National Right to Life News articles from August 2006

National Right to Life News archives from August 2006

Adult Stem Cell Treatment for Spinal Cord Injury Shows Promise.
August 1, 2006... A study published in the Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine (JSCM) shows that a treatment that transplants patients' own nasal stem cells to the site of a spinal cord injury (SCI) can bring paralyzed patients some renewal of sensation and motor...

"Autos for Life" Closes in on Goal.(National Right to Life Committee)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Pro-lifers are truly astounding people! This sentiment has been seen once again by the outpouring of support for National Right to Life's "Autos for Life" program. Last month, we issued a challenge of 30 vehicles a month through the end of the...

Pro-Life News in Brief.(European Union approves budget for Embryonic Stem Cell Research Funding)
August 1, 2006... European Union Approves Embryonic Stem Cell Research Funding Due to a last-minute compromise by Germany, Italy, and Slovenia, the European Council approved funding July 24 for embryonic stem cell research on cell lines that have already...

Speech Announced He Would Veto H.R. 810--President Says Human Embryos "Not Spare Parts".(Interview)
August 1, 2006... Editor's note. These remarks were delivered July 19. The President's veto of H.R. 810 was subsequently sustained by the House. THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. Congress has just passed and sent to my desk two bills concerning the use of stem...

"And They Call Us Ideologues".
August 1, 2006... At the risk of playing armchair psychologist, I can't help but wonder if the constant flow of disingenuous and dishonest statements that streams out of the mouths of pro-abortionists doesn't work on their souls over time. I'm not naive. I've...

Friends for Life.(Right to Life/Lifespan arranges camp for youth)
August 1, 2006... Every year we think it can't get better, and every year they prove us wrong! "They" are the youth who attend Wisconsin Right to Life's teen leadership camps during the summer months. This past July, 74 teens and college students were...

Science's Stem Cell Scam.(Embryonic stem cells)
August 1, 2006... Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) receive tremendous media attention, with oft-repeated claims that they have the potential to cure virtually every disease known. Yet there are spoilsports, self included, who point out that they have yet to even make...

NRLC-Backed Fetus Farming Ban Enacted Into Law: Funding of Embryo-Killing Research Blocked by Bush Veto, House Vote.
August 1, 2006... WASHINGTON (August 11, 2006) A bill to require federal funding of the type of stem cell research that requires killing human embryos died in July, when President Bush vetoed the bill and 193 members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted...

New U.S. Study Shows Abortion Is Riskier to Adolescents' Mental Health than Carrying an Unintended Pregnancy to Term.
August 1, 2006... Not only are nearly 25% of U.S. abortions performed on women under age 20, but younger women are also particularly vulnerable to experiencing post-abortion difficulties. Adolescents are typically less well prepared, both emotionally and...

New Zealand Abortion and Mental Health Study Exposes Unfounded Claims of Pro-Abortion Organizations.
August 1, 2006... Although published seven months ago, a comprehensive study led by New Zealand researcher Dr. David Fergusson that linked abortion to various mental health problems continues to spark heated discussion by scientists, health care professionals,...

Abortion Numbers Continue to Decline.
August 1, 2006... In early August, the Alan Guttmacher Institute (Planned Parenthood's "special research affiliate") distributed a report entitled "Estimates of U.S. Abortion Incidence, 2001-2003." AGI's latest report, written by Lawrence F. Finer and...

Pro-Life Victories.(National Right to Life)
August 1, 2006... NARAL recently claimed that it is 15 votes away from having pro-abortion control of the House and six votes away from "putting the Senate in pro-choice hands" with their pro-abortion candidates. This is true. Were that to happen, pro-life...

Despite 65-34 vote for passage: Senate Democratic Leaders Block Progress of Parental Notification Legislation.
August 1, 2006... WASHINGTON (August 11, 2006)Both houses of Congress have passed bills to protect the rights of parents to be notified before an abortion is performed on a minor daughterbut Senate Democratic leaders, led by Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nv.),...

The UNALIENABLE RIGHT TO LIFE and the CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED.
August 1, 2006... We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of HappinessThat to secure these Rights,...

President Bush's Veto Message to Congress.
August 1, 2006... This is the complete text of President's Bush's formal veto message to Congress on H.R. 810, the bill to mandate federal funding of the type of stem cell research that requires the killing of human embryos. TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:...