National Right to Life News articles from April 2006

National Right to Life News archives from April 2006

60 Minutes and Stem Cells.(criticism of news magazine show 60 Minutes)
April 1, 2006... The CBS news magazine 60 Minutes prides itself on asking the hard questions that other television news vehicles are too polite, or perhaps too afraid, to ask. That tough-minded approach to an important issue wasn't much in evidence, however,...

Action Alert!: Urge Senators to Pass Parental Notification Legislation Soon!
April 1, 2006... Please urge your two U.S. senators to press for fast approval of the Child Custody Protection Act (S. 403), a bill strongly supported by the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC). Currently, about half of the states have laws that require...

Black Americans for Life Speaks at Gathering of Religious Leaders.
April 1, 2006... Black Americans for Life recently participated in a two-day Pastors for Life conference coordinated by Greene Hollowell and hosted by the Mt. Gilead Full Gospel Church of Richmond, Virginia, which drew over 400 people. About half the attendees...

Pro-Life News in Brief.(recovery of mine disaster survivor Randal McCloy)(euthanasia in The Netherlands)(Utah parental consent for abortion )
April 1, 2006... Mine Disaster Survivor Makes Miraculous Recovery Randal McCloy, the sole survivor of the early January Sago mine disaster, went home March 30 after first coming out of a coma and then undergoing almost three months of recovery and intensive...

Renewed Calls for Congressional Action.
April 1, 2006... While the FDA continues to investigate the latest deaths, there have been renewed calls in Congress to pass "Holly's Law," legislation named for the California teen who died in 2003 after her RU486 abortion. The bill would withdraw RU486 from...

Immensely Exciting Times.(trends in pro-life movement)(Editorial)
April 1, 2006... The longer I write Today's News & Views, now in its sixth year, the more I realize that everyone who reads NRL News must also avail themselves of this daily resource. The stark reality is that while cyberspace is essentially unbounded, a...

For Laci: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Justice -- Written by Sharon Rocha (Book Review).(Book review)
April 1, 2006... There are probably only a handful of adults in North America who are unfamiliar with the brutal 2002 murders of Laci Peterson and her unborn son, Conner. In For Laci: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Justice, Laci's mother, Sharon Rocha,...

Fragile Innocence: A Father's Memoir of His Daughter's Courageous Journey--Book Review.(Book review)
April 1, 2006... For us oldsters, the first thing that enters our minds whenever we see anything written by James Reston, Jr., is that he is the son of the late, legendary New York Times reporter James Reston. Hardly fair treatment to afford the author of 13...

More Good News Showing Embryonic Stem Cells Not Needed.(cure claimed for Type 1 diabetes in mice)
April 1, 2006... Last year, stories appeared in National Right to Life News and Today's News & Views that celebrated the breathtaking work of Dr. Denise Faustman. At the time the Lee Iacocca Foundation was raising money to support Dr. Faustman, whose research...

Killing Babies, Compassionately: The Netherlands follows in Germany's footsteps.
April 1, 2006... At last a high government official in Europe got up the nerve to chastise the Dutch government for preparing to legalize infant euthanasia. Italy's Parliamentary Affairs minister, Carlo Giovanardi, said during a radio debate: "Nazi legislation...

More States Adopt "Choose Life" License Plates.
April 1, 2006... "Choose Life" license plates can now be offered to motorists in 14 states, as appeals courts recently allowed the plates to be sold in Louisiana and Tennessee. Proceeds from the sale of the license plates go to help crisis pregnancy centers and...

"And ... Oh, How We Love Them For It!".(euthanasia)
April 1, 2006... Never underestimate pro-life young people. They will prove you wrong every time. You can take that to the bank. Case in point: euthanasia. It's easy to motivate youth to fight abortion. Babies are small, cuddly, and cute. To young men...

Oregon Youth Leadership Camp Concludes after Sixth Successful Spring Break.
April 1, 2006... As in years past, a small group of Oregon teens used their Spring Break to come together near their state capital in Salem for three days of pro-life education, lobbying, and leadership training. Now in its sixth year, Camp Joshua has exposed...

With Little Explanation, Planned Parenthood Alters RU486 Protocol.
April 1, 2006... While admitting no blame and offering little information on the latest women to die after taking the abortion drug at its clinics, on the same day the FDA issued its latest alert, Planned Parenthood announced that it would no longer be...

Parental Notification Laws Work.
April 1, 2006... "For all the passions they generate, laws that require minors to notify their parents or get permission to have an abortion do not appear to have produced the sharp drop in teenage abortion rates that some advocates hoped for, an analysis by...

Physicians for Compassionate Care Analyzes Oregon's Assisted Suicide Law: The "Medical Killing" of Vulnerable Patients Continues.
April 1, 2006... Twelve years ago, Oregon voters legalized the practice of doctor-assisted suicide. Assisted suicide does nothing to improve health care at end of life. What the law actually does is protect doctors from peer review and from prosecution for...

PRO-ABORTION HYSTERIA.(Survey)
April 1, 2006... In recent months, the pro-abortion lobby and its fellow travelers in the media have sounded loud alarms about abortion rights in the United States. Let's not "turn back to the days of unsafe illegal abortions," they say. And "women will die...

Springing into the Primary Season.
April 1, 2006... When my children were little, we always looked for "signs of spring." Spring has certainly sprung! In addition to the birds, the flowers and the cherry blossoms, primary elections and filing deadlines have arrived. As they unfold, we...

A Stinging Critique of Two New Pro-Abortion Books.(With Liberty and Justice for All: A Life Spent Protecting the Right to Choose)(How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America: Freedom, Politics, and the War on Sex)(Editorial)
April 1, 2006... This edition of National Right to Life News includes reviews of three new books. Time did not allow for me to personally read two otherspro-abortion books authored by Kate Michelman and Cristina Page. Instead I will borrow from a positively...

Pro-Abortion Organizations Gathering Signatures to Challenge New South Dakota Law.
April 1, 2006... A freshly minted pro-abortion organization is gathering signatures to place South Dakota's new abortion law on the November ballot. If South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families collects the signatures of 16,728 registered voters by June 19 the...

South Korean Stem Cell Scandal Continues.
April 1, 2006... As prosecutors continue their investigation, disgraced South Korean stem cell researcher Hwang Woo-suk has been dismissed from his university professorship, stripped of his "Supreme Scientist" title, and banned from conducting any further...

A Life That Matters: The Legacy of Terri Schiavo-A Lesson for Us All--By Terri's Family: Mary and Robert Schindler with Suzanne Schindler Vitadamo and Bobby Schindler (Book Review).(Book review)
April 1, 2006... What was it about Terri Schindler Schiavo and her tragic case that captivated the world? It's a question that I suspect many of you asked yourselves during the media firestorm that surrounded this long drama which ended in the dehydration and...

Organization opts to change abortion pill protocol: Two More RU486 Patients Die at Planned Parenthood.
April 1, 2006... "2 More Women Die After Taking Abortion Pill" read the headline of the March 17, 2006, New York Times story. Tragic news that makes you ache for the women and their unborn babies. But what makes these deaths even more unfortunate is that...