British Millionaire Faces Life in Jail for Trying to Kill 11-Week Old Unborn Baby With Abortion Pills

A British millionaire with a pathological fear of becoming a father tried to kill his unborn baby by secretly feeding his wife abortion pills he bought online, The Daily Mail reported.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,333894,00.html

Pope Reiterates Church Stance Against Euthanasia

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Artist Tragically Kills Herself After Aborting Her Twins

Story here: http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/2008/02/tragedy-all-around.html

Vietnamese ex-Nuncio Building Debate Widens as Buddhists Make Claim

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=11877

Rough Draft of Kosovo Constitution Leaves Out Protection for Unborn, Marriage, etc.

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Missouri Ballot Measure Language Passes Court Challenge

Language that clearly and concisely states an intention to ban human cloning from its earlies stages has been fought for and upheld in court. The language should appear on an upcoming ballot, provided the measure gathers enough signatures to make it to that stage.
http://mocureswithoutcloning.blogspot.com/2008/02/new-ballot-summary.html

Check out this side-by-side comparison of the language as written by MoCureswithoutcloning and what Sec. Carnahan put together.

Vietnam Govt Forces Viet Catholics to Wait Longer

The old offices of the apostolic nuncio have yet to be returned

In 1959, the Papal envoy left Vietnam and the communist government took control of the evacuated nuncio building. On February 1 of this year, in exchange for the removal of a cross and tents from some adjacent property (where a month long prayer vigil and protest was being held), Achbishop Ngo revealed that they were promised the building would be given back. However, the transfer of the offices has yet to happen and Hanoi Catholics are nervous that the government will seek more concessions.

The communists had unsuccessfully attempted to implement a state run church, but the Catholic heirarchy and the will of the faithful have denied it from taking hold.

Their is only one authentically catholic magazine in the country (according to CWN) - Communion - and this is tightly regulated and limited to 100 copies.

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First Catholic Church in Qatar

March 14, 2008 may see the inauguration of St. Mary's, the first Catholic church in Qatar. An Anglican church, a Coptic church, and a Greek Orthodox church are in the planning stages for the same area. There is some contention from the Arabic populace about the construction, but the former chair of the University of Qatar's Islamic law department welcomes the turn of events. Abdul Hamid al-Ansari states that "places of worship for various religions is a fundamental human right guaranteed by Islam".

http://new.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=11549

Global Poverty Act?

The U.S. Senate is attempting to pass the Global Poverty Act, while seemingly charitable and big-hearted, it sounds nicer than it really is. Under a guise of Good Samaritanism, the bill would require our government to spend $845 billion above and beyond what America already spends on global aid! In addition to surrendering more dollars, the U.S. would also be required to surrender some of its own sovereignty over foreign aid by putting it under UN control. The bill would force the U.S. to sign onto the U.N.'s Millennium Declaration, which would commit us to ratifying a series of objectionable treaties such as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) (SPREADS ABORTION, Prostitution, etc., seems to promote discrimination actually), the International Criminal Court Treaty, the Kyoto Protocol (global warming), the Convention on Biological Diversity, and so on. Considering the magnitude of the legislation, one would think that the Senate would proceed with caution. Not so! In an effort to fast-track the bill, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has yet to hold a single hearing. Instead, S. 2433 is scheduled for a vote in the Committee as early as today. Currently, the bill has just seven sponsors, who include Senators Barack Obama (D-Ill.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), Richard Durbin, (D-Ill.), Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.). Contact your senators and tell them to oppose S. 2433!

Spreading abortion, prostitution, global warming and such does not help!! My two illustrious senators are backing it I see. Email from FRC.

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S. 2433: Global Poverty Act of 2007

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Clonehuskers?

