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		<title>Gallup&#8217;s Values and Beliefs Survey</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/02/gallups-values-and-beliefs-survey/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/02/gallups-values-and-beliefs-survey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norrie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assisted suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gallup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homosexuality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr J&#8217;s interview on Issues, Etc. this week deals with Gallup&#8217;s annual Values and Beliefs survey.  According to their findings, Americans are most likely to disagree over four issues: physician-assisted suicide, gay/lesbian relations, abortion, and out-of-wedlock childbearing.  (The others on the list we&#8217;re more and more likely to agree on, culminating in condemnation of adultery.)
All [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican funding Adult Stem Cell Research</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/04/27/vatican-funding-adult-stem-cell-research/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/04/27/vatican-funding-adult-stem-cell-research/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ginny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adult Stem Cells]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catholic Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stem Cell Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pro-life movement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Anchoress points to this news in the Baltimore Sun:
With the financial backing of the Vatican, University of   Maryland researchers will lead an international group of scientists to   study adult stem cells from the intestines with the hope of discovering   treatments for diseases while bypassing the ethical debates that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mercy killing? Never. I&#8217;ll always fight like a lioness for my darling boy&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/22/mercy-killing-never-ill-always-fight-like-a-lioness-for-my-darling-boy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/22/mercy-killing-never-ill-always-fight-like-a-lioness-for-my-darling-boy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assisted Suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Euthanasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assisted suicide]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The doctor mentioned in my previous post ought to have a long chat with this woman.
By Victoria Moore
The moment I hear Elisabeth Shepherd&#8217;s voice on the phone I think she sounds like just the sort of person you would want looking after you if you were ill.
Down-to-earth, energetic and warm she reminds me of my mum, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“There will be casualties”</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/22/%e2%80%9cthere-will-be-casualties%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/22/%e2%80%9cthere-will-be-casualties%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assisted Suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Euthanasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assisted suicide]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Killing oneself is becoming far too easy. Instead of letting them give up, can&#8217;t we help these people be happier and healthier? The suicide doctor mentioned in the article below, is far too glib when it comes to &#8220;euthanasia.&#8221; Glad people actually noticed. It&#8217;s disturbing.
Michael Cook
Euthanasia activists in Australia, the UK and the Netherlands have lost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK IVF doctors reject age cap for patients</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/01/27/uk-ivf-doctors-reject-age-cap-for-patients/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/01/27/uk-ivf-doctors-reject-age-cap-for-patients/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artificial Reproductive Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Babies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invitro Fertilization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artificial reproductive technologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elderly parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[invitro fertilization]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yet another example of how selfish people can be. So much for what&#8217;s best for the child. I want it, and I can get it, so I will. And of course the doctors aren&#8217;t willing to turn down a buck. So sad. Poor kids with moms who will likely die while the kids are in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Montana allows assisted suicide</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/01/08/montana-allows-assisted-suicide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/01/08/montana-allows-assisted-suicide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assisted Suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Euthanasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assisted suicide]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m shocked, and saddened. I expected more from Montana.
Michael Cook, BioEdge.com
The state of Montana has become the third US jurisdiction to allow doctors to participate in assisted suicide. In a 4-3 decision, its Supreme Court held that state law protects doctors from prosecution for helping terminally ill patients die.
However, the decision does not end the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prospects rosy for adult stem-cell treatments</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/01/08/prospects-rosy-for-adult-stem-cell-treatments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/01/08/prospects-rosy-for-adult-stem-cell-treatments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adult Stem Cells]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stem Cell Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embryonic stem cell research]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=999</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so if no cures have been made from embryonic stem cells, why is its use still debated? If there has been success with adult stem cells, as this article states, the problem is solved! Win-Win! It&#8217;s so simple, people.
Charlie Butts &#8211; OneNewsNow -
The past decade spelled success in research with adult stem cells.
The one area [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuania defies EU to promote family values</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/01/08/lithuania-defies-eu-to-promote-family-values/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/01/08/lithuania-defies-eu-to-promote-family-values/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political Correctness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homophobia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[morals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pro-life]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=987</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Way to go Lithuania! Stick it to The Man. Stand up for what&#8217;s right when so few others are.
Bryan P. Bradley, Mercatornet.com
Sidestepping critics, Baltic nation strengthens family-friendly law on public information.
Lithuania lawmakers ended their year by amending a law on the protection of minors that had been condemned as “homophobic” by the European Parliament and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Papal Message for World Peace Day</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/29/papal-message-for-world-peace-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/29/papal-message-for-world-peace-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Catholic Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XVI]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=917</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t care what religion you are, the Pope speaks words of wisdom. Too bad more people don&#8217;t or won&#8217;t listen.
VATICAN CITY, DEC. 15, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Here is the message Benedict XVI wrote for the Jan. 1 World Day of Peace. The letter was released today and is titled: &#8220;If You Want to Cultivate Peace, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Americans using surrogacy to create made-to-order babies</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/29/americans-using-surrogacy-to-create-made-to-order-babies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/29/americans-using-surrogacy-to-create-made-to-order-babies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artificial Reproductive Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Babies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay and Lesbian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invitro Fertilization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artificial reproductive technologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[babies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[invitro fertilization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surrogate motherhood]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=913</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From this article we learn that there are even more problems with invitro fertilization and surrogacy than are common knowledge. Problems arise when playing God? Shocker!
