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Elliot Institute calls for a ban on human genetic engineering The Elliot Institute for Social Sciences Research has called for a presumptive criminal ban against human cloning and genetic engineering of humans and fetal experimentation. This call for a ban comes in the wake of public controversy over human cloning. Many public officials, including the […]
The Right to Full Disclosure Act A Voter Initiated Referendum to Amend a State Constitution: “Women have a civil right to full disclosure of all risks, alternatives, or other information which a patient might reasonably consider relevant to a decision to refuse a recommendation for abortion. The State may not limit a woman’s right to […]
In his encyclical letter Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life, paragraph 99), Pope John Paul II has a special message for women who have had an abortion: I would now like to say a special word to women who have had an abortion. The Church is aware of the many factors which may have […]
By “Nancy Anders” It was May 19, 1973. I was pregnant from a date rape. I had tried to hide it from my parents but of course they found out. Then the pressure started. “How are you going to go to college with a baby?” “How are you going to support it?” “It is only […]
By “Colleen,” age 28 I was 18 and dating a man my parents strongly disapproved of. So they “made a deal” with me: they would send me to college if I would break up with him. I agreed, though I never really meant to keep my end of the bargain. I realized I was pregnant […]