Nebraskans,

The Nebraska legislature could soon consider a bill that would make Nebraska the new cloning capital. LB 606 was supposedly crafted by state Sen. Steve Lathrop (D) as a "compromise" with an outright cloning ban that recently died in the state's Judiciary Committee. As part of the push to pass the bill, Nebraskans will be told that the legislation "bans human cloning" and prevents state dollars from paying for the inhuman practice. Although it is true that residents would not have to foot the bill for cloning or embryo destruction, there is no sugar-coating the fact that the state would ultimately pay by making the Nebraska policy like that of California, Massachusetts, and New Jersey--one that approves of privately financed cloning-to-kill. Under Lathrop's bill, scientists can make all the human clones they want for experimentation, so long as they don't let them live! Unfortunately, leaders rejected a real ban on human cloning, LB 700, authored by state Sen. Mark Christensen (R), which would have completely prohibited the production of cloned human embryos in Nebraska. Instead, residents will be presented with a deceptive "compromise" and asked to accept human cloning in their state. If Sen. Lathrop wants a true compromise, he'll remove Section 3, which approves privately funded human cloning, from the bill. The citizens of Nebraska should loudly oppose the fake cloning ban and demand that their Senators remove Section 3--or reject the bill entirely and reintroduce LB 700, a bona fide ban on human cloning. They don't need CLONEhuskers in the Cornhusker state! If you live in Nebraska, contact Speaker Mike Flood at 402-471-2929 or through e-mail at mflood@leg.ne.gov and urge him to stop LB 606. - From Family Research Council email.

Additional Information:
LifeNews

Nebraska Right to Life

Missourians Against Human Cloning Report Stances of Governor Candidates

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Article on Missourians Against Human Cloning Blog

Candidate(s) Who Oppose Human Cloning
Sarah Steelman
Kenny Hulsof

Candidate(s) in Support of Human Cloning
Jay Nixon

Another Take on the Canterbury Sharia Story

This article from Philocalia Republic was linked off of NewAdvent.org. Austin Ivereigh writes that legislation that does not allow religions to opt out at certain points creates problems like some of the anti-discrimination measures in the UK. These policies have made it illegal for an adoption agency (like Catholic Charities) to refuse people suffering some same sex attraction as prospective parents. These agencies then may have to close or continue solely as privately funded organizations.

English Church Leader Suggests That Parts of Islamic Shari'a Law Should be Implemented for the Muslims in England

Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, says allowing the Muslims to go by religious law rather than civil law on matters of marriage and divorce is "unavoidable". He believes this will help allow for a peaceful coexistence of Britain's diverse society. The Muslims should then be able to appeal decisions from Shari'a law in British courts.
CWNews Article here
Telegraph Article here

Some items that Wikipedia mentions on Shari'a law

- The man who is not currently a fornicator can only marry a woman who is not currently a fornicatress or a chaste woman from the people of the Book.
-The woman can only marry a Muslim man.
-The woman who is not currently a fornicatress can only marry a man who is not currently a fornicator.
-The fornicator can only marry a fornicatress -- and vice versa.
-The guardian may choose a suitable partner for a virgin girl, but the girl is free to contest and has the right to say 'no'.
-The guardian cannot marry the divorced woman or the widow if she didn't ask to be married.

English Scientists Determined to Take the Father Out of Procreation Entirely

This article was spotted off Jimmy Akin's blog. If they receive permission, Newcastle scientists are about to begin manipulating bone marrow stem cells from women with chemicals and vitamins till they mutate into sperm cells with the donating female's DNA. Thus, two women suffering from same sex attraction would be able to have children sharing both of their characteristics.

"Early-stage sperm cells have already been produced from male bone marrow."

The article underlines that the ethical concerns associated with embryonic stem cells are avoided because they are interested in adult stem cells.

English Scientists Make A 3-Parent Embryo

Researchers in Newcastle, England implanted genetic material from a human mother and father into a second human female's egg-cell that had been left over from in vitro fertilization treatments. Apparently, if a mother is a carrier for certain genetic defects using another mother's egg-cell exterior might keep the baby from inheriting the defect of the mother.

The researchers let their experiment (the embryo) develop for a few days and then destroyed it.

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A Group of Clinics in Italy Will Strive to Save Babies that Survive Abortions

Italy is thinking of liberalizing their abortion policy and meanwhile some doctors our fighting for the legal rights of any babies that survive an attempted abortion and "directors of obstetrics and gynecology clinics at four universities in Rome have signed a declaration expressing their commitment to use all means to save babies who survive an abortion."

Article from CNA