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Australian ethicist working at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics claims that humanity has a “moral obligation” to use in vitro fertilization (IVF) to select the most intelligent embryos for the good of society, with the obvious implication that the less intelligent “surplus” embryos should simply be destroyed. Professor Julian Savulescu of Melbourne made the statement while commenting on an economic modeling research paper by Oxford University ethicists Andres Sandberg and Nick Bostrom, who claim that a rise in humanity’s IQ would result in a reduction in poverty, welfare dependency, crowding of jails, school dropout rates, out-of-wedlock births, and...

One of the latest four sets of remains found on a Long Island beach linked to the Craigslist Ripper belongs to a baby or child - and not a grown woman, it was revealed today. The remains were found last week among four sets of bodies several miles away from where the bodies of four prostitutes were located in December. But the victim may not be related to the other New York murders as a young person’s body ‘would not fit a serial killer’s pattern’, according to law enforcement sources.

Still Going That Extra Smile: The Baby Seen Grinning In The Womb SOPHIE BORLAND 10th April 2011 It's hardly surprising that baby Joseph Henry keeps smiling – he’s been doing it since long before he was born. As the Daily Mail revealed in October, Joseph wore an unmistakable grin in a scan taken when his mother was only 17 weeks pregnant. [Pics in URL] And as this delightful picture of him at almost three months old shows, practice makes perfect. Happy chappie: Joseph at almost three months - and still smiling His parents Sam and Louise say he is very...

Is this breastfeeding doll, aimed at young girls, the stuff of a pedophile’s fantasy? Or is it a harmless toy that teaches young girls the importance of nurturing and parenting–skills that she will need in the future? The doll, which hits U.S. stores this spring, is called the Breast Milk Baby, and has already been sold in the European market for a couple of years: A doll that imitates a breast-feeding infant teaches nurturing, the toy’s maker says, but some parents are outraged. Berjuan Toys’ “Breast Milk Baby” comes with a special halter top, ABC News reports. The top has...

Crazy or Brilliant? Pregnant women can 'see' their baby 24/7 The device is called PreVue and it could allow pregnant women see their baby 24/7. Women could wear it around their abdomens to see real images of their babies. Its kind of like ultrasound. "The screen is made from a stretchable e-textile, so it will grow along with the mother." Some think.. PreVue could help expecting parents bond with children before birth.

Melanie Phillips wrote about the quintuple murder of the Fogel family, and in the course of her observations wrote: To the New York Times, it’s not the Arab massacre of a Jewish family which has jeopardised ‘peace prospects’ — because the Israelis will quite rightly never trust any agreement with such savages — but instead Israeli policy on building more homes, on land to which it is legally and morally entitled, which is responsible instead for making peace elusive. I don’t see why you can’t describe men who decapitate a baby as “savages”, and I don’t see why you can’t...

Mark Krikorian at the brings up some excellent and under-reported points in the illegal alien issue. We’re all aware of the problem of millions of illegal aliens coming across our borders, many of whom are likely terrorists slipping into our country with ill-intent and who knows what else (maybe a suitcase nuke or a dirty bomb?). Yet our federal government refuses to do anything about it. We’re all also aware of the millions of illegal aliens who have been here for years, yet our federal government is unwilling to track them down, capture them and deport them. We are also...

The winner of yesterday’s Eyebrow Dog video challenge is Free Republic’s MomwithHope who came up with this: My political analogy is the owner of the dog is Obama. He gave the dog (us) eyebrows, something a dog doesn’t need or want. Obama gave us Obamacare which we either need or want. The he tries to reward us so we buy into the entitlement culture. So Obama – treat giver. Dog – us. Eyebrows- Obamacare. Treats – more government handouts. Don’t we look ridiculous?? so am I onto something or have I just been up since 3am. America with Obamacare is...

Truly this is a miracle from God indeed!!!! Today, after spending most of my day out for reasons of having to do jury duty in Hartford, and trying to catch up with the news, saw this article posted over at Drudgereport.com with this headline: “PLUCKED FROM THE RUBBLE” Clicking on the posted link, I got the chance to see a picture of what looked like a member from what I was able to read, from the Japan self-defense force holding a four-month-old baby girl after being rescued.

