National Right to Life News articles from May 2004

National Right to Life News archives from May 2004

EDITORIALS Sowing the Seeds of Doubt.
May 1, 2004... For those of you who are, like me, a soccer parent/fan, the term "own goal" is as familiar as "balk" is in baseball. It's when a team inadvertently kicks the ball into its own net, scoring a goal for the opposition. Peter Ross, writing for...

Abortion and Breast Cancer: Only Fuzzy Math Can Make the ABC Link Disappear.
May 1, 2004... To borrow from Yogi Berra, it looks like "dja-vu all over again." A supposedly definitive study of immense statistical power, published in a top medical journal, has once again allegedly proven there is no link between an induced abortion and...

Otherwise Known as the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative; Embryo Vivisection and Elusive Promises Act.
May 1, 2004... Unable to attract private investors, and shut out of federal dollars, the biotech industry has partnered with Hollywood and the disease lobby in a widely publicized attempt to fund human cloning and embryonic stem cell research with taxpayer...

There's a New Kid on the Block.
May 1, 2004... National Right to Life has long been the leader in providing the public with accurate and timely news analysis and commentary on issues affecting the pro-life movement. Through resources such as National Right to Life News, NRLC's radio program...

EDITORIALS; Sowing the Seeds of Doubt.(Editorial)
May 1, 2004... For those of you who are, like me, a soccer parent/fan, the term "own goal" is as familiar as "balk" is in baseball. It's when a team inadvertently kicks the ball into its own net, scoring a goal for the opposition. Peter Ross, writing for...

EDITORIALS; A Study in Contrasts.
May 1, 2004... Remember the old Wrigley's Doublemint Gum "Double Your Pleasure" ads? John Kerry, the Abortion Establishment's newest bestest friend, apparently figured he could double the impact of his fawning tribute to Planned Parenthood's Gloria Feldt and...

Bush Administration Pulls Plug on Financing of; Pro-Abortion Global Health Council Conference.
May 1, 2004... The Department of Health and Human Services has officially decided to withhold funding from an upcoming June conference which features a number of speakers from pro-abortion organizations and the "fiercely anti-Bush Moveon.Org." Sponsored by...

WITNESSING FOR THE RIGHT TO LIFE; AT THE FRENCH-GERMAN BORDER.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... On a recent visit to Germany for my 50th high school reunion, we made a hike across the French-German border from Schweigen, Germany, to Wissembourg, France. Right at the border, along a country road, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kirstahler, a retired...

Running for Their Lives; New Mexico's "Born to Run" Generates Awareness, Enthusiasm, and Funds for the Pro-Life Cause.
May 1, 2004... Conceived during a jog along the Rio Grande River, Right to Life Committee of New Mexico's "Born to Run" event has raised over $20,000 in just two years. And as "Born to Run" Committee Chair Leroy Chavez puts it, "the money raised is only half...

NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE HOSTS PRO-LIFE; PRESS CONFERENCE.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
May 1, 2004... Editor's note. On April 23, NRLC hosted an important press conference which brought together representatives from many pro-life and pro-family organizations, and Congressman Chris Smith. (See story, page 16.) The following is a list of those...

Kerry Wows Abortion Establishment.
May 1, 2004... From the perspective of Planned Parenthood, Naral Pro-Choice America, and the Feminist Majority, it was fitting and proper that U2's "It's a Beautiful Day" should be reverberating in the background. Two days later, on April 25, the...

What Was and Wasn't Covered; How the Media Covered the "March for Women's Lives".
May 1, 2004... News media coverage of the April 25 "March for Women's Lives" in Washington, D.C., it could be argued, was by and large pretty fair. The conspicuous exception is the hometown Washington Post. Many news reports covered both sides of the issue,...

Teachers Protest NEA's Ties to Pro-Abortion March.(National Education Association)
May 1, 2004... By Liz Townsend Teachers across the country were outraged - - but not surprised - - that the National Education Association (NEA) was a prominent supporter of the April 25 pro-abortion march in Washington, D.C. The union, which receives...

PRO-LIFE NEWS IN BRIEF.
May 1, 2004... British Police Will Investigate Cleft Palate Abortion Responding to a complaint by Anglican Rev. Joanna Jepson, police in West Mercia, England, will investigate a 2001 late-term abortion performed on a baby with a cleft palate. Jepson, 27,...

Ohio Woman Blames RU486 for Damaged Fertility.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... A lawsuit filed in Ohio serves as a reminder that there are multiple ways in which the abortifacient RU486 can have a very negative impact on a woman's health. According to the Akron Beacon Journal (4/6/04), on April 5, Dana Powell filed a...

Eleventh Annual Proudly Pro-Life Awards Dinner Comes to Nation's Capital.
May 1, 2004... It would be difficult to imagine a better way to inaugurate the move of the annual Proudly Pro-Life Awards Dinner to Washington, D.C., than to honor entertainer and pro-life stalwart Pat Boone and to hear a laudatory speech from pro-life Vice...

FROM THE PRESIDENT; PRO-LIFE SUCCESSES AND THE NEED FOR REALISM.
May 1, 2004... During the last two years the following three important bills were passed by Congress and signed by President George W. Bush. The first of these bills signed into law by President Bush was the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act. Its purpose...

The Very Face of Extremism.
May 1, 2004... If you are the usual pro-abortion advocacy groups, what do you do when abortion rates continue to drop, pro-life legislation is passed in Congress, young people of America are moving into the pro-life camp in droves, and the American public...

Swedish Teen the Latest to Die After Taking Abortion Pill.
May 1, 2004... Details continue to emerge, but multiple sources confirm that a Swedish teenager bled to death after taking RU486 last summer. In 1992 Sweden put RU486 on the market, one of the first countries in the world to approve its sale. On March...

Testimony in Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act Cases Reveals the Real Meaning of "Choice".
May 1, 2004... The so-called "March for Women's Lives" in Washington, D.C., took place the last weekend of April. It was described by the National Organization for Women, a sponsor of the event, as "the most significant and massive abortion rights march in...

Alpha Omega Life; Helping Expose the "Dirty Little Secrets" About Abortion That No One Ever Talks About.
May 1, 2004... Under the leadership and talent of Vera Faith Lord, Alpha Omega Life is helping spread the pro-life message to an ever-widening group of churches, schools, and pro-life groups. Vera has moved thousands of people by sharing her own personal...

Answering with Reason, with Kindness, and Clarity.(Editorial)
May 1, 2004... Editor's note. The following is the official transcript of Vice President Richard Cheney's April 20 remarks to the NRL Educational Trust Fund's Proudly Pro-Life Awards Dinner. THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you...

"The Cruelty of the Abortionists Knows No Bounds".(Editorial)
May 1, 2004... Editor's note. The following are remarks delivered by NRLC President Wanda Franz, Ph.D., to the 11th Annual Proudly Pro-Life Awards Dinner. Esteemed Donors and Friends of the National Right to Life Educational Trust Fund: Let me...