In a report from the London Times, Fifty babies a year are alive after abortion - Sunday Times - Times Online, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is concerned about quality control in British abortions. Apparently up to 50 babies a year have survived abortion procedures, proving to be somewhat of an embarrassment to those involved in the procedures as well as to the government.

A report from the BBC, "EU warned on 'secret CIA jails'", details a threatened suspension of voting rights for EU states that cooperated with the alleged CIA secret prison system. Franco Frattini, the EU Justice Minister declared, said the BBC, "a suspension of voting rights would be justified if any country is found to have breached the bloc's founding principles of human rights, democracy and the rule of law."

From CNN comes a bizarre story of a young lady dying from her boyfriend's peanut breath kiss: "Girl with peanut allergy dies after kiss". Life is not always as smooth as we would like it to be.

Missouri has been called the "Show me!" state. A CNN report, "Priests urge stem cell opposition", suggests that priests throughout Missouri have been mobilized to defend the dignity of human life. I am tempted, of course, to say "Show me!" Show me that you care enough about the issues to form a united front in the culture wars.

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