National Right to Life News articles from July 2004

National Right to Life News archives from July 2004

Margaret Sanger and Planned Parenthood: The Eugenics Connection.
July 1, 2004... Pro-lifers have frequently made the case that the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), the nation's largest abortion provider, has a tainted past, but it can be difficult to find the hard information to bolster these claims. Let's...

British Doctors Support Equal Care for Abortion Survivors.
July 1, 2004... Members of the British Medical Association (BMA) called for proper medical treatment to be given to babies who survive abortion attempts. Sixty-five percent of the attendees at the BMA's annual conference in Llandudno, North Wales, voted...

"WE MUST STAND FOR AN AMERICA IN WHICH EVERY LIFE COUNTS AND EVERY LIFE MATTERS"; President George W. Bush's Message to the 2004 National Right to Life Convention.(Transcript)
July 1, 2004... I appreciate the opportunity to speak to all of you attending the 32nd National Right to Life Convention. Thank you, Wanda [Franz, NRLC President], for that warm introduction. Over the years, your organization has grown to more than three...

"The Irrefutable Biological Basis of the Abortion-Breast Cancer Link".
July 1, 2004... Editor's note. National Right to Life News ran its first article on the link between induced abortion and an increase in the occurrence of breast cancer in the December 7, 1993, edition. In the ensuing eleven and a half years, the "right to...

For Reagan, All Life Was Sacred.(Ronald Reagan)
July 1, 2004... Editor's note. The following first appeared in the New York Times and is reprinted with the author's permission. William P. Clark was national security adviser and secretary of the interior under President Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan had...

Staying the Course.(abortion law)
July 1, 2004... This year's election is going to be the meanest, nastiest, toughest election we've ever seen. Our opponents want George Bush defeated. They will do anything necessary to make that happen. Four years ago, Americans were presented with a...

EDITORIALS; Hoodwinked No More.(National Right to Life Committee convention)
July 1, 2004... "Virginia is full of individuals committed to principle. And from looking around this room I can tell that when it comes to this quality we are definitely not alone! All of you have made the trip here because you believe in the sanctity of...

EDITORIALS; A Great American and a Great Pro-Lifer.
July 1, 2004... "With an unshakable faith in the values of our country and the character of our people, Ronald Reagan renewed America's confidence and restored our Nation. His optimism, strength, and humility epitomized the American spirit. He always told us...

Democrats Ask Candidate to Remove Choose Life License Plate.
July 1, 2004... A Florida Democrat running for a nonpartisan property appraiser's position has been asked to remove her "Choose Life" license plates or face withdrawal of support from party leaders. Joy Hearn, a 14-year veteran of the Palm Beach County...

Credibility Key to Chapter Development; Civic Involvement Will Help Establish Chapter; Standing in the Community.(Pro-Life Movement)
July 1, 2004... Chapters are filled with people committed to building a culture of life. We as pro-lifers have accomplished much, and our victories have saved lives. We must never forget for one moment that there are many thousands of babies alive today...

Accepting the Challenge.(youth pro life movement)
July 1, 2004... Teenagers are incredible people. Most, when faced with the reality of abortion, immediately understand that, to quote the famous elephant Horton, "a person's a person, no matter how small." Today's young people also possess an innate...

Senate Confirms Former RTL President as Federal Judge.(Right to Life)
July 1, 2004... WASHINGTON (July 10, 2004) - - Over the objections of pro-abortion advocacy groups, the U.S. Senate by a close vote confirmed J. Leon Holmes, a prominent Arkansas lawyer and former president of Arkansas Right to Life, to a federal judgeship....

JOHN KERRY CHOOSES FELLOW PRO-ABORTIONIST AS RUNNING MATE.
July 1, 2004... On July 6, pro-abortion Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry selected pro-abortion North Carolina Senator John Edwards as his running mate. In choosing Edwards, Kerry has selected someone whose position is as extreme as his own, even to...

"Little One Sweet" Posters Spread Pro-Life Truth Worldwide.
July 1, 2004... From Mexico to Latvia to Australia, the truth about fetal development and the humanity of the unborn is being told by the "Little One Sweet" posters, developed by the Archdiocese of Baltimore's Respect Life Office. The posters can now be found...

Pro-Life News in Brief.
July 1, 2004... Fetal Stem Cells May Bring Healing to Mothers Long After Pregnancy Cells from unborn babies survive for years in mothers' blood, which may allow doctors to retrieve the cells without killing a child, according to a study in the July 7...

"Because Robert Powell Lived ...".
July 1, 2004... Editor's note. The following remarks were delivered June 29 at the dedication of National Right to Life's Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics. It was my great privilege to work with Robert Powell for a number of years in the 80s and...

FROM THE PRESIDENT; THE TWO JOHNS COME UP DOUBLE NULL.(John Kerry; John Edwards)
July 1, 2004... - "When I examine my conscience, I believe my conscience is where it ought to be within Catholic teaching, which also teaches about war, about the environment, about children, about poverty, about capital punishment and many other things,"...

NRLC BOARD RESOLUTION HONORS PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN.(National Right to Life Committee)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... WHEREAS President Reagan was a champion of the pro-life movement, who used the office of the White House to defend the sanctity of human life with unflinching courage; and WHEREAS President Reagan initiated several important pro-life...

Ronald Wilson Reagan; 1911-2004.(Obituary)
July 1, 2004... National Right to Life mourns the loss of one of the greatest champions of the pro-life movement. Presi-dent Ronald Reagan was a man of great conviction and faith. His stalwart opposition to abortion was grounded in compassion and love - - both...

The Partial-Birth Abortion Trials: Casey at the Bench.
July 1, 2004... Like the "collective amnesia" that is said to occur when a culture forgets a common experience, abortion in this country requires a kind of collective blindness. Where abortion is concerned, Roe v. Wade rendered the Constitution blind to the...

"God Is Standing Right Here With Us".
July 1, 2004... Editor's note. Few cases have captured the imagination of pro-lifers the way Terri Schindler-Schiavo's struggle for life has. This brain-injured woman is caught in the middle of a titanic struggle between her husband, who wishes to remove her...

Britain's Parliament Tempted by Abortion Lobby's Trojan Horse.
July 1, 2004... John Smeaton, national director of Britain's Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), warns of a trap. In late June Lord (David) Steel, the pioneer of Britain's 1967 Abortion Act, called for a re-think of abortion law,...

African-American Pro-Lifers Are On the Move.
July 1, 2004... African-American pro-life leaders are getting ready for a pro-life "rising up" in their communities. During two workshops at the NRL Convention, a panel of these leaders spoke to the need for a united, impassioned determination to educate and...

Fourteenth Annual UFL Meeting Held in Minneapolis.
July 1, 2004... The fourteenth annual meeting of University Faculty for Life (UFL) was held June 4 and 5 at the University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis. This was the first time that UFL had met in that city, and attendees were most impressed by...

NRLC BOARD RESOLUTION HONORS GRASSROOTS VOLUNTEERS.(National Right to Life Committee)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... WHEREAS the United States Supreme Court's tragic 1973 Roe v. Wade decision has resulted in the deaths of more than 44 million unborn children and has opened the door to further attacks on defenseless human life in the form of infanticide,...