Nothing Inevitable.(abortion law)(Law overview)

"On February 24, the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals said that U.S. District Judge Susan Dlott had erred when she concluded that every law which regulates abortion must contain a general health and life exception. Writing for a three-member panel, Judge David McKeague said 'close scrutiny of the case law reveals that no such blanket requirement has been imposed.'" -- "Abortion Laws Do Not Always Require Health Exceptions, Appeals Panel Rules," back cover

"In his letter [to OB/GYN News regarding RU486], [Hakim-Elahi, former medical director for PPFA's New York affiliate] quoted statistics from a study of 43,410 RU486 abortions at Planned Parenthood in 2003. Hakim-Elahi noted that 141 women required surgical follow-up, 49 were treated in an emergency room for heavy bleeding, 20 had required blood transfusions, and 7 were admitted to hospitals for infection.

"'If I were to receive such a report from a surgical abortion clinic," Hakim-Elahi wrote, "I would recommend to health authorities that the clinic be immediately shut down.'" -- "Abortionist: RU486 Regimen 'Unsafe,'" page 18

"The smallest surviving premature babies eventually attain levels of education, employment and independence that are almost indistinguishable from those of normal weight babies, according to the latest findings from a continuing Canadian study that began 28 years ago." -- New York Times, February 28

"Since 1998, when researchers at the University of Wisconsin discovered how to isolate and develop human embryonic stem cells, no human disease or condition has been successfully treated using them. By contrast, nearly 80 therapiesactual treatments and not just researchnow use adult stem cells. There have been more than 250 adult stem cell clinical trials." -- Investor's Business Daily, February 23

"Bottom line: There was nothing inevitable about Roe, not legally, not politically, not medically, not socially. The Roe abortion regime is a monumental injustice to women and their children and a monstrous aberration of law. It must end." -- Susan Wills' review of Dispelling the Myths of Abortion History, a new book written by Villanova Law School Professor Joseph W. Dellapenna, on page 18

I know you must be asking yourself, what do all these excerpts have in common? Simple: They turn conventional wisdom on its head.