National Right to Life News articles from April 2008

National Right to Life News archives from April 2008

Clean Out Your Garage for Autos for Life.(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... Spring is here at last! It's time to clean out the garage, plan a yard sale, and start thinking about summer vacations. Maybe you've got a "project car" that you just don't have time to finish, a minivan that is no longer needed because...

Man Diagnosed as Brain Dead Recovers.
April 1, 2008... In a case raising serious questions about procedures used to determine brain death, a man declared brain dead was found to be very much alive just four hours after that diagnosis, just as his family was getting ready to pay their respects and...

Pro-Life News in Brief.(Tong Phuoc Phuc's services for pregnant women in Vietnam)
April 1, 2008... Vietnam Man Provides Crisis Pregnancy Help In Vietnam, a country with one of the highest abortion rates in the world, Tong Phuoc Phuc provides a rare but invaluable servicegiving pregnant women an alternative to abortion. Phuc began...

Closing Clinics or Corporate Reconstruction?(Planned Parenthood Federation of America)
April 1, 2008... If you saw in the news that Planned Parenthood was closing the clinics associated with its South Florida affiliate, you might have jumped for joy. Hopefully, some lives were saved, but don't assume the clinics are gone for good. Indications are...

National Cancer Institute and Academia Cover Up ABC Link.
April 1, 2008... Writing in the current issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, Dr Angela Lanfranchi's "Federal Government and Academic Texts as Barriers to Informed Consent" illuminates the many ways the public has been kept in the dark about...

More About the Connection Between Abortion and Depression.
April 1, 2008... The headline from an article in the Sunday [London] Times absolutely stunned me: "Royal college [of Psychiatrists] warns abortions can lead to mental illness." Not the substance of the observationthat "The Royal College of Psychiatrists...

Barack Obama vs. Terri Schiavo.
April 1, 2008... In none of the endless presidential candidates' debates has there been a meaningful discussion of the rights of disabled Americans. However, in the February 26 debate in Cleveland, Barack Obama casually and ignorantly revealed his...

Pro-Lifers Using the Internet To Reach the Hearts and Minds Of the Next Generation.
April 1, 2008... Anyone over the age of 35 is painfully aware of how technologically savvy the younger generation tends to be. Those of you with children will surely identify. There is something truly humbling about begging a 12-year-old to help you set up your...

Obama's Record.(Obama Barack)
April 1, 2008... *According to NARAL, Obama has a 100% pro-abortion record for 200507. *Obama is a co-sponsor of the "Freedom of Choice Act," a proposal so radical it would nullify virtually all federal and state limitations on abortion. "In the interests...

Doctors' Conscientious Objection to Abortion Threatened.
April 1, 2008... Criticism continues to mount in the wake of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' (ACOG) November 2007 report calling for limits on the right of health care workers to conscientiously object to abortion. Opinions issued...

Study Shows Oregon Assisted Suicides Not Result of Pain or Suffering.
April 1, 2008... Those whose suicides are assisted by doctors under Oregon's law that legalized the practice are not experiencing significant suffering or pain at the time of their self-inflicted deaths, according to a major study in a February issue of the...

"Not a Saint, Just a Parent".
April 1, 2008... Read the following two passages back-to-back and see if you don't shake your head in amazement as just how dishonest is the impression left. They come from the Irish Independent newspaper yesterday, under the headline "Hospitals refusing to...

Photo of Unborn Baby's Hand Continues to Change Hearts and Lives.
April 1, 2008... One moment can change your life. That's what Michael Clancy has discovered in the eight and a half years since he snapped the groundbreaking photo of an unborn baby clutching his doctor's hand during fetal surgery. Clancy is now a fervent...

"Prejudice and Oppression Is Always Wrong, and This Includes Discrimination against the Unborn".
April 1, 2008... Editor's note. Last month we ran a story by Joleigh Little that gave you the flavor of the outstanding testimony offered by Wisconsin young people in opposition to SB 398. The bill is an attempt to repeal Wisconsin's protective pro-life statute...

A CRITICAL YEAR FOR PRO-LIFERS.
April 1, 2008... The dramatic events in one major party's primary election fight may obscure the incredible dangers the pro-life cause faces in this election year. Behind the novelties of gender and skin color of the two remaining candidates in the Democratic...

Please help spread the word: Pro-Life Perspective and Apple's iTunes.
April 1, 2008... Last June, we announced, with de-served fanfare, the launch of www.prolifeperspective.com, the online home of National Right to Life's daily five-minute radio program, Pro-Life Perspective. The web site was designed both as a vehicle to share...

Planned Parenthood Releases 2006-07 Annual Report: Record Revenues, Record Number of Abortions (Again).
April 1, 2008... Despite efforts to downplay abortion's role in its lucrative business, Planned Parenthood has become responsible for nearly a quarter of all abortions performed in the United States. And while PPFA advertises itself as a non-profit, the...

The Twists and Turns of 2008: The Critical Importance of Registering to Vote.
April 1, 2008... Everyone agrees that this election cycle is unlike any we have witnessed in many, many years, close to unprecedented. That starts with how quickly the race for President began. Candidates were already lining up in earnest in November 2006,...

"A Window into His Soul".(Barack Obama)
April 1, 2008... While there are certainly clues, as this editorial is being written there is no way to know for sure who will be the Democrats' presidential nominee. But whether it is Sen. Barack Obama (Il.) or Sen. Hillary Clinton (NY), what is sure is that...

Great-Great-Grandson Says Wilberforce Would Have Fought Abortion.
April 1, 2008... Editor's note. As many readers know, it was William Wilberforce in the waning years of the 18th century who successfully led what seemed to be an utterly quixotic campaign to end the British slave trade. Last year, a wonderful film, Amazing...

Do You Know the Way to the Moral High Ground?
April 1, 2008... On January 22, the retired leaders of two abortion industry organizations offered strategic advice to pro-choice forces in the op-ed pages of the Los Angeles Times on how to "regain the moral high ground." Frances Kissling, former...

Watching Pro-Life Young People Make the Case for Life.
April 1, 2008... It is no secret to readers of National Right to Life News that rare is the issue where we don't have at least one story about the marvelous cadres of young people who give our Movement great confidence in the future. We have a front-page story...