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2003 LifeSite Daily News Reports

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* EU Amendment to Ban Harvest of Stem Cells from Aborted Babies "Heavily Defeated"	Dec. 22/03
* This Sunday New Jersey Governor to Sign Bill Allowing Human Cloning	Dec. 19/03
* Boston Researchers Create Human Clone Embryo For Research	Dec. 17/03
* New IVF Trend: From Stem to Sperm	Dec. 11/03
* Toronto Group Discovers Stem Cells Can Be Grown From Human Skin	Dec. 10/03
* United Nations Decides to Take up Cloning Ban Resolution Again in September 2004	Dec. 09/03
* Interim Publishes Curriculum Supplements for Schools on Stem Cells and Christmas	Dec. 09/03
* Biotechnology Prof Responds to Article: "Are Adult Stem Cells a Bust?"	Dec. 08/03
* Study Claims Lack of Human Embryos for Research Will Lead to Cloning	Dec. 05/03
* Human Cloning Issue Surprisingly Back on U.N. Agenda for this Monday	Dec. 05/03
* Switzerland Approves Research on 'left-over' Human Embryos	Dec. 04/03
* European Union Ministers Again Delay Approval of Embryo Research Funding	Dec. 03/03
* Blood, Not Babies, Viable Source for Stem Cells	Dec. 02/03
* B.C. Catholic Bishops Asked Politicians to Vote Against Stem Cell Bill	Nov. 27/03
* European Union Ministers Delay Vote on Embryonic Research Funding till December 3	Nov. 26/03
* European Pro-Lifers Ask for World Wide Assistance to Convince Ireland to Reject Embryo Research Funding	Nov. 24/03
* The Ease of Umbilical Cord Blood Storage for Later Stem Cell Therapy	Nov. 24/03
* Canadian Stem Cell Expert Speaks Out on Adult vs. Embryo Stem Cell Research	Nov. 20/03
* European Parliament Votes to Fund Destructive Research on Human Embryos	Nov. 19/03
* Canada Stem Cell, Hate Crimes Bills Not Dead With Prorogation of Parliament	Nov. 14/03
* Medical Ethics Panel Says Bush-Approved Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Unsafe for Human Use	Nov. 12/03
* Canadian Delegates to United Nations Betray Canada on Cloning Ban	Nov. 06/03
* Emotional Scientist Develops Embryonic Stem Cell Lines with Private Funds	Nov. 05/03
* Canada Flip-Flops at UN: Now Supports Ban on All Forms of Human Cloning	Nov. 05/03
* Statement by Canadian Catholic Conference Head Takes Neutral Stand on Stem Cell Bill	Oct. 31/03
* Denmark Permits Destructive Research on Human Embryos	Oct. 29/03
* Canadian Pro-Life Leaders React to Stem Cell Bill Passage	Oct. 29/03
* Canadian Reproductive Technologies Bill Passes Tuesday Evening 149-109	Oct. 28/03
* Cord Blood Stem Cell Bill Introduced With Bi-Partisan Support	Oct. 27/03
* Vatican to UN: Research Cloning is “Creation of Human Beings for the Express Purpose of Destroying Them”	Oct. 27/03
* Most Canadians Want Alternatives to Embryo Research	Oct. 23/03
* November 6 Vote Likely on United Nations Cloning Ban	Oct. 22/03
* Researcher Questions Motivation of Pro-Life MPs Who Oppose Stem Cell Bill	Oct. 20/03
* Students Used as Political Fodder in Effort to Pass Controversial Canadian Stem Cell Bill	Oct. 15/03
* Embryos With Three Parents Created by Chinese	Oct. 14/03
* Adult Marrow Stem Cells Heal Burns Faster than Embryonic	Oct. 14/03
* Government Closes Door on Amendments to Canadian Stem Cell Bill	Oct. 8/03
* Liberal MP Filibusters Final Vote on Badly Flawed Canadian Stem Cell Bill	Oct. 6/03
* Canadian C-13 Reproductive Technologies Bill Debated Today for One Hour	Oct. 3/03
* Foes of Total Human Cloning Ban at the UN on the Defensive	Oct. 9/03
* Government Closes Door on Amendments to Canadian Stem Cell Bill	Oct. 8/03
* Liberal MP Filibusters Final Vote on Badly Flawed Canadian Stem Cell Bill	Oct. 6/03
* Canadian C-13 Reproductive Technologies Bill Debated Today for One Hour	Oct. 3/03
* Canadian Stem Cell Bill C-13 Scheduled for Resumed Parliamentary Final Debate Friday	Oct. 2/03
