Monthly Archives: September 2005

Frist’s fumble on stem cells

Senator Bill Frist of Tennessee, the Republican majority leader in the United States Senate, is a medical professor, heart-transplant surgeon and sincere Christian, who spends much of his vacation time serving as a medical volunteer in clinics for AIDS patients in Africa. Speaking in the United States Senate on July 29, he made the best conceivable case for a bad cause – [...]

admin2010-08-03T07:53:12-04:00September 3, 2005|Bioethics, Columnist, Rory Leishman|

Polls show pro-life shift in U.S.

Interim Staff Two recent polls indicate that Americans in general favour specific pro-life measures and that women are becoming more pro-life. In a national poll, the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute found that 70 per cent of repsondents favored “a 24-hour waiting period for women seeking an abortion before the abortion could take place,” compared to just 24 per cent opposed the idea. [...]

admin2010-08-03T07:47:23-04:00September 3, 2005|Pro-Life, Society & Culture|

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