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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 8th, 2010
From The Australian: STEM cell researchers have found a way to turn a person’s skin into blood, a process that could be used to treat cancer and other ailments, according to a Canadian study published today.The method uses cells from a patch of a person’s skin and transforms it into blood that is a genetic [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 2nd, 2010
Oh, so typical. On July 1, the ACLU Legislative Office accused Catholic hospitals of potentially violating the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act by refusing to provide “abortion services.” In a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, ACLU counselors argued: Religiously affiliated hospitals across the country inappropriately and unlawfully deny pregnant [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 27th, 2010
Absent Autonomy: CTCR Ethical Recommendations Regarding the Beginning of Human Life Robert C. Baker For partial credit toward MHE 604 Section 01 Social and Cultural Contexts of Health Care – Summer I 2010 Word Count: 1,935 Abstract: The Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) aids that church body [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 22nd, 2010
From Americans United for Life: The White House’s proposed executive order to “deal” with the abortion problems in the Senate health care reform bill reveals that the President will not even attempt to ensure that there is no federal funding for abortion or mandates for abortion coverage in the bill. The first section of the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 22nd, 2010
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 22nd, 2010
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 21st, 2010
At 10:45 p.m. ET. The votes were 219 to 212, with 34 Democrats joining the Republicans in a No vote.
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 21st, 2010
The burden of proof is on those who maintain that the President has changed his mind.
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 21st, 2010
In her own words: “It is naive for any elected official, especially one who describes himself as ‘pro-life,’ to expect that a promise to issue an Executive Order that reasserts the intentions of the Hyde Amendment will be fulfilled by the most pro-abortion president to ever sit in the White House. Perhaps Mr. Stupak and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 21st, 2010
This from The Hill: “The executive order is not law; it can be changed by the next administration, it can be overturned by court order.”
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.
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