* UK Mothers Lose High Court Case to Have Their Frozen Embryonic Children Implanted	Oct. 2/03
* U.S. Grants $6.3 Million to Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research	Sep. 30/03
* German UN Reps Reject German Parliament Call for Comprehensive Ban on Cloning	Sep. 26/03
* Liberals Bring Out “Dirty Bag of Political Tricks” to Pass Flawed Reproductive Bill	Sep. 26/03
* Chinese Fusing Human Skin Cells With Rabbit Eggs to Produce Early Stage Embryos	Sep. 24/03
* Cloning Ban Split could Result in First UN Convention Necessitating Killing Innocents	Sep. 23/03
* UK Royal Society Comes Out Against Comprehensive Human Cloning Ban	Sep. 22/03
* Irish Government Allows Irish Taxes to Fund Destructive Research on Human Embryos	Sep. 22/03
* Australia Draft Regulations Require Human Embryo Drug Labelling	Sep. 20/03
* National Pro-Life Organization Urges Still More Pressure to Ensure Defeat of Canadian Reprotech Bill C-13	Sep. 18/03
* Scientists Claim First Human Clone Ready for Implantation	Sep. 16/03
* UK Fertility Specialist Warns Women are Being Experimented on With IVF	Sep. 11/03
* Russian Surgeons Removing Organs Saying Patients Almost Dead Anyways	Sep. 9/03
* Cloned Pigs Perish in ‘Adult Clone Sudden Death Syndrome’	Aug. 28/03
* Liberal Leadership Trying to Increase Support for Fall Passage of Stem Cell Bill C-13	Aug. 27/03
* Fetal Tissue Transplants Cause Disaster Again for Parkinson's Patients in Experimental Treatment	Aug. 25/03
* Cardinal Asks People to Identify with Embryos to Discourage Cloning	Aug. 18/03
* Human-Rabbit Embryos Created by Scientists; Bishops Spokesman Says Consider Them “of the Human Species”	Aug. 15/03
* British Scientists Create First Human Embryonic Stem Cells	Aug. 13/03
* American Bar Association Wants Equal Rights for Human Clones	Aug. 12/03
* Adult Stem Cells from Bone Marrow Can Repair Heart Tissue	Aug. 12/03
* Vatican Encourages United Nations to Ban All Forms of Human Cloning	Aug. 11/03
* Italian Scientist Claims Human Clone is Five-Months Gestation and Male	Aug. 5/03
* IVF Researcher Injects Male Cells into Female Embryo	Aug. 1/03
* Spanish Bishops Sanction Use of Embryo Cells from Frozen Embryos for Research	July 30/03
* Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Legislation Proposed in United States	July 29/03
* Spain Approves Destructive Research on Embryonic Humans	July 29/03
* Influential Journal Determined To Find And Publish More Embryonic Stem-Cell Studies	July 17/03
* Pro-Life Group Condemns EU Decision as Already Encroaching on Member Nations' Pro-Life Laws	July 10/03
* One In Fifteen Embryos Make The Cut With New Grading Scale For IVF	July 9/03
* Five Frozen Embryos Face Destruction Due to Broken Labels	July 8/03
* Proposed EU Guidelines Allow Research On Human Embryos	July 8/03
* Unethical Experiments Continue To Raise Public Revulsion	July 8/03
* Bishop Conference's Life and Family Arm Slams Gov't Over Marriage and Embryo Research	July 8/03
* U.S. Scientists Create Part Male Part Female Human Embryos	July 3/03
* Human Embryos Sacrificed For Experiments On Rats	July 3/03
* Scientists Push Using Aborted Babies' Eggs for In Vitro Fertilization	July 1/03
* Louisiana Legislators Fail to Pass Cloning Ban	June 26/03
* Adult Bone Marrow in Successful Cell Regeneration	June 23/03
* American Medical Association Endorses Cloning	June 17/03
* Scientists Demonstrate Benefits of Non-Embryonic Stem Cells to Senate Committee	June 16/03
* Gov't Funded Embryo Research to Proceed Despite Inaction on Stem Cell Bill	June 16/03
* House Rises for Summer Recess Without C-13 and Homosexual Hate Crime Votes	June 13/03
* Patient Experiences Dramatic Heart Function Improvement After His Stem Cells Injected Into Damaged Areas	June 12/03
* ‘Dolly’ Creator to Gets Licence to Experiment With Human Clones and Stem Cells	June 11/03
