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A whopping three people showed up at a Biden for President rally at the Pennsylvania State Capitol with legislators on Thursday. “Biden for President–Reproductive Freedom: Members of the PA State Legislature will join Amanda Zurawski and Kaitlyn Joshua — two women denied life-saving abortions due Donald Trump’s abortion ban–for a reproductive freedom rally,” the announcement said. Three people showed up.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that “reproductive freedom” was at risk with the prospect of a second term of former President Donald Trump. Anchor Dana Bash said, “Let’s start with the question of IVF. Republicans are moving really quickly to distance themselves from that controversial Alabama Supreme Court IVF ruling. The Alabama’s attorney general says he has no intention of prosecuting families or IVF providers. Republicans across the country now, including former President Trump, have come out in support of protecting IVF treatments. Does that undercut the arguments by Democrats that Republicans are...

Margaret Atwood wrote a gripping novel back in 1985 called The Handmaid’s Tale. The main character, Offred, is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian and theocratic state that has replaced the United States of America. Handmaids are walking wombs, child bearers for elite couples. Offred services the Commander and his wife Serena Joy, who is a former gospel singer and advocate for “traditional values.” Every month in her fertile period, Offred is required to have impersonal, wordless sex with the Commander while Serena sits by, holding her hands. The Republic of Gilead is what America has...

Though the government shutdown has reached its tenth day, the federal government has deemed the collection of grant proposals for the improvement of reproductive health of women in Pakistan “essential.” The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) created a grant on Thursday seeking applicants to administer “family planning” in the south Asian country through its Maternal and Child Health (MCH) program. “The MCH Program’s overall goal is to dramatically and sustainably improve health outcomes of women and children in target areas, and the MCH Program comprises five components: 1) Family Planning/Reproductive Health; 2) Maternal, Newborn and Child Health; 3) Health...

James Dewey Watson is an American molecular biologist, best known as one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA. In a 1971 article to the medical established, recently re-published– he wrote that “the embryological development of man does not occur free in the placid environment of a freshwater pond. Instead, the crucial steps in human embryology always occur in the highly inaccessible womb of a human female.” This profound statement has been turned upside down with new reproductive technologies - technologies which has created unforeseen possibilities of experimental manipulation of the human reproduction process. Watson’s comment was based in...

Speciation and the Animals on the Ark by Daniel Criswell, Ph.D.* Many people who use biological data to support an old-earth position believe that the appearance of millions of animal species does not support a young earth interpretation of creation. Nor do they think that a recent global Flood would support the existence of a great number of animals today if Noah only took two of each kind on the Ark. However, the science of how speciation occurs, and the definition of a species versus the biblical kind, does explain how many variations of the same kind of animal can...

Menopause Is An Adaptation To Minimize Reproductive Competition Between Females In A Family, Research Suggests Three generations of women. New research suggests that menopause is an adaptation to minimize reproductive competition between generations of females in the same family unit. (Credit: iStockphoto/John Prescott)ScienceDaily (Apr. 1, 2008) — Insight into why females of some species undergo menopause while others do not has proven elusive despite an understanding of the biological mechanisms behind the change. However, new research by scientists at the Universities of Cambridge and Exeter suggests that menopause is an adaptation to minimize reproductive competition between generations of females in...

Last year, researchers at South Korea ’s Seoul National University became the first scientists to successfully clone a single human embryo. And just days ago, the team in Seoul raised the stakes again. They announced that they had found a way to clone embryos in bigger batches: eleven this time, possibly more in the future. But instead of being chilled by the prospect of producing people on a kind of assembly line, many of our leaders have decided to throw all moral caution to the wind. As soon as lead researcher Hwang Woo-suk announced the results, many in the media...

