National Right to Life News articles from December 2006

National Right to Life News archives from December 2006

"Autos for Life" Gears Up for End of Year Finish!(charitable donations)
December 1, 2006... The Christmas season is a time for giving, and National Right to Life's Autos for Life is counting on your help to give the gift of life! With the end of the year just around the corner, now is a GREAT time to help the National Right to...

Pro-Life Advantage Carried Tight Races.
December 1, 2006... Two overviews of the general elections in the November NRL News highlighted how many pro-life candidates prevailed even though enormous forces, unrelated to the pro-life issues, had threatened to capsize their election bids. Further evaluation...

Signature Ad Earns Local Paper an Advertising Award.(Powhatan Chapter)
December 1, 2006... The Powhatan Chapter of the Virginia Society for Human Life (VSHL), NRLC's Virginia affiliate, did an ordinary thing as far as chapters go on Mother's Day 2005; it ran a signature ad featuring the names of 300 community members who support the...

Pro-Life News in Brief.(abortion clinic standards)(Embryo Cell Research)(Umbilical Cord Cells used in liver research)
December 1, 2006... Alabama Proposes New Abortion Clinic Regulations After one abortion clinic was closed permanently in June and serious health violations were found in several others, the Alabama Bureau of Health Provider Standards has proposed new...

British Council Recommends No Treatment for Very Young Preemies.
December 1, 2006... A prestigious British bioethics think-tank released a report November 15 calling for the government to adopt guidelines denying treatment to the youngest premature babies. While the Nuffield Council on Bioethics clearly stated that it...

"There Was a Life That Had to Be Cared For".(abortion)
December 1, 2006... "The human imagination can do many extraordinary things. But we can't imagine love. Or perhaps I mean loving: love as a continuous state; one that carries on in much the same way from day to day, changing and growing with time just as people...

Verdict Expected Soon in Chinese Activist's Retrial.(Chen Guangcheng)
December 1, 2006... Chen Guangcheng, whose activism on behalf of victims of forced abortions and sterilizations led to house arrest and a four-year jail sentence, is expected to hear the verdict of his second trial soon. A Chinese court agreed to retry Chen...

American Psychological Association Pulls Briefing Paper from Web Site Denying Abortion Depression Link.
December 1, 2006... Women who have had abortions know that it is real. Professionals who have counseled and cried with those women are certain of its existence. But until recently, institutions like the American Psychological Association (APA) publicly...

"Where Do These Kids Come From?".(abortion)
December 1, 2006... Next month we will be sending out tens of thousands of additional copies of our Special January 22 Commemorative Issue. And that welcome news is because the theme of this important edition"The Roe Generation: How Young People Are Changing...

Nature Publishes Amended Stem Cell Study.
December 1, 2006... Scientists at Advanced Cell Technology (ACT), who originally claimed that they could extract embryonic stem cells without killing the embryo, published an amended report in the November 23 issue of Nature admitting that all embryos used in...

"Our People Voted".(pro life movement)
December 1, 2006... As the other page one story written by Political Director Karen Cross makes clear, a night in which many staunch pro-lifers were defeated would have been far worse, had it not been for a heroic effort by grassroots pro-lifers. November 7's...

BACK TO BASICS.(Chuck Schumer)(Interview)
December 1, 2006... [New York Senator Schumer:] "I called Governor [X] and I said, 'Who is the best candidate?' And he said, 'Only one person can beat [Senator Y] but you wouldn't want him to run .' Well, I said, ' why wouldn't I want him to run?' And he said,...

Journal Analyzes Infection Responsible for Deaths of RU486 Patients.
December 1, 2006... When five young North American women died in a short period of time from the same rare infectious organism after taking RU486, it generated a firestorm of media attention. But these tragic deaths also aroused the natural scientific curiosity of...

Science and Spin -- An "educational video" on stem cell research leaves science in disgrace; > BY Wesley J. Smith.(Alliance for Medical Research's Regenerative Medicine: Pathway to Cures video)
December 1, 2006... Scientists should be up in arms against "science advocates" who undermine the reputation of science by engaging in deception, obfuscation, spin, and hype to win the political debate over embryonic stem cell and human cloning research. The...

NTL Youth Leadership Summit to Meet in Washington, D.C.(National Teens for Life)
December 1, 2006... Next month, amid the flurry of activity that surrounds the March for Life, National Teens for Life (NTL) will once again host its Youth Leadership Summit. Now in its second year, the NTL summit brings together teens and college students from...