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Napolitano Defends Putting Pro-Life Advocates in Terrorism Report
In a Sunday interview, the head of the Department of Homeland Security defended including pro-life advocates in a new report the agency produced saying "opponents of abortion" are likely to engage in extremism or terrorism.
White House confirms it got 2 million red envelopes
The White House mail office has confirmed it received a "deluge" of as many as 2.25 million red envelopes
symbolizing the empty promise of lives snuffed out in abortion in a massive campaign that was larger than most White House mailing
movements in the last 35 years.
White House mail worker "Steve" has handled letters for 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. for more than three decades..Click Here to Read More
Georgia's First-in-Nation Embryo Adoption Bill Heads to Governor Sonny Perdue
The Georgia state House, with a vote of 108 to 61, sent the nation's first-ever embryo adoption bill, HB 388, to the desk of Governor Sonny Perdue for him to sign into law. The Option of Adoption Act helps offer protection for unique human beings who are stored in fertility clinics.This bill allows for embryos who are currently in cryopreservation to have the legal right to adoption as human beings in accordance with Georgia child adoption laws. Click Here to Read More
9 Things the Media Messed Up About the Obama Stem Cell Story
The longer I live the less I’m surprised by poor journalism in major media outlets. However, I think the reports about President Obama's recent decision (3/9/09) to force taxpayers to pay for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research (HESCR) takes the cake. After reviewing the articles and videos by major media sources... Click Here to Read More
Pro-Abortion Group Sets Up Obama, Congressional Attack on Pregnancy Centers
A leading pro-abortion group sent out a press release to mainstream media outlets on Monday with an attack on pregnancy centers that could be a harbinger of things to come. The Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF) attack could set up actions by incoming president Barack Obama or Congress.
They believe Obama will likely revoke the funds the Bush administration has given the centers or could go further by signing a Congressional bill that could shut them down.
Stem Cell Research Firms See Stock Increase After News of Obama Funding
After weekend news making it appear all but certain that Barack Obama will force taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research, the stocks of some biotech firms saw a surge in price in Monday trading. Companies such as Geron Corp that deal in the controversial cells and cloning benefited. Shares of Geron were up as much as 16 percent while other companies such as StemCells Inc, Aastrom Biosciences Inc and others also rose on the news.
Pro-Life Leaders: Supreme Court Will Get Major Abortion Change After Election
In a last-minute reminder to voters about the consequences of the election, pro-life leaders aired an Internet television program on Monday night. Several participants took part in the program, shown on a web site devoted to Christian videos called GodTV.
During the program, Jay Sekulow, the top attorney at the pro-life American Center for Law and Justice law firm, said the Supreme Court will see significant change on the abortion issue depending on the outcome of the elections.Click Here to Read More
Video Shows Babies Left to Die After Failed Abortions in Method Obama OKed
A new video of a Planned Parenthood staff member in New Jersey has surfaced showing abortion centers leave babies to die who survive failed abortions. The video shows the kind of infanticide that Barack Obama opposed stopping in Illinois continues to occur.
The pro-life group Students for Life of America released the videotape Thursday of a nurse at a federally-funded Title X Planned Parenthood center describing how an abortion would be performed on a 22 week unborn child.
Abortion Survivor Jessen Releases Second Ad Criticizing Obama on Infanticide
A woman who is a rarity -- having survived a failed abortion procedure -- has released a second television ad criticizing Barack Obama. Gianna Jessen responds to Obama's response to her first ad in which he called her "sleazy" for promoting a "despicable lie."
The original ad features Jessen, a young woman who survived a failed saline abortion in the late 1970s, as she chides Obama for voting repeatedly against bills in the Illinois legislature to stop infanticide.
James Dobson: We Need to Elect Pro-Life President, Abortion's at Stake
Dr. James Dobson, the founder and president of Focus on the Family, released a lengthy letter on Tuesday saying the stakes of the election are high because the next president could decide the fate of abortion for decades. He said it is imperative that a pro-life president is in the White House.
"Considering the stark differences between the two presidential candidates and the critical issues that are hanging in the balance, it's not difficult to understand why Campaign 2008 has been such a spirited affair," Dobson wrote.Click Here to Read More
Dutch 'Abortion Boat' Docks in Spain
A Dutch nonprofit organization is offering Spanish women free abortions on a boat anchored in international waters off Spain's coast.
The boat, operated by the abortion-rights group Women on Waves, arrived at the port of Valencia Thursday and began carrying out its first abortion procedures today. Women who are less than 6½ weeks pregnant can board the boat, where they will be provided with free abortion pills under the supervision of a licensed gynecologist, said Rebecca Gomperts, Women on Waves' founder and director.
Pro-Life Group Challenges Matthew 25 Network on Obama, Abortion Reduction
A leading pro-life group that launched a new set of radio ads yesterday that show how presidential candidate Barack Obama will sign a bill that would overturn pro-life laws nationwide is challenging another group that supports Obama and claims he favors reducing abortions.
Americans Take Pro-Life Message on Abortion to the Streets in Life Chain
Tens of thousands of Americans took the streets in over 1,300 cities across the United States and Canada on Sunday afternoon as part of the annual Life Chain.The event features a silent pro-life witness as participants stand with signs condemning abortion and promoting adoption as a solution."We are here not just as an act of conscience, but also to cry out to God, that He'll hear, and bring this place, and many places like it, down. Because abortion kills babies, and abortion hurts women, it destroys families," Dr. Alveda King said.Click here to read more.
NY Bill calls for the arrest of Pro-Life protestors even in the absence of evidence
The Speaker of the New York City Council announced last week a bill that would remove legal protections for those engaged in peaceful protests outside New York abortion facilities.Besides making it illegal to "follow and harass" anyone within a fifteen foot area around abortion facilities, the bill would also allow prosecutors to bring charges without having to prove that defendants had the intention of preventing a woman from obtaining an abortion.The city says that under the new legislation, "proof of such intent would no longer be required for prosecution." Click here to read more.
Medical Societies Oppose Proposal to Protect Doctors From Forced Abortions
On the last day the public can submit comments to the Department of Health and Human Services about a proposal to protect doctors from being forced to do abortions, two medical societies have come out in opposition. They include the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics. The Bush administration has learned that three existing civil rights laws that offer conscience protections for doctors, medical personnel and hospitals, have not been followed or fully enforced.Click here to read more.
Obama ad goes to war with abortion survivor
In the increasing flurry of this election season's negative political ads, the Barack Obama campaign produced a TV commercial that not only attacks Republican rival John McCain, but also takes aim at an unusual target: a 31-year-old woman who was born alive after her mother's botched abortion.Obama's commercial predictably takes shots at the GOP campaign, calling McCain's ads "the sleaziest ever, truly vile." Click here to read more.
Study Shows Parental Involvement Laws Reduce Abortions From 19-31 Percent Political candidates who support legal abortion have been changing their rhetoric in recent years. Indeed, during the current election cycle, a number of pro-choice candidates, including Barack Obama, have expressed an interest in lowering the incidence of abortion. Such statements present a unique opportunity for the pro-life movement. Click here to read more.
Under-age pro-life protestors accosted by police Bel Air, Maryland, faces a federal lawsuit over arrests of pro-life demonstrators.The pro-lifers were demonstrating legally, according to Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) attorney Kevin Theriot, when police arrived in seven marked cars and arrested 18 people, including his three clients.
"They were handcuffed and taken to jail, and our three ladies were actually strip-searched," Theriot explains. "They were subjected to an invasive search where they were forced to lift up their shirts, et cetera, so that the officers could see under their clothing." Click here to read more
Pro-Life Gov. Palin asks America to Vote for True Change Sarah Palin thrashed Barack Obama Wednesday as an empty suit whose campaign themes of “hope” and “change” are better fit to describe her Republican running mate, John McCain, a man she said has spent a career in service to his country. “Here’s how I look at the choice Americans face in this election: In politics, there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers, and then there are those, like John McCain, who use their careers to promote change,” she said.
Pro-Life Catholic Lawmakers Take Nancy Pelosi to Task on Abortion Comments A group of Republican members of Congress who are Catholics are taking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to task for her recent comments concerning the Catholic Church's abortion position. The lawmakers say Pelosi misrepresented the views of the Church on abortion and its position on the beginning of human life. Pelosi admitted with "Meet the Press" that she didn't know the answer to the question of when human life begins.
Japanese create stem cells from wisdom teeth Japanese scientists said Friday they had derived stem cells from wisdom teeth, opening another way to study deadly diseases without the ethical controversy of using embryos.Researchers at the government-backed National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology said they created stem cells of the type found in human embryos using the removed wisdom teeth of a 10-year-old girl. "This is significant in two ways," team leader Hajime Ogushi told AFP. "One is that we can avoid the ethical issues of stem cells because wisdom teeth are destined to be thrown away anyway. Click here to read more.
Pro-Life Athlete Victorious in Beijing Olympics There's great news coming out of Beijing! You may be familiar with the story of Tasha Danvers-Smith. This athlete from the United Kingdom was one of Britain's best hopes for gold in the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics.However, she became unexpectedly pregnant. The father of her baby was her coach-husband. There was enormous pressure from the track and field community to abort her baby. A child, she was told, would destroy her Olympic dreams of gaining a medal. Click here to read more.
Christians Gather on National Mall for ‘Call’ to End Abortion Thousands of Christians gathered on the National Mall on Saturday for an event designed to bring an end to legalized abortion and to start a religious revival in America. "Jesus, I plead your blood over my sins and the sins of our nation," the crowd prayed aloud seven times. "God, end abortion and bring revival to America." The event was led Lou Engle.Click here to read more.
Obama campaign changes story and admits he misrepresented Born Alive Vote One day after an interview with CBN, the Obama campaign changes their story stating, " Indeed, Mr. Obama appeared to misstate his position in the CBN interview on Saturday when he said the federal version he supported "was not the bill that was presented at the state level." His campaign yesterday acknowledged that he had voted against an identical bill in the state Senate, and a spokesman, Hari Sevugan, said the senator had concerns that even as worded, the legislation could have undermined existing Illinois abortion law.
Doctor gets 10-year jail term for abortion without consent A woman doctor was sentenced to 10 years in jail after a local court found her guilty of aborting a foetus without the consent of the mother. The doctor, identified as Madam Dass of Dass Clinic Health Centre in Adda Raikot, Jagroan, has also been ordered to pay Rs 2,000 as fine. The judgement was pronounced by Additional District and Sessions Judge, Ludhiana, Kishore Kumar. On March 17, 2005, the victim, Seema, had filed a complaint under Section 313 of the Indian Penal Code, alleging maltreatment at the hands of Dass. In her statement, Seema had said she had gone to the clinic in Jagroan for a check-up as she was having pain in the abdomen. Click here to read more.
Australian Report Says Babies Harm the Economy Australia's fertility rate is at its highest in 25 years, but the nation's Productivity Commission warned last week that more babies may harm the economy. The commission said new mothers leaving the workforce will weaken the economy. Steven Mosher, president of the Population Research Institute, called the report a gross exaggeration. "Babies are blessings, not burdens," he said. Click here to read more.
Mike Huckabee Urges John McCain to Pick Pro-Life Running Mate Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has a message for John McCain about the kind of person he should select as his running mate. The former Arkansas governor says McCain should only pick a pro-life advocate as his vice president and that it shouldn't be Mitt Romney.Huckabee said on Thursday that McCain would make it difficult on Republican and pro-life voters if he picks someone like former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge, who is pro-abortion.
Barack Obama Misrepresented Support for Abortion-Infanticide When Barack Obama opposed a bill to stop infanticide as a member of the Illinois legislature, he said he did so because it reportedly contained language that would have contravened the Roe v. Wade decision. However, new legislative documents show Obama has misrepresented his position. Obama, as a member of the Illinois Senate, opposed a state version of the federal Born-Alive Infants Protection Act.
Pro-Life Sen. Tom Coburn, Under Fire for Delivering Babies For Free Members of the U.S. Senate don't typically earn money from another job after they're elected to the august body because of concerns that they will be unduly influenced by customers or colleagues. Oklahoma pro-life Sen. Tom Coburn is an OBGYN and is coming under fire for helping his patients. When he is not in Washington, Coburn works at the Muskogee Regional Medical Center. Click here to read more.
Focus on the Family Endorses Colorado Personhood Amendment Human life needs to be protected at every stage, beginning at the single-cell stage.Colorado's Personhood Amendment (Amendment 48), which defines life as beginning at fertilization, goes to voters in November. "A founding principle of Focus on the Family and a driving belief of Dr. Dobson's is that all human life is sacred and that life begins at the single-cell stage of human development," said Carrie Gordon Earll, senior bioethics analyst at Focus on the Family Action. Click here to read more.
Pro-Life Bioethicst Applauds Recent Advance Using iPS Cells Dr. David Prentice, a Family Research Council fellow and former Indiana State University biology professor, is excited about the news that researchers at Harvard and Columbia have made advances dealing with ALS and stem cells without having to destroy human life."The iPS cell technology, developed by Dr. Shinya Yamanaka of Japan, directly reprograms normal cells such as skin cells into an embryonic stem cell type, using the addition of 3-4 genes. No embryos, eggs, or cloning are used in the process," he said.Click here to read more.
Catholic Bishops Take College Professors to Task on Pro-Life Bioethics Teachings Articles written by a pair of college professors have prompted a rare public correction by the leading American bishops responsible for pro-life activities and Catholic doctrine. One of the professors in question is a bioethics professor at Loyola University of Chicago. John Hardt, assistant professor of bioethics at Loyola University of Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine, and Thomas Shannon, emeritus professor of religion and social ethics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute as the teachers involved. Click here to read more.
South Dakota Abortion Center Apparently Still Not Doing Abortions With New Law The lone abortion center in South Dakota appears as if it is still not doing abortions following the implementation of a new law a week and a half ago. Rather than tell women abortion kills children and has numerous risks, Planned Parenthood closed its doors to women wanting abortions.Monday was the first day for abortions at the Planned Parenthood abortion center but women who went for abortions were turned away. Click here to read more.
Kansas Judge Dismisses George Tiller Motion Against Late-Term Abortion Law A Kansas judge ruled against late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller and his request to declare Kansas' ban on most late-term abortions unconstitutional. District Court Judge Clark Owens determined that the post-viability abortion ban is legitimate. Judge Owens said the law "survives all of the constitutional challenges" Tiller's lawyers presented. . Click here to read more.