Here is a list of “religious” members of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. The list is from their website. Some may be surprised to see that their “churches” are officially pro-abort “churches.” The list: Conservative Judaism Rabbinical Assembly United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Women’s League for Conservative Judaism Episcopal Church The Episcopal Church Ethical Culture Movement American Ethical Union National Service Conference of the American Ethical Union Humanist Judaism Society for Humanistic Judaism Presbyterian Church (USA) Presbyterians Affirming Reproductive Options (PARO) Women’s Ministries Washington Office Reconstructionist Movement Jewish Reconstructionist Federation Reform Judaism Central Conference of American Rabbis North American...

25 Mar 2004 - YOUTH STATEMENT YOUTH STATEMENT at Cairo and Beyond: Reproductive Rights and culture, 9 March 2004 NOTE: this statement was developed before the outcome document/action points of the conference were finalized. We would like to thank UNFPA and the Dutch Ministry for Development Cooperation for inviting us, younger people. It was a great experience and we are happy to share our vision with you. The young people present at the Reproductive Rights and Culture Conference have come together to discuss the developments of the conference and we would like to share our thoughts and vision with you...

Second thoughts on reproductive 'freedom' By Barbara Curtis WATERFORD, VA. – "Mom, how's this supposed to make kids feel?" Sophia was waving a Newsweek with a cover on "The New Science of Sex Selection." Showcased inside were families who had "too much" (two or more) or "enough" (one) of one gender to cast their demographics to the whim of their own reproductive capabilities.

I’ve written for The Twilight Zone. Let me take you there. It’s yearbook photo day for Springfield Junior High’s class of 2025. Jason’s been avoiding getting his picture taken. His teacher wonders why until she looks in a yearbook from a generation ago and finds a photo of a student who looks identical to Jason. A mandatory reporter, Jason’s teacher phones authorities. They investigate, arrest Jason’s father for violation of the Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2003, and place Jason in a foster home. This law isn’t science fiction. H.R. 534 has already been passed by the United States House...

<p>Abortion foes rejoiced last year when George W. Bush took office, believing they had a long-awaited ally in the White House.</p> <p>The president hasn't disappointed. In its first 18 months, the Bush administration has appointed dozens of conservative federal judges who are anti-abortion, has declared developing fetuses eligible for government-funded health insurance and Thursday rescinded support for international family planning principles that had been adopted by 179 nations.</p>

The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice is a misnomer and theological contradiction, that is, if defined in biblical terms. Yet the hoax continues. With that, the group denounces recently President Bush’s administration health care policies as "extreme". Perhaps some religious persons are duped by the organization's fabrication. But the truly biblically knowledgeable know a lie when they hear a lie. Rev. James Lamb, executive director of National Lutherans for Life, says it all when he states that "once you lose your scriptural base, you can justify anything. They’re playing to what they think the culture wants to hear." What is...

The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice is a misnomer and theological contradiction, that is, if defined in biblical terms. Yet the hoax continues. With that, the group denounces recently President Bush’s administration health care policies as "extreme". Perhaps some religious persons are duped by the organization's fabrication. But the truly biblically knowledgeable know a lie when they hear a lie. Rev. James Lamb, executive director of National Lutherans for Life, says it all when he states that "once you lose your scriptural base, you can justify anything. They’re playing to what they think the culture wants to hear." What is...

'Six British couples chose babies' sex' By Arifa Akbar 17 October 2002 At least six British couples are believed to have chosen the gender of their babies for social reasons such as 'family balancing', a conference revealed yesterday. The couples had travelled to the United States to undergo MicroSort, a technique originally developed for cattle that enables sperm to be screened in order to choose a desired gender. The oldest baby born through the technique is believed to be aged one. According to details presented to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in Seattle, the screening, which has led to...

Cannabis poses a greater threat to health than tobacco, lung experts have warned. The warning comes on the day that Home Secretary David Blunkett is due to make a Commons statement about the future of government drug policy. Many young people are simply not aware that smoking cannabis may put them at increased risk of respiratory cancers and infections . Dame Helena Shovelton: The Home Affairs Select Committee has recommended that cannabis is downgraded from a class B drug to class C. This would mean that possession would lead to a caution, rather than arrest. The British Lung Foundation is...