National Right to Life News articles from November 2003

National Right to Life News archives from November 2003

SPURRED BY SCHINDLER-SCHIAVO CASE, NRLC PROPOSES MODEL ANTI-STARVATION LAW.
November 1, 2003... In response to the six-day denial of food and fluids to Terri Schindler-Schiavo, the National Right to Life Committee is calling on state legislatures throughout the nation to move to protect people with disabilities from being denied food and...

Democrats in Senate Stall Judicial Nominations.
November 1, 2003... WASHINGTON (November 8, 2003) - - The Democratic minority in the U.S. Senate is preventing up-and-down votes on an increasing number of President Bush's nominees to federal courts of appeal who will not commit to support abortion. The courts of...

Pro-Lifers Win Governors' Races, Democratic Presidential Candidates Continue To Court Pro-Abortion Supporters.
November 1, 2003... Pro-lifers enjoyed a huge victory November 4 in Kentucky as pro-life Congressman Ernie Fletcher (R) was elected governor over his pro-abortion opponent, Attorney General Ben Chandler (D). In a tough race that pundits predicted would be...

What Everybody Needs to Know About the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act.
November 1, 2003... [Editor's note: On November 4, 2003, the day before President Bush signed the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act into law, NRLC distributed to journalists a detailed memorandum titled "The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act: Misconceptions and...

Infants are being killed.
November 1, 2003... [Editor's note. This op-ed first appeared in USA Today.] A few weeks ago, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America said in a press release that the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act would "outlaw a medical procedure used primarily in...

EDITORIALS A Day to Remember.
November 1, 2003... "Yet it is clear that the controversy over the ban has altered the tenor of the debate. The issue first came to the fore in 1995, after abortion opponents discovered a medical paper describing a procedure, performed at 20 weeks of pregnancy or...

UPDATE ON THE UNITED NATIONS AND CLONING.
November 1, 2003... The substantive debate on cloning which began in the United Nations last year was over whether or not the negotiating mandate should be for a Comprehensive Convention to ban all human cloning or if the negotiating mandate would be for a ban on...

A Matter of Trust.
November 1, 2003... Over the years the public's trust in the "media" has plummeted. Reporters in particular, and news people in general, are widely distrusted. Why? In his revealing book, Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News, Emmy...

MEDICARE RATIONING DECISION STILL IN DOUBT.
November 1, 2003... As NRL News goes to press, the key senators and representatives meeting as a conference committee to produce a bill adding a prescription drug benefit to Medicare had not yet definitely decided whether older Americans will be permitted to use...

PRO-LIFE NEWS IN BRIEF.
November 1, 2003... Wisconsin Bill Protects Infants Born Alive after Abortion The Wisconsin legislature approved a bill that would give full legal rights to babies who survive an abortion attempt. The bill now waits for the signature of Gov. Jim Doyle (D), who...

Vows to "vigorously defend" law in court President Bush Signs Historic Ban on Partial-Birth Abortions.
November 1, 2003... Editor's note: As we went to press, the federal Department of Justice on November 10, 2003, urged a federal district judge in New York to adopt expedited procedures in reviewing a legal challenge to the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act. The...

FROM THE PRESIDENT "THE ELECTED BRANCHES OF OUR GOVERNMENT HAVE AFFIRMED A BASIC STANDARD OF HUMANITY".
November 1, 2003... Instead of an extended commentary, let me just give you a sampling of reports and opinion on the momentous events of recent weeks. Mostly, they speak for themselves. * October 21, 2003--a date to remember The Senate on Tuesday...

President Bush Signs Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003.
November 1, 2003... Editor's note. The following is the official White House transcript. THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Good afternoon. I'm pleased that all of you have joined us as the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 becomes the law of the land....

A partial-birth by any other name ...
November 1, 2003... By David Reinhard Editor's note. The following first appeared October 26 in the Oregonian in a slightly different form and is reprinted with the author's permission. Never mind that Congress has just passed for the third time a...

Coroner's Report Links Teen's Death to Abortion Drugs.
November 1, 2003... In October, NRL News ran a story on Holly Patterson, the young California teen who died within a week of taking RU486. Pro-lifers were cautious in drawing a direct cause-and-effect, although the linkage appeared clear. Now, the drugs and the...

Terri's Fate Remains Unclear.
November 1, 2003... As NRL News goes to press, there remains much uncertainty whether Terri Schindler-Schiavo will continue to be fed. Yet the fact that this brave 39-year-old brain-injured woman is still alive is nothing short of a miracle. As NRL News went...

TEXAS SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS EMERGENCY RESUSCITATION OVER PARENTAL OBJECTION.
November 1, 2003... Deciding a closely watched case, the Texas Supreme Court on September 30 ruled that when emergency medical treatment is needed to save the life of a newborn infant, that treatment can be provided without parental consent when there is no time...

World Abortion Estimates: An Audit Part VII: When Agenda Trumps Accuracy.
November 1, 2003... In earlier parts of this series, we have seen how abortion advocates have grossly inflated estimates of the number of abortions performed overseas and then tried to use those inaccurate numbers to argue for worldwide legalization of abortion....