* Arthritis Society Says No to Embryonic Stem Cell Research After Meeting With Knights Of Columbus	June 10/03
* Government House Leader Says Stem Cell Bill Will Pass Before June 20	June 9/03
* ALS Society Of Canada Added To Groups Supporting Embryonic Stem Cell Research	June 3/03
* Japanese Scientists Produce Country's First Embryonic Human Stem Cells	May 29/03
* Alzheimer Society Added to Canadian Groups Supporting Embryonic Stem Cell Research	May 29/03
* Ethical Stem Cell Research Curing People Now And Needs Support	May 23/03
* Local Knights Of Columbus Leaders Warn Arthritis Society Against Funding	May 23/03
* Knights Of Columbus To Encourage Arthritis Society To Withdraw Support For Embryonic Stem Cell Research	May 22/03
* Dutch Company Loses Bid to Use Aborted New Zealand Babies for Research	May 21/03
* The Arthritis Society Position on Stem Cell Research	May 21/03
* Arthritis Society Does Not Object to Funding Embryonic Stem Cell Research	May 21/03
* Bill Proposes Labels to Indicate Products Developed With Human Embryos	May 20/03
* Health Minister Will Not Stop CIHR Gov't Funding of Human Embryo Research	May 16/03
* Canadian Gov't Research Funding Body Funds Embryonic Stem Cell Research	May 15/03
* Study Finds at Least 400,000 Human Embryos Frozen in United States	May 8/03
* Canada Multiple Sclerosis and Heart and Stroke Groups Fund Destructive Embryo Research	May 7/03
* Florida Amends Human Cloning Ban to Allow ‘Research’ Cloning	May 2/03
* Embryonic Stem Cells From Mice Changed into Mice Eggs (Ova)	May 2/03
* Adult Bone Marrow Cells ‘Take Heat Off’ Embryos	May 1/03
* Canadian Stem Cell Bill Update	April 30/03
* Stem Cells Used to Create Brain Cells	April 28/03
* U.S. Scientists Claim Successful Human Parthenogenetic Cloning	April 28/03
* Next Date Scheduled for Vote on Canadian Stem Cell Bill is Tuesday	April 23/03
* Adult Stem Cells May be Multiple Sclerosis Cure	April 17/03
* Vancouver Sun Editorial Comes Out Against Passage of Stem Cell Bill C-13	April 16/03
* Researchers Say Reproductive Cloning of Primates Not Possible	April 11/03
* Dolly'S Cloner Will Create Human Clone of Lou Gehrig Patient for Research	April 10/03
* Debate on Canadian Bill C-13 to Continue in Two Weeks	April 10/03
* European Parliament Votes to Ban Human Embryo Cloning	April 10/03
* Fertility Scientists Screen Embryos to Eliminate The Potentially Disabled	April 10/03
* U. of Pittsburgh Joins Human Embryo Cloning Consortium	April 10/03
* Researchers Want Embryonic Rather Than Adult Stem Cells to Make Money	April 9/03
* Cloned Human Embryo Photo and Explanation Released in Journal	April 9/03
* Canadian Stem Cell Bill Would Allow for Implantation and Harvesting of Human Clones	April 8/03
* UK Court of Appeals Overturns High Court Ban on ‘Designer Babies’	April 8/03
* DNA Scientist Says Individuals Have Sole Right to Decide on Genetics Issues	April 8/03
* Cloning Still Allowed in Canadian Stem Cell Bill Says MP Paul Szabo	April 4/03
* Update On Canadian Stem Cell Bill - Debate Resumes Monday	April 4/03
* New York Cloning Bill Allowed Cloned Babies to be Gestated to 9th Month	April 3/03
* Catholic And Evangelical Churches Team Up in Germany to Launch Pro-Life Week	April 3/03
* Switzerland Loses Count of Human Embryos	April 3/03
* Company Opens Russia's First Stem Cell Bank	Mar. 31/03
* North Dakota Senate Bans All Cloning in Unanimous Vote	Mar. 28/03
* Canadian House Members Vote on Amendments to Stem Cell Bill	Mar. 27/03
* Government Plans to Defeat Full Cloning Ban in Canadian Senate	Mar. 27/03
* Australian Catholic Church Grant for Adult Stem Cell Research	Mar. 26/03
* Catholic Archbishop Slams Australian Omnibus Stem Cell Bill	Mar. 26/03
* Liberals Ram Through Voting on 60 Amendments to Canadian Bill C-13	Mar. 26/03
* Arkansas Bans All Types of Cloning	Mar. 25/03
* Australia to Amend Embryo Export Ban to ‘Protect’ IVF	Mar. 25/03
