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Human cloning breakthrough prompts religious objections

(RNS) News that scientists in Oregon had for the first time recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos prompted dire warnings from religious leaders who say the research crosses a bioethical red line and could lead to designer babies.
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ANALYSIS: Will the Kermit Gosnell verdict change the abortion debate?

| May 15, 2013

When rogue abortionist Kermit Gosnell was found guilty of delivering and then killing late-term infants, abortion opponents were convinced they had a case that could finally reshape a static abortion debate. Yet for a variety of reasons, those prayers for a game-changing impact may go unanswered.
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Vatican gets behind adult stem cell research

| Apr 11, 2013

(RNS) Wading into one of the most controversial fields of modern medicine, the Vatican is pushing adult stem cell research as ethical and scientifically more promising than embryonic stem cell research.
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FAV(e) PLACES: Boone Hospital labyrinth offers experience of peace

| Mar 28, 2013

Between a hill and stable lies a patch of concrete with a deeper function: The intricate design inlayed in it is a labyrinth. It's design dates back to the thirteenth century, and it offers visitors of Boone Hospital a place of solace. 
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Catholic bishops reject new contraception proposals

| Feb 8, 2013

The nation's Catholic bishops on Thursday rejected the Obama administration's latest proposals to broaden accommodations for religious groups in regulations that require insurance companies or employers to provide free birth control coverage.
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White House expands exemptions from contraception mandate

| Feb 4, 2013

The Obama administration on Friday sought to placate religious groups by broadening religious exemptions and giving faith-based organizations more room to maneuver around its controversial contraception mandate, but the new rules offer no loopholes for privately owned businesses.
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Doctors warn against ‘reproductive coercion’

| Jan 29, 2013

While researchers don’t know exactly how common it is, the nation’s leading group of obstetricians and gynecologists says women should be screened for ‘reproductive coercion.’
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Citing religion, some health workers refuse flu shots

| Jan 18, 2013

During one of the worst flu season in recent memory, some health care workers are refusing to take flu shots for religious reasons.
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March for Life’s Jeanne Monahan leads next generation of anti-abortion activists

| Jan 17, 2013

Each January in the four decades since the Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion in 1973, Nellie Gray marshaled tens of thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators for the March for Life rally. Now, after Gray’s death in August at age 88, a woman less than half her age will take up the cause.
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Europeans launch campaign to declare life starts at conception

| Jan 16, 2013

Anti-abortion groups from 20 different countries have launched a petition to ask the European Parliament to recognize that life begins at conception. The "One of Us" initiative is the first of its kind in Europe and represents a larger effort to forge a cohesive continental anti-abortion movement.
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Finding Walter amid Tourette Syndrome

| Nov 8, 2012

After years of depression, insecurity and low self-esteem, Walter Hrycaj transformed from a child with an incurable disease to a man who is no longer identified as “that guy with Tourette Syndrome.” In his journey of coping with his struggles, he found himself. 
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