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Medical journal fully retracts 1998 study linking MMR vaccine to autism
CNN:
Medical journal Lancet fully retracts 1998 study linking MMR vaccine to autism, citing “incorrect” elements of research.
National Institutes of Health approves new stem cell lines for researchers
The action followed President Obama’s decision in March to expand the number of such cell lines beyond those available under a policy set by President George W. Bush, which permitted research to begin only with lines already available on Aug. 9, 2001.
Bravo. Science is a good thing.
Your god isn’t pro-life
Excellent piece by Daniel Florien at Unreasonable Faith.
For years, I’ve had only a few things to say about the heated and contentious issue of abortion. First and foremost, I don’t “believe in it”. As I’ve said before, I am simply unable to think of a set of circumstances where (given the choice) it would be [...]
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Plan B to be available to 17 year olds
Good first step an undoing Reverend Bush’s restrictions limiting the sale of the (non-abortive, sorry, but those are the facts) contraceptive to those over the age of 18.
Associated Press:
The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it would accept, not appeal, a federal judge’s order that lifts Bush administration restrictions limiting over-the-counter sales of “Plan B” [...]
Pope sticks to the script in Africa, dogma more important than lives
On Tueday, Pope Benedict XVI, had this to say about the pervasive and widespread AIDS crisis in Africa:
“You can’t resolve it with the distribution of condoms,” the pope told reporters aboard the Alitalia plane headed to Yaounde, Cameroon. “On the contrary, it increases the problem.”
Sweet evil Jesus! Just throw more gasoline on the fucking fire [...]
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Catholic Church’s hypocrisy nothing new, but still baffles
And lest I be accused of unfairly attacking Catholics, please feel free to read that headline as “Christianity’s hypocrisy nothing new”. Feel better?
By now, of course, you’re all aware of the 9-year-old in Brazil who, raped by her own stepfather and carrying twins, was granted permission by the courts to have an abortion, upon the [...]
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Tennessee legislature proposes further infringements on liberty
Why would anyone want too much freedom anyway? I guess that’s the question being asked lately in the Tennessee State Legislature.
In another stark example of fundagelicals “using politics to beat people over the head with a moral crusade“, a bill has passed the Senate Judiciary Committee which would allow the legislature to seek to change [...]
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President Obama seeks to end the war on science
Remarks of President Barack Obama (on the signing of Stem Cell Executive Order and Scientific Integrity Presidential Memorandum), yesterday, March 9, 2009, The White House, Wasington D.C.:
This Order is an important step in advancing the cause of science in America. But let’s be clear: promoting science isn’t just about providing resources – it is also [...]
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9-year-old carrying twins undergoes abortion despite protests
Associated Press:
RIO DE JANEIRO — A 9-year-old girl who was carrying twins, allegedly after being raped by her stepfather, underwent an abortion Wednesday despite complaints from Brazil’s Roman Catholic church.
Police said the stepfather has been jailed since last week.
Abortion is illegal in Brazil, but judges can make exceptions if the mother’s life is [...]
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President Obama moves to overturn Bush’s “conscience” rules
NPR:
The Obama administration is moving to overturn a controversial Bush administration policy that allows health care workers to decline to provide or participate in any service that violates their beliefs.
Bravo, Mr. President. Bravo.
The last thing I want to hear when rushed to the emergency room as the result of a auto accident, losing blood [...]
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Attack on reproductive freedom gets equal treatment in Tennessee
State Representative Karen Camper (D-Memphis) has introduced a bill–HJR132–which could lead to the regulation of vasectomies in the State of Tennessee. The bill proposes the amendment of the state constitution by adding the following language:
Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to a vasectomy. The people retain the right through their [...]
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FoxNews: Woman describes her abortion on Twitter, is astonished by backlash
As am I*.
There’s just no shortage in our country of people who want to tell everyone else how to live their lives, is there?
nkb
* I’ve been following her on Twitter (antitheistangie) for a year or more…