Student Pro-Life group sues Wayne State University Wayne State University in Michigan is the subject of a new lawsuit from the pro-life student group there, which claims the college discriminated against it. WSU Students for Life says university officials refused to allow the organization the same access to student fees and facilities that other student groups have. Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed the suit on behalf of the pro-life group. Click here to read more.
Hillary Clinton Opposes Bush Plan to Protect Pro-Life Doctors Senator Hillary Clinton says she will try to stop a new proposal from the Bush administration that would protect pro-life doctors, nurses and other medical professionals from having to participate in abortions. The Bush plan also protects medical facilities that don't want to do abortions.
Planned Parenthood Abortion Center Closes Instead of Following New Law Monday was the first day that Planned Parenthood, which operates the only abortion business in South Dakota, had to comply with a new state law telling women the truth about abortion. Rather than tell women abortion kills children and has numerous risks, Planned Parenthood closed its doors. Whether the closing is temporary or permanent remains to be seen. Click here to read more.
Haunted by Their Abortion Decision, Husband and Wife Share Pain and Regret Nearly thirty years ago, my wife and I aborted a child. That decision will haunt us for the rest of our lives. Since that time, I've developed deep feelings on the subject of abortion. There are two primary reasons why I'm pro-life. Besides taking a human life, aborting a child robs society. How many doctors, teachers, poets and engineers will the world miss because of abortion? Maybe one of these aborted children could have discovered a cure for cancer or AIDS. In fact, my very own son or daughter might have developed a cure for the blindness that afflicts me today. Click here to read more.
Poll: Voters Don't Know Barack Obama Pro-Abortion, John McCain Pro-Life A new poll finds half of voters don't know that presidential candidate John McCain is pro-life on abortion or that Barack Obama is pro-abortion. When pro-life voters know that information, they support McCain by a three-to-one margin. A poll from the Pew Research Center finds more interested in the 2008 election than the 2004 election, but they are less informed on where the candidates stand. A stunning 38 percent of voters don't know where either Obama or McCain stand on the issue of abortion. Click here to read more.
Planned Parenthood's Candidate
Planned Parenthood apparently has no doubts about where Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.) stands on abortion as their political arm announced their endorsement of Sen. Obama. Planned Parenthood's president Cecile Richards called him a "passionate advocate" with a "long and consistent record of standing up for" legal abortion. In a speech Sen. Obama made to a Planned Parenthood audience last July he vowed that "the first thing I'd do as President is sign the Freedom of Choice Act." The Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) would effectively overturn hundreds of state laws that have put reasonable restrictions on abortion, including parental notification. Click here to read more.
Bush Admin Official Sends Another Letter to Group to Protect Pro-Life Doctors
A top Bush administration official sent another letter to the American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists about their certification requirements regarding abortion. The OBGYN group appeared to relent after Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt issued his initial letter in March. The requirement would rely on American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists guidelines saying physicians should refer women to another doctor when they refuse to do an abortion or refer to someone who does. Click here to read more.
Planned Parenthood Abortion Business Funding Removed From Troop Bill A provision that would have given financial benefits to the nation's largest abortion business was stripped at the last minute from the War Supplemental Bill. Pro-life groups had complained the measure to help fund the troops should never have contained a section to fund Planned Parenthood. The bill is supposed to provide funding for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. The measure gave Planned Parenthood a discount on contraceptives, the morning-after pill, and possibly the dangerous RU 486 abortion drug that has killed seven in the U.S. Click here to read more.
Barack Obama Campaign Feuds With McCain Backer on Abortion, Judges McCain contrasted his position with Obama's -- as his Democratic opponent has pledged to only nominate judges who will keep unlimited abortions legal another 35 years. He pointed to a comment from pro-life advocate Gary Bauer, who told the New Yorker in 2005, "I wanted a commitment from ... John McCain that if elected he would appoint pro-life judges to the Supreme Court. McCain, in private, assured me he would appoint pro-life judges." Click here to read more.
Georgia Woman Acting as Girl's Mom in Secret Abortion Case Gets Prison Georgia woman who lied to abortion center officials and signed parental notification papers claiming to be the mother of a teenager is heading to prison. Cindi Cook, 44, claimed she was the mother of her 16-year-old son's girlfriend and got an abortion for the teen without her parents knowing. Staff at the abortion center apparently took no extra measures to verify the information. Click here to read more.
Scientists Closer to Cure for Parkinson's Thanks to Adult Stem Cell Research Adult stem cell research, for the pro-life community, is ethically superior to embryonic stem cell research because it doesn't involve the destruction of human life. Scientists at Griffith University in Australia are advancing the notion that its effectiveness is superior as well. The researchers published an article on Friday in the medical journal Stem Cells showing that the use of adult stem cells may be getting closer to a cure, or at least an effective treatment, for Parkinson's. Click here to read more.
Scientist Says British Human Cloning Bill Would Allow Human-Chimp Mating A leading scientist says the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill the British parliament is considering is so grisly that it would allow scientists to mate humans and chimps. Dr. Calum MacKellar says he's worried the bill, which promotes human cloning, would allow interspecies mating.MacKellar, director of research at the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics, says he worries the bill would open the door for the "humanzee," created by breeding apes and humans.He told the Scotsman newspaper that he thinks a new species could theoretically be born if the bill allows the grisly science to move forward. Click here to read more.
Planned Parenthood Claims 20,000 Volunteers, Challenge to Pro-Lifers A group of Swiss experts are arguing that plants deserve the right to life and that killing them is morally wrong except when it comes to saving humans. In a report on "the dignity of the creature in the plant world", the federal Ethics Committee on non-human Gene Technology condemned the decapitation of flowers without reason. In a new article published in this week's Weekly Standard, bioethicist Wesley Smith opines: "Switzerland's enshrining of 'plant dignity' is a symptom of a cultural disease that has infected Western civilization, causing us to lose the ability to think critically and distinguish serious from frivolous ethical concerns. It also reflects the triumph of a radical anthropomorphism that views elements of the natural world as morally equivalent to people." Smith notes that once society began to diminish the view of the worth of human beings by abortion, euthanasia and other practices,it makes sense that scientists would push for the rights of plants. "Our accelerating rejection of the Judeo-Christian world view, which upholds the unique dignity and moral worth of human beings, is driving us crazy. Once we knocked our species off its pedestal, it was only logical that we would come to see fauna and flora as entitled to rights."
Scientists Turn Ethical Embryonic-Like Stem Cells Into Heart, Blood Cells
Stem cell researchers continue to make progress with induced pluripotent stem cells or iPS cells, which are embryonic-like stem cells that don't require the destruction of human life to obtain. After their discovery last year, pro-life groups hailed the cells as an ethical alternative to embryonic stem cell research. Click here to read more.
Pro-Life Group Tags Barack Obama for Making More Abortion First Priority
A pro-life group is tagging Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama for a speech he gave last year at a Planned Parenthood forum. Obama indicated the first action he would take as president would be signing a comprehensive pro-abortion bill that would entrench Roe v. Wade. "Well, the first thing I'd do as president is, is sign the Freedom of Choice Act," Obama said at a July 17 event for the nation's leading abortion business.Click here to read more.
Scientists Admit Embryonic Stem Cell Research Hasn't Been Successful
While pro-life advocates have repeated the mantra for years that embryonic stem cell research hasn't helped a single patient while adult stem cells have already been used in humans afflicted with dozens of diseases, a leading scientist in England is beginning to admit defeat.He conceded in an interview that the controversial science may never deliver new treatments for diseases.Click here to read more.
Choose Life License Plate Leader Says Success Continues Nationwide
The head of a national group that has helped get Choose Life license plates in states across the country says the plate campaign continues moving ahead. Russ Amerling says that the plates are in 17 states and counting and that five more states have active campaigns to allow motorists to purchase them in their states. Click here to read more.
Barack Obama's Pro-Abortion Baby is "Punishment" Comment Upsets Black Leader
An African-American pro-life leader says she's very upset to hear of the recent remarks pro-abortion Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama made recently. Obama shocked pro-life advocates when he said "I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby," Obama said. Day Gardner, the president of the National Black Pro-Life Union, told LifeNews.com on Thursday she's blown away by Obama's comment. Gardner worries Americans will be "punished" with a president who won't stand up for the lives of all people, either before or after birth. Click here to read more.
Planned Parenthood Abortion Business Makes $1 Billion Income for First Time
A new annual report from Planned Parenthood shows the nation's largest abortion business has made over $1 billion in income for the first time in its history. The non-profit pro-abortion group shows the historical gain in its new annual report covering 2006-2007.
While Planned Parenthood made $972 milion in its 2005-2006 annual report, last fiscal year it brought in $1.017 billion.Click here to read more.
Addicted to Death: Dutch Subjected to More Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
When euthanasia was quasi-legalized in the Netherlands by court order in 1973, access to mercy killing and assisted suicide were supposed to be limited to the very few. The killing would all be governed by euthanasia guidelines that, the Dutch people were assured, would protect against abuse. These included repeated requests, a lingering desire for death, second medical opinions, and a requirement that euthanasia was the only way to eliminate severe pain or suffering. It hasn't turned out that way, of course. Click here to read more.
Congressional Bid Official Convicted murderer and assisted suicide crusader Jack Kevorkian made his candidacy for a Detroit-area Congressional seat official on Monday. Kevorkian says his main agenda as a member of the august body would be promoting the Ninth Amendment as allowing a right to assisted suicide.Click here to read more.
Justice Antonin Scalia: Courts Shouldn't Decide Key Moral Issues Like Abortion Justice Antonin Scalia told students at Mississippi State University on Thursday that the nation's high court shouldn't be determining the legality of key moral issues like abortion. He said the high court is no more suited to determine if abortion should be legal than the average voter. Scalia is a long-time proponent of overturning Roe v. Wade and letting states have the ability to determine their own abortion laws. Click here to read more.
Pro-Life Student Group Releases Full Tape of Abortion Speaker at NEA-Based Event A pro-life student group has released the full copy of the tape it made of late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller, who spoke at a pro-abortion event hosted at the National Education Association's building. During the speech abortion advocates applauded Tiller for showing pictures of babies who became victims of abortions. Members of Students for Life of America released the video footage on YouTube from the March 9 Feminist Majority Foundation event on Wednesday. Click here to read more.
In 'Horton' Movie, Abortion Foes Hear an Ally "I meant what I said and I said what I meant. And an elephant's faithful, 100 percent."That's one of Horton the elephant's best-known mottoes. But with a movie version of Dr. Seuss' much-loved children's book opening Friday, another Horton saying has drawn attention from activists who see a message in the movie — a message that suits their purpose.That message: "A person's a person, no matter how small.""Exactly," say abortion foes. Click here to read more.
Planned Parenthood Watchdog Releases New List of Corporate Supporters A leading pro-life group that monitors Planned Parenthood and companies that support the nation's largest abortion business has released a new list of corporate supporters. Life Decisions International says 160 companies have stopped backing the pro-abortion group since its boycotts began. Several companies appeared on the boycott list for the first time include the Carlson Companies, which oversees numerous well-known hotel chains such as Country Inns & Suites, Park Inn, Park Plaza, Radisson, and Regent. Click here to read more.
Eliot Spitzer Canceled Meeting With Pro-Abortion Group to Respond to Scandal New York Governor Eliot Spitzer made national news yesterday over a scandal that has him allegedly having sexual relations with a prostitute. Pro-life advocates responding to the news said they found it ironic that the governor had to cancel a meeting with a pro-abortion group to respond to the charges. Spitzer is a well-know pro-abortion activist who is behind a bill in the New York legislature that would repeal any pro-life limits on abortion and make legal abortions the law of the state. Click here to read more.
Planned Parenthood Targets Alaska Natives for More Abortions, Rates Skyrocket Most pro-lifers know that Planned Parenthood is in the business of targeting minorities. Four out of five Planned Parenthood clinics are located in minority neighborhoods, with Blacks as the primary target. About one-third of all abortions are performed on blacks, even though they make up only 13 percent of the population. The organization, which receives over $300 million in government funding each year, even accepts contributions specifically designated for the elimination of black babies. Click here to read more.
Defending Phill Kline - How Officials Should Hold Abortion Industry Accountable In 2005, Planned Parenthood listed this man as one of "Seven Politicians You Don't Want In Your Bedroom." He has been called an "anti-abortion zealot," and a "crusader." He has been accused of putting his own religious convictions ahead of the rule of law. He even has a website dedicated solely to denouncing him. His name is Phill Kline, and the Population Research Institute would like to officially rise to his defense." Click here to read more.
British Woman Committed Suicide After Abortion of Twins Over Extreme Grief A British court held a hearing yesterday on a case of a young 30-year-old woman who committed suicide after the abortion of her twin babies. Emma Beck left a suicide note and said she faced such an intense period of grief afterwards and regret over the deaths of the babies that she killed herself "to be with them." Click here to read more.
Congress Votes Next Week on Allowing Pro-Abortion Groups HIV/AIDS Funding Members of Congress have recessed this week to mark Presidents' Day, but one of the first votes on the docket when they return is an intense debate on whether to open international AIDS/HIV funding to pro-abortion groups. Pro-life organizations are asking for calls and emails urging a no vote.Click here to read more.
Ethical Method of Creating Embryonic-Like Stem Cells Overcomes More Hurdles The new direct reprogramming method of turning skin or other types of cells into those that have embryonic-like properties has overcome more hurdles. Professor Shinya Yamanaka announced this weekend that his team has found a way to grow the cells without inducing tumors.Click here to read more.
British Woman Upset by Abortion Offer After Hospital's Wrong Miscarriage Diagnosis A British woman is upset after a hospital offered her drugs to cause an abortion after she learned it wrongly informed her that the baby would eventually die in a miscarriage. The woman says officials compounded her grief about the supposed death of her unborn child with its offer to kill her baby, who is due in June.Click here to read more.
Oregon Man Kills Wife, Tests Assisted Suicide Law on Voluntary Euthanasia An Oregon man has killed his disabled wife in a test of the one-of-a-kind state law that allows assisted suicide there. John Roberts says his wife Virginia was afflicted with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's Disease and he took her life to see if the state would allow him to get away with voluntary euthanasia, or so-called mercy killing. Wesley J. Smith, a bioethics watchdog and noted author and attorney, commented on the case and said this kind of case leads to the slippery slope from assisted suicide to euthanasia.Click here to read more.
