National Right to Life News articles from October 2004

National Right to Life News archives from October 2004

JOHN KERRY AND HEALTH CARE RATIONING.
October 1, 2004... Health care proposals by presidential candidate John Kerry, by severely limiting the right of Americans to spend their own money to save their own lives, would impose government rationing on lifesaving medical treatment, while depriving both...

NEEDED: A SECOND TERM.
October 1, 2004... Every election year, it seems as if pro-lifers are told that this is the "most important election ever." That's not just hype. Building on previous successes, each election does get to be more important than the last, both to consolidate gains...

PRO-LIFE CHECKLIST.
October 1, 2004... 1. Don't take for granted that your family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, and other acquaintances are informed about where the candidates stand on this issue. Most Americans get their information about a particular candidate from television....

KERRY WANTS TO BE THE ABORTION PRESIDENT.
October 1, 2004... A recent Zogby poll clearly shows that a significant majority of Americans reject abortion in most circumstances, including women (56%), African Americans (62%), Hispanics (79%), and young adults (61%). In spite of this growing pro-life...

EDITORIALS; Exposing Evil, Exalting Good.(Editorial)
October 1, 2004... "You all are gathered today on the National Mall, which is not far from the monument to Thomas Jefferson who, as you all know, is the author of our Declaration of Independence. And the March for Life upholds the self-evident truth of that...

Opposition to Abortion Transcendent, Press Conference Participants Say; Pro-Lifers Defy All Stereotypes.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Over 50 representatives from a variety of religious and ethnic groups held a press conference in Washington, D.C., September 23, 2004, to present a clear and unified message on the upcoming elections. "By gathering a group of people that is...

Bush Administration to Appeal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act Rulings.
October 1, 2004... September 28 - - The Justice Department has notified federal judges in New York and Nebraska that its lawyers will appeal decisions that overturned the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act. The Justice Department already had filed an appeal of the...

When Life and Death Matter.
October 1, 2004... Editor's note. This first appeared in the Washington Times and is reprinted with the author's permission. Kate Michelman has long been the most devoted, tireless advocate for abortion rights. She resigned as president of NARAL Pro-Choice...

What We Know And Why That Matters.
October 1, 2004... As you read and make use of this edition of National Right to Life News, there will be only a few short weeks before our great nation will go to the polls to elect the next President of the United States. Voting is an enormous privilege, one...

Tom Daschle and Senate Democrats Block Bush Judicial Nominees.
October 1, 2004... WASHINGTON (9/29/04) - - During 2003-04, the Democratic minority in the Senate, led by Democratic Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota, have prevented up-and-down votes on ten of President Bush's nominees to federal courts of appeals. These are...

Faith, Public Policy, and Saving Human Lives.
October 1, 2004... In a time when unborn children continue to be aborted at a horrific rate of 1.31 million babies per year, elderly Americans are under increasing pressure to "step aside" and be euthanized, and policy wonks whisper about an imminent need to...

Human Service Charities of America (HSCA), agency #2844; Combined Federal Campaign is Well Underway!
October 1, 2004... The annual Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) has kicked off in many areas around the country. The CFC affords federal employees a golden opportunity to donate to dedicated charities, such as the NRL Educational Trust Fund. The campaign...

PRO-LIFE NEWS IN BRIEF.
October 1, 2004... Dutch Abortion Ship Leaves Portugal Portuguese authorities succeeded in keeping the Dutch abortion ship out of their home ports, as the Borndiep sailed away September 10 after waiting for over two weeks in an attempt to perform abortions in...

FROM THE PRESIDENT; MAKE A DIFFERENCE, NOT A "STATEMENT".(Editorial)
October 1, 2004... It's the Supreme Court, Stupid --Headline in New York's Village Voice (8/30/2000) By the end of the next President's term, six of the current members of the Court will be over 70 years of age. The average age of retirement over the...

Quebec Officials Seek Local Site for Post-22-Week Abortions.
October 1, 2004... In an attempt to save money that now is used to send women to the United States for abortions after 22 weeks, Quebec health officials said September 10 they are looking for someone to perform late abortions in the province, Canadian Press (CP)...

Factsheets Available from the NRLCEducational Trust Fund; Fetal Pain, Supreme Court Abortion Decisions, and Deaths Associated with RU486.
October 1, 2004... Does an unborn baby feel pain when she is aborted? Have there been any maternal deaths associated with the use of the abortion pill RU486? In what ways has the Supreme Court affirmed or modified its original 1973 Roe v. Wade decision? These are...

Congressional Scorecards.
October 1, 2004... The votes of members of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives on key pro-life issues from 1997 to date are collected in "scorecards" that are posted on the NRLC website in the Legislative Action Center, at...

Important Races "Down-Ballot".
October 1, 2004... While all eyes will be on the presidential election come November 2, there are many "down-ballot" races critical to the future of abortion and the lives of unborn children. While 34 states will elect one senator this year, only about a...

Embryo Adoption: A Win-Win.
October 1, 2004... At a time when Congress is fiercely debating whether to protect human embryos or destroy them for research, a handful of squirming, laughing, crying, and sleeping toddlers offered convincing evidence for their right to life. The families...

"TERRI'S LAW" STRUCK BY FLORIDA SUPREME COURT, LEGISLATURE MUST NOW ACT TO SAVE HER.
October 1, 2004... On September 23, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that "Terri's Law," the measure under which Governor Jeb Bush restored food and fluids to Terri Schindler-Schiavo last fall, is unconstitutional. The court set a 15-day period for the filing of...