[wagglebee]

A wonderful Christmas message from the Archbishop of Canterbury.

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Abp. of Canterbury: "We Cannot Regard Unborn Children as Less Than Members Of The Human Family"

LONDON, December 17, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In a Christmas greeting sent Monday to the 70-million strong Anglican Communion, the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams included a decidedly pro-life message. While his ambivalence on homosexuality has contributed to the near-collapse of the Communion, Williams' pro-life stance was welcomed at his installation as head of the Anglican Communion.

"God chose to show himself to us in a complete human life, telling us that every stage in human existence, from conception to maturity and even death, was in principle capable of telling us something about God," reads the 2008 Christmas message...

[BykrBayb]

Are there any threads on these two updates yet?

Stepfather (Jason Strickland) to serve 12 to 15 years in Haleigh Poutre case http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/12/stepfather_to_s.html

Surgeon (Dr. Hootan Roozrokh) not guilty in Calif. organ harvesting case (Ruben Navarro) http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hhpmLm1R9_xt1bRRdborCLyf0DMAD955F8J80

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[wagglebee]

American and European physicians should start taking lessons from their Korean counterparts.

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South Korean Physicians Refuse to Pull Life Support from Disabled Woman, Appeal to Supreme Court

SEOUL, S. Korea, December 19, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Doctors at Severance Hospital in Sinchon-dong are refusing to carry out the sentence of the Western District Court ordering doctors to remove life support, including feeding tubes, from a comatose woman. The physicians are appealing the ruling to S. Korea's Supreme Court.

AsiaNews reports that the administration of Severance Hospital said that it would wait until December 17, the deadline established by the District Court for carrying out the euthanasia, before taking any action, and has now rejected the court's decision.

"This is a question concerning life, and requires the highest degree of prudence," said hospital director Park Chang-Il.

LifeSiteNews reported earlier this month on the case, which centers on 75-year-old Kim Ok-kyung, who fell into what was reported as both a "coma" and a "persistent vegetative state" in February while undergoing a lung examination.

The patient’s family filed a court request in May asking the hospital to take the woman off life-support, claiming that extending Kim's life using medical devices would prolong her "painful and meaningless" existence. The Seoul Western District court accepted the request to halt treatment, ordering the removal of feeding and ventilator tubes.

Anti-euthanasia groups are condemning the decision by the District Court, which requires the suspension of both feeding and artificial ventilation...