Life Links 5/11/11

Yesterday, Mitch Daniels signed a law defunding abortion providers in Indiana, Planned Parenthood sued and a judge will decide today if funding will continue at least temporarily while the case is decided. Judge Tonya Walton Pratt was nominated by President Obama.


A second patient in Geron spinal cord clinical trial has been injected with cells derived from embryonic stem cells.


In Belarus, the Ministry of Health is working with religious organizations a pilot project where psychologists will talk with women considering abortion.

According to the specialist, nursing personnel will also be trained within the project to communicate with patients who face a choice to keep the baby or not. "The work of specialists will be built, avoiding pressure on women, but presenting the necessary information about the negative consequences of abortion to health," said Alexander Barsukov, BelaPAN.