Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The mother of a popular Toddlers and Tiaras star is on the verge of losing custody of her daughter after allowing the girl to parade around a stage dressed as Dolly Parton - complete with padded breasts and bottom.
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A Pennsylvania woman is fighting for her 23 year-old autistic son who was denied a heart transplant because of his disability.
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A prominent Oxford professor is claiming that creating "designer babies" by screening embryos for personality flaws is a moral obligation because it insures that "ethically better children" will be born and make them less likely to "harm themselves and others."
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Bishop Richard Pates of Des Moines, chairman of the Committee on International Justice and Peace of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, says Catholics need to get beyond the political party mindset and realize that their political positions should be judged by how well they express the values and truths of the faith, not the other way around.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Liberal movie reviewers are having a field day with the new Dinesh D'Souza film which expounds on President Barack Obama's past and how it figures into his governing style, with some reviewers actually panning the film without seeing anything more than a trailer.
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One of the worlds most prominent - and controversial - ethicists published an op-ed in a Scottish newspaper yesterday defending abortion, claiming that just because a baby is human doesn't mean it has a right to live.
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A new study has found that a large number of U.S. fertility organizations who recruit online for egg donors do not adhere to ethical guidelines such as warning patients of the risks involved and paying extra for desirable traits.
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In a ruling that is bound to be appealed, a federal judge in Hawaii has ruled that same-sex couples do not have a constitutional right to marry.
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A new federal discrimination lawsuit is accusing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) chief Janet Napolitano of appointing close female friends into top positions, then allowing them to humiliate and torment male employees.
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A young mother from New Jersey is suing a media company after discovering that the instructional video she made for them on breastfeeding was being used in porn films on the Internet.
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