National Right to Life News articles from May 2005

National Right to Life News archives from May 2005

Urgent Congressional Alert: Urge Congress to Reject Embryo-Killing Research.
May 1, 2005... WASHINGTON (May 4, 2005) - - President Bush has vowed that federal funds will not be used to support research that requires killing human embryos, but Congress may soon vote on bills that would overturn the President's pro-life policy. ...

Senators Hear REAL Women's Voices.
May 1, 2005... Nearly 200 passionate pro-life women, flying into Washington, D.C. from as far away as San Francisco, ventured to our nation's capital to attend REAL Women's Voices, where they lobbied Congress and debunked the myth that a majority of women are...

EDITORIALS; Running on Fumes.(Editorial)
May 1, 2005... "It seemed to me that the Democrats in the last cycle really did think there is some high magic in the creation of political rhetoric, and that Republicans do some voodoo that they, being ingenuous and honest, haven't quite gotten a handle on...

Research Cloning and "Fetus Farming": The Slippery Slope in Action.
May 1, 2005... Editor's note. The following article was produced by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities. It can be found in its entirety (along with footnotes) at...

Public Rejects Involuntary Denial of Food and Water, Medical Treatment.
May 1, 2005... The tragic death of Terri Schiavo has been used by proponents of "living wills" to lecture Americans that they ought to put their treatment wishes in writing. National Right to Life believes Americans ought to sign a pro-life living will,...

My Experience with Prejudice Against Children; with Down Syndrome.
May 1, 2005... In a very personal way, I could identify with a recent story in the Washington Post that discussed how routinely medical personnel speak negatively when a prenatal diagnosis suggests a child may have Down syndrome. In 2002, I was about 21...

McCain joins with Democrats to save filibuster; Senate "Too Close to Call" on Abolishing Filibusters of Judges.
May 1, 2005... WASHINGTON (May 4, 2005) - - At NRL News deadline, the U.S. Senate was fast approaching a razor-close vote on the question of whether Senate Democrats will continue to be allowed to filibuster to block approval of President Bush's judicial...

Terri Schiavo's Death Changed My Life; What It Was Like in the Eye of the Storm.
May 1, 2005... On a Tuesday in late October 2003, I went to work just like I do every day. Only this day would not be like any other day. This day would change my life. You see, in mid-October, upon court order, Terri Schindler Schiavo's feeding tube had...

Members of Congress Filing Amicus Brief in Assisted Suicide.(Case of Gonzales v. Oregon, No. 04-623.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... The U.S. Supreme Court will decide the validity of the Bush Administration's 2001 ruling that federally controlled drugs may not be used to assist suicide in the case of Gonzales v. Oregon, No. 04-623. The U.S. Justice Department had asked the...

Triumph in New York; The United Nations Condemns Human Cloning.
May 1, 2005... March 8, 2005, will go down in history. It is the date on which the plenary session of the United Nations General Assembly ratified solemnly the anti-cloning declaration recommended by its legal committee. By an even larger margin of nearly...

U.S. House Passes NRLC-backed Parental Notification Bill, 270-157.
May 1, 2005... WASHINGTON (May 4, 2005) - - The U.S. House of Representatives on April 27 passed NRLC-backed legislation requiring parental notification for interstate abortions involving minors by a hefty margin, 270-157. NRLC immediately called on the...

Election of Pope Benedict XVI; Welcomed with Delight by Pro-Lifers.
May 1, 2005... On April 19, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, taking the papal name Benedict XVI. The brilliant, but humble, German theologian is most known for his guardianship of orthodox Catholic belief, but he...

12th Annual Proudly Pro-Life Awards Dinner Honors Chaput, DeVoses.
May 1, 2005... The 12th annual Proudly Pro-Life Awards Dinner brought together a wonderful cross-section of pro-life activists, office holders, and clergy at the beautiful Willard Inter-Continental Hotel in Washington, D.C., to honor three pro-life champions....

FROM THE PRESIDENT; TROUBLING POLLS.
May 1, 2005... The tragic death of Terri Schindler-Schiavo reminds pro-lifers of the work confronting us on the issue of euthanasia. That is at least what most opinion polls tell us. One can object that many polls were improperly or misleadingly phrased and...

French Study Finds Strong Evidence; Abortion Increases Risk of Subsequent Premature Birth.
May 1, 2005... In 2003, when pro-life Ob-Gyn Byron Calhoun and researcher Brent Rooney published their summary of 49 studies that showed having an abortion increased the risk of subsequent prematurity in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons1 the...

Is Your Family's Life at Risk? MOST STATES DON'T REQUIRE DOCTORS TO HONOR ADVANCE DIRECTIVES THAT DIRECT FOOD, FLUIDS, TREATMENT.
May 1, 2005... The laws of all but 10 states may allow doctors and hospitals to disregard advance directives when they call for treatment, food, or fluids, according to an important report issued by NRLC's Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics April 15. The...

Who Opposes Filibuster Reform?(Elections)
May 1, 2005... As of May 4, 2005, all of the 45 members of the Senate Democratic caucus were opposing the effort of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tn.) to abolish filibusters on judicial nominees. If more than five Republican senators vote with the...

Subcommittee Considers Issues Raised By Terri's Death.
May 1, 2005... By Dave Andrusko The fallout from Terri Schiavo's death by dehydration will be felt for months and years to come. There will be innumerable hearings, countless witnesses, but probably little media attention, at least in the beginning, as...

George W. Bush: The Most Pro-Life President in American History.(Transcript)
May 1, 2005... Editor's note. The following are the remarks of Tim Goeglein at the 12th Annual Proudly Pro-Life Awards Dinner. Mr. Goeglein is a special assistant to President Bush and deputy director of the Office of Public Liaison. If there is a force...

Womb with a View; Three NRLC Staffers Describe Their Own Experiences with 4D Ultrasounds.
May 1, 2005... There must be something in the water, or so the joke goes in National Right to Life's D.C. offices, where three staffers in the State Organizational Development Department have given birth to four babies over the past 20 months. Riley, Easton,...