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Pro-Lifers Continue on the Move in State Legislatures.
When you call Mary Spaulding Balch, you can rest assured no conversation will ever go more than five minutes without Mary ever so politely asking if she could place you on hold. And this is perfectly understandable, since this time of the year NRLC's state legislative director is talking to states from Maine to Arizona, Alaska to Florida.
When I interviewed her in early May, I asked her to characterize how things went in the state legislatures. "A surprisingly good year," she said. "Lots of obstacles to overcome but, all in all, we're pretty pleased."
Unquestionably, the single most substantive and encouraging triumph took place in Oklahoma. "Tony Lauinger, executive director of Oklahomans for Life, deserves enormous credit for turning the state in a solidly pro-life direction," Mary told NRL News. "And he's only just getting started." (See story, page 1.)
Lauinger helped put together a bi-partisan coalition that quickly overrode a veto by Gov. Brad Henry of very comprehensive legislation. The law touches on everything from abortion and chemical abortions to end-of-life issues.
Reflecting one of the most important new phases of the battle for life, the law requires a medical worker performing an ultrasound on a woman seeking an abortion to display the image of the unborn child and explain the ultrasound. The mother is free to avert her eyes, if she chooses.
Balch was obviously not pleased when pro-lifers were unsuccessful in overturning vetoes by pro-abortion governors in Arizona (Democrat Janet Napolitano) and Kansas (Democrat Kathleen Sebelius). The two executives wielded their pens to veto legislation to ban partial-birth abortions in Arizona and to offer comprehensive protection to women in Kansas.
The Comprehensive Abortion Reform Act (CARA) passed the Kansas House by a vote of 8440 and the Kansas Senate by a vote of 2513, before being vetoed by Sebelius. CARA included a number of provisions that ...
- U. Nebraska: Roe v. Wade anniversary makes for busy day at Nebraska Capitol.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire January 22, 2002 700+ words
...receive an abortion. Julie Schmit-Albin, executive director for Nebraska Right to Life, said parental notification was something...result of the work of organizations such as Nebraska Right to Life, she said. Abortion rates, according...
- U. Nebraska: U. Nebraska Board of Regents address politicking policy on campus.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire September 13, 2004 700+ words
...in the past month. Julie Schmit-Albin, executive director of Nebraska Right to Life who also spoke at the meeting, said...Capitol and the Nebraska Union. Although Nebraska Right to Life is an advocacy group and not a political...
- RIGHT TO LIFE SEES GAINS IN THE STATES.
- Magazine article from: National Right to Life News November 1, 2002 700+ words
...research--that the issue of fetal tissue research is not going away," said Julie Schmit-Albin, executive director of Nebraska Right to Life. "Pro-life forces have done very well and we will continue our fight more energized than...
- Abortion Numbers Down In Idaho, Kentucky, And Nebraska.(pro life movement...
- Magazine article from: National Right to Life News Townsend, Liz September 1, 2002 700+ words
...attributed to the efforts of the pro-life movement that's a good thing," Julie Schmit-Albin, executive director of Nebraska Right to Life, told the AP. "It means our education is working." Specific pro-life campaigns have brought...
- U. Nebraska: EDITORIAL: Correlation between fetus research, abortion doesn't...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire November 19, 2002 700+ words
...conducting the research, the number of abortions in Nebraska has actually dropped. Julie Schmidt-Albin, executive director of Nebraska Right to Life, said the organization had never claimed the research may lead to an increase in the number...
- Fetal Tissue Research Using Aborted Babies Vigorously Opposed in Nebraska.
- Magazine article from: National Right to Life News Andrusko, Dave December 1, 1999 700+ words
...explain, this can be a ruse. [See October and November 1999 issues.] But, said Julie Schmit-Albin, executive director of Nebraska Right to Life, even if Carhart is not paid for the tissue, there are other proven benefits from his association...
- Bill to outlaw human cloning falls short.
- Newspaper article from: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE) January 18, 2007 700+ words
...despite having 34 co-sponsors. "We know the numbers aren't terrific," Julie Schmit-Albin, executive director of Nebraska Right to Life, said of the co-sponsors for the latest measure. "But we didn't feel another year should...
- Groups fight research on embryo cells.
- Newspaper article from: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE) January 14, 2007 700+ words
...biomedical research, the event focused on embryonic stem cell research and cloning. Julie Schmit-Albin, executive director of Nebraska Right to Life, said as many as three bills could be introduced in the Legislature. She declined to provide...
- A Clash of Values in the Heartland.(University of Nebraska )
- Magazine article from: The Chronicle of Higher Education Schmidt, Peter April 6, 2001 700+ words
...other state institutions from using tissue obtained from elective abortions. Julie Schmit-Albin, executive director of Nebraska Right to Life, urges the group onward by declaring that the bill "gets the state out of the aborted-fetal...
- Abortion doctor: More crusaders needed in fight for women's rights.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire January 12, 2007 700+ words
...to me," he said. "You have to fight for what you believe in." Julie Schmit-Albin, executive director of anti-abortion group Nebraska Right to Life, has followed Carhart's legal battles for partial-birth abortion. She said he...
Source: HighBeam Research, Pro-Lifers Continue on the Move in State Legislatures.