National Right to Life News articles from February 2006

National Right to Life News archives from February 2006

Abused Girl Improves After Court Authorizes Feeding Tube Removal.
February 1, 2006... Just one day after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court gave government officials the authority to take an abused 11-year-old girl off life support, Haleigh Poutre began to show signs of consciousness. The Department of Social Services...

Last Ditch Pro-Abortion Filibuster Attempt Fails: Senate Confirms Samuel Alito to Supreme Court.
February 1, 2006... WASHINGTON (January 31)Brushing aside an 11th-hour filibuster attempt, the United States Senate today confirmed Judge Samuel Alito, Jr., to be the 110th Justice of the Supreme Court. The final tally was 5842 with all but four Democrats voting...

Supreme Court Allows Use of Federally Controlled Drugs to Assist Suicide.
February 1, 2006... On January 17 the United States Supreme Court struck down the Bush Administration position that federally controlled narcotics and other dangerous drugs cannot be used to kill patients. However, in Gonzales v. Oregon, the Court merely said the...

Pro-Life News in Brief.
February 1, 2006... Assisted Suicide Allowed in Swiss Hospital Vaud University Hospital Center of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, became the first Swiss hospital to allow patients to kill themselves with a doctor's help. The hospital announced that as...

The Case for Life and Against Pro-Abortion Disinformation.
February 1, 2006... In election after election, polling reveals that being pro-life gives a candidate a distinct advantage among voters. Since 1980, every pro-life presidential candidate has shown a significant net gain among voters who place primary emphasis on...

College Conferences Jam-Packed with Dedicated Pro-Life Students.
February 1, 2006... Story after story about the January 23 March for Life inevitably commented on the huge number of young people participating. Indeed, for the past few years, the steady movement of youth into the pro-life ranks has not only enraged pro-aborts...

In Your State, Can You Be Forced to Die against Your Will?
February 1, 2006... Few Americans realize that in much of the country, state laws allow doctors and hospitals to deny lifesaving medical treatment, food, and fluids against the express will of a patient or the patient's family. All that need happen is for the...

Grassroots Pro-Lifers Show Strength and Commitment.
February 1, 2006... Taking to the streets in towns and cities across America on the 33rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, pro-lifers demonstrated their unwavering commitment to restoring respect for life for all peopleborn and unborn. "We have a dream today that...

Korean Researcher Never Cloned Human Embryos.
February 1, 2006... Two separate investigations concluded that South Korean researcher Hwang Woo-suk falsified two papers once hailed as landmarks in embryonic stem cell research and cloning. DNA tests conducted on stem cells that Hwang claimed were derived from...

Supreme Court Returns New Hampshire Law to Lower Court.(abortion law)
February 1, 2006... When the United States Supreme Court unanimously returned New Hampshire's parental notice law back to a lower court, there were two common interpretations of its January 18 decision. The first understanding was that the justices were in a...

Not an "Error" But Our Child.
February 1, 2006... Sarah Hanson is an adorable nine-year-old. Looking at her photo, you immediately notice her strawberry blond hair, her blue eyes, and her ready smile. She recently was named Student of the Week at school. Her teacher wrote, "Sarah demonstrates...

PPFA Chooses Political Operative: New President at Planned Parenthood.(Planned Parenthood Federation of America )
February 1, 2006... Turning to an experienced political operative with a fresh face, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) named Cecile Richards, the daughter of former Texas Governor Ann Richards, as the organization's new president. Richards will...

A Personal Perspective.
February 1, 2006... When I was ready to begin a family in 1969, I hadn't thought much about abortion. I was working on my master's degree in developmental psychology. Therefore, I had some basic information about human development and reproduction. I went to...

A Ship of Fools.(Samuel Alito Jr. nomination)
February 1, 2006... I began composing this editorial the morning of the day in which the Senate overrode an enfeebled, last-minute pro-abortion attempt to filibuster the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito, Jr., to the Supreme Court. Led by such out-to-sea senators...

Standup Girl: A Must-Read for All Who Care about Young Girls Facing a Crisis Pregnancy (Book Review).(Standup Girl: Take Charge of Your Unexpected Pregnancy )(Book review)
February 1, 2006... Standup Girl: Take Charge of Your Unexpected Pregnancy is written by Becky Fraser with the assistance of Linda Shands. This highly readable book is an extension of the hugely successful teenage crisis pregnancy web site of the same name. ...

State Legislative Initiatives Put Emphasis Back Where It Belongs: On the Unborn Child.
February 1, 2006... With the composition of the Supreme Court gradually changing, that development alone would be enough to energize pro-lifers. Now they can hope that the rock against which so much state legislation has stumbled may be beginning to move. But...

Supreme Court Orders District Court to Reconsider Campaign "Reform" Case.
February 1, 2006... Acting with unusual dispatch, on January 23 a unanimous Supreme Court told the government and a federal district court panel that the justices had not foreclosed future challenges to the so-called "Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002," more...

Plenty of Willing Hands.
February 1, 2006... It was entirely my fault, but I didn't realize the location of the March for Life had changed until I got to 15th and Constitution and saw a steady stream of marchers heading in the direction of the Washington Mall. By the time I reached 7th...

First National Youth Leadership Summit Takes Place in Washington, D.C.
February 1, 2006... During the weekend of January 2022, National Right to Life and National Teens for Life held their first National Youth Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. Twenty young people from around the nation gathered to learn about the life issues from...