Recently added articles from National Right to Life News:

New Warnings from Medical Study Confirm Dangers of Legalizing Physician-Assisted Suicide.

Jun 01, 2008 ... In Washington state, the July deadline is drawing near for assisted suicide advocates to submit the 224,800 signatures needed to place Initiative 1000 on the November ballot. At the moment Oregon has the dubious distinction of being the only state to legalize physician-assisted suicide ....

Autos for Life Rolls into Summer!(National Right to Life Committee's Autos for Life program)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Now that the cold weather has finally lost its grip on most of the nation, and the kids are finishing the school year, it's time to start thinking about traveling, vacations, and relaxing. But this time of the year can also be a good opportunity to start thinking about donating ...

The Struggle for a Moral Bioethical Sector.

Jun 01, 2008 ... Editor's note. As we approach this year's National Right to Life Convention, it reminded me of a great speech that Wesley Smith delivered in 2007. The following are a few excerpts from Mr. Smith's remarkable address to pro-lifers in Kansas City. If you paid attention to the ...

Pro-Life News in Brief.

Jun 01, 2008 ... German Group Honors Ex-Nazi Doctor Ignoring evidence that Dr. Hans Joachim Sewering, 92, sent over 900 disabled children to their deaths as a Nazi doctor, a German medical association gave him its highest award March 30. The Berufsverband Deutscher Internisten (BDI, ...

British Parliament Votes Anti-Life on Abortion and Embryology.

Jun 01, 2008 ... Great Britain is nearing the end of its first major reconsideration of abortion since 1990. Results to date are grim. British members of Parliament (MPs) have rejected almost all pro-life amendments to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) bill, which would also impact ...

The Candidates in Their Own Words.(John McCain and Barack Obama)

Jun 01, 2008 ... This edition of National Right to Life News discusses the upcoming battle between pro-life Sen. John McCain and pro-abortion Sen. Barack Obama in considerable depth. There is the story on page one, two editorials on page two, and a comparison piece on page five. The contrast on ...

Pro-Abortionists Take Aim at McCain.(Barack Obama takes aim at John McCain for coming presidential elections)

Jun 01, 2008 ... "Obama offended some anti-abortion activists but may have helped his case for NARAL's endorsement while campaigning in Pennsylvania earlier this year when he talked about the possibility that one of his young daughters could have an unintended pregnancy. 'If they make a mistake, I don't ...

Preliminaries Over, the Nation Begins to Look to November.(presidential elections)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Pro-abortion Sen. Hillary Clinton quasi-exited from the presidential contest with all the lack of grace that we've come to expect from the Clintons. (Technically, she "suspended" her campaign.) There will be more books written about the amazing presidential contests in the ...

2008 U.S. Congressional Elections: Ready or Not, Here They Come.

Jun 01, 2008 ... If time "flies when you're having fun," then we must be having an incredible time! By the time you receive this issue, there will only be about 20 weeks until the general election on November 4. This has been an exciting primary season! Many congressional candidates supported by ...

The First Place Winners in the National Right to Life Pro-Life Essay Contest.

Jun 01, 2008 ... Editor's note. The following essays were written for the National Right to Life Pro-Life Essay Contest. Elizabeth Faiella won first place at the senior levelgrades 10-12and Clare Kossler won first place at the junior levelgrades 7-9. The Horrors of Abortion by Elizabeth Faiella ...

Pro-Life McCain and Pro-Abortion Obama to Square Off in the Fall.(pro-life John McCain and pro-abortion Barack Obama)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Exactly five months to the day after results from the Iowa caucuses turned the political world upside down, the winner on the Democratic side, pro-abortion Senator Barack Obama, nailed down enough delegates from the June 3 Montana and South Dakota primaries to claim his party's ...

Years of Experience Help Grassroots Grow.

Jun 01, 2008 ... Marjorie Higgins wears many hats for NRLC: state organizational development coordinator, bylaws facilitator, and list management specialist, to name just a few. But one of her most rewarding jobs may be den mother to a group of enthusiastic and energetic teenagers each year at the NRL ...

Lawsuits Against PPFA Continue to Pile Up.

Jun 01, 2008 ... The following is just a short sampling of some of the cases brought against Planned Parenthood over the last few years: * Michelle Marie Perreira filed suit against officials at Planned Parenthood Los Angeles in April of 2007, alleging they had intimidated her into completing an ...

United Methodist Church Continues to Become More Pro-Life.(2008 United Methodist General Conference )

Jun 01, 2008 ... In 1972, America's second-largest Protestant denomination officially endorsed legalized abortion, as did other "mainline" American Protestant denominations around that same time. However, the April 23May 2 meeting of the top policymaking body of the United Methodist Church took several ...

Minnesota Gov. Pawlenty Vetoes Pro-Cloning Bill.(Tim Pawlenty vetoes Kahn-Cohen Cloning Bill )

Jun 01, 2008 ... Pro-lifers in Minnesota turned back still another "clone and kill" proposal when pro-life Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoed a measure sponsored by two Democrats, State Rep. Phyllis Kahn and State Sen. Richard Cohen. While the veto could not be overridden because the legislative session ...

Premature Babies' Pain Reduced by Music.

Jun 01, 2008 ... When Mark Tramo's daughter Cadence was born three weeks prematurely, doctors inserted a feeding tube. But Tramo wanted to see if she would eat if he fed her himself. "I arrived on the scene around three in the morning and I said 'No, no, no. I'll try and feed Cadence,'" he told ...

Post-Abortive Women and Men Finding Wholeness.(American Victims of Abortion )

Jun 01, 2008 ... Travel down any corridor at any time at National Right to Life's upcoming three-day national convention and as likely as not you'll see a sign for a workshop with Olivia Gans's name on it. Gans, the director of American Victims of Abortion (AVA), is always a whirlwind of activity at these ...

LET COMMON SENSE PREVAIL.(abortion rights)

Jun 01, 2008 ... It is now 35 years since the U.S. Supreme Court acted as an extra-constitutional super-legislature and invented a new "constitutional" right to abortion in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton. Both decisions are poorly reasoned, lack a constitutional justification, and are gratingly ...

Redbook Tells Only One Side of Abortion Story.(Reprint)

Jun 01, 2008 ... "Love Your Life." That's the slogan on the cover page of the May edition of Redbook magazine. It's an ironic statement, however, given one of the articles inside the pages. "The Shadow Side of Motherhood" explains that "Becoming a mom is one of life's greatest joys. But for some ...

Worrying about the "Bioethics Crisis".(bioethics as a useful field)(Reprint)

Jun 01, 2008 ... An article has been published in the Chronicle of Higher Education entitled "Bioethics Crisis Looms Unless NIH Changes Course, Critics Warn," byline Richard Monastersky. Bioethics crisis? Apparently, practitioners believe we need more bioethicists to tell us what to do in future ...