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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 23rd, 2009
Over the summer the US Food and Drug Administration approved Next Choice, a generic “emergency contraceptive/abortifacient,” reports EmpowHer. According to the Next Choice site, the product prevents a pregnancy the same way that a birth control pill does. It is believed that Next Choice prevents the egg from being (1) released from the ovary (ovulation), [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 23rd, 2009
From Medical News Today: New stem cell studies at the University of Maryland Dental School demonstrate that surgeons could one day routinely use strong, moldable, and injectable pastes to regenerate needed bone tissue to repair broken bones, fractures, genetic defects, even combat bone wounds. . . The Dental School presentation showed that human stem cells [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 23rd, 2009
The AP reports that Douglas Elmendorf, head of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, “contradicts” President Obama’s claim that, under the proposed health care reform legislation, Medicare will not be cut. Elmendorf is saying that Medicare Advantage will be cut $100 billion over ten years.
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 23rd, 2009
Malthusianism is rearing its ugly head again among the British. Take a peak at an ominous warning from the Optimum Population Trust: World population is projected to rise from today’s 6.8 billion to 9.15 billion in 2050. The World Population Clock is ticking. We are rapidly destabilising our climate and destroying the natural world on [...]
The Reverend Robert C. Baker, B.B.A, M.Div., M.S., is an ordained pastor in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, and serves as an adjunct professor of philosophy at Lindenwood University's Belleville, IL campus. He is general editor of Natural Law: A Lutheran Reappraisal (CPH, 2011), author of "Natural Law, Human Sexuality, and Forde's 'Acid Test'" appearing in that volume, is the author of What Happened To Merry Christmas?, and has authored or edited numerous Bible studies and books.