Lauren Richardson Becomes Next Terri Schiavo as Parents Debate Euthanasia A Delaware woman has become the next Terri Schiavo as her parents engage in a massive legal and philosophical debate about whether to subject her to euthanasia. Richardson is a 23-year-old woman who overdosed on heroin in August 2006 while she was three months pregnant with a baby girl. Click here to read more.
Former Abortion Practitioner DeHenre Found Guilty of Killing His Wife Former Mississippi and Alabama abortion practitioner Malachy DeHenre has been found guilty by a grand jury of killing his wife. DeHenre, who has lost his medical license in three states over botched abortions, had pleaded not guilty to charges that he killed his wife, Dr. Mysha Rose DeHenre, 10 years ago. However, a Jones County Circuit Court jury unanimously convicted DeHenre of manslaughter after deliberating for just 45 minutes. Click here to read more.
Republican Debate: Huckabee Talks Pro-Life, Romney and McCain Judges Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee expanded on his pro-life views during the Republican presidential debate on Wednesday night. His opponents John McCain and Mitt Romney discussed their views on the kinds of judges they would appoint if given the chance to name nominees to the Supreme Court. Huckabee said he thinks it’s important for the Republican Party to “talk about why the issue of right-to-life is important.” Click here to read more.
Terri Schiavo's Brother Bobby Schindler Endorses Mike Huckabee for President Terri Schiavo's brother Bobby Schindler has endorsed Mike Huckabee for president and his support could help the former Arkansas governor receive more votes today in Florida. Schindler has been an outspoken advocate of the disabled and his family's foundation has helped patients like Terri get appropriate medical treatment. Schindler says he supports Huckabee for his views on the sanctity of life. "I am pleased to announce my personal support of Governor Mike Huckabee’s candidacy for President of the United States," Schindler said. Click here to read more.
Senators Behind US Cloning Ban Blast British Human-Animal Cloning Effort The two leading senators who are behind a bill that would ban human cloning in the United States are condemning the British government's approval of research allowing the creation of human-animal hybrids. Sens. Sam Brownback, a Kansas Republican, and Mary Landrieu, a Louisiana Democrat, say the UK cloning effort is unethical.Click here to read more.
Mike Huckabee Leads Georgia Abortion Rally for Proposed Pro-Life Amendment Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee led a crowd of more than 5,000 Georgia residents at a pro-life rally on Tuesday. Huckabee spoke of his pro-life views and the rally served as an event to help spark the promotion of a constitutional amendment that would restore personhood to unborn children.Click here to read more.
Chinese Couple Will Get Court Hearing in Brutal Forced Abortion Case A Chinese couple who have filed a lawsuit against family planning officials over a forced abortion that has left the couple unable to have children may get a court hearing. The suit involves a woman who, in the ninth month of her pregnancy, was forced to have an abortion because the couple violated the nation's laws. Just days before she was scheduled to give birth, authorities took Jin Yani from her home to an abortion center. Click here to read more.
Planned Parenthood Watchdog Releases New List of Corporate Supporters A leading pro-life group that monitors Planned Parenthood and companies that support the nation's largest abortion business has released a new list of corporate supporters. Life Decisions International says 160 companies have stopped backing the pro-abortion group since its boycotts began.Several companies appeared on the boycott list for the first time. Click here to read more.
Biotech Firm Claims to Have Used Human Cloning to Create Unborn Child Scientists at a private research firm say they are the first to have successfully cloned a human being, publishing a report in the medical journal Stem Cells to that effect. Researchers at the California-based Stemagen claim to have taken the skin cells from two adult males and implanted the nuclei of those cells in human egg cells.If the company's claims are true, they are the first to engage in human cloning, even if only making human embryos in a petri dish. Click here to read more.
Suspect in Killing of Pregnant Marine Could Face Federal Unborn Victims Law If he's found guilty, the man who authorities think is responsible for killing a pregnant Marine could be subjected to a federal law that provides justice when a pregnant woman and her unborn child are killed or injured. Marine Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean is accused of killing Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach and her unborn child after Lauterbach accused Laurean of sexually abusing her. Officials found the bodies of Lauterbach and her unborn child in Laurean's backyard this weekend. Click here to read more.
Adult Stem Cell Research Showed Trmendous Success in 2007 Studies Adult stem cell research had an impressive track record as of 2006 -- over 1100 FDA approved clinical trials in the United States for 72 different illnesses and disabilities. Currently, peer-reviewed studies have documented over 1400 FDA approved trials[2] for 73 different conditions in humans where patient health has been improved through adult stem cell therapy.[3] Click here to read more.
John McCain Questioned on His Opposition to Abortion, GOP Pro-Life Platform A pro-life advocate who works within the Republican Party is questioning presidential candidate John McCain's opposition to abortion and his position on a human life amendment. McCain has a strong pro-life voting record in the Senate on abortion but has come under fire before for apparently flip-flopping on whether he supports the reversal of Roe v. Wade. Click here to read more.
John McCain Pulls Out New Hampshire Victory, Romney and Huckabee Follow As expected, John McCain pulled out a victory in New Hampshire that will likely revive his campaign after taking a hit in Iowa and put him in league to complete with second place finisher Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee, who won the Iowa caucuses. Previous lifeNews.com reports indicated New Hampshire Republican are not as pro-life as those in Iowa or in upcoming presidential battleground states like Michigan and South Carolina. Click here to read more.
Pro-Abortion Group Fails to Help Hillary Clinton Win Iowa, Women Voters Emily’s List spent half a million dollars and contacted more than 60,000 voters in Iowa to support Hillary Clinton but the wealthy pro-abortion group failed to deliver the votes. Clinton not only finished in third place, but she lost the vote of both women voters and those new to the Iowa Democratic caucus to pro-abortion candidate Barack Obama.The group devised a buddy system to get voters to the polls, phoned and phoned again. All to no avail. Click here to read more.
Exit Polling Data Explains Mike Huckabee, Barack Obama Iowa Victories Exiting polling data conducted by the major political news networks provides some focus as to how and why Mike Huckabee and Barack Obama captured victories in Iowa Thursday night. Both candidates did well with women voters and pro-life evangelical voters provided a margin of victory for Huckabee. Click here to read more.
Leading Democrats Clinton, Obama, Edwards Demand Pro-Abortion Justices During the Democratic presidential debate last night in Nevada, all the leading candidates for the party's nomination said they would demand that any appointee to the Supreme Court support abortion. They each said they would only send the Senate nominees who want to uphold the Roe v. Wade decision. Click here to read more.
Cardinal Says Catholic Support for Pro-Abortion Democrats "Scandalous" A leading Catholic cardinal says Catholic voters who continue to support the Democratic Party despite its pro-abortion stance are doing the Church a disservice.
He says the party has been openly hostile to pro-life advocates and Catholic support for pro-abortion Democratic candidates "borders on scandal." Click here to read more.
For Mike Huckabee, Opposing Abortion Isn't Just About His Christian Views Mike Huckabee gave an interview on Sunday in which he said that his opposition to abortion isn't just because he is a Christian. He said he beliefs are based on the Constitution and the idea that human beings have an intrinsic value that government has no right to take away. Huckabee shared his pro-life views on with Tim Russert on NBC's "Meet the Press," a popular Sunday talk show that frequently features political figures. Click here to read more.
Planned Parenthood: Trusted Health Provider or Greedy Abortion Business? Planned Parenthood prominently displays phrases such as “trusted local provider of health information and services” on many of its affiliates’ web sites. Do its actions back up its words?
Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri joined legal action to prevent enforcement of a new Missouri law. The law requires abortion clinics to comply with the same health standards as other medical clinics. Planned Parenthood stated the stringent requirements could result in the closing of abortion businesses that are unable to comply. Click here to read more.
"Superman Returns" Producer Jon Peters Faces Abortion-Pregnancy Discrimination Suit Jon Peters, the producer of the 2006 movie "Superman Returns," is the subject of an employment discrimination lawsuit two former employees have filed against him. One of the women in question says Peters fired her because she was pregnant and refused his suggestion to have an abortion in order to keep her job. Click here to read more.
Pro-Abortion Group Still Supports Hillary Clinton as Women Voters Flee Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton may be dropping in the polls but a leading pro-abortion organization isn't giving up on its efforts to hand her the nomination. Emily's List continues to sink hundreds of thousands of dollars into efforts to prop up her candidacy. The organization has been backing Clinton in Iowa, the first presidential contest, with a web site and Internet ads designed to increase her support among women. Click here to read more.
Barack Obama Has Cozy Relationship With Pro-Abortion Planned Parenthood Illinois Sen. Barack Obama is getting renewed attention from voters and has caught pro-abortion rival Hillary Clinton in Iowa and New Hampshire polls. While some voters appreciate his fresh perspective, Obama has a long-standing relationship with the nation's leading abortion business. As LifeNews.com profiled earlier, Clinton has attacked Obama for voting present on several abortion-related bills while he was a member of the Illinois state legislature. Yet, those votes came only because he worked intimately with the Illinois Planned Parenthood Council in a concerted effort to try to defeat the pro-life bills. Click here to read more.
Hillary Clinton Avoids Question on Abortion and Social Security Problems Campaigning in Iowa with just two weeks to go before the first presidential battles begin, pro-abortion Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton largely avoided a question of how abortion is hurting social security. A woman in the audience said abortion is going to make it harder to keep the system afloat. Joanne Duncalf, a 61-year-old from Clarion, Iowa, asked the kind of question that normally doesn't come up at a Clinton campaign stop. Click here to read more.
'Juno': The Movie Pro-Aborts Will Hate
The movie "Juno" will be released in six days, on Christmas, and I can't wait. I previewed it a month ago and loved it. That means pro-aborts will hate it. "Juno" is a great story that undermines almost all their talking points.
Time Magazine Poll Finds 55% of Americans Oppose 96% of Abortions
Time magazine has released the results of a new abortion poll that finds a majority of Americans want virtually all abortions made illegal. The poll specifically finds about 55 percent of the public is opposed abortions in 96 percent of the cases in which women have them. Click here to read more.
Martin Luther King, Jr's Niece: Black Hopelessness Tied to Abortion
A new poll released by the Pew Research foundation finds that less than half of African Americans believe life will get better for them. Dr. Alveda King, the niece of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., says that hopelessness found in the black community is because of how abortion is adversely affecting it. "Children are the future. When you destroy your children, you destroy hope," Dr. King said. Click here to read more.
Emergency Records Reveal Abortion Center's Callousness to Injured Woman
Records from emergency services in Massachusetts reveal the callousness abortion business staff had towards a woman who had just been victimized by a botched abortion that would eventually result in her death. Transcripts of a 911 call reveal what one pro-life group calls a "cold-hearted dispassion." Laura Smith, a 22-year-old from Honduras, died in September after getting an abortion from Rapin Osathanondh at the Women Health Center abortion business. Click here to read more.
Ethical Stem Cell Research Method Conquers Cancer Concern, Cures Mice
Two weeks ago, scientists from Japan and Wisconsin announced they had come up with a method of converting adult stem cells into an embryonic-like state. The scientists have furthered their own work by showing that they can produce the iPS cells without the cancer gene that was a focus of concern. After Dr. Yamanaka first announced that his team had created the "induced Pluripotent Stem cells" (iPS cells) directly from skin cells without having to destroy human embryos, some scientists discounted the value of iPS cells, claiming that they're a cancer risk. They also claimed it could take years to prove that iPS cells are as useful as embryonic stem cells or cloning. Last week, however, Dr. Yamanaka continued to silence critics by producing the cells without the cancer gene. Click here to read more.
Mike Huckabee: Pat Robertson Abandoned Pro-Life Values Backing Giuliani
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says in a new interview that religious figure Pat Robertson abandoned his pro-life values when he endorsed pro-abortion candidate Rudy Giuliani. While Huckabee hopes to be the GOP nominee, he says he would support Giuliani over any of the Democrats. "It seems that the leaders of the past, those who have been looked to as the bell cows of the movement, are completely out of step with their own followers lately," Huckabee said. Click here to read more.
Bella Movie's Lead Actor Talks More About Baby He Saved From Abortion
Millions of Americans have enjoyed the soft pro-life theme of the movie Bella, that has been one of Hollywood's success stories despite the limited number of theaters showing the film. Now its lead actor Eduardo Verastegui is sharing more details about the baby saved from an abortion as he prepared for his role in the film. Verastegui told LifeNews.com last year that he didn't know much about the issue of abortion when he prepared for his role as Jose. Not knowing of the animosity abortion businesses have towards pro-life advocates, he decided to go to a local abortion facility to learn more about what really happens inside. What occurred, he says, changed his life forever. Click here to read more.
Second Iowa Poll Shows Mike Huckabee Leading Republican Candidates
A second poll of Republicans in Iowa finds Mike Huckabee in the lead and more evidence that he's overtaken Mitt Romney. However, political observers wonder whether Huckabee can put together the campaign apparatus and fund-raising effort needed to win the GOP nomination, even if the Midwestern state supports him next month. A Des Moines Register poll shows Huckabee leading among likely Republican caucus-goers with 29 percent and Romney close behind at 24 percent. Now the question is: Can Huckabee hold the lead? Click here to read more.
Mitt Romney Backs Some Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Opposes Funding
In a new interview, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney reiterated his position when it comes to embryonic stem cell research. The former governor says he opposes the specific creation and destruction of human life to advance science but he says he would support destroying human embryos from fertility clinics. "I'm very much in favor of stem cell research, but in a way which I believe is moral and ethical," he said. Click here to read more.
Bella Movie Audience Keeps Abortion-Themed Film in the Top 20 Nationwide
The audience for the movie Bella, which contains a life-affirming theme on abortion that has touched the hearts of millions, has kept the film in the top twenty at the box office. With the addition of 77 new theaters last weekend, Bella was able to bring in enough in box office sales to remain in 16th place nationwide. In the first few weeks, Bella earned as much as $8,000 per theater and that total would have been higher than any of the per-venue ticket sales of any movie this past weekend, including "Enchanted," "This Christmas," or "Beowulf." Click here to read more.
