National Right to Life News articles from March 2006

National Right to Life News archives from March 2006

Please urge your two U.S. senators to press for fast approval of the Child Custody Protection Act (S. 403), a bill strongly supported by the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC).
March 1, 2006... Currently, about half of the states have laws that require notification or consent of a parent (or, at least, authorization from a court) before an abortion can be performed on a minor girl. However, these requirements are often circumvented...

Abortion Laws Do Not Always Require Health Exceptions, Appeals Panel Rules.(Law overview)
March 1, 2006... In a decision that remains largely under the radar, a federal appeals court has rejected a key weapon in the pro-abortion legal arsenal. On February 24, the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals said that U.S. District Judge Susan Dlott had erred...

Parliament Votes to Bring RU486 to Australia.
March 1, 2006... Last month the Australian Parliament voted to take steps that would allow RU486, the abortion pill, to be sold there. Since 1996, abortifacients like RU486 had been listed as "restricted goods" in Australia, which the government's Minister...

Black Women Speak Loudly against Abortion.
March 1, 2006... In a powerful display of diversity with unity, a coalition of more than 20 African-American women assembled at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., February 2 to say "no more" to abortion and to "Stand for Life!" Sponsored by Black...

An Open Letter from Bobby Schindler.
March 1, 2006... Editor's note. Virtually all readers of NRL News are painfully aware that Terri Schindler Schiavo died March 31, 2005, nearly 14 days after her husband secured permission for the third time to disconnect her feeding tube. The following open...

Pro-Life News in Brief.
March 1, 2006... Multiple Sclerosis Patient Walks after Stem Cell Treatment Malcolm Pear, a 51-year-old multiple sclerosis (MS) patient from Worcestershire, England, walked without crutches for the first time in years after traveling to Holland for an adult...

Nothing Inevitable.(abortion law)(Law overview)
March 1, 2006... "On February 24, the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals said that U.S. District Judge Susan Dlott had erred when she concluded that every law which regulates abortion must contain a general health and life exception. Writing for a three-member...

"Generation Y"-The Most Pro-Life Generation Yet.
March 1, 2006... "Look at the bright sideif we keep reproducing, eventually we'll outnumber them!" We laughed as pro-life champion and educator Molly Kelly shared this with usa room full of eager Teens for Life. That was 16 years ago, and it seemed as if we...

Harvard RTL Uses Beautiful Posters to Raise Student Awareness about Fetal Development and Abortion.(Right to Life )(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... This spring, student members of Harvard Right to Life are putting up seven different pro-life posters all over their campus. This annual project is designed to educate the student body about fetal development and abortion. Over 3,000 lovely...

Gratitude for Hyde's Commitment to the Unborn the Theme for the 13th Annual Proudly Pro-Life Awards Dinner; Henry Hyde to Be Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award.
March 1, 2006... National Right to Life will celebrate the 13th annual Proudly Pro-Life Awards Dinner by honoring retiring pro-life champion Congressman Henry Hyde April 25 at the Willard Inter-Continental Hotel in Washington, D.C. Hyde (R-IL) was previously...

Human Guinea Pigs?: Ian Wilmut wants to experiment on the dying with embryonic stem cells-even though the treatments haven't been properly tested.
March 1, 2006... Ian Wilmut, the creator of Dolly the sheep and newly appointed director of Edinburgh University's Centre for Regenerative Medicine, wants to experiment on dying people with embryonic stem cellseven though he admits that such potential...

"Terri's Legacy Project".
March 1, 2006... This is going to hurt... probably a lot. Take yourself back in time to March 1831, 2005. Remember where you were when you learned that Terri Schindler Schiavo's feeding tube had been removed, beginning her horrific court-ordered...

Abortion History Myths: The Sequel.
March 1, 2006... In his soon to be published book, Dispelling the Myths of Abortion History, Villanova Law School Professor Joseph W. Dellapenna systematically exposes the legions of lieslegal, historical, social, and otherwiseon which Roe v. Wade rests. A...

Officers Rescue Newborn Baby from Toilet; >BY; ROE IN CRISIS AND THE BIG LIES.
March 1, 2006... Police officers in Littleton, Colorado, saved the life of a tiny unborn baby who was delivered into a toilet three months prematurely. Little Nevaeh (heaven spelled backwards) was saved from drowning and revived, and the officers and paramedics...

"REAL Women's Voices" Lobbying Day.
March 1, 2006... Last year, I had the privilege of attending an exciting new lobbying event called REAL Women's Voices in Washington, D.C. This year the event will be held on Wednesday, April 26, and pro-life women will use this opportunity to speak with their...

Prompts Renewed Call for Congressional Action on RU486: New Study Details Dangers of RU486.
March 1, 2006... Two doctors who have examined over 600 reports of "adverse events" among U.S. women who have taken RU486 say they have found not only a dangerous pattern of problems among patients but also considerable deficiencies in the reporting of those...

Supreme Court Agrees to Review Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act.(Case overview)
March 1, 2006... Six years after the Supreme Court overturned Nebraska's ban on partial-birth abortions, a newly reconstituted High Court will hear arguments on a lower court ruling that blocked enforcement of the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act. The...