Archive - Tom Strode
LIFE DIGEST: Alabama justices point to Roe’s weakness
The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled unanimously a mother may pursue a wrongful death claim on behalf of her unborn child from conception.
In a concurring opinion, four justices criticized the U.S. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 21, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, , National,
Baptist ethicist on mandate: We’d rather go to jail, pay fines
The Obama administration’s mandate that health insurance plans cover contraceptives that can cause abortions harms not only Baptists and other religious adherents but all Americans, two Southern Baptist ethicists told a congressional panel Feb. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 17, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, Birth Control, Citizenship, Healthcare, National,
LIFE DIGEST: Abortion-causing drug sold in vending machine
One American university is selling from a vending machine a contraceptive drug that can cause an abortion.
Shippensburg University, a state school located in south central Pennsylvania, stocks a vending machine in its health center with Plan B One-step, known as the “morning-after” pill or “emergency contraception.” While the method works to restrict ovulation or prevent fertilization, it also has a back-up mechanism that can operate after fertilization. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 15, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, , National,
Land: Obama mandate is a Baptist issue
The issue at the center of the swelling controversy over the Obama administration’s refusal to protect the conscience rights of employers in its “contraceptive mandate” is “about as basic as it gets,” especially for Baptists, says Richard Land. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 10, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, Birth Control, Citizenship, , Healthcare, National, Religious Liberty,
Controversy sticks with Komen, Planned Parent.
The fallout from Planned Parenthood’s triumph in its public relations war with Susan G. Komen for the Cure continues, even as a new report to Congress suggests 20 percent of the abortion provider’s affiliates could be guilty of waste and fraud involving government funds. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 8, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National,
LIFE DIGEST: Austin’s new sign law still wrong, centers say
The Austin, Texas, City Council repealed an ordinance that pregnancy help centers had challenged in court as a violation of their freedom of speech and religion, but it approved another one the pro-life organizations protested. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 7, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Citizenship, National, Religious Liberty,
GuideStone: Obama mandate violates religious liberty
The Southern Baptist Convention’s benefits entity has joined the growing chorus of evangelical and Roman Catholic voices publicly protesting the Obama administration’s mandate that health insurance plans cover contraceptives, including ones that can cause abortions. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 6, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, Birth Control, Citizenship, National, Religious Liberty,
Komen reverses course, says Planned Parenthood still eligible
Susan G. Komen for the Cure revised a policy Friday that it had recently used in deciding to stop funding for Planned Parenthood, leaving the impression it had reversed itself on future grants to the country’s No. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 3, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, National,
Rubio seeks repeal of ‘contraceptive mandate’
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida has introduced legislation to rescind a new Obama administration rule that has produced widespread opposition to its mandate that health insurance plans cover contraceptives, including ones that can cause abortions. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 2, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, Birth Control, Citizenship, Healthcare, National, Religious Liberty,
Under pressure, Komen halts funds for Planned Parenthood
Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, will no longer give money to affiliates of Planned Parenthood, America’s No. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 1, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National,