Here’s what we are reading today.

• “Elementary blots out ‘In God We Trust’,” Drew Zahn, WorldNetDaily (March 3, 2009)
• “Exactly Wrong on the Economy,” Newt Gingrich, Human Events (March 3, 2009)
• “Will Obama’s Vision Sabotage Religion?,” Mark Galli, Christianity Today (March 3, 2009)
• “Prayer doesn’t belong in schools,” The Star-Ledger (March 4, 2009)
• “Measure would move sex ed in Texas away from abstinence-only,” Kelley Shannon, Associated Press (March 3, 2009)
• “Obama to Repeal Bush Abortion Regulation,” FOXNews (March 3, 2009)
• “Charges filed against clinic co-owner in abortion case,” CNN (March 4, 2009)
• “Budget cuts endanger stem-cell research in N.J.,” Adrienne Lu, The Philadelphia Inquirer (March 4, 2009)
• “Stem Cell Research- Cord Blood Stem Cells Give Spinal Cord Injury Patient Feeling In His Body Again,” Don Margolis, Culture11 (March 4, 2009)

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is not just another massive bureaucracy. It is the largest department in the federal government, with a proposed budget of $821 billion for 2010. In contrast, the Defense Department’s budget of $534 seems puny.

Much of the HHS budget is composed of outlays for two “entitlement” programs, Medicare and Medicaid. Yet HHS is a vast federal agency, laden with sub-agencies and programs, most of which are unfamiliar to the American people but many of which have a direct bearing on federal policy regarding pre-born life, in our own country and internationally.

Now, with the nomination of abortion advocate Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D-KS) to be HHS Secretary, President Obama has signaled his willingness to use the nation’s largest Cabinet department as a means of advancing a radical abortion agenda.

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In the latest Mapping America, the National Survey of Children’s Health shows that children who live with both biological parents or two adoptive parents are much less likely to repeat a grade than those who do not.

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Here’s some of the buzz from the blogosphere.

• “Project Design Your Child,” Crystal Clear Conservative BBC News reported that an L.A. fertility clinic is allowing parents to select the hair and eye color for their children. I have to agree with the comment,”Every child is beautiful and is a gift from our Creator. In our image conscious society, I guess not.”
• “Hi, Sasha, Malia. Got a second?,” Moe Lane, RedState There are provisions within the Omnibus Bill that could threaten D.C. school vouchers.
• “New Research May Eliminate Need for Embryonic Stem Cells,” Conservative Belle
• “Catholics United and Abortion numbers: A Scholarly Look,” Tom McClusky, Kitchen Table Blog

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Here’s what we are reading today.

• “In-Vitro Fertilization Limit Is Sought,” Betsy McKay, The Wall Street Journal (March 3, 2009)
• “Calif. Legislature supports gay marriage challenge,” Don Thompson, Associated Press (March 2, 2009)
• “Suze Orman explains the financial importance of gay marriage,” Zac Bissonnette, WalletPop (March 2, 2009)
• “Gay marriage ban supporters to rally in Raleigh,” Associated Press (March 3, 2009)
• “Utah is No. 1 – for online pornography consumption,” Dawn House, The Salt Lake Tribune (March 2, 2009)
• “Pa. drug court lends woman $275 for abortion,” Associated Press (March 3, 2009)
• “Pluripotent self-delusion,” Mona Charen, Jewish World Review (March 3, 2009)
• “Religious Persecution on the Horn of Africa,” Doug Bandow, The American Spectator (March 3, 2009)
• “Designer baby row over US clinic,” BBC News (March 2, 2009)
• “Guilty consciences,” Cal Thomas, World Magazine (March 3, 2009)
• “Inmates and kids,” Marvin Olasky, World Magazine (March 3, 2009)

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Here’s some of the buzz from the blogosphere today.

• “Inspiring Investor Confidence: Oh, Never Mind!,” Doug Bandow, AmSpecBlog The Dow keeps on dropping, and things are not looking very pretty for the economy at this point.
• “RIP Paul Harvey,” See-Dubya, MichelleMalkin.com A legend in conservative broadcast journalism passed on this weekend, and this is among the tributes in his memory.
• “Sebelius on unborn victims “I have real serious problems with that,” Tom McClusky, Kitchen Table Blog
• “Abortion is Obama’s Achilles Heel,” Connie Mackey, Kitchen Table Blog

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Here’s what we are reading today.

• “‘Ethical’ stem cell creation hope,” BBC News (March 1, 2009)
• “Researchers Find Safer Way to Produce Stem Cell Alternative,” Rob Stein, The Washington Post (March 2, 2009)
• “Official: Obama to Reverse Bush Abortion Regulation,” Associated Press (February 27, 2009)
• “Stimulating Religious Discrimination,” Richard Land, The Christian Post (March 1, 2009)
• “Face of “Focus on the Family” Steps Down,” Rachel Galleher, WNCT (March 1, 2009)
• “Pope: workers, families must be crisis priority,” Associated Press (March 1, 2009)
• “Death, Marriage and the State Supreme Court,” Garvin Thomas, MSNBC (March 2, 2009)
• “Push for Same Sex Marriage Ban in Mountain State,” Jerry Echemann, The State Journal (March 2, 2009)
• “‘Red’ states are hotbeds for online pornography,” Sarah Boesveld, The Globe & Mail (March 2, 2009)
• “Abortion advocates give pro-lifers an opening,” Ruth Ann Dailey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (March 2, 2009)
• “Abstinence Programs Losing Their Hold,” Alex Wayne, CQ Politics (February 28, 2009)
• “FBI Charges Four in Assisted Suicide Ring Final Exit Euthanasia Group Sponsored,” Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com (February 26, 2009)
• “Marriage, Religion And Family,” Andrew Sullivan, The Atlantic (March 1, 2009)

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