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Round-Up: Republicans Pledge to Stop Stem Cell Bill Again
(CNSNews.com) -Democrats in the House of Representatives on Thursday once again passed legislation that would expand federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, but Republicans pledged to uphold an anticipated presidential veto. Full Story

No Need to Destroy Embryos, Several Studies Show
(CNSNews.com) - Three different group studies published this week document the successful creation of stem cells without destroying human embryos. The studies were reported the same day the House of Representatives passed the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, allowing federal funding for more types of embryonic stem cell research. The Senate passed the bill in April. Full Story

Bill Would Force Pharmacists to Offer Contraception
(CNSNews.com) - Congressional Democrats and other advocates of emergency contraception on Wednesday introduced a bill that would require pharmacies to offer emergency birth control, even if the pharmacists object to doing so on moral grounds. Full Story

Embryonic Stem Cell Research Turns Women Into 'Human Factories,' Group Says(CNSNews.com) - A bill expanding federal funding of embryonic stem cell research - which cleared the House and faces a presidential veto - "belittles women" and turns them into "human factories," a pro-life group said Thursday. But a group in favor of the bill is calling on President Bush to "do the right thing" and sign it into law. Full Story

Pro-Lifers Split Over Partial Birth Abortion Ruling
(CNSNews.com) - The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding a federal ban on partial-birth abortions has failed to satisfy some conservatives, and by some accounts, that ruling has created a split among pro-lifers. Full Story

Bill Could ''Gut'' Policy Denying Aid to Pro-Abortion Groups
(CNSNews.com) - A measure approved by a House of Representatives panel would "basically gut" the U.S. policy of banning foreign aid to groups that provide or promote abortions, a conservative analyst charged on Wednesday. Full Story

Women Urge More Funding for Contraception
(CNSNews.com) - Marking the anniversary of a 1965 Supreme Court decision dealing with access to birth control, liberal women's rights groups Thursday announced a new legislative push, charging that women were "still fighting for the right to contraceptives." Full Story

LifeNews

ANALYSIS OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD REPORT SHOWS ABORTIONS, NO ADOPTIONS
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Further analysis of the new annual report submitted by Planned Parenthood shows why it has earned the dubious distinction of being the nation's largest abortion business. While the report shows it made hundreds of millions of dollars from abortions, it shows no adoption referrals.

PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE TAKEN TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD ABORTION CTR
Manchester, NH (LifeNews.com) -- Parents in New Hampshire are outraged after learning that the YMCA, in partnership with a local school district, took a group of junior high school students to a Planned Parenthood abortion business. The Manchester school district has come under fire for the trip and promises students will never go there again.

SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI CALLS EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH "GIFT FROM GOD"
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has drawn guffaws from the pro-life community for comments saying that embryonic stem cell research, which involves the destruction of days-old human embryos, is a "gift from God." Her remarks came after the House approved a bill to force Americans to fund it.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD BRINGS IN 900M DOLLARS THANKS TO ABORTION BUSINESS
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- In their public relations campaigns and efforts to appear more moderate, Planned parenthood claims that they are much more than an abortion business. However, Planned Parenthood's latest annual report reveals it made $902.8 million dollars from 2005-2006 and did 264,943 abortions.