National Right to Life News articles from November 2005

National Right to Life News archives from November 2005

Experts Set the Record Straight on Abortion Pain.
November 1, 2005... In an often testy congressional hearing November 1, science squared off against abortion ideology as experts testified that babies within the womb may feel pain as early as 20 weeks into their development. Much of the expert testimony...

Harriet Miers Withdraws; President Bush Nominates Samuel Alito to Serve on Supreme Court.
November 1, 2005... Four days after Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination to serve on the United States Supreme Court, President Bush nominated U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr., to replace Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Judge Alito has...

Pro-Life News in Brief.
November 1, 2005... Britain's Baby Charlotte Can Receive Treatment British judge who ruled last year that disabled baby Charlotte Wyatt may be denied medical treatment in an emergency reversed his decision October 21. Doctors will now have to follow her...

Look under Human Service Charities of America Agency #2844: Time Running Out for Workplace Giving.
November 1, 2005... The fall months provide a great opportunity for federal employees to contribute through the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) to their favorite charity, which, for many we hope, is the National Right to Life Educational Trust Fund! When you do,...

"Calendar Campaigns" Keep the Life Issues on Your Mind Year-Round.
November 1, 2005... Displaying the development of unborn babies month-to-month is a great way to educate your community to the sanctity of life year-round. Several pro-life groups have found creative ways to accomplish this by adapting the basic idea to the...

Assisting suicides is bad law, policy California Is Considering Creating an Oregon-Style System to End Lives.
November 1, 2005... Advocates of assisted suicide label hastened death a "compassionate choice." But such gooey euphemisms seek to hide the harsh truth: Assisted suicide isn't about caring; it is about the intentional ending of human lifean act barred by the...

Canada's Euthanasia Bill.
November 1, 2005... This past June, Canadian Private Member's Bill 407 was quietly presented to the House of Commons for first reading. It happened just before parliamentary summer recess. Most people didn't even notice C-407 because the nation's attention was...

Abortion Increases Risk of Subsequent Child Abuse.
November 1, 2005... Does maternal abortion history increase the risk of child abuse? A new study recently published in the Scandinavian medical journal Acta Paediatrica suggests the answer is "yes," supporting what pro-lifers have suspected for years. ...

Intuiting Matters of the Heart.
November 1, 2005... "In our lifetime has there been a more politically poisonous Supreme Court decision than Roe v. Wade? Set aside for a moment your thoughts on the substance of the ruling. (I happen to be a supporter of legalized abortion.) I'm talking about the...

British Medical Journal Study Publishes Highly Flawed Study Designed to Refute Link between Abortion and Depression.
November 1, 2005... In late October the web site of the British Medical Journal (BMJ) posted a study by Sarah Schmiege and Nancy Russo which purported to show that there was no association between abortion and depression. Although the conclusions were reported...

Officials Investigate Possible Euthanasia Cases During Hurricane Katrina.
November 1, 2005... On orders of Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti, 73 people have been subpoenaed as part of an investigation of whether euthanasia was used in a New Orleans hospital during Hurricane Katrina. According to CNN, the subpoenas went to...

Wellington T. Mara: RIP.
November 1, 2005... "On a crisp autumn morning, perfect for the game he loved, New York Giants owner Wellington Mara was revered Friday as a peerless father, friend and football man at a service packed with luminaries." -- Seattle Times News Service On the...

Maryland Churches Display "721" Memorials.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Churches in Maryland are spreading the pro-life message through displays known as "721" memorials. The displays feature 721 crosses, representing the number of unborn babies killed by abortion every hour of every working day in America. ...

Pro-Lifers Celebrate Closing of Missouri Abortion Clinic in Springfield.
November 1, 2005... Missouri pro-lifers celebrated as the Springfield Healthcare Center abortion clinic shut its doors October 20, closing the only abortion mill in the southwest corner of the state. The closure also ended the clinic's federal lawsuit against a...

Missouri Prison Officials Transport Inmate for Abortion.
November 1, 2005... Under court order, Missouri prison guards took a female inmate from a prison in Vandalia to a St. Louis abortion clinic October 20 where she aborted her 16- to 17-week-old unborn baby, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The unidentified...

The Physicians' Crusade Against Abortion.
November 1, 2005... Few, if any, academic works have had the impact on abortion of James Mohr's 1978 book, Abortion in America: The Origins and Evolution of National Policy, 18001900. It is routinely and erroneously cited as proof positive that the 19th-century...

DEADLY INCOMPETENCE.
November 1, 2005... [Blackmun] believed that doctors needed to have leeway to do medically necessary abortions. [H]e described Georgia's law [later declared unconstitutional in his own Doe v. Bolton opinion!] as "a fine statute [that] strikes a balance that is...

The Pope and the Incredible Shrinking Man.
November 1, 2005... Hollywood, despite its commitment to entertainment and its fear of violating the canons of political correctness, occasionally offers us insights into life that are surprisingly profound. And though the cinematic diamond-in-the-rough may be the...

Using "States' Rights" to Do Wrong.
November 1, 2005... The U.S. Supreme Court is taking up issues of life and death again, this time in the context of physician-assisted suicide. Led by new Chief Justice John Roberts, the Court heard oral arguments October 5 in Gonzales v. Oregon. The case...

Michael Steele Announces Run for U.S. Senate.
November 1, 2005... Pro-life Maryland Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele has announced that he will run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring pro-abortion Sen. Paul Sarbanes. Sen. Sarbanes, a Democrat, has held the seat since 1976. In 2003...

Adult Stem Cells Now Rebuilding Human Livers.
November 1, 2005... I have frequently written on the gulf between the promise of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and the reality of therapy from adult stem cells (ASCs)those already in our bodies and umbilical cord blood. ESCs get publicity; ASCs get results. The...

A Summit We Can All Climb.
November 1, 2005... Quick! What's the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word "summit"? For most people it's "peak" or "pinnacle" maybe even "top" or "highest point." While all of those things are completely correct, summit also means "the...

Supreme Court to Hear Parental Notification Case.
November 1, 2005... When the Supreme Court, under its new Chief Justice John Roberts, hears Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, the justices will not only be hearing their first abortion case in five years but also will find themselves in the...

VCU Poll Reveals Reasons to be Encouraged.
November 1, 2005... A nationwide study of 1,002 adults released by Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) has painted a far more accurate, if still incomplete, picture of Americans attitudes towards all forms of stem cell research and human cloning. Among the...

Yale Pro-Lifers Educate Campus on Fetal Development.
November 1, 2005... In a campaign that has generated interest and controversy, Yale pro-life group Choose Life at Yale (CLAY) has been hanging posters around campus depicting the growth and development of the unborn "Baby Lucy." Although many posters have been...