Archive - Tom Strode
LIFE DIGEST: Washington reports at least 70 assisted suicides
The state of Washington may already have surpassed Oregon as the leader in legal, physician-assisted suicides.
At least 70 Washington residents died in 2011 as a result of taking lethal drug doses prescribed by doctors, the state’s Department of Health reported May 2. more »
By Tom Strode - May 23, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, Birth Control, End-of-Life Issues, Citizenship, National,
LIFE DIGEST: ‘Intensity gap’ prompts NARAL departure
The “intensity gap” on abortion in the United States helped convince the president of NARAL Pro-choice America to step aside.
Nancy Keenan, head of one of the country’s leading abortion rights organizations for nearly eight years, will leave her post at the end of the year, The Washington Post reported May 10. more »
By Tom Strode - May 15, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation,
LIFE DIGEST: Koreans find baby flesh in pills
South Korean customs authorities have found in luggage and mail during the last nine months more than 17,000 pills filled with the ground-up flesh of unborn and stillborn babies. more »
By Tom Strode - May 9, 2012
LIFE DIGEST: Clinic advertises sex selection
A fertility clinic in Washington state is promoting its sex-selection business to Indians living in British Columbia.
The Washington Center for Reproductive Medicine in the Seattle-area city of Bellevue is advertising its “gender determination” service in the Indo-Canadian Voice, a newspaper that targets people from India living in the far western province of Canada, the Vancouver Sun reported April 17. more »
By Tom Strode - May 1, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National,
NYC church policy challenged in court filing
The New York City ban on religious worship in public schools violates both the free exercise of religion and the prohibition on government establishment of religion, a Southern Baptist entity and other groups contend in a friend-of-the-court brief filed in federal court. more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 24, 2012
Topic: Citizenship, , National, Religious Liberty,
LIFE DIGEST: Alabama rep confesses aborting 1st child
Alabama Rep. Ed Henry confessed he “murdered [his] first child” to fellow pro-lifers gathered April 12 outside the state capitol in Montgomery. more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 24, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, Birth Control, Citizenship, National,
Hopeful signs noted for immigration reform
The push for immigration reform shows some hopeful signs after years of contentious battle over the issue, panelists said during a conference on cultural renewal in Washington, D.C. more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 23, 2012
Topic: Citizenship, Immigration, Legislation, National,
LIFE DIGEST: Arizona bans pain-capable abortions
Arizona has become the seventh state to enact a ban on abortions at 20 weeks or more into pregnancy based on evidence a baby in the womb experiences pain by that point. more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 17, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Citizenship, National,
Komen still giving to Planned Parenthood
Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s coffers remain as open as ever for Planned Parenthood, even as they appear to be taking a hit.
The world’s leading breast cancer charity will fund about the same number of Planned Parenthood affiliates this year as it did last, according to an April 12 report by The Washington Post. more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 13, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National,
Land, Wallis agree: Election could get ugly
Richard Land and Jim Wallis don’t see eye to eye on a variety of issues, but they do agree on the potential nature of this year’s election campaign: more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 12, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, , Immigration, National,