National Right to Life News articles from June 2008

National Right to Life News archives from June 2008

New Warnings from Medical Study Confirm Dangers of Legalizing Physician-Assisted Suicide.
June 1, 2008... In Washington state, the July deadline is drawing near for assisted suicide advocates to submit the 224,800 signatures needed to place Initiative 1000 on the November ballot. At the moment Oregon has the dubious distinction of being the only...

Autos for Life Rolls into Summer!(National Right to Life Committee's Autos for Life program)
June 1, 2008... Now that the cold weather has finally lost its grip on most of the nation, and the kids are finishing the school year, it's time to start thinking about traveling, vacations, and relaxing. But this time of the year can also be a good...

The Struggle for a Moral Bioethical Sector.
June 1, 2008... Editor's note. As we approach this year's National Right to Life Convention, it reminded me of a great speech that Wesley Smith delivered in 2007. The following are a few excerpts from Mr. Smith's remarkable address to pro-lifers in Kansas...

Pro-Life News in Brief.
June 1, 2008... German Group Honors Ex-Nazi Doctor Ignoring evidence that Dr. Hans Joachim Sewering, 92, sent over 900 disabled children to their deaths as a Nazi doctor, a German medical association gave him its highest award March 30. The...

British Parliament Votes Anti-Life on Abortion and Embryology.
June 1, 2008... Great Britain is nearing the end of its first major reconsideration of abortion since 1990. Results to date are grim. British members of Parliament (MPs) have rejected almost all pro-life amendments to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology...

The Candidates in Their Own Words.(John McCain and Barack Obama)
June 1, 2008... This edition of National Right to Life News discusses the upcoming battle between pro-life Sen. John McCain and pro-abortion Sen. Barack Obama in considerable depth. There is the story on page one, two editorials on page two, and a comparison...

Pro-Abortionists Take Aim at McCain.(Barack Obama takes aim at John McCain for coming presidential elections)
June 1, 2008... "Obama offended some anti-abortion activists but may have helped his case for NARAL's endorsement while campaigning in Pennsylvania earlier this year when he talked about the possibility that one of his young daughters could have an...

Preliminaries Over, the Nation Begins to Look to November.(presidential elections)
June 1, 2008... Pro-abortion Sen. Hillary Clinton quasi-exited from the presidential contest with all the lack of grace that we've come to expect from the Clintons. (Technically, she "suspended" her campaign.) There will be more books written about the...

2008 U.S. Congressional Elections: Ready or Not, Here They Come.
June 1, 2008... If time "flies when you're having fun," then we must be having an incredible time! By the time you receive this issue, there will only be about 20 weeks until the general election on November 4. This has been an exciting primary season!...

The First Place Winners in the National Right to Life Pro-Life Essay Contest.
June 1, 2008... Editor's note. The following essays were written for the National Right to Life Pro-Life Essay Contest. Elizabeth Faiella won first place at the senior levelgrades 10-12and Clare Kossler won first place at the junior levelgrades 7-9. The...

Pro-Life McCain and Pro-Abortion Obama to Square Off in the Fall.(pro-life John McCain and pro-abortion Barack Obama)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Exactly five months to the day after results from the Iowa caucuses turned the political world upside down, the winner on the Democratic side, pro-abortion Senator Barack Obama, nailed down enough delegates from the June 3 Montana and South...

Years of Experience Help Grassroots Grow.
June 1, 2008... Marjorie Higgins wears many hats for NRLC: state organizational development coordinator, bylaws facilitator, and list management specialist, to name just a few. But one of her most rewarding jobs may be den mother to a group of enthusiastic and...

Lawsuits Against PPFA Continue to Pile Up.
June 1, 2008... The following is just a short sampling of some of the cases brought against Planned Parenthood over the last few years: * Michelle Marie Perreira filed suit against officials at Planned Parenthood Los Angeles in April of 2007, alleging they...

United Methodist Church Continues to Become More Pro-Life.(2008 United Methodist General Conference )
June 1, 2008... In 1972, America's second-largest Protestant denomination officially endorsed legalized abortion, as did other "mainline" American Protestant denominations around that same time. However, the April 23May 2 meeting of the top policymaking body...

Minnesota Gov. Pawlenty Vetoes Pro-Cloning Bill.(Tim Pawlenty vetoes Kahn-Cohen Cloning Bill )
June 1, 2008... Pro-lifers in Minnesota turned back still another "clone and kill" proposal when pro-life Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoed a measure sponsored by two Democrats, State Rep. Phyllis Kahn and State Sen. Richard Cohen. While the veto could not...

Premature Babies' Pain Reduced by Music.
June 1, 2008... When Mark Tramo's daughter Cadence was born three weeks prematurely, doctors inserted a feeding tube. But Tramo wanted to see if she would eat if he fed her himself. "I arrived on the scene around three in the morning and I said 'No, no,...

Post-Abortive Women and Men Finding Wholeness.(American Victims of Abortion )
June 1, 2008... Travel down any corridor at any time at National Right to Life's upcoming three-day national convention and as likely as not you'll see a sign for a workshop with Olivia Gans's name on it. Gans, the director of American Victims of Abortion...

LET COMMON SENSE PREVAIL.(abortion rights)
June 1, 2008... It is now 35 years since the U.S. Supreme Court acted as an extra-constitutional super-legislature and invented a new "constitutional" right to abortion in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton. Both decisions are poorly reasoned, lack a...

Redbook Tells Only One Side of Abortion Story.(Reprint)
June 1, 2008... "Love Your Life." That's the slogan on the cover page of the May edition of Redbook magazine. It's an ironic statement, however, given one of the articles inside the pages. "The Shadow Side of Motherhood" explains that "Becoming a mom is...

Worrying about the "Bioethics Crisis".(bioethics as a useful field)(Reprint)
June 1, 2008... An article has been published in the Chronicle of Higher Education entitled "Bioethics Crisis Looms Unless NIH Changes Course, Critics Warn," byline Richard Monastersky. Bioethics crisis? Apparently, practitioners believe we need more...

Advances in Adult Stem Cells Continue.(developments in stem cell research)
June 1, 2008... More and more advances are being made in the use of adult stem cells, which do not harm the donor. Reports from researchers are adding to the evidence that embryonic stem cells, which require the deaths of unborn children, will not lead to the...

Injured Women Continue to Sue Planned Parenthood.
June 1, 2008... Planned Parenthood bills itself as "the nation's most trusted provider of sexual and reproductive health care." However, some women are alleging that they have suffered major injuries at PPFA clinics and are suing the nation's largest abortion...

Worth Every Penny, Every Minute, and Every Prayer.
June 1, 2008... It's a fact... they make every right-to-life event brighter, more fun, and vastly more effective! They are inexpensive, full of energy, come in all colors, and will make you smile, laugh, and feel better about the future of our cause than you...

McDonnell Appeals Decision On Virginia Partial-Birth Infanticide Act.(Bob McDonnell)
June 1, 2008... Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell is asking the full Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review the decision of a three-member panel of that court which struck down Virginia's Partial-Birth Infanticide law. On May 20 a split panel...