National Right to Life News articles from August 2002

National Right to Life News archives from August 2002

ACTION REQUEST Urge Your Senators to Reject the Pro-Abortion CEDAW Treaty!
August 1, 2002... Please visit the NRLC website's Legislative Action Center at www.nrlc.org. You can also send your senators a message by telephone (through the Capitol Switchboard, 202-224-3121), or by fax (the fax numbers for many Senate offices are...

Action Alert Urge your senators to demand that the Senate send the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act to President Bush!(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Please read the story on page 1 of this edition about the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, which has passed the House of Representatives and is awaiting action in the Senate. Then, visit the NRLC Legislative Action Center at www.nrlc.org and...

British Woman to File Suit for Abortion Distress.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... A British woman told the BBC's Radio 4 program Today that she is preparing a lawsuit against the National Health Service (NHS) for trauma she suffered after an abortion four years ago. The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, said that she...

Senators May Vote on Pro-Abortion Treaty.(Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women)
August 1, 2002... WASHINGTON (August 6, 2002) -- The U.S. Senate may vote this fall on a treaty to ban broadly defined "discrimination" against women -- a treaty that has been interpreted to condemn any limitations on abortion. On July 30, the Senate...

"Coercion is Now Cloaked Behind the Rhetoric of Voluntarism".(Henry J. Hyde address)(Brief Article)(Transcript)
August 1, 2002... Editor's note. The myth that China has mended its ways and is no longer actively engaged in coercive birth-quota programs - - aided and abetted by the United Nations Population Fund - - dies hard. Testimony to the contrary was presented at the...

U.S. House Passes Ban on Partial-Birth Abortion, 274-151 Will the Senate's Democratic Leaders Kill the Ban?
August 1, 2002... WASHINGTON (August 6, 2002) - - With strong support from President Bush, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed NRLC-backed legislation to place a national ban on partial-birth abortions. The fate of the bill will now be decided by the...

"Justice Requires No Less".(report on cloning)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Alas, it is the nature of a monthly such as National Right to Life News that very often a timely development takes place a day or two after publication. Such was the case July 10 when the President's Council on Bioethics issued its first...

The Mythology of "Choice".
August 1, 2002... When you put in the kind of hours that pro-lifers routinely do, it's not surprising that periodically your mind wanders off into contemplating "what-ifs." My favorite first floated through the canyons of my mind back in the early 1980s. ...

Chapter Nuts and Bolts Petition Drives: Signing on the Line Does Save Lives And Helps Your Chapter Thrive.(National Right to Life Committee)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Ever wonder how you can find new members to join the efforts of your chapter? More likely, that is a constant question your chapter faces. Petition drives are sometimes overlooked, underrated, or given short shrift. In fact they are among...

President Bush Signs Born- Alive Infants Protection Act.(George W. Bush)
August 1, 2002... PITTSBURGH (August 5, 2002) - - At a ceremony in Pittsburgh attended by NRLC officials and other pro-life advocates, President Bush signed into law the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act, a bill strongly backed by NRLC. The law guarantees...

"I can't stop thinking about it.".(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Editor's note. Many organizations, such as National Right to Life, and individuals played pivotal roles in the passage of the "Born-Alive Infants Protection Act" recently signed into law by President George W. Bush. Near the top is Jill Stanek,...

New Pro-Life Resource from NRL Educational Trust Fund.(National Right to Life)
August 1, 2002... The National Right to Life Educational Trust Fund is pleased to offer a new book on the psychological and physical costs of abortion. Elizabeth Ring-Cassidy and Ian Gentles have gleaned over 500 books and scientific papers on the short- and...

HSCA Agency #2844 You Can Make a Difference This Fall by Contributing Through Workplace Campaigns That Begin in August.(National Right to Life Educational Trust Fund)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Thanks to the generosity of federal, state, and private sector employees who contribute to the National Right to Life Educational Trust Fund through public and private workplace campaigns, pro-life educational efforts are enhanced and hearts...

Pro-Life News In Brief.
August 1, 2002... Pennsylvania Abortion Clinic Evicted After a five-year battle, pro-lifers in State College, Pennsylvania, celebrated when a judge ordered an abortion clinic to close its doors because it violated its lease. However, clinic staff said that...

A Family Tragedy.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Editor's note. This story and the piece reprinted below from the Weekly Standard both critique an amazing first-person account that ran in the July 7 New York Times magazine. Ever since I read the anonymous July 7, 2002, editorial entitled...

PETITION TO STOP PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Twice before, Congress has passed bills to ban the brutal practice of partial-birth abortion, in which a well-developed baby is mostly delivered alive before being killed. President Bill Clinton vetoed those bills, so they never became law - -...

The Truth Is: Abortion Hurts Women.(Women's Health After Abortion: The Medical and Psychological Evidence)
August 1, 2002... We know that the culture of abortion in America is built on lies. One of the cruelest and most damaging of these is that "abortion is safer than childbirth." This is one of the basic claims and assumptions of the abortion culture, so any...

A Canadian Media Blackout.
August 1, 2002... Editor's note. Americans are familiar with media blackouts. But, I'm told, we have nothing on our Canadian pro-life brethren who have an even more difficult time garnering attention when something positive happens. The following letter of...

Remarks by the President in Signing of H.R. 2175, Born-Alive Infants Protection Act.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Pittsburgh Hilton Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 12:58 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you all very much for this bill signing ceremony. I'm pleased to sign it in the great city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The history of our...

Bush Administration Defunds UNFPA.(George W. Bush)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Nobody said it would be easy. When President George W. Bush announced that his administration would deny U.S. funding ($34 million) to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and redirect those funds to other programs, there began an...

"I Don't Have a Choice".(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... A story in the New York Times abandons a woman's right to choose in favor of being pro-abortion. Editor's note. This article is reprinted with permission of The Weekly Standard. Last Sunday [July 7], the New York Times Magazine...