Mike Huckabee Ties for Lead in National Poll as Rudy Giuliani Slides Down
A new national poll shows former Arkansas Governor and pro-life advocate Mike Huckabee is tied for the lead in the race for the Republican nomination for president. The survey also shows pro-abortion candidate Rudy Giuliani's continuing his downward slide that is evident in polls in the early primary states. The latest Rasmussen Reports daily tracking poll shows Huckabee and Giuliani tied with 18 percent apiece. Click here to read more.
Catholic Bishops Vote for Document Saying Abortion Should Guide Voting
The nation's Catholic bishops on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted for a new document saying that the abortion issue should guide the voting decisions Catholics make. While the Catholic Church recognizes that a variety of political issues are important, the bishops said pro-life issues take precedence. "The direct and intentional destruction of innocent human life is always wrong and is not just one issue among many," the bishops said in the new document. Click here to read more.
Credit President Bush for Promoting Embryonic Stem Cell Research Alternatives
Throughout his presidency, the Science Intelligentsia has castigated President Bush for placing limits on the federal funding of embryonic-stem-cell research (ESCR). Acting as if he had banned ESCR, which of course he hadn’t, “the scientists” and their camp followers in the media and on Capital Hill accused the president of withholding cures from the ill in order to impose his religious beliefs on a reluctant public. Little noted in all of the caterwauling, was that ESCR and human-cloning research (SCNT) have been funded bounteously — to the tune of nearly $2 billion. So what’s really going on here? Click here to read more.
Mike Huckabee Says He's The Strongest Republican on Abortion Issues
When it comes to the Republican presidential candidates, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee insists in a new interview that he is the strongest. He says that's because none of the other top-tier GOP hopefuls support a human life amendment to the Constitution as he does. While Rudy Giuliani is clearly pro-abortion, the human life amendment has been a sticky subject among the leading pro-life Republican candidates. Click here to read more.
British Scientist Who Created Dolly Won't Engage in Human Cloning
The internationally known scientist who created Dolly the sheep has said he will not use his cloning techniques to pursue human cloning. Professor Ian Wilmut's decision is sending shockwaves throughout the scientific world and has pro-life advocates rejoicing that one researcher won't put human life at risk. Wilmut received a license from the British government tow years ago to clone human embryos but he now says he won't pursue it. Click here to read more.
Georgia Congressman Introduces Abortion Bill Saying Life Begins at Conception
Every year in Congress, pro-life members introduce legislation to enshrine legal protection for unborn children into federal law. Though the bills don't have enough votes and can't be considered constitutional until the Supreme Court is pro-life, they're an important reminder of the long-term goals of the pro-life movement. On Wednesday, Congressman Broun announced the introduction of the “Sanctity of Human Life Act," legislation which declares that human life begins at fertilization and is vested at that time with a Constitutionally protected right to life. Click here to read more.
Blade Runner: What Does It Mean to Be Human in a Artificial World?
In our strange and potentially very dangerous world where science fiction and Charles Darwin often collide, a handful of scientists are racing to be the first to create life. According to a flood of recent reports, this artificial life could be as close as six months away.
In fact, Pat Mooney, executive director for the science watchdog organization the ETC Group, states: “For the first time, God has competition.” Click here to read more.
New Study Wrongly Claims Dangerous Abortion Drug RU 486 is Safe
The dangerous abortion drug RU 486 has killed thirteen women worldwide and injured more than 1,100 in the United States alone. Yet, a new study in Denmark claims the abortion pill is safe, though it only studied whether the abortion drug caused problems in future pregnancies. The study did not appear to address any of the more immediate medical issues the abortion drug causes women -- such as the lethal infections that have claimed the lives of several American women. Click here to read more.
Pro-Abortion Law Firm: 30 States Would Likely Ban Abortion if Roe Reversed
A leading pro-abortion law firm has released a new report saying thirty states are likely to ban most or all abortions if the Supreme Court reverses the Roe v. Wade decision. The firm also conducted a poll finding many Americans are unaware of pro-life efforts to get abortion bans in place for when the high court overturns the case. The New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights says Roe is under attack like never before with pro-life activists using new strategies at both the state and federal level. Click here to read more.
Fred Thompson Doesn't Back Amendment Banning Abortions, Wants Roe Reversed
Fred Thompson said in an interview on Sunday that he does not support the Republican Party's platform advocating a Human Life Amendment to the Constitution that would afford legal protection to unborn children and ban abortions. Thompson also reconfirmed he supports overturning the Roe v. Wade case that allowed abortions. Thompson was asked if he supported each state making their own abortion laws. "Yeah," Thompson replied. "but to have an amendment compelling—going back even further than pre-Roe v. Wade, to have a constitutional amendment to do that, I do not think would be the way to go." Click here to read more.
Pat Robertson Endorses Rudy Giuliani Despite Pro-Abortion Stance
Evangelical leader Pat Robertson has issued an endorsement for former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani for president despite the Republican candidate's strongly pro-abortion position. The endorsement is already coming under fire from pro-life advocates who say Robertson has betrayed a pro-life community that opposes Giuliani. Click here to read more.
Fox News Poll Makes It Clear Again That Americans Oppose Most Abortions
A new poll conducted for the Fox News Channel reveals that a majority of Americans oppose the overwhelming majority of abortions that take place in the United States.
The Opinion Dynamics polling firm found that most people agree that abortion should be allowed in the very rare “hard cases” but a majority oppose the use of abortion for social reasons. Click here to read more.
Mike Huckabee Pledges Support for Constitutional Amd Banning Abortions
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says he favors an amendment to the Constitution that protects human life and will ban abortions on a nationwide scale. His comments follow those of GOP hopeful Fred Thompson who said Sunday he opposes an amendment but wants Roe v. Wade overturned. Thompson told a television news program that he doesn't favor an amendment because he thinks states should be free to pass their own laws legalizing or prohibiting abortions. Click here to read more.
National, State Polls Show Support for Pro-Abortion Rudy Giuliani Dropping
Rudy Giuliani continues to drop in national and state polls following a seminal survey issued just two weeks ago by the Des Moines Register. That poll was the first to show Giuliani's campaign hurting as more Republicans recognize his pro-abortion view and newer polls show his numbers continuing to drop. Click here to read more.
Lawsuits by Former Abortion Staff Reveal Planned Parenthood's Problems
I recently got my hands on two lawsuits filed this year by former employees against Planned Parenthood Chicago Area and its CEO, Steve Trombley. I've tried to imagine what it's like to be on the inside of PP, particularly its upper echelon. But when a business' lifeblood is abortion, I'm sure we will not begin to fathom the depths of its depravity until someone finally writes that tell-all book. So the only real glimpses we have until then are anecdotal stories and lawsuits, so back on point: Click here to read more.
Sixty Pro-Life Groups Ask Congress to Block Funding Planned Parenthood
A coalition of sixty pro-life groups have signed onto a letter to every member of the House and Senate asking that Congress stop providing federal funds to Planned Parenthood. The letter follows the more than 100 charges a Kansas county attorney has leveled against an abortion business there. Click here to read more.
Second New Poll Shows Majority of Americans are Pro-Life on Abortion
A second poll in as many weeks is showing that a majority of Americans are pro-life when it comes to abortion. Last week, a CBS News survey showed over half of the public opposes most or all abortions and now a new poll from Bloomberg News and the Los Angeles Times has found the same thing. Click here to read more.
Bella Sees Strong Sales on Opening Weekend, 2nd Highest Per Theater
Bella, the pro-life themed movie that has the potential to change hearts and minds on abortion, opened solidly with $1.3 million over the weekend in a limited release in just 31 cities. Though other movies achieved higher gross sales, they needed significantly more theaters to do so. The film stars Eduardo Verastegui as a former soccer player who learns the value of human life and helps a pregnant waitress, played by Tammy Blanchard, appreciate the value of the baby she's carrying. Click here to read more.
Fox News Airs Abortion Documentary Saturday, Will Show an Abortion
The Fox News Channel is set to focus on the abortion choices of three women this weekend in a new documentary covering the sensitive issue. "Facing Reality, Choice" is set to air on Saturday evening and the show will focus on three pregnant women and their abortion choices, but it may not present the full facts of abortion. Click here to read more.
Republican Candidates Challenge Each Other on Abortion in GOP Debate
The Republican presidential candidates had one of their more contentious debates on Sunday as they debated which of the hopefuls is more in tune with the beliefs of pro-life advocates. With one of the more stalwart pro-life Republicans in Sam Brownback dropping out of the race, remaining candidates sought his pro-life mantle. Click here to read more.
Family of Woman Who Died at Massachusetts Abortion Center Speaks Out
The family of a woman who died from an abortion at an abortion business in this Massachusetts city is speaking out about her death and wondering why the mainstream media has refused to cover it. Laura Hope Smith, who was 22-years-old, apparently died after suffering hemorrhaging caused by an abortion obtained at Women Health Center. Click here to read more.
Thousands of Pro-Life Students Will Silently Protest Abortion Next Week
Thousands of pro-life students will silently protest abortion next week by donning tape or bandanas over their mouths in an effort to "speak up" for unborn children who can't speak up for themselves. The fourth annual Pro-life Day of Silent Solidarity is a day for pro-life students to impact their peers on abortion. Click here to read more.
Poll Shows Republicans Not United on Best Candidate Against Abortion
A new poll finds that black pro-life voters are more likely to support Republican candidates than African-American voters overall, but that they still tend to vote for Democrats. The survey also found that blacks and Hispanics are more likely to oppose abortion and embryonic stem cell research than white Americans. Click here to read more.
Poll Shows Republicans Not United on Best Candidate Against Abortion
A new poll of Republican voters finds them not united on the best choice to handle key social issues like abortion. In each of the three first primary battleground states, GOP voters see a different candidate as the best one on the issue. Click here to read more.
Young Adults Tend to Lean Pro-Life
They’re called Echo Boomers because many of them are the children of Baby Boomers. Harris Interactive asked 18- to 30-year-olds how they felt about controversial issues facing society. Their answers were startling. For instance, only 45 percent say they support abortion, and just 47 percent are in favor of embryonic stem-cell research. “I think the young people are benefiting from the fact that now we know so much more about the development of the baby in the womb than we did in 1973," said Colleen Parro with the Republican National Coalition for Life. Click here to read more.
Aurora Pro-Life Advocates Sue Planned Parenthood Over Bad Comments
The next chapter in the abortion saga in Aurora, Illinois has opened as pro-life advocates have filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood over potentially libelous comments. During the battle over the new facility, Trombley told one local media outlet that pro-life advocates engage in violence and that was the reason Planned Parenthood kept the new abortion center a secret for so long. Attorney Tom Brejcha of the Thomas More Society, a pro-life law firm, is representing Eric Scheidler and others in the case. He told the Beacon newspaper that the pro-life people opposing the center are non-violent. "It's outrageous libel," he said. "They're a bunch of Rosary-praying Catholics holding a 40-day prayer vigil." Click here to read more.
Pro-Life Advocate Responds to James Dobson on Fred Thompson's Bid
A leading pro-life advocate is responding to comments pro-life leader Dr. James Dobson made last week suggesting that Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson is not worthy of support. Responding to the comments, former GOP presidential candidate Gary Bauer says Thompson is much better than Hillary Clinton. Last week, Dobson said he will not support Fred Thompson for the Republican nomination for president. But Bauer, the former head of the Family Research Council, said pro-life advocates need to consider Thompson to help avoid the “nightmare scenario” where they are forced to choose between abortion advocates Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani. Click here to read more.
Woman May Have Died From Botched Abortion at Massachusetts Facility
Two weeks ago, a Massachusetts woman may have died from an abortion at an abortion business in this southeastern city. The unnamed woman apparently died after suffering hemorrhaging caused by an abortion obtained at Women Health Center in the Cape Cod town of Hyannis. Read the complete story.
Iowa School Defends Decision to Cancel Alveda King's Pro-Life Speech
Roosevelt High School officials are beginning to respond to criticism of its decision to cancel a speech there by leading pro-life advocate Alveda King. The former principal invited Dr. King to address students there but the new principal, Kathie Danielson, canceled the event. Danielson said she thought the talk would be a good one for students to focus on diversity and race issues, but couldn't let it go forward after pro-abortion parents complained. Read the complete story.
Aurora Abortion Center Will Open Tuesday After Reviews Allow Permit
The new Planned Parenthood abortion center in Aurora, Illinois has drawn national controversy and thousands of pro-life advocates in the area have spoken up against it. But city officials released the results of three separate reviews of Planned Parenthood's approval process and found no discrepancies. The city issued Planned Parenthood its permanent residency permit, which will allow it to begin doing abortions at the massive multimillion dollar facility. Read the complete story.
Iowa School Cancels Pro-Life Talk With Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's Niece
A public high school in Iowa is drawing criticism from the pro-life community after it canceled a scheduled talk with pro-life advocate Alveda King. The former Georgia legislator and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been invited by officials at Roosevelt High School to speak. The former principal invited Dr. King to address students there but the new principal, Kathie Danielson, canceled the event. Read the complete story.
National Debate on Pro-Life Movement Sparked by Georgia Abortion Ban
When pro-life advocates in South Dakota proposed an abortion ban on their state ballot last year, it opened the door to the decades-long debate within the pro-life community about the best way to end abortion. A new effort in Georgia to ban abortions there is sparking a renewed debate. The debate doesn't concern principle, but involves the timing of bills like Georgia's and South Dakota's and whether or not it is wise to send a guaranteed legal challenge to a pro-abortion Supreme Court. Click here to read more.
Alan Keyes Launches Presidential Bid, Seeks Republican Party's Nod
Former ambassador and GOP presidential candidate Alan Keyes has launched another attempt to secure the Republican Party's nomination for president next year. The longtime pro-life advocate says none of the current candidates are adequately representing the positions he espouses.
One Quarter of Black Population Missing from Abortion Genocide Says Dr. Alveda King
Dr. Alveda King, the niece of legendary human rights campaigner, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., told a meeting of Priests for Life, that the killing of a quarter of the black population of the US has not been from the lynch mobs of her childhood days, but from abortionists, “who plant their killing centers in minority neighborhoods and prey upon women who think they have no hope.
“The great irony,” she said, “is that abortion has done what the Klan only dreamed of.”Click here to read more.