 
Jared Yee, BioEdge.org
Different regulatory approaches to surrogacy in the US can result in legal tangles, according to a report in The New York Times Magazine. The &#8220;lax atmosphere&#8221; of surrogacy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Switching genders without surgery?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/29/switching-genders-without-surgery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/29/switching-genders-without-surgery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Babies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[babies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=910</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just because we can doesn&#8217;t mean we should. Did it occur to anyone that if a child is meant to be a girl, she should be? What&#8217;s wrong with letting nature take its course? How will a boy feel when one day he learns he was originally going to be a girl? Somehow this sounds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide kits as Christmas presents?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/29/suicide-kits-as-christmas-presents/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/29/suicide-kits-as-christmas-presents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assisted Suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Euthanasia]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=907</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What happened to being happy to be alive? What&#8217;s with making it seem worthless and useless to be old? &#8220;Oh, I hear you&#8217;re 70 now. Here&#8217;s a special pill for you.&#8221; Good grief!  
 
Michael Cook, BioEdge.org
Australian euthanasia activist Dr Philip Nitschke is a busy man in the frantic days before the holiday season begins. He [...]]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/29/901/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/29/901/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay and Lesbian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homosexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pornography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sex Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[homosexual agenda]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This can&#8217;t be a good thing. And why would anyone think that it is?
Pete Chagnon &#8211; OneNewsNow -
Fox News has picked up on reports that Kevin Jennings, founder of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), has been surrounded by controversy concerning his organization as GLSEN has been accused of visiting middle and high [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Terminating Korea’s abortion culture</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/18/terminating-korea%e2%80%99s-abortion-culture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/18/terminating-korea%e2%80%99s-abortion-culture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Babies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Population]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[conscience]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=868</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Way to go, Dr. Sang-duk Shim and the doctors who have joined you to fight abortion in Korea. Way to be courageous despite opposition on many fronts.
From Mercatornet.com
A Korean gynaecologist explains why he abandoned a lucrative procedure and is campaigning to reduce abortions.
South Korea has one of the highest rates of abortion in the world, even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advertising adultery</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/14/advertising-adultery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/14/advertising-adultery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adultery]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[AshleyMadison]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=811</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s that line in the Bible about those who lead others to sin would be better off not having been born or ought to have a millstone tied around their neck and be thrown into the sea? Whatever it is, what this company is doing is just blatantly wrong. I&#8217;d hate to be them when it&#8217;s their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The rising tide of teen dishonesty</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/14/the-rising-tide-of-teen-dishonesty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/14/the-rising-tide-of-teen-dishonesty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lying]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wow. Some stats on teens lying and stealing and why they do it. Pretty revealing and sad stuff. Parents, beware!
Mark Gregston
&#8230;it&#8217;s a fact that teenagers today seem to be crossing their fingers behind their back more and more. They are cheating and stealing more, too. The latest &#8220;Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The puzzle of human dignity</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/11/28/the-puzzle-of-human-dignity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/11/28/the-puzzle-of-human-dignity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assisted Suicide]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Margaret Somerville, Mercatornet.com
Both sides of the euthanasia debate claim to be advancing the cause of human dignity. Whom should we believe?
Euthanasia advocates argue respect for human dignity requires that euthanasia be legalized and opponents of euthanasia argue exactly the opposite, that respect for human dignity requires it remain prohibited. In short, the concept of human [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three-parent babies possible, say Japanese researchers</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/11/28/three-parent-babies-possible-say-japanese-researchers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/11/28/three-parent-babies-possible-say-japanese-researchers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artificial Reproductive Technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jared Yee, BioEdge.org
The successful fertilisation of an egg using biological material from two women may have moved the world closer to three-parent babies. Researchers at St Mother Hospital in Kitakyushu, Japan, have experimented with repairing the damaged eggs of older women by using eggs from younger donors. The usefulness of this process is disputed. Some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swiss establish &#8216;restrictions&#8217; on assisted suicide</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/11/24/swiss-establish-restrictions-on-assisted-suicide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/11/24/swiss-establish-restrictions-on-assisted-suicide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assisted Suicide]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charlie Butts &#8211; OneNewsNow -
Switzerland has earned a reputation for suicide tourism.
Although assisted suicide is technically illegal in the country, it is tolerated if the person assisting is not doing so for personal profit. But the reputation has prompted the Swiss to crack down, according to media reports. Rita Marker, head of the International Task Force [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pre-natal diagnostic techniques pave the way to eugenics</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/11/24/pre-natal-diagnostic-techniques-pave-the-way-to-eugenics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/11/24/pre-natal-diagnostic-techniques-pave-the-way-to-eugenics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manuel and Sophia Corpas, Mercatornet.com
Ever-more sophisticated technology allows us to detect ever more genetic anomalies. What will we do with this knowledge?
One of our biggest worries in the field of genome medicine is the use of prenatal genetics tests to justify the abortion of human embryos. Current technologies allow enhanced detection of genetic abnormalities that [...]]]></description>
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