National Right to Life News articles from November 2004

National Right to Life News archives from November 2004

Senate Has Been Bottleneck for Some Key Measures; 108th Congress the Most Successful; Yet for Pro-Life Movement.
November 1, 2004... WASHINGTON (November 9, 2004) - - The two-year 108th Congress, now near its end, has been the most productive for legislation supported by National Right to Life since the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. The regular session of...

Pro-Life News In Brief.
November 1, 2004... Florida Voters Pave the Way for Parental Notification By a lopsided 65%-35% vote, Floridians approved a constitutional amendment November 2 authorizing the legislature to pass a law requiring notification of parents before a minor girl has...

NEW PRO-LIFE MEMBERS -- 109th Congress (2005-2006).
November 1, 2004... SENATE Florida - Mel Martinez Georgia - Johnny Isakson Louisiana - David Vitter North Carolina - Richard Burr Oklahoma - Tom Coburn South Carolina - Jim DeMint South Dakota - John Thune HOUSE CALIFORNIA...

With Voices Loud and Clear.
November 1, 2004... Pro-lifers responded in the most powerful way in this year's elections. >TX Candidates and political parties appealed to pro-lifers. National Right to Life PAC called upon us to give generously of our time and funds. But the most...

Increased Pro-Life Strength in New Senate; Will Improve Prospects for Some Pro-Life Bills.
November 1, 2004... In the 108th Congress, which will conclude later this month, the U.S. Senate was the major bottleneck for some high-priority pro-life legislation, even though the top Republican Senate leadership was very supportive. We were ultimately...

EDITORIALS; "I Meant What I Said".(Editorial)
November 1, 2004... "The president must have the will to take on the issue, not only in the campaign but now that I'm elected....I earned capital in the campaign, political capital. And now I intend to spend it. It is my style. That's what happened after the 2000...

EDITORIALS; Immensely Talented Candidate Plus Vigorous Grassroots Support =; A Second Term for Bush.(second reelection of Georg Bush - observations)(Editorial)
November 1, 2004... "I think if Kerry were to win this in a - - in a tight race, I think there'd be an effort to mount a coup, quite frankly... . I mean that the right wing is not going to accept it." PBS's Bill Moyers, election night "The secular states...

James Cardinal Hickey (1920-2004); Deeply Committed Pro-Life Catholic Cardinal Dies.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
November 1, 2004... James Cardinal Hickey, the retired archbishop of Washington, D.C., died on October 24, 2004, after a week-long bout with pneumonia and several years of declining health. Cardinal Hickey was a friend to the pro-life movement, frequently...

Start Planning for January 22nd Now.
November 1, 2004... It's hard to believe that on top of celebrating our electoral victories, we'll celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's in short order. Soon thereafter, pro-lifers observe another annual event, as depressing as Christmas is uplifting:...

New Pro-Lifers Added to United States House and Senate.
November 1, 2004... Pro-lifers cheered the re-election of pro-life President George W. Bush, but also had another reason to rejoice election night: the victories of pro-life candidates running for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. These gains will...

National Right to Life News's Special January 22 Commemorative Issue; 2005: A Historic Juncture for the Pro-Life Movement.
November 1, 2004... Pro-lifers know that newly re-elected President George W. Bush has been rock-solid in his determination to build a culture of life. Mr. Bush has been the most productive pro-life President to hold the office in the 32 years since the United...

Wirthlin Poll Shown; America Voted Pro-Life.
November 1, 2004... NARAL's bumper sticker reads "I Vote Pro-Choice." National Right to Life's reads "We Vote Pro-Life." Once again this year, the pro-life "We"s vastly out-numbered and out-voted the pro-abortion "I"s. The re-election of President Bush and...

HARD WORK AND COURAGE PAID OFF.
November 1, 2004... The expectations had gone so out of control that, on Tuesday afternoon, we reporters [in Boston] had already moved on to the second-, third-, and fourth-day stories. The exit polls seemed to show such a clear sweep of the battleground states...

Priests for Life Increases Education Activities on Culture of Life.
November 1, 2004... Priests for Life continues to expand its educational activities promoting the culture of life - - helping to protect innocent human life from abortion and restoring respect for all human life. Based on Pope John Paul II's call for a culture...

Bush's Victory Gives Canadians Hope.
November 1, 2004... The smashing electoral victory of President George W. Bush warmed the hearts of pro-life people across Canada, who can now look forward to an improved climate of protection for the unborn south of the border. We can only stand in awe at the...

Late Essay Fails to Mislead Pro-Life Voters; California Seminary Prof. Pushes Unsubstantiated Claim; that Abortions Increased under Bush.
November 1, 2004... In mid-October, just before the election, an opinion piece by a California seminary professor began to circulate on the Internet and show up in major newspapers across the country. Glenn Stassen's "counterintuitive and disturbing" result (as...

"Don't Mess With Florida".
November 1, 2004... Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne. These innocent-sounding names bring fear, anxiety, and anguish to the hearts of tens of thousands of Floridians. They are the four major hurricanes that slammed, crashed, and thundered their way onto all of...

And Vote They Did.
November 1, 2004... At 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 2, 2004, Marta Maria Cruz was still in line at a voting precinct in Hialeah, Florida. It was warm for an autumn day, but the temperature in Miami's suburbs doesn't dip much below 80 degrees this time of year....

THANK YOU FOR DEDICATION, ENERGY, AND PRAYER.(Editorial)
November 1, 2004... On behalf of National Right to Life PAC, I want to thank you for everything you did to help re-elect pro-life President George W. Bush. No words can adequately convey the deep appreciation the NRLC staff has for the dedication and energy you...

Pro-Life T-Shirts Challenge Planned Parenthood's Message.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Outraged by Planned Parenthood's "I had an abortion" t-shirt, a California couple took action. They designed their own pro-life shirt, emblazoned with the words "My mom didn't have an abortion," and are now selling a line of life-affirming...

Suckers for 'Science' How to talk California taxpayers out of $3 billion.
November 1, 2004... The passage of proposition 71 in California (the Stem Cell Research and Cures Act) was an acute case of electoral folly. As Californians plunged headlong into a $6 billion quagmire of debt in a quixotic quest for "miracle cures" from human...

WE DID IT! FOUR MORE YEARS FOR PRESIDENT BUSH.
November 1, 2004... Pro-lifers were ecstatic with the re-election of George W. Bush as President of the United States. After a long, tough battle, we could breathe a sigh of relief, knowing a pro-life leader was in the White House for another four years. ...