2008 Life and Family News Review
The following compilation of major life and family issues news releases is arranged by month for the year 2008.
Same-Sex Civil Unions Begin in New Hampshire Schiavo-Type Case Heats Up Over Bronx Teen Supreme Court Turns Down Michigan Appeal on Partial-Birth Abortion Oregon's Domestic Partnership Law for Same-Sex Couples on Hold South Dakota Abortion-Ultrasound Bill Introduced Abortion Rate Falls to Lowest Since 1974 FDA Issues Warning on Birth Control Patch Risks Federal Judge Rules Missouri Must Issue 'Choose Life' Plates Australia's Dr. Death Arrested in New Zealand British Scientists Clone Embryos from Three Parents Oregon Court Records Indicate 'Mercy Killing' Victim Was Not Terminally-Ill UCLA Study: Human Skin Cells Reprogrammed Into Embryonic Stem Cells South Korean Firm Begins Commercial Dog Cloning Luxembourg Adopts Bill Legalizing Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide Suicide Rate Increase Among Middle Americans Baffles Health Officials Federal Judge Dismisses Suit on Barr's Morning-After Pill South Dakota Gov. Signs Abortion-Ultrasound Regulation 1 in 4 Teen Girls Has Sexually-Transmitted Disease, Gov't Study Reveals Report Shows 49 Oregonians Took Their Lives by Assisted Suicide in 2007 U.S. Ruling Upholds Wisconsin University's Embryonic Stem Cell Patents Ohio Abortion-Ultrasound Bill Signed Into Law Man Pronounced Dead Continues Recovery After ATV Accident French Woman Denied Assisted Suicide Dies from Barbiturate Overdose Nebraska Enacts Law to Ban State-Funded Human Cloning British Scientists Create First Hybrid Embryos British Pro-Life Groups File Suit Challenging Hybrid Cloning Licenses Idaho Gov. Signs Anti-Coercion Abortion Measure Into Law Second French Woman Calls for Right to Assisted Suicide Okla. Legislature Overrides Abortion-Ultrasound Bill Veto Federal Study Reveals Decline in Teen Pregnancy, Abortions So. Carolina Approves Abortion-Ultrasound Bill So. Dak. Abortion Ban To Be Placed on Nov. Ballot Kansas Senate Fails Veto Override of Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Dutch Euthanasia Rates Rise Again, Bioethicist Questions Numbers CDC Report Shows Suicide Rate Highest Among Seniors Human Cloning Measure Defeated in Southern Australia Michigan Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Traditional Marriage FDA Urged to Remove Birth Control Patch from Market CA Supreme Court Rules to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage Canada Eyes OTC Sales of Morning-After Pill Disgraced Scientist Begins Animal Cloning Business Pres. Bush Signs Bill to Ban Genetic Discrimination Oregon Patient Informed State's Health Plan Covers Assisted Suicide, Not Cancer California Supreme Court Rules to Allow Same-Sex Marriages CDC Report Shows Slight Increase in Teen Sexual Activity Adult Stem Cell Findings Advance Parkinson's Treatment Ohio Gov. Vetoes Ban on Human Cloning Funding Average U.S. Life Expectancy Tops 78 Years Michigan Governor Vetoes Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Court Allows Enforcement of South Dakota Abortion Notification Law Wisconsin Abortions Drop for 4th Straight Year Assisted Suicide Initiative Gains Necessary Ballot Signatures Father's Age Confirmed as Key Factor in Reduced Fertility Rates Over Half of Gun Deaths Involve Suicide Brazilian Lawmakers Reject Measure to Legalize Abortion South Dakota Abortion Informed Consent Law Takes Effect Oregon Man Told State Will Pay for Assisted Suicide, Not Medical Care Vote Clears Way for Out-of-State Same-Sex Couples to Wed in Massachusetts South Korea Denies Disgraced Scientist's Cloning License Norwegian Study Shows Abortion-Depression Link South Korean Firm Delivers First Commercial Dog Clones Anti-Euthanasia Leader Warns Washington Assisted Suicide Drive Gaining Ground Towards Legalization Throughout U.S. Calif. Supreme Court Ruling Bars Doctor Discrimination Based on Religious Beliefs Illinois Transcript Reveals Obama Backed Infanticide Michigan Embryonic Stem Cell Proposal Approved for Nov. Ballot Reported Euthanasia Cases in Netherlands Climb Ten Percent in 2007 Assisted Suicide Measure Defeated in Australia's Victoria Aussies Issue First License to Clone Human Embryos Down Syndrome Test Risky for All Babies, According to British Study Abortion Trend Shows Significant Profile Change British Baroness Expresses "Duty to Die" for Dementia Sufferers Parental-Notification Laws Reduce Abortions, Study Finds Russian Official Reveals Alarming Abortion, Infertility Rates Study Finds Prenatal Testing Results Often Lead to Abortion Study Shows Another Increase in National Youth Suicide Death Rate Ortho Evra Birth Control Settlements Exceed $68.7 Million Connecticut Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage President Bush Signs Largest Adoption Incentives Bill In Decade Breakthrough Research: Quick, Effective Production of Ethical Stem Cells From Human Hair UK Rugby Star's Suicide Fuels Euthanasia Acceptance Embryo and Cloning Bill Easily Passes in British Commons World's First Mouse Cloned from Frozen Cell Scottish Politician Ready to Launch Assisted Suicide Bill Study: TV Sexual Content and Teen Pregnancy Linked Many Washington Doctors Oppose New Assisted Suicide Law Non-Terminally Ill Increasingly Seek Swiss Assisted Suicide Oklahoma Abortion-Ultrasound Law Stalled Until March Uruguay President Vetoes Abortion Bill New Study Links Abortion with Increased Mental Health Problems Montana Becomes Third State to Allow Assisted Suicide British TV Airing of Man's Assisted Suicide Sparks Uproar Same-Sex Marriage Fight Moves to New Jersey Study Shows Single Adult Stem Cell Can Self-Renew Tissue in Live Mammal China Increases Financial Stipend for One-Child Families Doctors Report First Successful Ovary Transplant to Reverse Infertility Study Shows Success of Children Living With Married, Church-Going Parents Luxembourg Parliament Narrowly Passes Euthanasia Law
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