National Right to Life News articles from May 2008

National Right to Life News archives from May 2008

Autos for Life ... at Any Age!(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... Since its inception, National Right to Life's "Autos for Life" program has received an interesting and wide variety of donated vehicles. That includes everything from luxury cars, RVs, economy cars, vans, and trucks to boats and jet skis! We...

Congress Passes Bill to Ban Genetic Discrimination after Adding Pro-Life Language.
May 1, 2008... WASHINGTON (May 8, 2008)Congress gave final approval in early May to landmark legislation to ban genetic discrimination by employers and health insurance providers. President Bush is expected to soon sign the legislation, the Genetic...

McCain Awaits Outcome of Obama/Clinton Battle.(John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... As NRL News goes to press, pro-abortion Senator Hillary Clinton has given no public signal she intends to do anything other than continue to battle pro-abortion Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, if need be...

Pro-Life News in Brief.
May 1, 2008... Council of Europe Urges Abortion "Right" in Member States The Council of Europe passed a resolution April 16 insisting that every one of its 47 member states should legalize abortion. Passed on a 10269 vote by the Parliamentary Assembly,...

Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, RIP.(Obituary)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... Pro-life champion Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo died on Saturday, April 19, 2008. Cardinal Trujillo was appointed president of the Pontifical Council for the Family by John Paul II in November 1990. He served diligently in this important...

A Closer Look at Pro-Life Senator John McCain.
May 1, 2008... "John McCain boasts one of the most consistent pro-life voting records in the Senate, but he doesn't do much boasting about it." -- Newsweek, April 19, 2008 Although it seems as if the 2008 presidential campaign has gone on so long it...

Year-Round Education Program on Fetal Development Is as Easy as Looking at Your Calendar.
May 1, 2008... Just as babies take 40 weeks to develop and grow before they face the outside world, for many people it takes a long period of repeated exposure to the images of unborn children in the womb to face and embrace the humanity of children before...

"The Blood of My Daughter Is on Your Hands" Mother Tells Abortionist: Mother Turns Grief into Passion for Life.(Eileen Smith )
May 1, 2008... Eileen Smith never expected her life to turn out this way. Always "quietly pro-life," she never expected to find herself standing shoulder to shoulder with vocally active pro-lifers, exposing the raw nerve of her family's deepest heartbreak...

Haleigh Poutre Describes Harsh Treatment.
May 1, 2008... Although she did not provide details about the September 2005 abuse that sent her into a doctor-diagnosed "irreversible vegetative state," 14-year-old Haleigh Poutre told prosecutors about frequent spankings and slaps to the face given to her...

One of the Last Great Orators:Catch the Burning Flag, By Henry J. Hyde, Published by National Review Books, $22.95, available from http://store.nationalreview.com.(Book review)
May 1, 2008... A New York Times article published in October 1882 lamented the decline of great oratory in the United States, saying, "Nature scattered her gifts with a lavish hand along the pathway of the first century of the Republic, and has now withdrawn...

Ob-Gyn Group Challenged on New Abortion Mandate Policy.(American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists )
May 1, 2008... Dr. Sandy Christiansen, a board-certified OB/GYN physician, remembers well the intense pressure to perform abortions. "I was the chief of the obstetrical service and was thus responsible for the care and management of all of the obstetrical...

Attempt to Ban All Human Cloning in Missouri Delayed.(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... Missouri citizens who attempted to place a measure on the November 2008 ballot that would have banned all forms of human cloning will have to wait until 2010 to try again. An appeals court considering changes to the ballot language issued a...

New Book Offers Hope and Help to Those Carrying and Raising Children with Disabilities: My Child, My Gift: A Positive Response to a Serious Prenatal Diagnosis, By Madeline P. Nugent, Published by New City Press, 2008.(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Each year, approximately four million babies are born in the United States. Government sources say about 3% of those children, or about 120,000, will be born with some sort of disability. Many of these are operable or treatable, but some...

Legislators Easily Override Governor's Veto: Oklahoma Adds to Recent Pro-Life Successes with Latest Omnibus Bill.(Brad Henry)
May 1, 2008... Continuing to strengthen laws that protect women and unborn babies, the Oklahoma Senate and House overrode Democratic Gov. Brad Henry's veto of a pro-life bill. The April 17 override, the first in the state since 1994, will allow the law to...

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill's Comprehensive Threat to Innocent Human Life.
May 1, 2008... As I write, the British House of Commons is due on May 12 to debate the British government's "Human Fertilisation and Embryology bill." The bill represents one of the most comprehensive legislative threats to innocent, early human life debated...

VISIT OF POPE BENEDICT XVI.
May 1, 2008... The National Right to Life Committee was honored with an invitation to attend the White House ceremonies welcoming His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI on the first day of his visit to the United States on April 16, 2008. As President of National...

The Importance of Being Registered to Vote.
May 1, 2008... A visitor from Mars could turn on a TV, open a newspaper, or surf the web and immediately discover that 2008 is an election year. But said visitor would be forgiven for some confusion regarding how an election actually works. Unfortunately...

Karl Rove to Speak at NRLC Convention.(National Right to Life Committee)
May 1, 2008... What are your family plans for this summer? I hope they include bringing your family and attending the 36th annual National Right to Life Convention being held in the suburbs of our nation's capital on July 3, 4, and 5. This is a...

Pro-Lifers Continue on the Move in State Legislatures.
May 1, 2008... When you call Mary Spaulding Balch, you can rest assured no conversation will ever go more than five minutes without Mary ever so politely asking if she could place you on hold. And this is perfectly understandable, since this time of the year...

National Teens for Life Convention: Celebrate Life and Liberty on July 4th!
May 1, 2008... Combine tons of fun, the best pro-life speakers in the country, and fabulous fireworks above the Washington Monument with good food and great friends, and what do you have? The National Teens for Life (NTL) Convention, of course! This...

Pope Benedict's Pastoral Advice for America.(Pope Benedict XVI on United States' moral relativism)
May 1, 2008... Our intellectually inch-deep media could not really have been expected to report the thoughtful messages Pope Benedict XVI conveyed to the U.S. public during his April visit. It's far easier for reporters to speak of enthusiastic crowds (but...