Breaking News
December, 2002
Umbilical stem cells provide non-controversial alternative
Complicity and freedom of conscience
Scots officials not opposed to reproductive cloning
Dutch euthanasia not justified by psychological suffering
Catholic University finally agrees to accommodate Catholic student
Canadian parliamentary committee mandates IVF for lesbians, single women
Marketing displaces science in plans for cloning
Australian and Belgian Senates approve destructive embryo research
Respect for human embryos now a "foolish expression"
Maltese protocol preserves national law
The 'ethics of the profession' in retrospect
Study may end transplantation of aborted fetal tissue
Australian euthanasia advocate continues campaign
November, 2002
Ovum
uterus transplant avoids financial, medical & ethical problems
Plans to legalize abortion in Peru
Union forced to grant exemption to conscientious objector
Human parthenogenesis proposed
European parliament seeks ban on human cloning
Embryonic stem cells unlikely to be used in therapy
Christian-Muslim unity in Kenya
Embryo harvesting declared ethical
Utilitarian ethics and eugenic screening
Controversy over late term abortion
Bill raises concerns about euthanasia
Concern about euthanasia advocates becoming involved in hospice work
Ultrasound technologist sues for religious discrimination
More questions about
necessity of abortion
British citizen commits suicide in Switzerland
Canadian MP re-introduces protection of conscience bill
New terminology: human subjects
Continued efforts toward euthanasia in Australia
Nurse files suit, employer relents
Abortion provider complains about health care workers
Dispute on necessity of abortion continues
Medical necessity of abortion in dispute
British doctor suspended six months for encouraging organ trade
Article characterizes moral objection as 'blocking access'
Objectors to abortion among English physicians
September, 2002
International conference-Rome
Guernsey to investigate legalizing euthanasia
US House of Representatives passes freedom of conscience bill
US House of Representatives to vote on freedom of conscience bill
Push for euthanasia continues in United Kingdom
Destructive embryo research approved in California
New guidelines for terminal sedation
Canadian agency accused of discriminating against conscientious objectors
Routine eugenic testing refused at fertility clinic
Refusal of hospitals to perform euthanasia considered 'problematic'
Bishops protest UN, international pressure
Irish physicians' group favours abortion
Recovered doctor sues hospital
August. 2002
Switzerland reported to be forcing Catholic hospitals to provide abortions
Abortion legalized, conscience protection reduced
Refusing life-sustaining treatment
Washington State suppresses religious freedom
Compulsory abortion training in California
Muslim leaders condemn mass distribution of birth control
Aborted foetuses used in research
British peer claims abortion justifies euthanasia
Medical experimentation on incapacitated
July, 2002
Senators
try to force contraceptive & abortifacient coverage
UK court rejects claims re: contraceptive pill
Report predicts abortionist depression
Malta rejects abortion as condition for membership in European Union
German women increasing use of abortifacient drug
Singapore promises freedom of conscience in embryo research
Underground assisted suicide movement
American Civil Liberties Union opposes freedom of conscience
Abortifacient drug to be more widely available in UK
European Union Parliament demands all countries provide abortion
No change foreseen in Dutch euthanasia law
British Medical Association rejects assisted suicide
Woman charged for two assisted suicides
Changes of mind frequent after requests for assisted suicide
June, 2002
Witnesses
sought for Abortion Non-Discrimination Act
Adult bone marrow stem cells may displace embryonic stem cells
Wrongful birth lawsuit won in Germany
Controversy erupts in South Africa
US military pharmacies and the 'morning after pill'
Australian court rejects 'wrongful life' claim
Change nickname of 'morning-after-pill'
Australian lawmaker seeks legalization of abortion up to birth
Religious coalition favours abortion, contraception
Couple demands abortion insurance payment
Abortion Non-Discrimination Act
Union president tries to force objector to pay dues
Poll suggests probability of conflict among Catholics
Switzerland Votes to Legalize Abortion
May, 2002
Late term abortions
in Canada up 578 percent
Wisconsin 'wrongful life' suit dismissed
New York's mandatory abortion training vs. conscience
Euthanasia advocate active in Australia
After three years, conscientious objector wins lawsuit
