A 12-year-old New York boy with brain cancer has died after his family battled a hospital to keep him on a ventilator. The lawyer for the Orthodox Jewish family says Motl Brody's bodily functions ceased Saturday.
0The nation's Roman Catholic bishops vowed Tuesday to forcefully confront the Obama administration over its support for abortion rights, saying the church and religious freedom could be under attack in the new presidential administration.
15A Washington hospital has asked a judge for permission stop treating a brain-dead 12-year-old cancer patient, even though his ultra-religious New York parents want to keep him on life support.
6Supporters of a ballot measure that loosens restrictions on embryonic stem cell research say its passage means millions of dollars in research grants will come into the state - and medical breakthroughs for a host of ailments will come out of it.
0As the American people celebrate an historic victory for Barack Obama as the next president, many Christians are marking victories of their own with the passage of several state amendments protecting traditional marriage.
37Throughout most of this month, one thousand 22-inch placards have lined parts the New York City subway system with the” voices” of men and women touched by abortion.
5At least 32 women have decided against abortion after speaking to students involved in a pro-life protest. Oct. 21 marked the 5th annual Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity. Students engaging the silent protest wore red duct tape reading "LIFE" as a way to lend their voices to the thousands of unborn babies who will never have one.
14A new drug store at a Virginia strip mall is putting its faith in an unconventional business plan: No candy. No sodas. And no birth control. Divine Mercy Care Pharmacy is among at least seven pharmacies across the nation that are refusing as a matter of faith to sell contraceptives of any kind.
19Europe's Protestant churches are “grappling intensively” with the tension between individual autonomy, the safeguarding of life and support for the suffering. A group of Protestants met to begin drawing up a common position on euthanasia.
4Those who hope Colorado becomes the first state where voters say life begins at conception are facing resistance from a seemingly unexpected place: The Roman Catholic Church and anti-abortion activists.
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