Planned Parenthood Can't Open Aurora Clinic on Schedule
At least a dozen women had already made appointments for opening day of Planned Parenthood's Aurora, Ill., clinic — the largest abortion clinic in the nation. But thanks to a judge's ruling today, preborn babies in the area will get to live at least a few days longer. The Aurora City Council has decided not to issue a permanent-occupancy permit for the new building until it can determine whether the project's developer, Gemini Office Development, fully disclosed the purpose of the clinic during the permit process, the Chicago Tribune reports. Click here to read more.
Fred Thompson Appears to Have No Opinion on Terri Schiavo Euthanasia Case
The newest Republican presidential candidate appeared to stumble on Friday while campaigning in Florida. Fred Thompson appeared as if he didn't remember the national controversy surrounding the euthanasia death of Terri Schiavo and presented mixed views on whether Congress should have gotten involved. "I can't pass judgment on it. I know that good people were doing what they thought was best," Thompson said. "That's going back in history. I don't remember the details of it." Click here to read more.
Planned Parenthood Under Fire for Accusing Pro-Life Advocates of Violence
In the latest saga in the battle over a new abortion business Planned Parenthood hopes to open next week, its local CEO is under fire for accusing a leading pro-life advocate of engaging in violence. Pro-life groups have engaged in massive protests and called on city officials to prevent the abortion center from opening.
Last week, Planned Parenthood/Chicago Area began to fight back against the onslaught of opposition and its president and CEO Steve Trombley engaged in several interviews. He told one local media outlet that pro-life advocates engage in violence and that was the reason Planned Parenthood kept the new abortion center a secret for so long. "We certainly kept the building of this facility private in an effort not to alert our opposition, who have a history of criminal behavior," Trombley said.Click here to read more.
Woman Who Stole Mother's Unborn Baby Can't Use Abortion as Defense
A woman who cut open a pregnant mother's stomach and stole her unborn child can't use the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion case as a defense, a judge has ruled. Lawyers for Lisa Montgomery argued the baby was not a person under law and, therefore, she can't be charged with kidnapping. Click here to read more.
Planned Parenthood’s Recent Hypocrisy
Planned Parenthood and its cheerleaders have long claimed they want abortion to be “safe, legal, and rare.” Let’s examine the recent evidence. Do they promote things that make abortion “safe, legal, and rare” or do they actually support dangerous practices, ignore legal restrictions, and make decisions likely to increase the rate of abortion? Click here to read more.
Study Calls Abortion Pill 'Safe' for Women
In 2000, the Food and Drug Administration approved the abortion drug mifepristone, also known as RU-486. Since then, it has ended the lives of 500,000 U.S. preborn babies and millions more worldwide, Time.com reports.
Now, a study appearing in the Aug. 16 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine reports that the drug is safe for women in the long term.
Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee Address Abortion in Latest Republican Debate
The latest Republican presidential debate featured few fireworks on pro-life issues such as abortion or embryonic stem cell research. During Wednesday night's debate, Mitt Romney was asked about his strategy to end abortion and Mike Huckabee called for a human life amendment to the constitution. Click here to read more.
Fred Thompson Makes Presidential Announcement While Republicans Debate
While his Republican counterparts debate in New Hampshire, former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson made an appearance on a late-night television program to announce his presidential bid. After several months of waiting, Thompson told talk show host Jay Leno "I'm running for president of the United States."
"I think Roe v. Wade was a bad decision. I think it was bad law and bad medicine," Thompson said in a recent appearance on CNN. "You don't just get up one day and overturn the entire history of the country with regard to nature and major social policy, without any action by Congress, without any action by the American people or constitutional amendment, and that's what happened," Thompson explained. The former Tennessee senator continued, "It shouldn't have happened. It ought to be reversed." Click here to read more.
Republican Voters Still Don't Know Rudy Giuliani Supports Abortion
A new poll shows that over half of Republican voters can't identify that Rudy Giuliani is the lone GOP presidential candidate who supports abortion. However, the new Pew survey finds that pro-life voters and those who are paying more attention to the presidential race are more likely to know that fact. Among all self-identified Republican voters, just 41 percent are aware that the former New York City mayor is only Republican in the race to favor legalized abortion. Click here to read more.
Woman Sues Nebraska Planned Parenthood, Botched Abortion Nearly Killed Her
A Nebraska woman is suing Planned Parenthood after an abortion at its facility resulted in the perforating of her uterus and a severe loss of blood. The abortion perforated the woman's uterus and, according to doctors who treated her later, could have killed her. The woman had the abortion at the Lincoln facility last month and the abortion perforated her uterus. She was ultimately taken to a local hospital where she lost 80 percent of her blood and experienced severe pain. Click here to read more.
Italy Investigates Botched Abortion of Healthy Twin, Disabled Brother Lives
Officials in Italy are investigating a botched abortion done on twin brothers where the healthy brother became the victim of the abortion and the twin, who has Down syndrome, lived. The disabled brother was the target of the abortion procedure and the case is raising the ugly specter of abortions done to kill disabled people. After doctors realized their mistake, they notified the woman in question. She returned to the hospital to have the disabled baby aborted as well and then reported the doctors to the police. Click here to read more.
Presidents and Abortion: What Pro-Life Advocates Should Seek in 2008
What are pro-lifers looking for in a presidential candidate?
Fed up after more than three decades of court-imposed abortion-on-demand, and now tantalizingly close to realizing the 5-4 Supreme Court majority needed to overturn Roe v. Wade, the court's decision declaring a constitutional right to abortion, pro-lifers, the conventional wisdom holds, crave just one thing: a president who will appoint pro-life judges to the Supreme Court. Click here to read more.
George Tiller Reopens Abortion Business, But Few Come for Abortions
Embattled late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller reopened his central Kansas abortion center on Wednesday. However, early reports indicate few women went there for abortions from the practitioner who could face as much as 19 years in prison on charges he did some late-term abortions illegally.
Pro-Abortion Magazine The Nation Defends Late-Term Abortion Practitioner
That editors at the liberal magazine The Nation take a pro-abortion view is nothing surprising for longtime readers or observers. However, the publication has gone past the evens of even most pro-abortion people by defending Kansas late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller. Tiller has been charged with doing illegal late-term abortions without the consultation of a second physician by none other than a pro-abortion state attorney general. Click here to read more.
Martin Luther King, Jr's Niece Reflects on Abortion at Birmingham Event
Dr. Alveda King, the niece of legendary civil rights advocate Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., participated in the unveiling of historic markers Sunday at the church and parsonage of her late father, the Rev. A. D. Williams King. She said later the event caused her to reflect on King's life and the status of abortion in America. "Roughly one quarter of the black population is now missing," she reflected. King said abortion is a "great irony" because it has decimated the African-American population in ways the Klu Klux Klan never could. Click here to read more.
Kansas Judge Removes Himself From Illegal Late-Term Abortion Case
A Kansas judge has removed himself from a case involving 19 misdemeanor charges filed against late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller. The state's attorney general has accused Tiller of violating a law that requires a second, independent physician to sign off on the late-term abortions. Click here to read more.
CNN's Upcoming Miniseries "God's Warriors" Implies Pro-Lifers are Terrorists
CNN's upcoming miniseries "God's Warriors," hosted by left-wing bias exemplar Christiane Amanpour, looks like it will play the old liberal game of moral equivalence. Amanpour reportedly compares Christian chastity advocates to the Taliban in the miniseries. Even the promos for the miniseries which have been running on CNN for the past few weeks demonstrate the probable "game plan" that Amanpour and CNN have in mind, grouping together pro-life Christian college students protesting in front of the Supreme Court, Jewish settlers on the West Bank, and Islamic radicals. To paraphrase an old children's jingle, "two of these things are not like the other." An "unprecedented six-hour television event," the miniseries will examine "God's Jewish Warriors" on Tuesday night, "God's Muslim Warriors" on Wednesday night, and "God's Christian Warriors" on Thursday night. Click here to read more.
George Tiller Staff Member Quits Job at His Late-Term Abortion Business
Embattled late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller suffered another setback on Wednesday when pro-life advocates announced that one of his lonetime abortion facility employees is quitting her job. Marguerite Reed said she would not be returning to his abortion business if it reopens. Tiller's Wichita-based abortion center is closed while he faces 19 misdemeanor charges accusing him of doing illegal late-term abortions without the approval of a second physician. Click here to read more.
Poll: Iowa GOP Voters Strongly Pro-Life, Would Reject Pro-Abortion Candidate
A newly-released survey of voters in the first presidential battleground state of Iowa find that a strong majority are pro-life. A large majority of those polled also said they would reject a pro-abortion candidate -- which is bad news for Rudy Giuliani, who is the only pro-abortion Republican in the primary race. Click here to read more.
Republican Presidential Candidates Say Straw Poll Validated Pro-Life Views
The top three finishers in Saturday's straw poll responded to their showing by saying their support validated their pro-life stances. For Mike Huckabee and Sam Brownback, the pro-life advocates hoped the straw poll would elevate them to the top-tier while Mitt Romney hoped it would put abortion questions behind him. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, won the event with 31 percent of the vote. During the entirety of the campaign, he has been dogged by questions about his abortion stance because he says he had a change of heart and became pro-life just a couple of years ago. Click here to read more.
Abortion Practitioner George Tiller Gets First Hearing on Late-Term Law
George Tiller, the infamous late-term abortion practitioner in Kansas, got his first hearing on Friday over his challenge to the constitutionality of a law the state's attorney general says he violated 19 times. If the law is upheld and Tiller is convicted on the misdemeanor charges, he could spend 19 years in prison. Tiller is charged with violating a statute requiring a second physician to sign off on any abortions done late in pregnancy. Click here to read more.
House Bill Brought Back on Pain Unborn Children Feel During Abortions
One of the top pro-life members of Congress has reintroduced a bill in the House that tells women of the pain an unborn child feels during an abortion. The bill also requires abortion practitioners to offer mothers a chance to provide the baby pain control before birth in an effort to encourage her to not have the abortion. "Expert testimony and scientific studies have shown that unborn children have the ability to feel pain from 20 weeks of gestation," Rep. Chris Smith explained. "As of now, there are no federal guidelines that require the provider to share this information with a woman seeking an abortion. This legislation would fill that void." Click here to read more.
George Tiller Pleads Not Guilty to Charges of Illegal Late-Term Abortions
Infamous late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller was supposed to be arraigned this week on 19 criminal misdemeanor changes of allegedly illegal late-term abortions. However, in a surprise and hushed move, Tiller pleaded not guilty on Friday to the charges in an effort to avoid the media and pro-life protests. Tiller has been charged by Morrison with violating a law requiring the signature of a doctor vouching that the abortion is medically necessary. He could face 19 years in jail if convicted and sentenced to the maximum prison time. Click here to read more.
Rudy Giuliani Repeats Dubious Adoption Claims During Abortion Debate
During Sunday's Republican presidential debate, pro-abortion former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani was asked to defend his position on abortion. He did so by repeating a dubious claim about the supposed exponential growth of adoptions during his tenure as mayor of one of the most pro-abortion cities in the nation. "But I think ultimately that decision that has to be made is one that government shouldn't make," Giuliani said, restating his pro-abortion views. "Ultimately, a woman should make that with her conscience and ultimately with her doctor." Click here to read more.
Republican Presidential Candidates Feud Over Abortion During Debate
The Republican presidential candidates met for another debate on Sunday in Iowa and found abortion to be among the top dividing issues. The discussion was less about the policy differences between the candidates and more about the latest salvo from the Brownback campaign against his opponents.
Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas has been positioning himself as the most pro-life candidate in the race in an attempt to gain much-needed primary support. In doing so, his campaign has launched radio ads questioning former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney's change of heart on abortion just a few years ago. Click here to read more.
Case Raises Legality of Do-It-Yourself Abortions
The prosecution of a Maryland woman for causing the death of a “viable fetus” last week has led to more grisly discoveries and an ethical dilemma for the abortion movement.
Christy Freeman, 37, of Ocean City, Md., has been charged with murder in the death of a preborn son, estimated at 26 weeks, whose remains were found under her bathroom sink. Police suspected Freeman, who showed up at a hospital with heavy bleeding and telltale signs of childbirth, had performed a “self-induced abortion.” They searched her property and found the remains of three other preterm babies.
Prosecutors say they intend to use the case to test a 2005 Maryland law that could be interpreted to exempt the expectant mother in such a case. In an opinion piece posted at Townhall.com, Jon Sanders, policy analyst and research editor at the John Locke Foundation, wrote, “It would be logically and morally untenable for the state to hold simultaneously that it is murder for someone to kill a woman’s unborn child, but A-OK for the woman to kill it herself.”
Commentary on Michael Vick and Abortion: "To hell with the dogs until people count"
By Mychal Massie
Blacks, at the urging of their so-called leadership, are often quick to become incited at the least provocation – real or perceived. At times, this has been well-documented to lead to riot and mayhem.
Now, if there were ever a justifiable time to tear down the personified fences of racial injustice and storm the castles of those who, with forethought and malicious genocidal intent, propagate and perpetuate an injustice so sinister as to be without equal, today should be the day for all blacks to rally. It is a day that so-called black leadership should storm the halls of Congress and demand an end to this evil. But they are silent.
What am I talking about? I'm talking about the furor that now rages over Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick's alleged involvement in dog fighting and the brutal killing and the double standard of same.
In the past seven days, approximately 10,500 unborn, defenseless black children have been murdered by abortionists. Abortionists supported by the "prince" who would be king – Barack Hussein Obama – the Congressional Black Caucus, Jesse Jackson, Julian Bond and the NAACP, and Mark Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League.
Pro-Life Film Bella Set for October Release Bella, the heart-warming independent film that took the 2006 Toronto Film Festival by storm, winning the prestigious "People's Choice Award," is in final negotiations with a major U.S. distributor, a representative at Metanoia Films told LifeSiteNews.com. Barring any last-minute glitches in the signing of the papers, the film will be released in theaters across the country on Oct. 26. Many pro-life and pro-family groups across the country and internationally have embraced the film for its unapologetic celebration of life and the beauty of family and for its honest look at the difficult issue of what to do about an unplanned pregnancy. Visit the website for Bella.
(NOTE: Referral to Web sites not produced by Georgia Right to Life is for informational purposes only and does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of the sites' content.)
