National Right to Life News articles from June 2002

National Right to Life News archives from June 2002

Belgium Goes over the Brink: Belgian Lawmakers OK Assisted Suicide Bill.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... On May 16, after long debate, Belgium's lower house approved an assisted suicide bill. As it is not required that the patient be terminal, the new measure even goes beyond the widely abused laws of neighboring Netherlands. The House of...

June Is Abortion Awareness Month in the Black Community.(National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life and Black Americans for Life)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... During the month of June, the National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life and Black Americans for Life (BAL) are jointly launching a project to help educate members of the African American community about the horrors of abortion. Fr. Jim...

Issues in Law & Medicine Dutch Euthanasia, Health Care Rationing, Assisted Suicide, and the Remarkable Potential of Adult Stem Cell Research.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Editor's note. Issues in Law & Medicine is a peer reviewed professional journal published three times a year by the National Legal Center for the Medically Dependent & Disabled, Inc. and the Horatio R. Storer Foundation, Inc. Published since...

Spirited Races Set for November.(primaries)
June 1, 2002... The political season is well under way as nine states held primaries in May and another 12 states are selecting candidates in June. In those districts where one party has a virtual lock on the seat, whoever prevails in that party's primary will...

CDC Report: Abortions Down Again in 1998.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... The absence of four states from the government's national abortion statistics database means it is difficult to get a precise handle on the most recent annual number of abortions in the United States. However, the latest available data for 46...

NRLC Launches Legislative Action Center.(Brief Article)
June 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...

Urgent Congressional Alert: U.S. Senate to Vote on Human Embryo Cloning Ban at Any Time!(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... WASHINGTON (June 10, 2002) - - The U.S. Senate is on the verge of voting on one of the most important pro-life issues that it has ever addressed: Whether to ban the cloning of human embryos. For a detailed report on recent developments, see...

U.S. Senate Braces for Historic Votes on Human Cloning.
June 1, 2002... [Editor's Note: Please see the Action Alert on page 21 to learn what you can do to affect the outcome of the crucial congressional battle on human cloning outlined below. For the latest updates on the legislative situation, frequently visit the...

"I've Learned...".(social justice)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Over the weekend an old and dear friend sent me a sheaf of quotes attributed to CBS newsman and curmudgeon Andy Rooney. They are in the form of "I've learned...." One I found particularly fetching: "I've learned... it's those small daily...

Truly a Masterpiece.(You Are a Masterpiece)
June 1, 2002... One of my favorite adages (which, in my role as a parent, I hope is not honored more in the breach than in the observance) is Proverbs 22:6. It reads, "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it."...

If EMILY's List Supports a Candidate, What Does That Tell You?(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... If the political action committee (PAC) known as EMILY's List is directing money to a candidate for public office, you can be sure of three things: * The candidate is a woman. * The candidate is a Democrat. * The candidate opposes...

Hot Fun in the Summer Time Is Your Chapter Going to Your County Fair?(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Your county fair this summer presents the ideal opportunity to let your community know that a chapter is active in the area and that pro-lifers are the people with whom they shop, work, and go to church. It's amazing what sitting behind a fair...

The Truth: Refusing to Handle with Care.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... "You can't handle the truth!" This famous line from an award-winning movie also describes the American mindset when it comes to the issues of abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, assisted suicide, and, now, cloning and stem cell research...

NRLC Urges Senators to Oppose S. 2439.(National Right to Life Committee)(Human Cloning Prohibition Act)
June 1, 2002... What appears below is the text of a letter sent by NRLC to U.S. senators on June 6, 2002, explaining why the "clone and kill" legislation sponsored by Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) (S. 2439) and other similar bills do not represent steps in the...

Pro-Life News in Brief.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Prenatal Diagnoses Lead to More Abortions in Canada A drop in infant mortality in Canada can be attributed in large part to a huge increase in abortions of unborn babies diagnosed with birth defects, according to a study published in the...

New York City Requires Abortion Training in Public Hospitals.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Following a plan suggested by the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL), New York City's Health and Hospitals Corporation will require all obstetrics and gynecology residents in public hospitals to be trained in...

Nitschke "Assists" in Death of Non-Terminal Patient.(Australian case involving Dr. Philip Nitschke)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Claiming that Nancy Crick had terminal cancer, Australia's "Dr. Death," Philip Nitschke, "helped" the 69-year-old woman kill herself May 22. However, Nitschke soon admitted that Crick's medical condition was not terminal, forcing euthanasia...

Why Carry a Dying Child?(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... The diagnosis that an unborn child has a life-threatening disease or anomaly is a particularly heavy cross for a family to bear. The hopes and dreams that accompany a pregnancy are thrown into chaos, and the joy of the anticipation of the...

FROM THE PRESIDENT Wanda Franz, Ph.D. PUBLIC OPINION AND THE MORALITY OF ABORTION.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... A recent survey (May 6-9, 2002; released May 21, 2002) by the Gallup Organization deals with "the state of moral values" in this country. Abortion is considered "morally wrong" by 53%, is "morally acceptable" to 38%, and is to be judged...

Population Council Researchers Say RU486 Abortions Can Be Done at Home.
June 1, 2002... Readers of NRL News learned in May that two women who used the two-drug RU486 abortion technique are dead and others have been injured, according to an article that appeared in the Washington Post. In addition, at least six other women suffered...

A Huge Success at an Unlikely Place.(University of California Berkeley hosts Bay Area Celebrate Life Conference)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Given the liberal, pro-abortion reputation of the student body, the faculty, and the surrounding area, Berkeley, California, would seem like a very unlikely location for a pro-life conference. On first thought, most people would be surprised if...

Champion of Women and the Unborn: Horatio Robinson Storer, M.D.
June 1, 2002... In Champion of Women and the Unborn: Horatio Robinson Storer, M.D., Frederick Dyer brings to life a tremendously important figure in the history of the American pro-life movement. The Horatio R. Storer we meet in this book is an utterly...

Swiss Voters Expand Abortion Law.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Beginning October 1, unborn babies less than 12 weeks old can be aborted in Switzerland as long as their mothers declare they are in a "state of distress" and are counseled by a doctor. The law, passed by Swiss voters June 2 by a three-to-one...

GE Ad Draws Rave Reviews New Dimensions in Ultrasound Technology Add Motion, Touch.(GE Medical Systems Voluson 730)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Since the 1960s, expectant parents have been able to see their unborn babies through ultrasound, the technology that bounces sound waves off the child, which a computer translates into images. For years, however, "baby's first picture" was so...

Huge Pro-Life Win at Children's Summit.
June 1, 2002... Judging by the bitter tenor of the press coverage and the multitude of complaints from pro-abortion groups, there can be only one conclusion about the May 8-10 UN Special Session for Children, otherwise known as the Children's Summit: it was a...

What the 107th Congress Has Done So Far >BY; Belgium Goes over the Brink: Belgian Lawmakers OK Assisted Suicide Bill.
June 1, 2002... [Editor's Note: The congressional roll call votes on the key pro-life issues described below have been published in past editions of NRL News. Those votes, and many earlier votes, are now compiled in an easily readable format in the Legislative...

What the 107th Congress Has Done So Far.
June 1, 2002... [Editor's Note: The congressional roll call votes on the key pro-life issues described below have been published in past editions of NRL News. Those votes, and many earlier votes, are now compiled in an easily readable format in the Legislative...