* Florida University to Study Embryonic Stem Cells	Mar. 24/03
* Bone Marrow May Become Source of New Embryonic Stem Cell Lines	Mar. 19/03
* Gov't Admits Stem Cell Legislation Allows Creation of Embryos for Experimentation	Mar. 19/03
* Pro-Life MP Speaks on Motion to Ban Destructive Research on Embryos	Mar. 19/03
* Canadian Gov't Attempting to Quash Cloning Concerns	Mar. 19/03
* Adult Stem Cells Could Be Used to Treat Diabetes	Mar. 17/03
* British High Court Rejects Appeal to Stop Human Cloning	Mar. 14/03
* Australia Couple Gets Go Ahead For Designer Baby	Mar. 12/03
* Queensland Allows Embryo Research	Mar. 13/03
* Scientist Warns of Genetic Discrimination	Mar. 7/03
* U.S. House Approves Bill to Ban Cloning of Human Embryos	Feb. 28/03
* Canadian Stem Cell Bill Allows Creation of Embryos for Experimentation	Feb. 27/03
* UK Court Rules in IVF Mix-Up	Feb. 26/03
* U.S. House to Vote Thursday on Human Cloning Ban	Feb. 26/03
* MP Kenney Moves Amendment to Ban Destruction of Embryos	Feb. 26/03
* Animal Rights Group Gives Donations to Human Embryo Research Company	Feb. 25/03
* Small Group of Canadian Researchers Ask Gov't to Allow Human Cloning	Feb. 25/03
* Pope Says No One Can Be Silent on Embryo Experimentation	Feb. 24/03
* Pro-Life Victory as Cloning Bill Withdrawn in New Jersey	Feb. 10/03
* Scientists Attempt to Revive Embryo Stem Cell Research	Feb. 10/03
* Australia's First Cloned Sheep Dies of Unknown Causes	Feb. 7/03
* French Senate Votes to Ban All Types of Cloning	Feb. 5/03
* Proposed U.S. Legislation Would Allow Human Embryo Farms	Feb. 5/03
* Pro-Life, Pro-Family Groups Unanimous on Stem Cell Bill C-13	Feb. 5/03
* Pope Speaks Against In Vitro Fertilization on Italy's ‘Day of Life’	Feb. 3/03
* Fr. Richard John Neuhaus Comments on Canadian Stem Cell Legislation	Jan. 31/03
* One Opposition Party Signals Support For Stem Cell Bill as Debate Continues	Jan. 31/03
* Unethical Fetal Tissue Experiments Continue	Jan. 31/03
* Canadian Archbishop Says Catholic Politicians Cannot Support Stem Cell Bill C-13	Jan. 30/03
* Stem Cell Debate Continues in Ottawa — MP Delivers Impassioned Plea For Life	Jan. 30/03
* Sen. Brownback Launches Bill For Total Cloning Ban	Jan. 30/03
* First Day of Canadian Stem Cell House Debate Awash in Confusion	Jan. 29/03
* Canadian Bishop's Organization Urges Changes to Bill C-13	Jan. 29/03
* President's State of the Union Addresses Abortion and Cloning	Jan. 29/03
* World's Oldest Catholic University Flouts Church Teaching on Embryo Research	Jan. 27/03
* More Evidence of IVF Abnormalities	Jan. 27/03
* Germany to Screen For Birth Defects in IVF Babies	Jan. 27/03
* Scotland Catholic Leader Identifies IVF as Core Evil of Cloning	Jan. 23/03
* Germany Inching Toward Real Cloning Ban	Jan. 23/03
* Campaign Life Coalition Slams Manipulative Leger Poll on Cloning	Jan. 23/03
* Raelian Cult Leader Admits Clones May be Fakes	Jan. 23/03
* Cat Clone No Longer Resembles Original	Jan. 22/03
* Adult Bone Marrow Cells Can Become Brain Tissue	Jan. 21/03
* Cloning Doc Antinori Under Police Investigation in Italy	Jan. 21/03
* Study Shows Umbilical Cord Matrix New Rich Source of Stem Cells	Jan. 17/03
* Christian Politicians May Never Support Laws Allowing Abortion, Euthanasia, Embryo Research Says Vatican	Jan. 16/03
* Mexican Congress Promises Law Banning All Human Cloning	Jan. 16/03
* Both Cloning and IVF Carry Higher Risk For Embryos	Jan. 16/03
* Germany Considers Broader Cloning Ban	Jan. 16/03
* Malaysia Muslims Approve Cloning, Abortion up to 120 Days	Jan. 9/03
* Human Cloning Will Produce Monster ‘99% of The Time’, Says Russian Scientist	Jan. 6/03
* Adult Stem Cells Rejuvenate Damaged Heart Tissue	Jan. 3/03
* Bush Policy Favouring Adult Stem Cell Research Angers Embryo Researchers	Jan. 3/03

updated 07.02.04

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