National Right to Life News articles from January 2008

National Right to Life News archives from January 2008

"Autos for Life" Looks to Loyal Pro-Lifers for Strong 2008 Start.(National Right to Life Committee )(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... As this is being written, we are nearing the end of 2007, a year in which many people just those reading this article donated their vehicles to the National Right to Life Educational Trust Fund through our "Autos for Life" program. The...

Boyfriend Charged with Spiking Pregnant Girlfriend's Drink with RU486.(Manishkumar Patel, Darshana Patel's miscarriage)
January 1, 2008... On September 17, 2007, Darshana Patel became suspicious when the smoothie her boyfriend bought her at the Appleton, Wisconsin, ice cream shop came with a white powder around the rim. She was in the early stages of pregnancy and had already lost...

2007 Congressional Session Ends with All Pro-Life Policies Intact.
January 1, 2008... WASHINGTON (December 26, 2007)At the end of a full year with pro-abortion Democrats controlling Congress, pro-life forces have succeeded in blocking all attempts to weaken or repeal pre-existing pro-life policies. The anti-life side was...

"Reclaiming Lost Fatherhood" Conference -- The Conversation over Men and Abortion Begins.
January 1, 2008... The phrase that has been used by American Victims of Abortion (AVA) since our early days in the 1980s as an outreach mission of NRLC has been "We are the mothers, the fathers, the families. They were our children." What does this...

Decision 2008: The Difference a Pro-Life President Makes.
January 1, 2008... My son is now 23 years old, 6'2", and about twice as big as I am. But it seems like only yesterday I was picking up him from soccer practice on a frigid November night 15 years ago. David, although only 8, knew that pro-life President...

Pro-Euthanasia Group Again Promoting Assisted Suicide in 2008 Washington State Ballot Initiative.(Compassion and Choices)
January 1, 2008... "Compassion & Choices," the major organization leading efforts to legalize physician-assisted suicide in the United States, is targeting the state of Washington again in 2008. With the help of popular former governor Booth Gardner and a...

Fifty Million Lost Lives Since 1973.(statistics on abortion)
January 1, 2008... By the time you read this sentence, America will have passed a tragic, momentous, and most sobering milestone. Within a day or two of January 22, 2008, the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, baby number 50,000,000 will have been sacrificed on the...

Decision 2008: Growing the Grassroots, One Blade at a Time.
January 1, 2008... Every quarter, major pro-abortion political organizations must report how much money they've vacuumed up and how much they've dispensed. The quantities of cash raised and cash on hand of groups such as EMILY's List read like something from a...

Life Leaders: A Powerful New Tool to Grow the Grassroots.
January 1, 2008... When we first brought Life Leaders to the attention of our 360,000 NRL News readers, Jacki Ragan, NRLC state organizational development director, said, "It's a simple fact of life that pro-lifers love to volunteer." That is, she said, "Our...

Voters in Ohio and Virginia Elect New Pro-Life Representatives in Special Elections.
January 1, 2008... Voters in special elections in Ohio and Virginia went to the polls December 11 and elected two pro-life candidates to Congress. Both Ohio state Representative Bob Latta (R) and Virginia state Delegate Rob Wittman (R) received the...

Join the Hotlist and Today's News & Views: Protecting Life Today and Tomorrow.
January 1, 2008... "Some believe that it is possible that President Bush was re-elected because of the work of 'bloggers.' As you'll remember, 60 Minutes II produced a politically incendiary memo purporting to prove that Mr. Bush received preferential treatment...

A "Q &A" about Roe v. Wade and Abortion.
January 1, 2008... As the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade approaches, pro-life organizations have offered excellent "Roe IQ Tests" online. As the administrative assistant for public information in the NRL Educational Trust Fund, I have sent out many factsheets to...

Reclaiming Fatherhood: Conference Plunges into "Sorely Neglected" Topic of Men and Abortion.
January 1, 2008... Underneath his name on his business card, Houston-based attorney Chris Aubert has printed "Father of " and lists his five children. His business card is a poignant reminder of the dramatic changes that have taken place in his life from the...

A "How-to" for Pro-Life Young People: Preparing the Way for Life to Triumph.(educating youth with pro-life choices )
January 1, 2008... Decisions. Young people make them every day. Some are trivial (which outfit to wear), others chart the course of their lives (where to attend college, what values to embrace), and still others have the potential to make history. To...