Majority of Americans Backed Supreme Court's Partial-Birth Abortion Ruling
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds that a majority of Americans backed the Supreme Court's decision earlier this year to uphold a national ban on partial-birth abortions. The poll is consistent with other surveys showing Americans strongly opposing the gruesome abortion procedure. While abortion advocates frequently paint the high court's decision as out of step with the American public, the poll shows it is pro-abortion groups who don't represent most people. Read the rest of the story | Read our perspective on the PBA decision.
Dried blood, rust, dirt at clinic
Blood-stained operating tables and expired drugs were just some of the violations discovered by state officials after an inspection of the Alternatives abortion clinic last month, according to a report released Monday. After the initial inspection, the clinic was shut down immediately for “posing immediate and serious risk of harm to patients” because of violations such as the clinic’s absence of a sterilizing scrub sink, according to a letter from the state to Alternatives. The complete report released Monday claims abortion physicians did not scrub for procedures and used the scrub area for storage. An unnamed employee defended the violation to investigators, saying: “Abortions aren’t really surgery, they aren’t sterile procedures.” Read the rest of the story.
Study Sees 'Turnaround' in Young Adults' Positions on Abortion
Younger voters, especially women, are embracing a pro-life position in surprising numbers and in sharp contrast to attitudes that held sway 15 years ago, according to a new study.
The study by Overbrook Research, a public consulting firm in Illinois, examines public opinion data from Missouri. Read the rest of the story.
Rudy Giuliani Flip-Flops, Now Won't Answer Roe Abortion Question
Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani appears to have flip-flopped on what he thinks about the Supreme Court potentially overturning its landmark Roe v. Wade abortion ruling. Giuliani hasn't suddenly become pro-life; instead, he told the Wall St. Journal he now won't answer the question of what he thinks. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal published over the weekend, Giuliani was asked: “Roe v Wade, should it be overturned?” Giuliani demurred, saying, “I don't answer that because I wouldn't want a judge to have to answer that." Read the rest of the story.
Edwards, Obama Pledge Abortion Support
At the Planned Parenthood Action Fund presidential candidate forum earlier this week, the John Edwards and Barack Obama campaigns promised to include abortion coverage in their universal health care plans. Elizabeth Edwards said her husband’s plan would cover “all reproductive health care, including pregnancy termination.” Obama said his would cover “reproductive health services,” which his campaign later confirmed includes abortion. Kelly Shackelford, chief counsel of Liberty Legal Institute, told Family News in Focus the Edwards and Obama plans could void state pro-life laws. Read the rest of the story.
Hundreds of Pro-Life Advocates Gather for Kansas Abortion Center Protest
Hundreds of pro-life advocates gathered on Sunday night for a protest at the abortion business of late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller. He has been charged with 19 misdemeanors for violating state laws that require more than one doctor to sign off on an abortion done after the baby is viable. The pro-life advocates gathered to pray for an end to abortion and for closure of the site of alleged illegal late-term abortions. Read the rest of the story.
Louisiana First to Ban Partial-Birth Abortions After Supreme Court Ruling
Louisiana is the first state to ban partial-birth abortions following a ruling from the Supreme Court saying a national ban on the gruesome abortion procedure is constitutional. The high court ruled such bans don't need a health exception because the three-day-long abortion procedure doesn't protect women's health. Read the rest of the story.
House Will Likely Debate Ethical Stem Cell Research Funding This Week
The House of Representatives will likely engage in another debate on stem cell research this week as it takes up the Labor, Health and Human Services appropriations bill. On Wednesday or Thursday, House members will consider an amendment to support ethical forms of the research. Pro-life lawmakers and organizations support ethical stem cell research using stem cells obtained from alternative sources such as umbilical cord blood. These don't require the destruction of human life to obtain. Read the rest of the story.
Sales of Morning-After Pill May Double in a Year
In August 2006, the Food and Drug Administration authorized the sale of the morning-after pill without a prescription to women 18 and older. Annual sales of Plan B are expected to double this year, The Washington Post reports. "This is very concerning," Charmaine Yoest of the Family Research Council told The Post. FRC is among several groups suing the FDA to reverse the decision. "We think this is putting women's health at risk." Plan B consists of higher doses of the hormones found in standard birth control pills. It is taken within 72 hours of sex and is intended to prevent pregnancy, but may cause an early abortion.
Abortion Seen as Top White House Issue by 40 Percent of Americans
The issue of abortion is seen as a top issue in the 2008 presidential election by 40 percent of Americans, indicating the contentious subject still plays a prominent role in how people case their ballot for president. Previous polls have shown that the pro-life position gives presidential candidates an edge. Read the rest of the story.
Analysis of Planned Parenthood Report Shows Abortions, No Adoptions
Further analysis of the new annual report submitted by Planned Parenthood shows why it has earned the dubious distinction of being the nation's largest abortion business. While the report shows it made hundreds of millions of dollars from abortions, it shows no adoption referrals. Read the rest of the story.
Scientists Hope to Treat Blindness, Adult Stem Cell Research Already Has
British scientists hope to use embryonic stem cells to cure blind patients age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blindness among elderly people. However, other doctors have already used adult stem cell research to treat blind patients and their conditions have vastly improved. Read the rest of the story.
LifeNews.com Exclusive: Interview With Sam Brownback on Stem Cell Research
LifeNews.com: When Congress debates S. 5 this week in the House, members will again make wild claims about the miracle cures embryonic stem cell research has for patients. But we know it's never come close to helping one person. Why do you think supporters of the bill continue to peddle these myths?
Sam Brownback: Well I certainly want cures. I think we all want cures. When you find a patient or a family in a difficult situation, they can be particularly vulnerable. Everybody wants to provide hope for those dealing with a sickness of this kind. Your heart goes out to them. I say, let's fund the research that is getting the treatments, that is making progress. Let's fight for research that we can be proud of and that everyone can live with.
Poll Finds Rudy Giuliani's Pro-Abortion Views Hurts Him With Republicans
Another poll is showing that Rudy Giuliani's pro-abortion views are hurting him with Republican voters who will determine the GOP nomine for president in 2008. The Harris Poll finds that the more conservative the Republican the more likely Giuliani's pro-abortion views are off-putting. Looking ahead, just one-third (33%) of adults say they would vote for Mayor Giuliani if he was the Republican nominee for President of the United States while 40 percent would not and one-quarter (24%) are not sure. Read the rest of the story.
Health Officials Tag Planned Parenthood for Slowly Reporting Abortion Death
California health officials have reprimanded a Riverside Planned Parenthood abortion business saying it drug its feet in reporting how a woman there died in February after a legal abortion. The state said Planned Parenthood should have reported the woman's death within 24 hours. The state Department of Health Services is probing the death of Edrica Goode a 21 year-old who died in February after toxic shock syndrome caused by the abortion she had. Read the rest of the story.
Umbilical Cord Blood Helps Kids with Type 1 Diabetes
A group of children newly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes appears to have benefited from receiving a transfusion of their own stored umbilical cord blood. That's according to a study presented Tuesday at the American Diabetes Association's 67th Annual Scientific Sessions. It's another example of the potential of adult stem cells to help heal the body. Read the rest of the story.
Teens, Young Adults More Likely to Oppose Abortion, Want More Limits
A new poll conducted by a three media outlets finds that teenagers and young adults are more likely than older adults to say that they don't think abortion should be legal or that it should be subject to stricter limits than it is now. The poll confirms the findings of other surveys showing the next generation of Americans are more pro-life. Read the rest of the story
GOP Voters Strongly Pro-Life on Abortion, 35% Would Only Vote Pro-Life
A new poll shows that an overwhelming majority of Republican voters are still strongly pro-life on the issue of abortion and see it as a reason for being a member of the party. The poll also found a sizable number of Republicans who say they would not likely vote for a pro-abortion Republican candidate. Read the rest of the story
Bipartisan Bill Pushes Adult Stem-Cell Research
When President Bush vetoed embryonic stem-cell legislation last week, he issued an executive order directing the Department of Health and Human Services to promote research that does not destroy life. Following the president's lead, Reps. Randy Forbes, a New York Republican, and Dan Lipinski, an Illinois Democrat, have introduced H.R. 2807, the "Patients First Act." Their measure would promote research and clinical trials using stem cells that are ethically obtained and show evidence providing clinical benefit for human patients. Read the rest of the story.
Pro-Lifers Need to Spread the Word on Embryo Adoption
A survey indicates well over half of the infertile couples who have frozen embryos in storage would be very likely to donate the extras for scientific research. If all respondents to the survey were taken up on their offer, conservative estimates say there would be around 100,000 embryos available for research. The news shocks Ron Stoddart of the Snowflake Embryo Adoption Program. “I just didn’t believe it," he told Family News in Focus. "I mean it just did not ring true.” Read the rest of the story.
Planned Parenthood Brings in 900M Dollars Thanks to Abortion Business
In their public relations campaigns and efforts to appear more moderate, Planned parenthood claims that they are much more than an abortion business. However, Planned Parenthood's latest annual report reveals it made $902.8 million dollars from 2005-2006 and did 264,943 abortions. Read the complete story
Late-Abortions Given so Women Could Go to Rock Concerts
A Psychologist who has examined over thirty medical records subpoenaed from abortionist George R. Tiller, says women were given late-term abortions on viable babies so they would not have to miss rock concerts and sporting events. Dr. Paul McHugh revealed last week that he examined medical records that showed women who were 26 to 30 weeks into their pregnancies were being given abortions by Tiller for "trivial" birth control reasons under the guise of "mental health" concerns that could not be substantiated by the records. Read the complete story.
Mother of Woman Who Died After Planned Parenthood Abortion Files Suit
The mother of a woman who died after an abortion at a Planned Parenthood in this city east of Los Angles has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the abortion business. The lawsuit contends that Planned Parenthood officials gave 21 year-old Edrica Goode poor medical care prior to the abortion that claimed her life. Read the complete story.
President Bush Vetoes Embryonic Stem Cell Research Funding Bill
For the second time, President Bush has vetoed a bill that would force Americans to pay for research that involves the destruction of human life. Because days-old unborn children are killed for their cells for science, the president said the bill crosses a moral line that he can't support. "If this legislation became law, it would compel American taxpayers -- for the first time in our history -- to support the deliberate destruction of human embryos," he said in a statement highlighting the veto. "I have made it clear to Congress and the American people that Iwill not allow the nation to cross this moral line," the statement added. Instead of signing the bill, President Bush issued an executive order to press for more research into ways of obtaining embryonic stem cells without harming human life. The White House defended the president's policy saying he was the first president to make federal funds available for stem cell research, including money for studies involving older embryonic stem cells where no more destruction would take place. Since 2001, President Bush has made $130 million dollars available for research on stem cell lines derived from embryos that had already been destroyed. The president has also provided more than $3 billion in federal funding for research on all forms of stem cells, including those from adult and other non-embryonic sources. Read the complete story.
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President Bush to Veto Embryonic Stem Cell Research Bill Wednesday
President Bush will veto a bill tomorrow that forces taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research involving the destruction of human life. This will be the second time the president has protected the American people from a Congressional bill making the public pay for research that destroys days-old unborn children. Bush renewed the moral line he made with the previous bill in a statement shortly before the House sent him the bill this time. "American taxpayers would for the first time in our history be compelled to support the deliberate destruction of human embryos," he said. "For that reason I will veto'' the bill. Click here to read more.
Congress, President Bush to Battle on Embryonic Stem Cell Research Again
When members of Congress return next week from their Memorial Day recess, Congress and President Bush will once again do battle over whether taxpayers should be forced to fund embryonic stem cell research that involves the destruction of human life. Both the House and Senate have passed measures overturning the presidents limits on funding the controversial science but the bills contain minor differences. Click here to read more.
Pro-Life Groups Ask Pro-Abortion Catholic Politicians to Resign
Two leading pro-life groups are calling on a group of 18 pro-abortion Catholic politicians to resign after they released a statement blasting Pope Benedict XVI. They took issue with his comments that pro-abortion elected officials have automatically excommunicated themselves and shouldn't receive communion. Click here to read more.
Another Poll Shows Rudy Giuliani Slipping in GOP Over Abortion Issue
Down. That appears to be the only direction the Giuliani campaign is going after several weeks of misstatements and attempts to sell his pro-abortion position to the largely pro-life Republican Party. The hard-hitting criticism the former New York City mayor has endured has eroded his lead in national polls. A new survey USA Today released today finds that just 29 percent of Republicans nationally would vote for Giuliani the 2008 GOP primary. Click here to read more.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi Calls Embryonic Stem Cell Research "Gift From God"
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has drawn guffaws from the pro-life community for comments saying that embryonic stem cell research, which involves the destruction of days-old human embryos, is a "gift from God." Her remarks came after the House approved a bill to force Americans to fund it. Click here to read more.
Medical Students Weigh Being Next Generation of Abortion Practitioners
Taking the life of one patient and likely hurting the other isn't the idea most medical students have in mind when they're thinking of a specialty or career after college. But for some pro-abortion students, becoming an abortion practitioner is not only an option, but, they feel, an obligation because of declining numbers. Click here to read more.
Public School Students in New Hampshire Taken to Abortion Center
Parents in New Hampshire are outraged after learning that the YMCA, in partnership with a local school district, took a group of junior high school students to a Planned Parenthood abortion business. The Manchester school district has come under fire for the trip and promises students will never go there again. Click here to read more.
Dehumanizing Humans: When Animal Rights Trump Our Right to Life
I've never ceased to be amazed at how intricately we are made, how marvelously we are woven together. But it is not just our incredible physical complexity. Bioethicist Wesley J. Smith puts our uniqueness this way: “We are moral and intellectual beings with the ability to create, civilize, project over time, and transcend.” Click here to read more.
House Backs Funding Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Bush Veto Coming
The House passed a bill that would expand federal policy to require taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research that involves the destruction of human life. Though the House approved the bill 247-176, the vote was well short of the two-thirds necessary to override a veto the president has promised. Click here to read more.
House Defeats Fake Human Cloning Ban Allowing it For Research
The House of Representatives defeated a human cloning bill Wednesday that claimed to prohibit the grisly practice but would have allowed scientists to create and destroy human embryos for research. The 213-204 vote comes just one day before the House will consider a measure on embryonic stem cell research. Click here to read more.
