National Right to Life News articles from December 2003

National Right to Life News archives from December 2003

NRL News's January 22 Commemorative Issue 2004: A Historic Juncture.
December 1, 2003... George W. Bush has been the most solidly pro-life President in the 31 years since the United States Supreme Court saddled our nation with the disastrous 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. Every Democrat running for President is solidly...

Firing on All Cylinders.(... a change in attitudes bodes well for the right-to-life cause)(Editorial)
December 1, 2003... When you've been embroiled in the battle for life for as many years as many of you have, some might think the attitudes of at least a few would border on cynicism, resignation, or at least a kind of low-grade world-weariness. After all, it's...

JUST A FEW DAYS REMAINING.(... time permitting order of the National Right to Life Commemorative Issue is limited)(Editorial)
December 1, 2003... By the time you receive this edition of National Right to Life News, there will be only a week to 10 days left to order the Special January 22 Commemorative Issue. You must hurry! You can find ordering details on page 7. Friends and family...

Florida Bill Would Protect Terri Schiavo, Others Like Her From Starvation.
December 1, 2003... Florida State Senator Stephen Wise (R-Jacksonville) has introduced S.B. 692, the Florida "Starvation and Dehydration of Persons with Disabilities Prevention Act." The bill would establish a presumption that those who cannot speak for themselves...

New Hanover Pro-Life Council Chapter Sponsor Vigil to Commemorate January 22.
December 1, 2003... Every year, the five-week span from Thanksgiving through Christmas and on to New Year's turns into a hiatus of sorts for pro-lifers. Among all the festivities and football on January 1, it's important to remember that it is then only three...

"The Choice I Made".
December 1, 2003... While the names and faces may have been changed, the stories here are true, written by real young women in their own words, telling about the choices they made regarding their unplanned pregnancies and the consequences that followed. I was...

Common Fears & Misconceptions.
December 1, 2003... PROSPECTS Having a baby means giving up on a good education and a good career. A young woman's life will be forever changed by pregnancy, whether she has the baby or an abortion. But having the child doesn't mean her life is over or...

"I can do it.".
December 1, 2003... These are the words of an empowered woman, boldly asserting that she can accomplish what so many others say she cannot. Other women have dared to say these words before, when it came to attending college, to voting, to leading corporations and...

Resources Available at Pregnancy Care Centers.
December 1, 2003... At nearly every pregnancy center, you can find... Many pregnancy centers also provide... You can access this help by phone or just by walking in. Services at crisis pregnancy centers are free and confidential. If a center does not...

The Pregnancy Care Center ... Help Is Closer Than You Think.
December 1, 2003... Crisis pregnancy centers believe that a woman deserves real choices when she faces an unexpected pregnancy. Even if a mother is young, poor, in school, in a bad relationship, or otherwise unready to raise a child, she should not be told that...

@ the abortion clinic: Few Real Choices.
December 1, 2003... They talk a lot about "choice," but you'll find very few real choices when you visit your neighborhood abortion clinic. Chances are, clinics might mention adoption or keeping your baby, but after they've gotten through telling you all the...

Did You Know ... ?
December 1, 2003... * Between one million and two million families would like to adopt children. * There are waiting lists of families ready to adopt children with medical problems. * You can choose adoptive parents for your child. Adoption agencies also...

"I Chose Adoption.".
December 1, 2003... Hi. My name is Annie H., and I am a "birthmother." My son was conceived during my first semester of college, as I was studying pre-med and running cross-country; naive, sure that "it-can't-happen-to-me." Shortly after breaking up with "Bob," I...

Adoption vs. Abortion.
December 1, 2003... Similarities * You can pursue earlier goals and plans. * You can live independently. * You will not have to parent prematurely. * You will be free of the financial burdens of parenting. * You will have the freedom to...

"I Made a Different Choice".
December 1, 2003... I have a four-year-old son. Donavan would have turned four years old this year in October. But we did not blow out any birthday candles. I killed my son four years ago, when I was 18, by having an abortion. I thought then it was my only...

Fetal Facts from the First Trimester.
December 1, 2003... Conception/Fertilization: A new, unique human life begins when sperm and ovum join to form a single cell. Implantation: On about the sixth day, the growing child attaches to the wall of the mother's uterus and begins sending out the "all...

