Word: vitalism
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...embryo is a whole, living member of the human species in its earliest stage of development, not just a potential one or a part of one." This leaves out one critical factor: a mother's uterus is needed to complete gestation. Until we recognize the mother as the vital, key component to creating new life, we will continue to make egregious errors in public policy. Abby Loberg, GRANBY, COLO...
...long. The State House instead must prepare itself to contend with this multigenerational, multifarious problem. Family support services must be extended to these new mothers who might otherwise be taking the MCAS—follow-up programs, information about schools and parenting, and health services form up a vital base to promoting a secure environment for these mothers. As their children enter school, whatever reductions may have been made in sexual education programs must be reversed promptly; Massachusetts simply cannot afford this misguided attempt at cost-cutting. Beyond lecturing students about the consequences of unsafe sex, the state should...
...couple. So forcing their main tormentors in the media to publicly say in court that the McCanns are "completely innocent of any involvement in their daughter's disappearance" may be their best chance at gaining an official exoneration. It's scant comfort for their loss, surely, but vital for their reputations...
...home is in the hands of a Dijon judge, who is set to hand down his decision Monday. Sebire's lawyers argue that current laws pertaining to terminal patients can be interpreted to allow active euthanasia. The political consequences of that ruling will be as grave as Sebire's vital stake in it. Members of France's center-right government have rejected Sebire's appeal in virtual unison, arguing that existing legislation, laid down in 2005, allows families and doctors of terminal patients to withhold life-sustaining treatment, but in no way permits active measures to provoke death. Sebire...
...culture of death. I say to those responsible: Convert! Convert! One day the judgment of God will come!" These words should take root in the conscience of all who call themselves Christian. Yet destroying the bond between politics and organized crime is not just an ethical choice, but a vital necessity for democracy and a basic exercise of self-defense...