“Take the Pledge” Campaign Calls for Loyalty to Patient Health rather than Assisted Suicide

“Anti-euthanasia groups in Canada and Oregon are calling physicians, caregivers, and concerned citizens across the world to “Take the Pledge” to pursue genuine care for even the most dependent patients, and never to consent to assisted suicide.”
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New study – Marital Distress May Affect Breast Cancer Recovery

“Marriage problems are associated with poorer outcomes for women with breast cancer, a new U.S. study finds.
The researchers found that women in troubled marriages had higher levels of stress, less physical activity, slower recovery and more symptoms and signs of illness than women who reported good marriages. The research involved 100 women who were married [...]

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Doctors get $5m to okay abortions in NZ

“Doctors who approved abortions were paid more than $5 million in the year to June an increase of $1.5 million or more than 30 per cent in four years.
The Abortion Supervisory Committee’s annual report says there were 18,382 abortions in 2007, 448 more than in 2006.
Every abortion must be approved by two doctors, one of [...]

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Plan sent to Obama transition team reveals ‘abortion industry bailout’

“A strategy document from a coalition of abortion rights groups which outlines their agenda for an Obama administration has been made public. Asking for more than $1 billion in funding, the plan seeks to overturn restrictions on the use of taxpayer funds for abortions and aspires to place pro-abortion partisans in judicial and political positions.
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NZ government being pressured to allow IVF embryos to be destroyed for research

“Top-level advisers have urged the Government to let “surplus” embryos left over from fertility treatment be used for research.
The previous Government sat on the explosive advice for more than a year, and one source said the outgoing health minister had thrown his successor, Tony Ryall, “a grenade”.
Some religious groups and others who consider human life [...]

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UNICEF: Daycare is “A high-stakes gamble with today’s children and tomorrow’s world”

“A surprising new document from UNICEF puts the spotlight on the possible fallout of the decreasing role of the family in raising young children, and the proliferation of daycare in affluent western nations.
“What we are now witnessing across the industrialized world,” says the UNICEF report, “can fairly be described as a revolution in how the [...]

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