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Bill Would Define the
Unborn as “Persons”
A bill has been introduced in both
houses of Congress to define the
unborn as “persons.” The “Life at
Conception Act” declares the
unborn to be children under the
14th Amendment to the
Constitution. Eleven co-sponsors
introduced the bill in the House
and four co-sponsors in the
Senate. They believe the Roe
versus Wade legislation that
legalized abortion actually left the
door open for personhood to be
established at conception.—www.
onenewsnow. com (6/12/08)
Seniors and Suicide
The U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention reveals
senior citizens have the highest
suicide rate in the country,
especially for those between 75
and 84 years of age. Nearly
9,000 suicide deaths were
reported in 2007. Mental health
issues, particularly depression,
was the most common factor for
those considering suicide.—
Clearly Caring (July/August, 2008)
Skin Cells Ease Disease
Symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
in rats were eased when treated
with skin cells that were
reprogrammed to act like
embryonic stem cells. It could be
the first step in tailoring
treatments for people that would
avoid concerns about using
human embryos. Reporting in the
Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences,
researchers said eight of nine rats
with conditions like Parkinson’s
showed improved movement after
treatment with the reprogrammed
cells.—news.yahoo.com Reuters
(4/7/08)
Unborn as “Persons”
A bill has been introduced in both
houses of Congress to define the
unborn as “persons.” The “Life at
Conception Act” declares the
unborn to be children under the
14th Amendment to the
Constitution. Eleven co-sponsors
introduced the bill in the House
and four co-sponsors in the
Senate. They believe the Roe
versus Wade legislation that
legalized abortion actually left the
door open for personhood to be
established at conception.—www.
onenewsnow. com (6/12/08)
Seniors and Suicide
The U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention reveals
senior citizens have the highest
suicide rate in the country,
especially for those between 75
and 84 years of age. Nearly
9,000 suicide deaths were
reported in 2007. Mental health
issues, particularly depression,
was the most common factor for
those considering suicide.—
Clearly Caring (July/August, 2008)
Skin Cells Ease Disease
Symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
in rats were eased when treated
with skin cells that were
reprogrammed to act like
embryonic stem cells. It could be
the first step in tailoring
treatments for people that would
avoid concerns about using
human embryos. Reporting in the
Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences,
researchers said eight of nine rats
with conditions like Parkinson’s
showed improved movement after
treatment with the reprogrammed
cells.—news.yahoo.com Reuters
(4/7/08)
Sue Planned Parenthood
A $50 million lawsuit has been
filed against Planned Parenthood
in Washington, D.C. The lawsuit
alleges an abortion on a 13-year-
old caused multiple medical
problems and permanent injuries.
The girl was brought to the facility
by her mother.—Clearly Caring
(July/August, 2008)
Another Person
Dies from RU-486
A teenager in Britain has become
at least the 14th person to die
after using the controversial
abortion drug RU-486. The girl
essentially bled to death, said Dr.
Randall O’Bannon of the National
Right to Life Committee. The
doctor also believes there are
hundreds of other women who
have had serious side effects
from using the abortafacient.—
www.onenewsnow (6/17/08)
‘Tree of Life’ Revived
What some ancients called the
“Tree of Life” has been revived
from a 2,000-year-old sleep with
the germination of a seed found
along with similar seeds in the
Masada area of Israel. The
sapling was found to have a
genetic fingerprint suggesting it is
the Judean date palm. This
variety is mentioned in the Bible
and was long thought to be
extinct. Scientists reported
recently that radiocarbon dating
gave the seeds calendar dates
ranging from 206 B.C. to 392 A.D.
—www.sciencenews (6/12/08)
More Rings For Planets
For more than 300 years
scientists thought the planet
Saturn was the only body in the
solar system with rings. Then the
Voyagers 1 and 2 spacecraft
found rings also around Jupiter,
Uranus, and Neptune. Recently,
astronomers were surprised to
find rings around another space
body, Rhea, Saturn’s second
largest moon. “A ring system
around a moon comes as a
surprise because the parent
planet’s gravity should destabilize
any ring system that might form,”
one scientist said.—Discover
(July, 2008)
Japanese Look for E.T.
A project by Japanese
astronomers is making a
concerted effort to find out if there
is life in outer space. More than a
dozen Japanese observatories will
closely study a star thought to be
a possible home for
extraterrestrials. Previously
Japanese scientists have listened
for alien radio signals and looked
for laser emissions in starlight.
The participants think there is
only a slim chance to find what
they are looking for.—Yahoo
News Reuters (6/20/08)
Sunspots Disappear
Some solar researchers are
worried about the sun. Sunspot
activity seems to have stopped
and has refused to restart. The
last time this happened was 400
years ago when the “Little Ice
Age” began. During that event
New York harbor froze over and
Eskimos were reported paddling
canoes off the coast of Britain. A
Russian scientist thinks the world
is headed for a chilly spell that
may last beyond the year 2100.—
www.climatescienceinter national.
org (2/9/08)
For more than 300 years
scientists thought the planet
Saturn was the only body in the
solar system with rings. Then the
Voyagers 1 and 2 spacecraft
found rings also around Jupiter,
Uranus, and Neptune. Recently,
astronomers were surprised to
find rings around another space
body, Rhea, Saturn’s second
largest moon. “A ring system
around a moon comes as a
surprise because the parent
planet’s gravity should destabilize
any ring system that might form,”
one scientist said.—Discover
(July, 2008)
Japanese Look for E.T.
A project by Japanese
astronomers is making a
concerted effort to find out if there
is life in outer space. More than a
dozen Japanese observatories will
closely study a star thought to be
a possible home for
extraterrestrials. Previously
Japanese scientists have listened
for alien radio signals and looked
for laser emissions in starlight.
The participants think there is
only a slim chance to find what
they are looking for.—Yahoo
News Reuters (6/20/08)
Sunspots Disappear
Some solar researchers are
worried about the sun. Sunspot
activity seems to have stopped
and has refused to restart. The
last time this happened was 400
years ago when the “Little Ice
Age” began. During that event
New York harbor froze over and
Eskimos were reported paddling
canoes off the coast of Britain. A
Russian scientist thinks the world
is headed for a chilly spell that
may last beyond the year 2100.—
www.climatescienceinter national.
org (2/9/08)
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