMAN EMBRYO DESPITE LEGAL CHALLENGE TO LEGALITY OF LICENCE
AND UN BAN ON HUMAN CLONING
After
10 months of research, scientists at the Newcastle Fertility
Centre at Life led by Professor Alison Murdoch announced on Thursday
that they have successfully created their first human clones.
They were awarded a licence by the UK fertility watchdog, the
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (the “HFEA”)
last August.THE
LAWYERS’ CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP - PRESS RELEASE –
21st May 2005
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COUNCIL OF EUROPE REJECTS EUTHANASIA
You
will be pleased to hear that, after three years of battling against
legalising euthanasia in the Council of Europe, last week the
Marty Report on it was voted downReport from Baroness
Knight of Collingtree 3rd May 2005, to the Human Rights Society.
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