New Jersey Senate bill threatens freedom of conscience
Study finds unacceptably high number of euthanasia deaths in Netherlands
Workplace Religious Freedom Act (US Senate)
European Union may make abortion a condition of membership
Fetal ovary used to treat menopause syndrome in China
Obstetricians limiting, abandoning practices
Abortion Non-discrimination Act
Threat to freedom of conscience in New Jersey
Ban against "wrongful life" lawsuits challenged
Bias alleged in South African parliamentary hearings
Hawaiian Senate rejects assisted suicide
April, 2002
BBC reports "British
woman denied right to die"
California and Arizona legislatures attack freedom of conscience
Supreme Court of Canada rejects assisted suicide request
Assisted Suicide Bill Stalls in Hawaiian Senate
Additional complaint against physician delays hearing in Ontario
Extension of conscientious objection beyond health care workers
Wisconsin woman can sue for late diagnosis of pregnancy
British government seeks advice of Voluntary Euthanasia Society for treating mentally incapacitated
Governments asked to buy human organs
Suppression of religious freedom in
denominational hospitals touted as 'compromise'
France continues to feel effects of wrongful birth ruling
New York City hospitals plan to train Ob-Gyn residents in abortion
Difficult case
goes to Texas Supreme Court
"Immortal" fetal brain
cells to be marketed
California governor dismisses freedom of conscience as 'red tape'
Dutch officially legalize
euthanasia
Deaf lesbian couple deliberately seek conception of deaf child
March, 2002
British High Court orders physicians to accede to patient desire for death
Protection of conscience bill introduced in US Senate
Politicians
'pro-choice'
only for like-minded
Emergency Health Powers Act threatens freedom of conscience
Assisted suicide opinion poll
Britain's largest supermarket chain gives out free
morning-after pills
European Court to consider assisted suicide case
Catholic teacher sues union over use of dues
Hawaiian legislators deny freedom of conscience
Jewish organizations offer qualified support for human cloning
Disabled Australian Children Sue Doctors for "Wrongful Birth"
Massachusetts attacks freedom of conscience
Birth
control pill manufacturers sued
Assisted
Suicide bill passes in Hawaii
New source of stem cells identified
Irish abortion referendum results
Clinic licensed to weed out problem embryos
Morning-after pill banned in Argentina
Canadian Institutes of Health Research approve embryo experimentation
Kansas health professionals urged to support bill
Virginia Senate rejects freedom of conscience
February, 2002
Eugenic screening in Chicago
United Kingdom authority can license human cloning
India considering two child policy
Osteopathic physicians and assisted suicide
Belgian medical students to learn euthanasia techniques
Embryos to be made to order in United Kingdom
Conscientious objectors in New Brunswick facing pressure
Ontario doctor threatened with loss of licence for refusing birth control pill
Kentucky Senate passes bill to protect pharmacists
Kansas Legislature in
conscience debate
New Hampshire rejects freedom of conscience in health care
Pro-life split developing in Ireland
Planned Parenthood medical director and the Aryan warrior
Science Magazine seeks to change cloning terminology
Cornell University experiments on live human embryos
Virginia Assembly passes protection of conscience bill
Widow conceives with sperm from dead husband
21 Assisted Suicides in Oregon
American Board of Internal Medicine Revises Hippocratic Oath
Maryland may force 'morning-after-pill' on hospitals
Potential for conflict apparent in statements of religious leaders
British officials concede mechanism of MAP includes destruction of early embryo
January,
2002
Massachusetts
politicians suppress expression of religious conviction
New York Assembly seeks to stop exercise of religious freedom
Supreme Court of Canada on liability for 'wrongful birth'
Civil liberties group attacks religious health care
Pharmacology and the morning-after-pill
Treatment of terminally ill in Israel
Pro-abortion doctors' group established in Ireland
"Wrongful Birth" court decision overruled in France
Netherlands attracting euthanasia seekers
Free 'morning-after-pill' for French adolescents
New York City mayor plans to make abortion training mandatory
Dutch doctors support doctor convicted of murdering patient
Woman sues for unexpected birth
Philippine government bans 'morning-after-pill'
Tasmanian situation illustrates peer pressure
Professional organizations suggest advance prescriptions
Chinese one child policy now one child law
Euthanasia officially legal in Netherlands