Here’s a preview of today’s Washington Update.

• Moderately Alarming
• The Slaughter Doctrine
• Rise to the Challenge, Rally to the Cause!
• A Bright Torch Has Been Passed

Here’s some news clips we are looking at today.

• “Stem cells crucial to diabetes cure in mice,” Physorg.com (March 16, 2009)
• “On Africa trip, pope says condoms won’t solve AIDS,” Victor L. Simpson, Associated Press (March 17, 2009)
• “Following civil unions precedent, Maine same-sex ‘marriage’ bill proposed,” Catholic News Agency (March 17, 2009)
• “Jury selection begins for Kan. abortion provider,” Roxana Hegeman, Associated Press (March 16, 2009)
• “Stifling the messengers,” Mindy Belz, World Magazine (March 28, 2009)
• “Sex ed a great divide,” Cheryl Wetzstein, The Washington Times (March 17, 2009)
• “More Oregon Patients Killed Via Assisted Suicide as Activists Infiltrate Hospice,” Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com (March 16, 2009)
• ” Euthanasia, Pornography Advocates Confirmed For DOJ,” Commentary, North Country Gazette (March 12, 2009)
• “New England surpasses West Coast as least religious region in America, study finds,” Joanna Lin, The Los Angeles Times (March 16, 2009)
• “Church-state separation is well-established in laws,” Charles Sumner, The Tennessean (March 16, 2009)
• “A few states buck stem cell trend with bans,” Reuters (March 17, 2009)

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