Responding to "Pro-Life" Attacks: Why the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Helps
The pro-life community has a proud tradition of standing up for those who can't speak for themselves. No other social cause in American politics, perhaps other than the anti-slavery movement of the 19th century, has the kind of moral authority we do when it comes to advocating for the basic human rights of all people. That's why I'm saddened to see representatives of pro-life groups attacking other pro-life advocates today in the national media. Click here to read more.
GOP Candidates Sam Brownback, Mike Huckabee Back Abstinence Education
With Congressional Democrats looking to strip out the funding of abstinence education programs from within the federal budget, two Republican candidates for president said they oppose the move. Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee say they strongly support abstinence education. Abortion advocates on Capitol Hill don't plan to reauthorize federal funding for the Title V abstinence education program, which expires at the end of June. They claim the programs have not been effective and want to see more money spent on birth control and the morning after pill. Click here to read more.
American Idol Winner Jordin Sparks a Pro-Life Advocate, Opposes Abortion
After coming under fire last month for an anti-poverty campaign that funneled money to pro-abortion groups, the popular musical talent show American Idol has produced a new winner in Jordin Sparks who is a long-time pro-life advocate. Sparks has repeatedly participated in pro-life conferences as a volunteer and singer. Click here to read more.
Gallup Releases Results of New Polling Data on Abortion, Roe v. Wade
The Gallup polling firm has released the results of a new poll it conducted on abortion issues -- specifically asking about overturning the Roe v. Wade decision and the recent Supreme Court ruling on partial-birth abortions. As is typically the case, the wording of questions Gallup used likely biased the results. Click here to read more.
Democratic Candidates for President Give Unanimous Pro-Abortion Views
While Rudy Giuliani has caused division within the Republican Party on the issue of abortion, the Democratic presidential candidates again proved they are all consistently pro-abortion. That comes form the results of a survey NARAL did to obtain comments from them on the contentious issue. Click here to read more.
Planned Parenthood Threatens UCLA Pro-Life Advocate on Abortion Coverup
Planned Parenthood is upset that a pro-life student at UCLA posed as a pregnant teenager and exposed it for advising her to disguise statutory rape. In an undercover investigative story for a student-run newspaper, UCLA student Lila Rose posed as a pregnant 15 year-old and entered a Santa Monica Planned Parenthood. She told officials there that a 23 year old man had impregnated her and her article in The Advocate newspaper says PP staff assured Rose that if she said she was 16 or older, they wouldn't have to report the rape. Click here to read more.
Pro-Life Advocates Applaud Trend in Passing Abortion-Ultrasound Bills
Abortion involves the ending of the life of a baby before birth and sometimes involves the use of an ultrasound before the abortion procedure is carried out. Shouldn't women be entitled to see what the abortion involves and whose life will be taken in the process. That's the thought of pro-life advocates and the legislatures of 10 states that have approved legislation allowing women to see an ultrasound before the abortion is done. Click here to read more.
Georgia Adult Stem Cell Research Bill Gets Governor Perdue's Signature
Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue tickled pro-life advocates in the Peach State for the second day in a row on Thursday when he signed a bill promoting adult stem cell research into law. His signature came just one day after he signed a bill on abortions allowing women to see ultrasounds of their unborn children. The measure, SB 148, is known as the Saving the Cure Act and it encourages ethical research involving stem cells from the umbilical cord, placental tissue and amniotic fluid. Click here to read more.
Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue Signs Abortion-Ultrasound Bill Into Law
Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue today signed into law a bill that requires abortion practitioners to show a woman considering an abortion an ultrasound of her unborn baby if she wants to see one beforehand. Pro-life groups and legislators hope the measure will help reduce the number of abortions. With the signing, Georgia will become the tenth state in the nation to pass an ultrasound law -- important because many women change their minds about having an abortion when they see one. The measure will go into effect on July 1 and representatives of Georgia Right to Life, the Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta, and other pro-life groups were on hand when the governor signed it. Click here to read more.
Planned Parenthood Sings Praises of Rudy Giuliani Speech on Abortion
Rudy Giuliani isn't doing himself any favors on abortion by upsetting pro-life Republican voters will constant reminders that he's pro-abortion. Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards isn't helping him either as she lavished praise on the former New York City mayor over a speech he gave Friday. “It's encouraging to see that the front-runner for the Republican nomination for president supports the right to make personal private health care decisions free from government intrusion," she said. She warned that "Giuliani is pro-choice and at the front of the pack" claimed that "the days of the anti-choice strangle-hold on the Republican Party are numbered." Click here to read more.
Leading Pro-Abortion Columnist Calls for Roe v. Wade to be Reversed
Nationally syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer is a well-respected writer and journalist when it comes to political issues. Though he's not pro-life, an article of his in newspapers across the nation today calls on the Supreme Court to reverse its landmark Roe v. Wade ruling allowing abortion on demand. Krauthammer doesn't want the decision reversed because he thinks abortion is a travesty or sympathizes with the plight of unborn children who see their life snuffed out. Instead, he thinks the high court took away the right of people to voice their views on abortion on a state by state basis through their legislatures. Click here to read more.
CNN Poll Finds Majority Say They're Pro-Life, Abortion Key 2008 Issue
A new poll conducted by Opinion Research Corporation for CNN earlier this month find that a majority of Americans say they are pro-life when it comes to the issue of abortion. The survey also shows abortion is a key issue for the 2008 presidential campaign and that pro-life voters are more resolute than abortion advocates. When asked to self-identify as "pro-life" or "pro-choice" on the issue of abortion, 50 percent of Americans call themselves pro-life while just 45 percent say otherwise. Click here to read more.
Poll: Americans More Likely to Oppose Roe When Abortion Case Explained
They say that the wording of a poll can lead to any desired result and previous media polls on whether Americans want the Supreme Court to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision have been biased. They've said the case allowed abortions only in the first trimester of pregnancy. But when the breadth of the decision is explained -- that it and a companion case led to virtually unlimited abortions -- a new survey shows that Americans are more likely to favor overturning it. Click here to read more.
Rudy Giuliani: I Gave Planned Parenthood Donations to Increase Adoptions
Rudy Giuliani, the leading Republican candidate for president in 2008, has come under fire for making several donations to Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion business, during the 1990s. The former New York City mayor defended those donations saying he only wanted to promote adoptions. However, Planned Parenthood's own figures show that it rarely refers pregnant women for adoptions and the number of adoptions referrals it does make are on the decline. Click here to read more.
More Details Emerge in UCLA-Planned Parenthood Abortion Rape Coverup
More details are emerging in a case where a counselor at the UCLA student health center advised a pregnant student to have an abortion. The woman in the case, a pro-life student posing as a pregnant teenager, says Planned Parenthood attempted to advise her to disguise statutory rape. Click here to read more.
Ohio Planned Parenthood Abortion Center Sued Over Incest Case Coverup
A suburban Cincinnati Planned Parenthood has been sued by a teenage girl who accuses it of covering up her sexual victimization by her father. Under Ohio law, doctors, nurses, teachers and other professionals are required to report alleged sexual abuse to authorities and the teen says that didn't happen in her abortion case. Click here to read more.
Rudy Giuliani Made Many Donations to Planned Parenthood Abortion Business
Rudy Giuliani has said several times in recent weeks that he "hates abortion" -- in an attempt to play down his pro-abortion views to Republican presidential primary voters who are mostly pro-life. However, new information reveals Giuliani and his wife made multiple donations to the nation's largest abortion business. Records show that Giuliani donated money to Planned Parenthood at least six times during the 1990s. Click here to read more.
Planned Parenthood Report Shows Record Number of Abortions Done
Following the Supreme Court's recent ruling that a federal ban on partial-birth abortions is constitutional, the Hart/Newhouse polling firm released the results of a survey it conducted for the Wall Street Journal showing that a majority of Americans agreed with the decision. Click here to read more.
Poll: Americans Agreed With Supreme Court's Partial-Birth Abortion Ruling
Following the Supreme Court's recent ruling that a federal ban on partial-birth abortions is constitutional, the Hart/Newhouse polling firm released the results of a survey it conducted for the Wall Street Journal showing that a majority of Americans agreed with the decision. Click here to read more.
President Bush Threatens to Veto Any Legislation Funding Abortions
Last week, President Bush issued a letter to the leaders of Congress informing them that he will veto any legislation sent to his desk that uses federal taxpayer funds to pay for abortions. "I will veto any legislation that weakens current Federal policies and laws on abortion, or that encourages the destruction of human life at any stage," the president promised. Click here to read more.
Article: The Forced Abortion Act
Promoters call it the Freedom of Choice Act, which is actually true. If passed, it would retroactively and forever free the abortion industry to infinity and beyond from every "federal, state and local statute, ordinance, regulation, administrative order, decision, policy [and] practice," encumbering abortion in any way whatsoever. Click here for the rest of this enlightening article.
Study: Use of Morning After Pills Doesn't Cut Abortion, Pregnancy Rates
A new study in England find that widespread use of the morning after pill has done nothing to cut either abortion or pregnancy rates there. The research also shows that the use of the Plan B drug also did not lower the rates of sexually transmitted diseases. Click here to read more.
British Study of Hospitals Over 20 Years Finds Many Babies Survive Abortion
A new study from Britain involving an analysis of 20 years of data covering 10 hospitals finds that one baby in 30 survives an abortion attempt. The survey sheds more light on how many abortions are unsuccessful and the kind of care medical facilities should offer babies who survive botched abortions. Click here to read more.
Rudy Giuliani: I Can Support Both Abortion and Partial-Birth Abortion Ban
Rudy Giuliani defended his position on abortion and partial-birth abortion during a campaign stop in New Hampshire on Tuesday. The former New York City mayor told voters that he's not being inconsistent when he says he supports abortion but also backs the Supreme Court ruling on the partial-birth abortion ban. "I think you can be personally opposed to it, hate abortion, respect somebody else's conscience who might make a different decision, and also believe that particular form of abortion is wrong," he said. Click here to read more.
The "Freedom for Partial-Birth Abortionists Act" --
Pro-Abortion Lawmakers Propose "FOCA" to Invalidate All Limits on Abortion
In response to the April 18 U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, prominent Democratic members of Congress the next day reintroduced the so-called "Freedom of Choice Act" (FOCA), a proposed federal law to nullify virtually all federal and state limitations on abortion.
NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson commented, "In the interests of truth in advertising, the bill should be renamed the ‘Freedom for Partial-Birth Abortionists Act'." Click here to read more.
GRTL Press Release: Pro-Life Bills Approved By 2007 Georgia General Assembly
Georgia Right to Life applauds the House and Senate leadership and their respective legislators following the recent completion of the legislative session. Pro-life advocates have examined the potential impact of the most recent session on the pro-life movement in Georgia. Click here to read more. Click here to see other GRTL press releases.
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Partial-Birth Abortion
On April 18, 2007, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision to uphold the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003. This federal law banned a procedure in which unborn children are partially-delivered before being killed but was challenged in court by various abortion providers. The ban will now take effect and prevent abortionists from using this brutal procedure to kill children who are more born than unborn. Click here to read more.
Rudy Giuliani Tells Pro-Life Advocates: Get Over Abortion Issue
After getting national attention last week with comments supporting taxpayer funding abortions and calling the funding a "right," Rudy Giuliani thumbed his nose at the pro-life movement further over the weekend telling them to get over the issue of abortion. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, has seen his polling numbers decline slightly because of his wide difference with most Republicans on the issue of abortion. "Our party has to get beyond issues like that," he told the Des Moines Register newspaper. Click here to read more.
Christian Doctors Tell Senate Not to Back Embryonic Stem Cell Research
A national organization for Christian doctors and physicians says the Senate should not pass a bill would that mandate federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. The group opposes the destruction of human life to advance science and says the bill, S. 5, is scientifically impractical and assaults human dignity. Click here to read more.
Rudy Giuliani Defends Pro-Abortion Stance
Rudy Giuliani continued to defend his pro-abortion views at a campaign stop in South Carolina speaking after a whirlwind of controversy surrounding a Wednesday interview in which he said he still supported taxpayer funded abortions. On Thursday, the former New York mayor seemed to flip-flop. In a CNN interview Wednesday, he said he would force taxpayers to fund abortions but Thursday said he backed the federal Hyde amendment prohibiting virtually all federal funding of abortions. He added that he supported states' own decisions on the issue. Click here to read more.
Rudy Giuliani Flip-Flops on Forcing Public Funding of Abortions
Rudy Giuliani has always been in favor of taxpayer funding of abortion and he reiterated those views in an interview with CNN on Wednesday. However, he issued a statement Thursday seemingly flip-flopping on the issue and moving away from his interview comments. on Wednesday, Giuliani told CNN that he would support taxpayer funding of abortions “If it would deprive someone of a constitutional right, yes, if that's the status of the law, then yes, I would, yes." Click here to read more.
Dutch Euthanasia Law Marks 5th Anniversary - What They Won't Tell You
In his book Seduced by Death, Herbert Hendin reported that one reason the Dutch people have not turned against their euthanasia law is that doctors and the media in Holland do not candidly report about the many abuses and violations of the law that occur with regard to their country's euthanasia policy. Click here to read more.
Study: Women Having Abortions More Likely to Be Abused by Their Partner
A new study published by researchers at La Trobe University in Australia finds that women who are abused by their partners are more likely to have an abortion of an unexpected pregnancy than to keep the baby. Women having abortions were also more likely to be from lower income families. Angela Taft and Lyndsey Watson led the study and Taft said that young women appear to have less control over sex or contraception decisions when they're with an abusive partner. Click here to read more.
Genetically Engineering Children -- A New Concern for the Pro-Life Movement
For a number of years now, a great deal of discussion has taken place among scientists and in the popular media about the genetic engineering of children. Will it soon be possible, for prices widely affordable at least to the upper-middle class, to guarantee that children have a high IQ, or excellent athletic ability, or be over 6 feet tall, or have blond hair and blue eyes? Click here to read more.
British Scientists Seeking Permission for Human-Animal Cloning Attempts
Three teams of British scientists have submitted applications for permission form the British government to engage in human-animal cloning attempts. They hope to engage in the grisly research in order to reduce the number of eggs needed from women for human cloning and to research diseases. Click here to read more.
