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• Wesley J. Smith says that laws dealing with Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) “are increasingly authorizing doctors to unilaterally overturn surrogate wishes and patient advance directives….”

  The laws vary from state to state, but in Vermont and Maryland, a physician can place a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order on a patient’s chart without the consent of the patient or designated patient advocate. Smith writes:
  

  Not coincidentally, Vermont has a single payer healthcare plan it can’t pay for. Some have called for the cost savings to come from assisted suicide legalization – now done – and healthcare rationing.

I have a new poll question up: You picked right on Bachmann and Huntsman. Now, who do you think will be the next GOP presidential candidate to drop from the race? Yes, Jon Huntsman, as you predicted, dropped from the race yesterday. So who do you predict next will be winnowed out? Vote on the […]

Last night an issue that infuriates most pro-lifers – that of Republican leadership promoting pro-abortion candidates – arose by means of the most vile example possible: partial birth abortion. During Fox’s Republican presidential debate, Michele Bachmann accused Newt Gingrich of campaigning for pro-pba candidates, and just as bad, of using his power as Speaker of […]

UPDATE 12/15, 6p: Rick Perry became the fourth Republican candidate to sign the pledge today. 12/14, 12:04p: Personhood USA announced this morning that three Republican presidential contenders have signed its Personhood Pledge. Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, and Rick Santorum have all signed the pledge, which states: I stand with President Ronald Reagan in supporting “the […]

UPDATE 12/3, 7:49a: In light of Gingrich’s comment yesterday, Dr. David Prentice has listed all the presidential candidates’ statements on embryonic stem cell research at the Family Research Council Action blog. 12/2, 3:41p: For such a supposedly smart man, presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich sure is stupid on the subject of biology. Gingrich told ABC’s Jake […]

Featuring “adorable” condom embroidery and a uterus belt buckle Yesterday Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota was proud to unveil its “first edition of the Planned Parenthood Advocate Gift Guide!” I can only imagine one of my sons unwrapping this “adorable condom craft”… Then there’s the “Uterus Belt Buckle” (not to be mistaken for […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat Ramesh Ponnuru notes presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s history (which includes various quotes noting his favoring of funding research using “cells in a fertility clinic”) with human embryonic stem cell research.In the meantime, Michele Bachmann is going after Gingrich on abortion and claiming that he has “failed to meet […]

My top five favorite political cartoons for the week, first by Gary McCoy at Townhall.com…  … and yes, Pelosi really did make that ridiculous claim about the Protect Life Act, passed in the U.S. House October 13, which would ensure federal funds do not pay for abortion in Obamacare by reflecting the Hyde Amendment. Both […]