National Right to Life News articles from August 2007

National Right to Life News archives from August 2007

The National Right to Life Academy: The Summer of a (Pro-)Lifetime.
August 1, 2007... Summer 2007 marks the inaugural session of the National Right to Life Academy, a new summer program designed to educate and equip college students with the knowledge and skills to effectively work for the pro-life cause. At the core of the...

"Autos for Life"-Out with the Old, in with the New!(National Right to Life Educational Trust Fund's 'Autos for Life' program)
August 1, 2007... With summer starting to draw to a close, thoughts of vacations winding down and the kids returning to school are on everyone's mind. It is also time to start making plans to get school supplies, new school clothes, trips to practice, and get...

Pro-Life News in Brief.
August 1, 2007... Discarded Bodies of Female Babies Discovered in India For at least the third time this year, a mass grave with bodies of unwanted female babies has been uncovered in India. Officials in the Nayagarh district are currently investigating the...

Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act Introduced.
August 1, 2007... Senator Sam Brownback (R-Ks.) used a July 18 press conference to highlight the importance of the Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act which would assist parents of unborn and born children diagnosed with disabilities....

NRL Educational Trust Fund Code Changed to 10542: Knowing How the Combined Federal Campaign Works So That You Can Contribute to the NRL Educational Trust Fund.(National Right to Life)
August 1, 2007... If you or someone you know is a federal employee, you are probably familiar with the CFC (Combined Federal Campaign), created by the Office of Personnel Management in the early 1980s. The CFC offers federal government employees the option of a...

Democrats' Language and Actions Debunk Myth Party Is "Moderating" on Abortion.
August 1, 2007... Scarcely a day goes by that some prominent newspaper, national magazine, or influential web site doesn't either celebrate or bemoan what is described as a "race to the center" on the abortion issue by Democrats. The reader is told, for example,...

A Brief Look into the Life of an NRLC Intern.(National Right To Life Committee)
August 1, 2007... Five young people from across the country, each with different backgrounds, come together for one common cause in the rough, political terrain that is Washington, D.C. This sounds like the opening dialogue for a reality show, doesn't it? In...

Thomas J. Marzen, RIP.(Obituary)
August 1, 2007... "He was a member of St. Joseph University Parish and was active in the pro-life movement." -- From an obituary in the Terre Haute (Indiana) News I received the news that my friend of 25 years had passed away while I was on vacation....

Planned Parenthood Continues to Dominate Abortion in Minnesota; Teen Abortions Jump 16%.
August 1, 2007... After a steady decline that with very few exceptions stretches back to 1987, latest figures from the Minnesota Department of Health show the greatest one-year increase in abortions performed on minors in Minnesota. While the number of abortions...

New Missouri Law Tightens Abortion Clinic Regulations.(House Bill 1055)
August 1, 2007... Missouri abortion clinics that take the lives of more than five first-trimester or any older unborn babies each month must register as "ambulatory surgical centers," requiring stricter safety standards and routine inspections by the state...

Science Takes Back Seat to Personal Attacks on PBS Program.(Public Broadcasting Service's news program 'NOW')
August 1, 2007... On July 20, PBS's weekly news program, NOW, examined the controversy over whether women can and do suffer serious emotional distress in the aftermath of an abortion. The PBS web page provided hyperlinks to almost as many sources that affirmed...

GONZALES v. CARHART - A LITMUS TEST FOR DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.(Correction notice)
August 1, 2007... "This decision marks a dramatic departure from four decades of Supreme Court rulings that upheld a woman's right to choose and recognized the importance of women's health. Today's decision blatantly defies the Court's recent decision in 2000...

NRLC's Vast Array of Back-to-School Resources.(National Right to Life Committee)
August 1, 2007... Anyone much older than, say, 30 knows that an infusion of young people dramatically alters the dynamics of any situationand almost always for the better. That holds true, whether you're talking about 25 eager young swimmers jumping in my...

Pro-Life Resources to Help Students: Getting Ready for School.(books, videos and other resource materials on the pro-life movement)(Book review)(Video recording review)
August 1, 2007... There is no hint of approaching autumn in the summer heat as I write this, but the calendar doesn't lie. Summer will end, and students and teachers will need good pro-life materials for their papers and presentations in their government,...

A Great Resource Waiting for You.
August 1, 2007... This is one of my favorite times of the year. The hot summer weather is cooling off, people are hastening to get that last trip in before the pace of life perceptively picks up, and we are making sure everyone is aware of the wonderful...

Death on Demand: The Assisted-Suicide Movement Sheds Its Fig Leaf.(Jacob Appel's article on the assisted suicide for mentally ill patients)
August 1, 2007... Should laws against assisted suicide be rescinded as "paternalistic?" Should assisted suicide be transformed from what is now a crime (in most places) into a sacred "right to die"? Should assisted suicide be redefined from a form of homicide...

New Abortion Study Using Prostaglandin Misoprostol: UN Trying to Perfect Cheaper Chemical Abortifacient.(United Nations)
August 1, 2007... You might have thought that the abortion lobby would have been satisfied once they got RU486, the French abortion pill, approved in the United States and available in over 30 nations around the world. But you'd be wrong. The world's...

Right of Older Americans to Add Own Money to Get Unrationed Insurance in Medicare at Stake: House Votes to Ration Medicare, Critical Votes Will Come in Conference.
August 1, 2007... On August 1, 2007, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 225204 to adopt legislation that would effectively end the right of older Americans to spend their own money to save their own lives through the private fee-for-service alternative the...

Check out NRLC's web page at www.nrlc.org: The Internet and NRLC.(National Right to Life Committee)
August 1, 2007... On page 22, I outlined a number of resources the Trust Fund has available that may be ordered. But I want also to reemphasize an underused research tool, our web pagewww.nrlc.orgfrom which you can download many materials free of charge. Of...

A Hugely Productive Summer for Youth Pro-Life Training.(National Right to Life Academy)
August 1, 2007... Traditionally, summer is a time when youth gather on beaches and work at summer jobs in the local Dairy Queen. While this may still be true for most teenagers and college students, there is a growing trend among pro-life youth that has them...