National Right to Life News articles from June 2005

National Right to Life News archives from June 2005

Latest Guttmacher Report Slams Door on Democrats' Abortion Increase Myth: Abortions Drop Again in 2001 and 2002.
June 1, 2005... You may remember the myth that appeared right around the time of the 2004 presidential election, the bizarre claim that abortions had increased under George W. Bush. Turns out not to have been true. It fact, just the opposite occurred. ...

Urgent Congressional Alert: Urge Senate to Reject Embryo-Killing Research.
June 1, 2005... WASHINGTON (June 6, 2005)The U.S. Senate may soon vote on bills that would mandate federal funding of research that requires the killing of human embryos. Such legislation has already passed the U.S. House of Representatives. (See story, page...

Supreme Court Unexpectedly Agrees to Hear Notification Case.
June 1, 2005... WASHINGTON (May 23)-- With a simple one-line order, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, a challenge to New Hampshire's 2003 parental notification law. The justices will hear oral...

BAL Honors Three Black Pro-Life Leaders At June 2 U.S. Capitol Luncheon.(Black Americans for Life )
June 1, 2005... On June 2, the occasion of First Annual Pro-Life Achievement Luncheon, Black Americans for Life (BAL) honored Kay Coles James, Rev. Dr. Johnny Hunter, and Dr. Mildred Jefferson. BAL is an outreach of the National Right to Life Committee and the...

Pro-Life News in Brief.
June 1, 2005... Researchers Clone Embryos in South Korea and Britain Scientists in South Korea announced that they created 11 human embryos through cloning, and then killed the tiny humans to harvest their stem cells for research. South Korean...

Camp Joshua a Model for Other States to Follow: Pro-Life Retreat Educates and Energizes Oregon Teens.
June 1, 2005... You could call it a pro-life boot camp for teens, if it weren't so fun. Days start at six in the morning and are packed until lights out at eleven. The three days are filled with field trips, pro-life games, and educational seminars and end...

Filibusters and the "Constitutional Option".
June 1, 2005... Since 2001, Senate Democrats have used the filibuster or the threat of filibuster to prevent up-or-down votes on many of President Bush's nominees to powerful federal courts of appeals. Leaders of liberal activist groups have already announced...

Deconstructing Harry Blackmun.
June 1, 2005... "[New York Times Supreme Court reporter Linda] Greenhouse maintains that it was Roe and its reception that forced Blackmun to begin the rest of his life and become Justice Blackmun. Doubtless, conservatives would say that Greenhouse herself...

The English Patient: Leslie Burke wants to live; the National Health Service has a second opinion.
June 1, 2005... London The most important bioethics litigation in the world today involves a 45-year-old Englishman, Leslie Burke. He isn't asking for very much. Burke has a progressive neurological disease that may one day deprive him of the ability to...

Gov. Bush Signs Parental Notification and Clinic Regulation Bills.
June 1, 2005... Florida Gov. Jeb Bush recently signed two bills championed by pro-lifers: one requiring the notification of a parent when a minor girl seeks an abortion and one tightening regulations in clinics performing second- and third-trimester abortions....

Deal by 14 Senators Retains Right to Filibuster Some Judicial Nominees.
June 1, 2005... WASHINGTON (June 6, 2005)--A last-minute deal by 14 U.S. senators stopped--at least temporarily--a vote on a Senate rules change that would have prevented Democrats from using the filibuster to block future judicial appointments by President...

A Successor Generation.
June 1, 2005... If I do my job properly, every issue of National Right to Life News provides at least a glimpse of the reasons why we are moving to the day when Roe v. Wade takes its rightful position alongside Dred Scott and other discarded High Court...

Massachusetts Legislature Overrides Governor's Veto of Stem Cell Bill.
June 1, 2005... The Massachusetts Senate and House have overridden Gov. Mitt Romney's veto of an embryonic stem cell bill that authorizes the creation of tiny human beings who would then be killed to extract cells for research purposes. Romney vetoed the bill...

"Positive Alternatives" Is Now Law In Minnesota.
June 1, 2005... The Positive Alternatives Act, Minnesota's first measure to assist pregnant women who don't want to abort their unborn babies, was signed into law by pro-life Gov. Tim Pawlenty Monday, May 23. Pro-life legislators and citizens partnered in an...

MISCHIEF ABOUT EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH.
June 1, 2005... The Administration strongly opposes House passage of H.R. 810... . The bill would compel all American taxpayers to pay for research that relies on the intentional destruction of human embryos for the derivation of stem cells... ...

President Bush Discusses Embryo Adoption and Ethical Stem Cell Research.(Editorial)
June 1, 2005... Editor's note. The following is the official White House transcript of the President's May 24 remarks.. If you go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/05/20050524-12.html you can watch the video. ******************** THE...

U.S. House Votes to Fund Embryo-Killing Research, 238-194; President Bush Vows Veto If Senate Also Approves.
June 1, 2005... WASHINGTON (June 6, 2005)-Despite objections from NRLC and other pro-life groups, on May 24 the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill (H.R. 810) to provide federal funds for stem cell research that would require killing human embryos....

Abortion: The Ultimate Weapon in the War against Female Fertility.(Interview)
June 1, 2005... Editor's note. In the April issue of NRL News, Education Director Dr. Randall K. O'Bannon reviewed Angela Franks's new book, Margaret Sanger's Eugenic Legacy. In this issue, Dr. O'Bannon conducts a follow-up Q&A with Ms. Franks. Q: Can you...

Don't Overlook Valuable NRLC Web Resources.(National Right to Life Committee)
June 1, 2005... (Editor's note. The following offers a quick tour of one of the many important resources found on NRLC's web page: www.nrlc.org.) In the March National Right to Life News, Kym DuBois wrote an article that outlined the plethora of...