Abortion and Your Health.
December 1, 2003... Surgical Abortion * Pain: 97% of women having surgical abortions reported pain during the procedure. More than one-third described it as "intense," "severe" or "very severe." * Complications: Common physical complications include...

There are alternatives to abortion. There have to be.
December 1, 2003... If you or someone you know needs help in dealing with an unexpected pregnancy, look in your local yellow pages for "Abortion Alternatives" or dial one of the toll-free numbers listed below to find a pregnancy care center in your area. You'll...

Interested in additional copies of this insert?
December 1, 2003... Contact the National Right to Life Educational Trust Fund at (202) 626-8829 or e-mail us at education@nrlc.org for information on availability and pricing of this piece. Also let us know if you are looking for materials on abortion, pregnancy,...

Family Fights Personal Battle against Partial-Birth Abortion.
December 1, 2003... Lori and Don Watts listened in growing indignation early in 1997 when pro-abortionists declared that partial-birth abortions were "necessary" when the "fetus" has severe disabilities. When they realized that these disabilities included ones...

MEDICARE VOTE ANIMPORTANT VICTORY IN PRO-LIFE FIGHT AGAINST RATIONING.
December 1, 2003... After a decade of pro-life efforts to obtain protections against health care rationing in Medicare, on December 8 President George W. Bush signed into law a major bill reforming Medicare and adding prescription drug coverage to the government...

PRO-LIFE NEWS IN BRIEF.
December 1, 2003... Nitschke Continues to "Perfect" Death Machine Euthanasia activist Philip Nitschke presented his most recent suicide machine November 17 at a Sydney press conference. Calling it the "CO Genie," named after the chemical formula for...

FROM THE PRESIDENT IMMORAL DECISION-MAKING.
December 1, 2003... [The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act] brings me back, kicking and screaming, to the subject of abortion. I don't want to write about this. Like most Americans I want the abortion debate to end. I want abortion to be safe and rare.... Over...

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THE FLORIDA STARVATION AND DEHYDRATION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES PREVENTION ACT.
December 1, 2003... Why do we need more Florida legislation when "Terri's Bill" passed and she is now getting food and fluids? "Terri's Bill" allowed Governor Jeb Bush to intervene and order Terri Schindler-Schiavo be given food and fluids. Under the language...

Bill to Pull Abortion Pill Introduced in Congress.
December 1, 2003... Less than two months after the death of a San Francisco-area teen who took RU486, several members of Congress, led by Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.), Rep. Jim DeMint (R-SC), and Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Ks.), have introduced bills to suspend the...

"Fearrogance in the Vegetable Patch".
December 1, 2003... As a young doctor's wife I frequently heard my then-husband and his pals discuss "The Vegetable Patch" - - that part of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) where the comatose and the neurologically damaged were treated. I cringed inwardly every...

OUTSPOKEN ADVOCATE OF FEEDING SCHIAVO NAMED ST. LOUIS ARCHBISHOP.
December 1, 2003... On December 2, 2003, the Most. Rev. Raymond Burke, currently bishop of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, was named Roman Catholic Archbishop of St. Louis, Missouri. Rev. Burke recently attracted attention by speaking out against denial of food and fluids to...

IN MEMORIAM: Thomas W. Strahan July 11, 1935 - November 13, 2003.(Obituary)
December 1, 2003... We all mourn the loss of Thomas W. Strahan. He died suddenly, of a heart attack, in his home on the evening of November 13, 2003. Tom and his wife, Carol, had spent the evening at a fundraising dinner for the local crisis pregnancy center in...

Guardian Ad Litem Report Calls for Tests for Terri.
December 1, 2003... As NRL News goes to press, the battle to save Terri Schindler-Schiavo goes on unabated. Most important, Terri continues to sustain her remarkable recovery from a grueling stretch of six days without food and fluids. Next in importance,...

Stem Cell News That Isn't fit For Print.
December 1, 2003... MEDIA BIAS is alive and well and busily promoting the brave new world. I personally experienced the phenomenon recently when I participated in an educational symposium in Frankfort, Kentucky (along with Drs. David Prentice and John Hubert). Our...