WASHINGTON DC, Nov 20, 2008 (CNA) .- Following international attention which included the protests of U.S. Congressmen, China has released a detained ethnic minority Uyghur woman who was scheduled to undergo a coerced abortion.

BARCELONA, Nov 20, 2008 (CNA) .- A June operation at a Spanish hospital has resulted in the first successful trachea transplant operation using adult stem cells.

WASHINGTON DC, Nov 19, 2008 (CNA) .- Proposed federal rules prohibiting recipients of federal money from discriminating against pro-life medical professionals and other conscientious objectors continue to attract opposition. However, an official with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops argues that the rules are necessary to enforce existing rights and to prevent conscience-burdening practices from dominating the medical profession.

WASHINGTON DC, Nov 19, 2008 (CNA) .- Tom Daschle has accepted the position of Secretary of Health and Human Services from president-elect Barack Obama.  Daschle's record of supporting anti-life initiatives is extensive enough that his bishop previously asked him to stop calling himself a Catholic.