Problems Remain with Health-Care Reform Bills
Posted by Daily Blog
Thursday, October 01, 2009 10:00 AM
Pro-Life Supporters Ready Stand on Health-Care Overhaul
By Rich Daly
Register Correspondent
WASHINGTON — A unified health-care reform bill has not yet been offered by House Democratic leaders, but it is already drawing fire from pro-life and traditional-marriage supporters.
Legislation is expected soon that combines aspects of the health-care overhaul bills approved by three separate House... READ MORE
Filed under abortion, end of life, health care reform, marriage
Brain Dead in D.C.
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 4:50 PM
Praying for Terry Schiavo in 2005. (AFP)
Catholics aren’t the only ones discussing the question of when life ends.
A case now before a court in Washington, D.C., involves a 12-year-old boy whose brain has stopped functioning completely, according to doctors, but whose body is being kept alive by drugs and a respirator. The boy’s Orthodox Jewish parents reject their son’s medical diagnosis of death, asserting that the teachings of... READ MORE
Filed under brain death, end of life, terry schiavo
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