Polls: Thompson Cuts Giuliani Lead, Romney Drops; Hillary Lacks Support
Pro-lifers have been looking for an alternative to the current crop of Republican presidential candidates and they may have found their man. Actor and former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson has shown well in his first poll. The results are enough to make some political observers say he could be the next Ronald Reagan... Click here to read more.
Pro-Infanticide Professor Peter Singer Invited to Polish Catholic Conference
In an interview, Singer said he would definitely kill a disabled newborn baby "if that was in the best interests of the baby and of the family as a whole." Singer said he found it surprising that abortion advocates would disagree with his views saying, "Many people find this shocking, yet they support a woman's right to have an abortion." Click here to read more.
UCLA Psychologist: Abortion's Impact on Men Frequently Ignored
A psychology professor at UCLA says the impact abortion has on men is too frequently ignored. Dr. Miriam Grossman, who is a psychiatrist at the university's student health service, says that men involved in abortion decisions have become "invisible" to researchers and members of her profession. Click here to read more.
Study: Women Having Abortions More Likely to Engage in Child Abuse
A new study finds that women who have a history of abortion are more likely to abuse children born from subsequent pregnancies. The study, published in the Internet Journal of Pediatrics and Neonatology, confirms previous research which suggests that there is a link between abortion and child abuse. Click here to read more.
Doctors Group Laments Record Oregon Assisted Suicide Figures
A doctors group says it's dismayed by new figures from the Oregon health department showing the number of assisted suicides on the rise. The numbers show that in 2006, more patients died after killing themselves in assisted suicides than in any previous year since the state legalized the practice. Click here to read more.
Assisted Suicides at All Time High New Oregon Figures Show
The number of Oregon residents using the state's assisted suicide law to kill themselves is on the rise. New figures from the state's health department show more people in Oregon died under the assisted suicide law in 2006 than any year previously. Click here to read more.
Italy Baby Dies When Doctors Do Erroneous Abortion After Bad Test
The baby boy who became the victim of an abortion after doctors failed a disability test on him died over the weekend. Physicians advised his mother to have an abortion after they had misdiagnosed a physical deformity but the boy survived the procedure.
Barack Obama Defends His Pro-Abortion Stance at Iowa Campaign
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama participated in a lengthy question and answer session over the weekend at Loras College, a Catholic school in Iowa. Though the pro-abortion Illinois senator had many friends in the audience, one participant questioned him about the contentious issue. "Millions of people have been killed because of the Roe v. Wade trial," one college student asked. "What is your view on that?" Click here to read Obama's response.
Planned Parenthood sued for not finishing the baby off
A woman who remained pregnant following a botched abortion three years ago has been awarded $672,610 from Planned Parenthood. The woman paid for a first trimester abortion, a procedure that went awry. Medical experts testified that she was probably pregnant with twins, but the procedure only fully removed one fetus. Weeks later the woman discovered to her horror that she was still pregnant with a baby that was missing one arm and one leg! Click here to read more.
Italian Baby Succumbs After Surviving Abortion
A baby who survived an abortion in an Italian hospital died on Wednesday night, March 8, unable to overcome cardiac weakness and a brain hemorrhage after being born severely premature. The baby boy was born in a hospital in Careggi, Italy, weighing only 17 ounces after 22 weeks of gestation. He had survived an abortion that doctors performed after concluding -- inaccurately -- that he would be severely deformed. Click here to read more.
Woman Sues Planned Parenthood After Failed Abortion of Twins
A Massachusetts woman who went to Planned Parenthood hoping for a successful abortion of her twin babies has filed a lawsuit against the abortion business for botching the procedure. Jennifer Raper, who is 45, wants it to pay for the cost of raising her two children. Click here to read more.
Catholic Nursing Homes to Be Forced to Permit Assisted Suicide
“Choice” my foot: If the new bill to legalize assisted suicide in California (A.B. 374) becomes law, Catholic nursing homes will be legally required to permit assisted suicide to be committed within their premises, even though doing so would be a profound violation of Catholic moral teaching. In-patient hospice facilities would be similarly coerced, despite assisted suicide being a direct affront to the hospice philosophy and the medical standards under which programs operate.Click here to read more.
Britain: Women OK to Donate Eggs for Stem Cell, Cloning Research
The British government on Wednesday approved plans to allow women to donate eggs for stem cell and cloning research — and said they will also be entitled to compensation for costs incurred. Click here to read more.
British Report: Abortions Occur Despite Available Contraception
A new British report finds that abortions are occurring there despite the general availability of contraception. Abortion advocates frequently cite making contraception and birth control more available as the best answer for reducing abortions, but the study shows that's not happening. Click here to read more.
Study: Pro-Life Legislation Cut Abortions on Teen Girls by 50%!
A new study finds that pro-life laws such as parental notification or consent reduced the abortion rate on teenage girls by more than 50 percent. Dr. Michael New says that parental involvement laws passed in the 1990s resulted in a "dramatic decrease in the incidence of abortion among minors." Click here to read more.
Martin Luther King Jr's Niece Opposes Abortion as Black History Month Ends
As Black History Month draws to a close, the niece of Martin Luther King Jr spoke to an audience in Indiana and reminded them how abortion has decimated the African-American community. While black women constitute about 13% of the childbearing population, they have over one-third of the abortions. Click here to read more.
October 5, 2006: The Value of Human Life: Intrinsic or Instrumental? (read short description)
In the last several decades, we have seen a rapid devaluing of human life in the world. It is important to understand what is meant by the word “value.” There are two distinct types of value: intrinsic, and instrumental. Intrinsic value is something that has value in itself. The value or worth that it has is inherent in its very existence. For example, most people would say that love is something that has intrinsic value.
September 14, 2006: New Documentary Reveals Filthy, Unsafe Conditions at Former Abortion Mill. (read short description)
A new documentary produced by Life Dynamics, Inc. of Denton, Texas, reveals the filthy, and unsafe conditions that existed at Central Women’s Services, a former Wichita abortion mill that was purchased by Operation Rescue earlier this year. Within hours of taking possession of the building that had housed an abortion clinic since 1983, OR President Troy Newman guided LDI’s Mark Crutcher and his production team on a tour of the facility, where they filmed and documented the shocking conditions that existed there. The mill was a member of the National Abortion Federation, an association of shoddy abortion mills around the country, some of which have recently been closed for their unsafe conditions and practices by the states of Florida and Alabama..
August 17, 2006: Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Answering the Arguments. (read short description)
I had the opportunity to attend a lecture (7/17/06) by Dr. George Delay, a Harvard researcher who has researched embryonic stem cells in mice for the past 10 years. He was invited to the University of Georgia as part of their lecture series on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research (HESR). I’d like to comment on the 15 minutes that he talked about the morality of HESR. He made 10 arguments for why embryonic stem cell research IS morally justifable, and I refute every one of them.
June 7, 2006: Aborting a Baby Is Legal in Britain, but Depicting It is a Crime. (read short description)
Our cousins in Great Britain, from whom we inherited a language, a political culture and, most specifically, the principle of freedom of speech, are going off the deep end, to judge from the jailing of Edward Atkinson. Here's the background: Last year, the U.K. was rocked by a high-profile abortion case. This was because the demise of "Baby A," as she became known, was photographed and videotaped. This evidence of her brutal end was widely distributed in the U.K. The abortion took place at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, not far from where Mr. Atkinson lives. This veteran pro-life campaigner decided to educate the Hospital's chief executive, Ruth May, in the horrors of such events. He sent copies of the photographs and other literature to Ms. May. Upon receiving the pictures, Ruth May complained to the authorities. The Director of Public Prosecutions, as district attorneys are known in the U.K., promptly ordered his arrest on the charge of "sending offensive materials through the mails." The policy then dragged the 75-year-old Catholic, who is nearly crippled with arthritis, from his home and held him in prison until his court date.
The ethical storm over abortions has been renewed as it emerged that terminations are being carried out for minor, treatable birth defects. Late terminations have been performed in recent years because the babies had club feet, official figures show. Other babies were destroyed because they had webbed fingers or extra digits. Such defects can often be corrected with a simple operation or physiotherapy. The revelation sparked fears that abortion is increasingly being used to satisfy couples' desire for the 'perfect' baby. A leading doctor said people were right to be 'totally shocked' that abortions were being carried out for such conditions.
May 8, 2006: Support for Roe v. Wade Abortion Case At Lowest Point Ever, Poll Shows. (read short description)
A new Harris Poll finds that backing for the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that allowed virtually unlimited abortion is at its lowest point ever. Harris has been measuring public opinion on the infamous abortion case since the high court's decision in 1973 and found that Americans are now split on the decision.
Supporters and media gathered at the Capitol Friday afternoon as Governor Perdue signed SB 77, the Unborn Victims Act, into law. Governor Perdue expressed his support for the legislation, particularly since this legislation "speaks for those who cannot speak for themselves."
April 17, 2006: Congressional Bill Would Legalize Unlimited Abortion,
Overturn Pro-Life Laws. (read short description)
Abortion advocates in Congress have reintroduced a measure that would legalize unlimited abortion and overturn key pro-life laws like parental involvement and measures allowing women to have information about abortion's risks and alternatives.
A Kansas late-term abortion practitioner who killed a 19 year-old girl in a botched abortion last year has allegedly run over a pro-life person with his car who was praying outside his abortion business.
April 7, 2006: Study Finds Premies Experience Pain, Abortion Implication. (read short description)
A new British study finds that premature babies experience pain and don't merely exhibit reflexive actions in response to painful events. The study's results could have a ramification on the abortion debate as late-term abortions are done during the same time period when viable babies are born.
April 6, 2006: Abortion Practitioners Admit RU 486 Abortion Drug Unsafe, "Lousy" for Women. (read short description)
After the Food and Drug Administration reported two additional deaths resulting from the use of the RU 486 abortion drug, pro-life groups and lawmakers again declared the drug unsafe and called for it to be taken off the market. Two abortion practitioners are surprised by the deaths and say the drug shouldn't be used.
April 4, 2006: Planned Parenthood Opposes Bill Protecting Women From Forced Abortions! (read short description)
The Michigan legislature is considering a bill that would protect women from being pressured or coerced into having an abortion. If any kind of legislation has a chance of finding common ground in the abortion debate, that's a bill that should. However, Planned Parenthood opposes the measure because they say it treads upon their sacred abortion cow and could cause some women planning to fork over a few hundred dollars to have an abortion to reconsider their decision.
The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that the dangerous RU 486 abortion drug has killed two more women. That brings the total number of women who have died in the United States up to seven and the abortion pill has injured at least 850 more. "At this time we are investigating all circumstances associated with these cases," an FDA statement said.
A lot has changed since 1973. “The Brady Bunch” was still airing new episodes on TV, and teens were buzzing about the amazing new video game, “Pong.” It’s obvious that a lot of things have changed in the last 33 years, yet groups like Planned Parenthood and the National Organization of Women are tenaciously trying to cling on to the 1973 Supreme Court decisions that legalized abortion through all nine months, for any reason. Is it time for these decisions, Roe v. Wade and its companion case, Doe v. Bolton, to go?
December 13, 2005: Offensive "Choice on Earth" Christmas Cards Are Back (read short description)
Planned Parenthood has brought back its offensive Choice on Earth Christmas cards, turning a holiday celebrating Jesus' birth into a fundraising opportunity to support abortion.
Many people automatically associate Planned Parenthood with abortion. It’s appropriate; it’s by far their biggest business. However, is abortion giving Planned Parenthood a bad name? Perhaps they offer many good services, and abortion is just the one unpopular service they offer. Many services, you ask? What else does Planned Parenthood do besides abortions? Read on.
Pro-life groups across the nation are calling for a national boycott of the American Girl doll company because it has not ended its partnership with Girls Inc., an organization for girls that backs abortion.
According to recently released statistics from the Georgia Department of Health, abortions performed in Georgia fell by a stunning 5.3 percent from 2003. Abortions in 2004 were 32,708 – down from 34,545 in 2003. Since the peak year of 1990, abortions have dropped by a massive 17 percent.
On October 25, 2005 students from around the country will remain silent, in solidarity with the over 4000 babies killed that day by surgical abortion. Students will wear a red arm band or red Duct Tape with the word life written on it to identify themselves as taking part in the day of solidarity. When people inevitably come up and ask why they are wearing red tape, the student does not say a word, but hands out a pro-life flyer that explain why they are remaining silent for the day. Read this and see how you can be involved.
There have been at least 45 million abortions in the last 32 years in America. But the child is not the only victim. For every aborted child, there is an abortive mother and also a forgotten abortive father.
August 29, 2005: Dr. Jean Wright Responds to Bogus Fetal Pain Studies (read short description)
Dr. Jean Wright, M.D., a Christian pediatrician and expert on fetal development, disputes the conclusions of a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association that claims unborn babies feel no pain. She says that finding is wrong, and she suspects the authors of the study have an agenda.
"If we don't keep abortion legal, the overpopulation problem will get worse, and our planet will become overcrowded." Of all the social arguments for abortion, this one seems to stick in people's minds. Is overpopulation really a problem, or is it just a myth?
If you use Life Checks, this is a MUST READ. The parent organization that produces Life Checks also supports organizations like Planned Parenthood, NOW, the ACLU and more.
An easy to read explanation of stem cell research and the moral implications that our country is facing with the development of embryonic stem cell research.
Dr. Kathleen Ravielle writes in support informing women that there are RISKS to abortion. That is required by law with every other surgical procedure performed.
The Girl Scounts organization continues to make friends with Planned Parenthood and the like, allowing sex education programs that provide material on masturbation, homosexuality and illustrations of couples having sex.
Secretary of State Cathy Cox reports that “Georgia typically ranks 48th in the nation in the percentage of eligible adults who vote.” When one compares this statistic to the fact that Georgia has one of the ten highest abortion rates in the United States, the correlation leaves one astounded.
Nicholas Kristof describes in his article, “Right to Die on more radar screens,” his view that John Ashcroft and the Christian right have tried to extinguish the “right to die” from patients. He has suggested that these groups should visit the sick for themselves. In his retelling the story of an assisted suicide victim desiring to take his life, Kristof leaves out the facts.
In the news, the stem cell debate is overly simplified; implying that one has to be either for or against stem cell research, or for or against fighting diseases. However, this debate is much more complex.
