Terminology watch
The piece, “Bible gets workout in stem-cell debate,” in today’s Kansas City Star is interesting on its own merits: Christian ESCR proponents try to use the Bible as back-up. (Most galling is a Princeton ethics professor’s use Jesus’ “least of these” words in Matthew 25 to support ESCR, when actually one can’t find less “least of these” than embryos.)
But also note the use of “early” stem cell research in place of “embryonic” stem cell research throughout the piece, authored by the paper’s religious columnist, no less.



Vocabulary Hijack Alert!
There is a new pro-life blogger in town. Her name is Jill Stanek, her blog is Pro-Life Pulse. Since 1999, Stanek has been a leading advocate for the unborn after she witnessed a live birth abortion.
Jill has a post which alerts us to a new emotional …