Overview
Promoting life is all about standing for those whose voices have been silenced. From the preborn child, to the medically incapacitated, to the young woman with a crisis pregnancy, creating a culture of life in Arizona is critical to protecting the most vulnerable in our society.
We may never fully know the devastating impact the 1973 Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade has had on our nation. Yet as the dangerous practices of the abortion industry are being exposed and the stories of men and women who have been forever scarred by abortion are told, more people are beginning to understand the consequences of abortion on demand.
The sanctity of human life should be protected from its very beginning to its natural end.
Advancements in technology over the last 50 years have also raised a number of ethical concerns in the creation of life, as well as with the denial of care to the medically incapacitated.
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Thinking About Donating Your Eggs? Think Again – Center for BioEthics and Culture Network
“Egg donation is risky business. But unlike other high-risk jobs that offer appropriate compensation for the dangers (e.g., skyscraper window washing), the egg donation process is inherently risky…”
My Daddy’s Name is Donor – Institute for American Values
“In 1884, a Philadelphia physician put his female patient to sleep and inseminated her with sperm from a man who was not her husband. The patient became pregnant and bore a child she believed was the couple’s biological offspring. Today, this event occurs every day around the world…”
Anonymous Father’s Day – Center for BioEthics and Culture
Assisted Suicide: The Forgotten Front in the Fight for Life– Adam J. MacLeod
“The battle over assisted suicide and euthanasia is not over; advocates of assisted suicide are not resting. While earnest and engaged Americans are focused on the economy, an upcoming presidential primary… the culture of death continues to advance largely unnoticed along a front that some had supposed was dormant.”
Stem Cell Research Facts – Dr. Richard Burt – FRC’s StemCellResearchFacts.org (FRC’s site)
“As a Fellow working at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Dr. Richard Burt noticed that the leukemia patients he was helping treat needed to be “re-vaccinated” because the protection from childhood diseases like the measles and mumps was being lost… “Maybe,” thought Dr. Burt, “if we could get bad, diseased cells to lose their memory, we could reprogram them with ‘good’ memories and help patients with autoimmune diseases”
Top court to hear in vitro fertilization benefits – Reuters
“The justices agreed to hear an appeal by the Obama administration of a ruling by an appeals court for a woman who seeks benefits for her twins conceived by artificial insemination after her husband’s death. At issue in the dispute are new reproductive technologies and the requirements to qualify for child survivor benefits under the Social Security Act.”
Planned Parenthood surrenders, ends attack on Ariz. Abortion Consent Act –Alliance Defense Fund
“Planned Parenthood has decided to end its legal attack on Arizona’s Abortion Consent Act, according to a court order issued Monday. Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund together with the Center for Arizona Policy, the Bioethics Defense Fund, and the Life Legal Defense Foundation defended the law. In August, the Arizona Court of Appeals lifted an injunction against the law and determined that it was constitutional.”
Deaths associated with RU-486 – National Right to Life Educational Trust Fund
“When she found out she was pregnant, Holly Patterson and her boyfriend researched their options on the internet and decided to seek an RU486-induced abortion at a local Planned Parenthood.”
Interactive Prenatal Development Timeline – Endowment for Human Development
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