National Right to Life News articles from September 2002

National Right to Life News archives from September 2002

California Legislature Requires Abortion Training.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... A bill requiring that California residency programs in obstetrics and gynecology comply with the guidelines of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), which requires training in abortions, passed the California...

ACTIONALERT Urge your senators to demand that the Senate send the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act to President Bush!(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... WASHINGTON (Sept. 3, 2002) -- The House of Representatives has already passed the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act (H.R. 4965), and President Bush is eager to sign the bill into law. Just one obstacle now remains to enactment of a national ban on...

ACTION REQUEST Urge Your Senators to Reject the Pro-Abortion CEDAW Treaty!(Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... WASHINGTON (Sept. 3, 2002) -- The U.S. Senate may vote in September or October on a treaty to ban broadly defined "discrimination" against women -- a treaty that has been interpreted to condemn any limitations on abortion. On July 30, the...

California Legislature Oks Non-physician Abortions, Declares Support for Women's Right to Abortion.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... In the first major revamping of the state's 1967 Therapeutic Abortion Act, the California legislature has expanded the range of personnel who can perform non-surgical abortions and passed a measure that says California will "protect" a woman's...

Human Enough to Protect? Zygotes & Blastocysts.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... As debates over stem cell research and cloning roil on, proponents of scientific research ask their opponents: "But why do you want to protect human zygotes, blastocysts and embryos from manipulation or loss? How can you care about the...

November Senate elections to decide their fate For Some Babies, It's Now or Never.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Remember the exhilaration of the 2000 elections? Remember how, after four years of pro-abortion Bill Clinton, we worked so hard to elect a pro-life president, only to be told by the media that Al Gore had "won" Florida, and probably with it,...

Critical Governors Races Ahead.
September 1, 2002... Pro-lifers in 36 states will be voting for governor in the fall elections. Fifteen governors are running for re-election while 21 states have retiring or term-limited governors. In several of the races, pro-life issues will be a strong factor...

Interns Hard Work and Dedication Won't Be Forgotten.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Summertime in Washington is waning. It was a typical summer for the most part -- stifling heat combined with 95% humidity, swarms of tourists from around the world visiting our national monuments... and interns. From Capitol Hill to the...

Snowflakes Falling?(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Some say the only sure things in life are death and taxes. Not so. Your faithfulness, constancy, and resolute determination to stand up for the powerless is another. The deathly fear on the part of the pro-death set that ordinary people will...

The Circle of Grief Is Not Limited to Two.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Not long ago I was reading an e-mail (which I do a lot) when a sentence reminded me of something I hadn't given sufficient thought to for a long time. There are many, many hurting women out there who would rather die before allowing anyone to...

A Chapter To-Do List 10 Things You Should Do This Fall To Help Save Lives.(pro-life campaigning United States)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Fall is usually a busy time for everybody because people are back from vacations, school is back in session, it is election season, and the holidays are fast approaching. Fall can be especially busy for pro-lifers because each of these events...

NRLC's Educational Tools Continue to Expand.(National Right to Life Committee online)(Statistical Data Included)(Bibliography)
September 1, 2002... With the new school year already in high gear, it's important to be on a first-name basis with the many educational tools NRLC has for use in the classroom. All can be purchased inexpensively. Although we will focus here on printed materials,...

Abortion Numbers Down In Idaho, Kentucky, And Nebraska.(pro life movement education United States)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2002... Idaho pro-lifers have seen a steady decline in the number of abortions. From a high in 1981 of 2,706 aborted babies, there were a record-low 801 abortions in 2000, according to the state's Vital Statistics Annual Report. The previous record was...

HSCA Agency #2844 Help Enrich Educational Projects Through CFC, State, and Other Workplace Campaigns.(Human Service Charities of America//Combined Federal Campaign/National Right to Life Educational Trust Fund)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... The NRL Educational Trust Fund is excited about fall workplace giving opportunities because each year they help generate tens of thousands of dollars which the Trust Fund is able to share with its state affiliates who use the proceeds to...

Pro-Life News in Brief.
September 1, 2002... Michigan Women Plead Guilty to Attempted Assisted Suicide A Michigan mother who helped her 19-year-old son kill himself pled guilty to attempted assisted suicide August 27. Kathleen Holey and her sister-in-law Mary Wendland, who helped...

Abortions Drop in Several States State Leaders Credit Legislation and Education >TX; WHY IT IS HARD WORK.(pro life movement United States)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2002... Editor's note: Due in large part to the legislative and educational efforts of pro-lifers, several states have seen steady declines in the number of abortions. Already this year, NRL News has reported on the positive trend in North Carolina...

Newborn's power of pain perception highly advanced on day one Newborns Can Remember Pain, May Also Possess Short-Term "Pain Memory".(Hospital for Sick Children research, Toronto, Canada)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Evidence that newborn babies are not only capable of feeling pain, but may possess a short-term "pain memory," will likely add fuel to the upcoming firestorm over the practice of late-term abortion, particularly partial-birth abortion. The...

Complaint Filed With FDA Against RU486.(United States Food and Drug Administration abortion drug)(Evaluation)
September 1, 2002... A 92-page "Citizen Petition" filed with the Food and Drug Administration is asking the FDA to rescind its approval of RU486, the French abortion pill, because of safety concerns and procedural violations in the drug approval process. The...

South Carolina Abortion Center Closes; Abortions Drop 50 % As General Assembly Enacts Pro-life Legislation.(pro life movement United States)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2002... The July closing of one of four abortion facilities in South Carolina has been attributed directly to enforcement of the state's Abortion Clinic Regulation Act; and the number of abortions has dropped more than 50 percent during the 13-year...

When Is A Baby A Baby?(pro life movement narrative)(Brief Article)(Column)
September 1, 2002... They had warned me about him. They said he was a "troublemaker" and, if I allowed him to ask a question, I would be answering at my own risk. I am a professional speaker. I travel all over the USA, speaking on women's health issues. That...

Death Rate Following Abortion Much Higher Than Previously Known ABORTION ASSOCIATED WITH HEIGHTENED MORTALITY RATE, STUDY REVEALS.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... In the discussion of abortion, one of the "facts" that carries the most weight with most people is the notion that abortion, by comparison, is safer for the mother than childbirth. However, solid research is beginning to accumulate that...

Kaiser solicits its doctors to kill for "assisted suicide" Doctors of Death.(Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc.)
September 1, 2002... Editor's note. This first appeared on National Review Online and is reprinted with the author's permission. When liberals ask me why they should oppose physician-assisted suicide (PAS), I always reply, "I can summarize a big reason in just...

WISCONSIN ABORTION NUMBERS TAKE ANOTHER DIVE.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2002... Saving babies from abortion and helping their mothers escape a lifetime of emotional pain - - this is the foundation upon which the pro-life movement is built. In Wisconsin, decades worth of patient work is being rewarded - - and in a big way -...