National Right to Life News articles from July 2002

National Right to Life News archives from July 2002

Urgent Congressional Alert: Pro-Cloning Forces Pushing U.S. Senate to Approve Clone-and-Kill Bill!(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... WASHINGTON (July 8, 2002) - - Senators who support human cloning claim to be within two votes of being able to pass a bill that would give the green light to the establishment of human embryo farms in the United States. NRLC is strongly...

High Court Holds Judicial Candidates May Address Issues.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... On June 27, 2002, the United States Supreme Court struck down Minnesota's "announce clause," which barred candidates seeking election as judges in that state from announcing their views on disputed legal and political issues. The case,...

Abortion & Breast Cancer: National Cancer Institute's Disinformation Halted.(incorrect link between abortion and breast cancer)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... For over six years now, the campaign to inform the public about the abortion-breast cancer link (ABC link) has centered around an erroneous "fact sheet" circulated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and posted on its web site. That ended...

CONTINUING WHAT OUR FOUNDING FATHERS BEGAN.(pro life politicians)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... On July 4, 2002, we celebrated the 226 anniversary of our nation's independence. On this most important day, we remembered the famous words from the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created...

Abortion of Girls on the Rise in Communist China.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Xiao Wei and her family had a huge celebration when her son was born. The poor family in Anhui Province in east China has grand dreams for their son: expensive kindergarten, a good college, and a successful life. But these dreams could only...

Senate Democratic Leader Blocks Cloning Ban, Pushes for Approval of Clone-and-Kill Bill.
July 1, 2002... [Editor's Note: Please see the Action Alert on the back cover to learn what you can do to help prevent Senate approval of a "clone and kill" bill that would pave the way for human embryo farms in the U.S. For the latest updates on the...

Enthusiastic Crowds Prove Unborn Have "A Friend for Life".(30th annual National Right to Life's convention)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Over 1,200 pro-lifers from every part of the United States and beyond came together in Pitts-burgh, Pennsylvania, June 27-29 to enjoy National Right to Life's 30th annual convention. NRLC's annual three-day educational feast provided a superb...

So Much Depends on Our Work So Much Depends on You!(reduced funding to the National Right to Life Committee)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Since the attacks of September 11th, funding to National Right to Life has been significantly affected by three factors: * The shift in charitable giving to 9/11-related charities * The loss of undelivered letters after the anthrax...

Reflections on a Great Convention.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
July 1, 2002... It's not often that everyday experience so tidily reinforces the thrust of something one is the process of writing. Here I am, a third of the way through an editorial the point of which is how NRLC's convention reinforced for me the importance...

Pro-Lifers Find Increasingly Receptive Audience in African American Community.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... The concept of proclaiming June as "Abortion Awareness Month in the Black Community" touched a nerve. Within days after a packet of information was sent out, NRLC's Outreach Department began receiving an unprecedented number of responses for...

Inviting Youth to Fundraise for Your Chapter Hot Fundraising in the Summertime.(pro-life movement)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Active membership often wanes in the summertime as families go on vacation or just spend more time together while kids are out of school. Yet, due to the nice weather, summer is the best time of year to do fun things and raise funds as a...

North Korean Refugees Face Forced Abortion and Infanticide.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... North Korean women deported from The People's Republic of China reportedly face not only detention in prison camps but an even more brutal fate: if they are pregnant their babies will be aborted or killed at birth, according to the New York...

Conquering Bias, Including Our Own.(press relations)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Let's try a thought experiment. Let's say you've just met a woman who is an accomplished professional in her field and very pro-abortion in her politics. Your/our first impulse, perhaps, would be less than charitable. But what if we...

What follows is the text of a June 19 letter sent by NRLC to members of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of the new Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act (H.R. 4965).(National Right to Life Committee)(Transcript)
July 1, 2002... [What follows is the text of a June 19 letter sent by NRLC to members of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of the new Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act (H.R. 4965). For further information on the bill, see the story that begins on page...

Pro-Life News In Brief.
July 1, 2002... Tennessee Baby Born at 12 Ounces Is Thriving Born at 24 weeks' gestation, little Olivia Grace Reimers weighed only 12 ounces at birth February 10. To the astonishment of her doctors, she left Centennial Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee,...

NRLC Launches Legislative Action Center.(National Right to Life Committee)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... NRLC has just added a sophisticated Legislative Action Center to its website at www.nrlc.org. This new component of the website - - powered by CapWiz, the premiere online legislative advocacy tool - - will give you the latest information on...

Aftereffects of 9/11 Still Affecting NRLC's Financial Position.(National Right to Life Convention)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... At the National Right to Life Convention in Pittsburgh last month, several workshops and part of a general assembly were devoted to challenges facing the pro-life movement in the area of fundraising. The emphasis was definitely needed. ...

Pro-Life Lawmakers and NRLC Launch New Effort to Ban Partial-Birth Abortion.(National Right to Life Committee)
July 1, 2002... WASHINGTON (July 7, 2002) - - Key federal lawmakers, with strong support from the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), have launched a new effort to ban partial-birth abortions nationwide. President Bill Clinton twice blocked enactment...

CONGRESS WILL ACT SOON ON THE PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION BAN ACT OF 2002.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... On June 19, Congressman Steve Chabot (R-Oh.) introduced the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2002 (H.R. 4965). There was a bipartisan group of initial cosponsors: James Barcia (D-Mi.), Henry Hyde (R-Il.), Ralph Hall (D-Tx.), Chris Smith...