National Right to Life News articles from March 2003

National Right to Life News archives from March 2003

Three more Democratic candidates for President jump in KUCINICH FLIP-FLOPS TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
March 1, 2003... Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich, who had a strong pro-life voting record, has announced that he is now "pro-choice" as he seeks the Democratic nomination for President. Kucinich was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996....

Urge Senators to Ban Human Cloning! The House has again passed the ban! Urge the Senate to pass Brownback-Landrieu and defeat Hatch-Feinstein!
March 1, 2003... WASHINGTON (March 7, 2003) - - The critical issue of banning the cloning of humans is back in the lap of the U.S. Senate. President Bush called on Congress to ban all human cloning during his January 28 State of the Union address. On...

President Bush Urges Senate to Pass the Ban. House Passes NRLC-Backed Bill to Ban the Cloning of Human Embryos, but Many Senators Still Back Human Cloning for Biomedical Research.
March 1, 2003... WASHINGTON (March 7, 2003) -- The critical issue of banning the cloning of humans is back in the lap of the U.S. Senate. On February 27, the House of Representatives passed the NRLC-backed Weldon-Stupak bill (H.R. 534) to ban the cloning of...

Another One Bites the Dust.
March 1, 2003... And then there were nine... so far. Former Illinois Senator Carolyn Mosley-Braun, Florida Senator Bob Graham and Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich have jumped into the fray since the February issue of NRL News was printed. They, like six other...

A Rendezvous With Destiny.(Editorial)
March 1, 2003... In the 21+ years I've edited National Right to Life News, I can not think of a single edition in which we covered as many stories of comparable gravity as those discussed in this issue. We examine threats to our collective humanity which are so...

Prof. John Gearhart tells reporters the truth: "therapeutic cloning" produces a human embryo, no longer an "egg".(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... For political purposes, some supporters of human cloning for research (so-called "therapeutic cloning") have in recent times tried to pretend that it is not really "cloning," or that it does not really produce a "human embryo." Fortunately,...

Gephardt Abortion Papers Available.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Congressman Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.) is seeking the Democratic nomination for president for the 2004 election. Gephardt is now pro-abortion. However, early in his congressional career - - from 1977 until 1986 - - he took a strong pro-life...

Chapter Ideas Spring to Action: Top Ideas from Chapters Around the Country.(Editorial)
March 1, 2003... Most of us on the East Coast are still digging ourselves out from the snow, so it seems premature to be talking about spring activities and Mother's Day. But that wonderful day is in the not-too-distant future for chapters planning to mark it...

National Cancer Institute Workshop Doesn't Work.
March 1, 2003... The opening address to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) workshop, conducted the last week of February and entitled "Early Reproductive Events and Breast Cancer," seemed auspicious. Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, the NCI's director, gave a...

World Abortion Estimates: An Audit.(World Health Organization's gathering of statistics on abortion)
March 1, 2003... Part II--Estimating Abortion in the Developing World: Assumptions and "Adjustments" In Part I of this series, we presented estimates of worldwide abortions, unsafe abortions, and abortion-related deaths from the World Health Organization...

2003 Legislative Sessions a Challenge and a Reward for Pro-Lifers.
March 1, 2003... In the 14 years since the Supreme Court's Webster decision left the door to passing protective legislation slightly ajar, pro-lifers have worked relentlessly to find and enact measures the High Court would allow. That dogged determination, in...

National Right to Life letter to U.S. House of Representatives in opposition to the Greenwood "clone and kill" bill.
March 1, 2003... The letter below was sent by NRLC to most members of the U.S. House of Representatives on February 21, 2003. In it, NRLC urged the lawmakers to support the Weldon-Stupak Human Cloning Prohibition Act (H.R. 534), and to reject the competing...

Pro-Abortion Groups Back Filibuster to Block Confirmation of Miguel Estrada to U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C.
March 1, 2003... WASHINGTON (February 5, 2003) - - At the urging of NARAL and other pro-abortion groups, most Democratic U.S. senators currently are filibustering to prevent a vote on the confirmation of Miguel Estrada, President Bush's nominee to the U.S....

Help Combat "Media Myths" on Human Cloning Bills!
March 1, 2003... As Congress debates the human cloning issue, many news reports continue to contain distortions regarding what the competing cloning bills would allow and what they would forbid. Some use explanations and terminology that give readers or viewers...

PRO-LIFE NEWS IN BRIEF.
March 1, 2003... West Virginia Women's Right to Know Bill Becomes Law After 15 years of hard work, West Virginia pro-lifers rejoiced when a Woman's Right to Know bill was passed by the state Senate on a 30-2 vote February 24. Gov. Bob Wise, who vetoed a...

Recent Developments on Partial-Birth Abortion Responding to President Bush's Call to Ban "Abhorrent Procedure," Congress Takes Up Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act.
March 1, 2003... WASHINGTON (March 7, 2003) - - The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act - - a major pro-life federal legislative priority since 1995 - - is slated for congressional action in the immediate future. There is fierce resistance to the bill among...

DEEP IN THE FOG OF "CHOICE".(Column)
March 1, 2003... Recently, newspapers carried the following exchange between a reader and a widely-read medical advice columnist, Dr. X (his real name is not important here, and a wave of letters reprimanding him would be counterproductive): DEAR DR. X: I...

Abortion in Russia Leads to Widespread Infertility.
March 1, 2003... The Washington Post headline said it all: "Russians Feel Abortion's Complications: Used as Birth Control in Soviet Times, Practice Has Led to Widespread Infertility." Indeed, the number of abortions is incredible and the ramifications are...

New Source of Stem Cells Discovered in Umbilical Cord.
March 1, 2003... Researchers at Kansas State University have discovered that special tissue found in umbilical cords may be a rich source of stem cells. Results of a study published in the online version of the journal Stem Cells indicate that the tissue known...

Disability Rights Groups File Amicus Brief in Terri Schiavo Case.
March 1, 2003... Disability rights groups, led by the organization Not Dead Yet, filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief February 21 in support of the life of Terri Schindler-Schiavo. Schindler-Schiavo, the Florida woman who is threatened with...