Ethics
NEWS FEATURE: RU-486’s Debut Is Likely to Alter Abortion Debate
c. 2000 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ As supporters and opponents of legal abortion prepare to square off one more time to mark the Jan. 22 anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing most abortions, the Food and Drug Administration is quietly preparing to radical...
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NEWS FEATURE: Catholic report gives managed care mixed ethical grade
c. 1999 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ The weeks are running out for 8-year-old Jason Martin. He has a deadly brain tumor, and one last hope _ a new cancer-fighting drug being tested several hundred miles away.
The Martins, a family of modest means, have health insurance through...
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NEWS STORY: Lawmakers again targeting assisted suicide
c. 1999 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Key members of Congress are preparing to renew their attacks on Oregon's physician-assisted-suicide law with legislation to be introduced as soon as this week.
They have already picked up the support of the National Hospice Organization,...
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COMMENTARY: God’s new story
c. 1999 Religion News Service
(Tom Ehrich is a pastor, writer and software developer living in Winston-Salem, N.C.)
UNDATED _ This flight from Newark to Rome is full and the passengers restless. Rome is merely eight hours away. I anticipate a hot meal and a feature film. What I do...
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NEWS ANALYSIS: Pope’s execution stance may test conservative U.S. Roman Catholics
c. 1999 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Long used to standing solidly with Pope John Paul II against birth control, abortion rights and assisted suicide, America's Roman Catholic conservatives have been suddenly challenged by the pope's forceful condemnation of a conservative touchs...
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COMMENTARY: Heeding anti-cult warnings
c. 1999 Religion News Service
(Rabbi Rudin is the National Interreligious Affairs Director of the American Jewish Committee.)
(UNDATED) On Nov. 18, 1978, nearly 1,000 people were murdered in the People's Temple commune in Jonestown, Guyana. Among the victims was Rep. Leo J. Ryan,...
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COMMENTARY: Haunted by the Ghost of Christmas Presents
c. 1999 Religion News Service
(Kathleen O'Brien is a columnist for The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J.)
UNDATED _ I have a friend who is an important part of my life. We talk several times a week, and I can't count the number of times she's bailed me out of problems big and small.
My he...
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Relief worker charged with vehicular manslaughter awaits trial
c. 1999 Religion News Service
TBILISI, Georgia _ An American Catholic Relief Services worker facing charges of vehicular manslaughter believes this week's papal visit to this former Soviet republic may help his case."I work for a Catholic organization and I would hope that it would be...
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NEWS STORY: In booming economy, giving to charity is up
c. 1999 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ The point is pretty obvious: When Americans have more money, they give more money to charity. An impressive $175 billion last year.
Giving by individuals, encouraged by the buoyant economy, is up 10 percent, and it's up for the third cons...
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NEWS FEATURE: Americans giving more time, less money
c. 1999 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Americans are more willing to give their time to good causes than their money these days.
A recent survey of household giving and volunteering shows that despite a booming economy, the financial contribution rate stayed at just about the...
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