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• Pope orders bishop to obey abortion order | Franz Kamphaus may step down after criticism of his providing abortion counseling (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
  
  
• Justices hear teen abortion case | The right of minors to get an abortion without their parents' knowledge now lies with Florida's highest court (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
  
  

Stem cell research and cloning:

• Dozens of human embryos cloned in China | Their intention is not to copy human beings, but create genetically matched cells to make tissues for transplant patients and for research (NewScientist.com)
  
  
• Stem cell research under the microscope | The US Congress has already approved legislation that would ban all stem cell research and the bill goes before the Senate next month - meanwhile stem cell research has been given the go-ahead in Britain. (BBC)
  
  
• Human embryonic stem cell research begins in U.K. | Licenses follow approval of research by House of Lords (New Scientist)
  
  
• Pro-lifers' bid to stop research on human embryos (The Scotsman)
  
  
• Sacred mysteries | To make the right decision about whether to experiment on embryos, there is no need first to hammer out an agreed ethical system (Christopher Howse, The Daily Telegraph)
  
  
• Australian Anglicans support stem-cell research | Panel opposes human cloning (The Canberra Times)
  
  
• TV ads stoke Senate cloning debate | Research advocates gear up to fight claims of plans for 'embryo farms' (The Washington Post)
  
  

Other life ethics issues:

• The right-to-die debate | A paralyzed woman fighting for the right to die has taken her case to the High Court claiming she has almost no chance of her condition improving (BBC)
  
  
• Also: Woman pleads for right to die (BBC)
  
  
• A cruel choice | A woman decides to have a child knowing that she's about to descend into dementia. That's morally indefensible. (Jennifer Foote Sweeney, Salon.com)
  
  

Ten Commandments:

• Religious plaque on courthouse wall violates the Constitution, judge says | Emotions run high on 10 Commandments ruling (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
  
  
• Also: Ten Commandments plaque barred | Federal judge says display is unconstitutional (Associated Press)
  
  
• Commandments monument ruled to be legal in Indiana (The Washington Times)
  
  
• Judge settles Ten Commandments dispute | Ten Commandments approved if it stands with four other historical monuments (Fox News)
  
  
• Ten Commandments to stay after suit is dropped | ACLU feared loss would lead to more such monuments (The Denver Post)
  
  
• Commandments take a hit in courts | The city in which the Supreme Nine sits abounds in tokens of our affinity for the Divine Ten (Don Feder, Boston Herald)
  
  
• No. 11: Thou shalt argue over the 10 | A plaque on the courthouse in West Chester has led to another U.S. court case (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
  
  

Persecution:

• Religious message gets short shrift | In emotional and patriotic tributes, members of the media have referred to Danny Pearl as their "brother." But what of Martin and Gracia Burnham? (Michelle Malkin, The Hartford Courant)
  
  
• U.S. condemns global rights abuses (BBC)
  
  
• China calls for tighter controls on religion | Just one day after the United States denounced an intensified crackdown on some religious groups in China, Premier Zhu Rongji called for stronger management of religious affairs and urged religious groups to adapt to socialist society (Reuters)
  
  
• China punishes a Christian home for the aged | Alarmed by unauthorized church services, officials in a northern suburb of Beijing have cut off the electricity for a small Christian-run home for the aged and are threatening to shut off the water supply unless the home is disbanded. (The New York Times)
  
  

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