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PRESIDENT BUSH MAY SIGN EXECUTIVE ORDER PROMOTING STEM CELL RESEARCH
Washington, DC -- With the House of Representatives a day away from a major battle on whether to force taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research, advisors for President Bush say he is considering signing an executive order promoting stem cell research that doesn't involve the destruction of human life. The White House Domestic Policy Council is slated to release a report today highlighting the progress and benefits of non-embryonic stem cell research. The report will highlight a new study from researchers at Wake Forest University that found stem cells derived from amniotic fluid appear to offer many of the same benefits of embryonic stem cells. Source: Life News, January 10, 2007

PRO-LIFE GROUP RELEASES NEW LIST OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD ABORTION DONORS
Washington, DC-- A pro-life organization that monitors corporations that donate money to Planned Parenthood has released a new list of companies that give money to the nation's largest abortion business. New corporations on the boycott list include jeweler Tiffany & Company and Blackjack Pizza restaurants. Life Decisions International has been monitoring companies for over 15 years and says that at least 137 corporations have stopped funding Planned Parenthood as a result of the pro-life boycotts. That's cost Planned Parenthood an estimated $35 million. "This should be a testament to those who believe it is impossible to change corporate philanthropic behavior," LDI president Douglas Scott said. Source: Life News, January 10, 2007

AMNIOTIC CELLS WILL IMPACT HOUSE DEBATE ON EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH
Washington, DC -- News that scientists have been able to successfully manipulate stem cells found in amniotic fluid and that they have similar potential to embryonic stem cells may affect the Congressional debate on a bill to force taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research. The House is expected to vote Thursday on its version of the legislation. However, the top two sponsors of the bill are denying both the potential of the amniotic cells and the effect news about it may have on the debate. Source: Life News, January 9, 2007

SWISS EUTHANASIA GROUP UNDER FIRE AFTER PAINFUL ASSISTED SUICIDE DEATH
Zurich, Switzerland -- A Swiss euthanasia group that says it has coordinated the deaths of more than 600 people at its clinics there is coming under fire after a German woman apparently suffered tremendous pain when she died at one of its facilities. The Sonntags Zeitung newspaper in Zurich reported Sunday that a 43 year-old German woman with the initial A.H. screamed in pain for over four minutes before her death. The Dignitas group gave her a lethal cocktail last November that eventually took her life. Source: Life News, September 18, 2006