If you're having a bad day, stop what you're doing and watch this! Even if you're not having a bad day, you will thoroughly enjoy this truly LOL-worthy video of an 8-month-old baby boy laughing at the sound of paper ripping. In the video we are shown an adorable child laughing as his father rips up pieces of paper. To make the video even better: according to the video's poster the paper was a job rejection letter. UPDATE: The above video did indeed go viral, and the delightful pair have been identified as 33-year-old, stay-at-home dad, Marcus McArthur, and his...

ARLINGTON- A Mansfield baby boy born in the parking lot of an Arlington nightclub at closing time Tuesday morning had a lot of help from some emergency responders in Arlington. Arlington Fire Engine 5 and paramedics from ambulance eleven with Arlington Medical Response got the call just before two in the morning. Nate Jones had to pull over at the Flashdancer Club parking lot because the baby could not wait. Amenze Jones, mom, was in labor and the baby was coming. Arlington firefighter Edwin Martinez and Arlington paramedics Michael Wynn and Mark Schellenberger raced to the scene a quarter mile...

Family Appealing Hospital's Decision on Baby Joseph's Life London, Ontario -- The family of a 13-month-old baby boy says they are appealing the decision by a Canadian hospital to not allow him to have a tracheotomy so they can bring him home as they did eight years ago with their baby daughter Zina. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/02/28/family-appealing-hospitals-decision-on-baby-josephs-life/

"'Becoming a grandmother at 29 is my worst nightmare' says mum after discovering her 14-year-old daughter is pregnant" A woman who is set to become Britain's youngest grandmother at 29 said it was 'her worst nightmare' when she discovered her 14-year-old daughter was pregnant. Kelly John said she always hoped Tia would not repeat her mistake and become pregnant at 14. But after getting over the shock, the grandmother-to-be has vowed to do 'everything' to bring up the new baby.

A dear friend's only daughter was taken into the hospital for an emergency C-section this morning. The child's heart had stopped beating and the baby wasn't breathing. The child was put on life support and was last listed in critical and unstable condition. She has since been life flighted to Tulane, and my friend is currently making the drive to New Orleans to be with her grand daughter. PLEASE pray for this little child!

A dead newborn baby was found at Oprah Winfrey's girls school in South Africa, the South African daily The Times reported Friday. According to police, a 17-year-old student at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls gave birth to a child Wednesday and disposed of the body at the school, located 25 miles (40 km) south of Johannesburg. Police are not sure if the newborn was killed or died of natural causes.

Federal Court Orders Obama Administration to Act on Stalled Deepwater Drilling Permits Calls permitting delays "unreasonable, unacceptable and unjustified" WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Obama Administration's de facto drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico was once again struck down in Federal Court. U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman granted a preliminary injunction requiring that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) act within 30 days on five pending permit applications from Ensco. "The court has now clearly found that the Obama Administration's refusal to act on permits is causing irreparable harm to companies, families and people of...

When her pregnant niece Kim Tennyson started nesting, Nadine Rogers joked that the baby was going to show up in the wee hours. "She was cleaning house and washing and running the vacuum," Rogers told AOL News. Tennyson had reported to the hospital more than once in recent days with contractions. Each time, she was told her surges were of the Braxton Hicks (pre-labor) variety. "I told her, 'You watch, that baby's going to hit you at 2 in the morning,'" said Rogers, who, although she is Tennyson's aunt, has been called "Grandma" since Tennyson's mother left her at 9...

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Authorities have arrested a woman they say left the infant she had just delivered in a toilet at a South Carolina sports and concert arena. Police Chief Terri Wilfong says the 25-year-old woman from Easley is a married mother of a 4-year-old. Authorities say Jessica Blackham was arrested on Tuesday night after she came to the Greenville police station accompanied by family members.

This video was taken in Anchorage, AK. back in June 2008. A good Sunday video to get you ready for the week. The person who took the video had this to say about the day they took the video.      "It was a warm day and mother was lying down next to the shed for a couple of hours. We finally realized that she was overheated so I put the sprinkler out for her and her little one discovered it first.  I wasn't nervous because the mother is a neighborhood moose and has been coming to our yard for years...

A follower of Charles Manson who has been imprisoned longer than any other woman in California is facing a parole hearing on her conviction in the Sharon Tate killings.