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FORMER ARKANSAS GOV. MIKE HUCKABEE LAUNCHES PRO-LIFE PRESIDENTIAL BID
Washington, DC -- Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee hopes to become the next presidential candidate from the state to surprise pundits and capture his party's nomination for president. Though Huckabee shares the same hometown birthplace as ex-President Bill Clinton, the two can't be further apart on abortion. As several other potential Republican presidential candidates have done, Huckabee filed the papers to create an exploratory committee and gauge the possible support he could generate. "I think this is an opportunity to show the American dream is still alive and there's hope and optimism that can be awakened in a lot of people's lives if they think that a person like me can run and actually become president," Huckabee told The Associated Press. Source: Life News, January 29, 2007

PRESIDENT BUSH COULD HAVE ONE MORE SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENT
Washington, DC -- When it comes to the Supreme Court, speculation about its future membership is just that, speculation. However, one leading court observer says he thinks President Bush may get one more chance to shape the nation's high court before his term in office expires. Ed Whelan, president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, didn't say pinpoint who might be the next to retire, but said there's a good chance there will be one more high court battle before Bush leaves office. Speculation before the 2006 elections focused on pro-abortion Associate Justice John Paul Stevens who turns 87 in April. Source: Life News, January 29, 2007

PORTUGAL SEES 9,000 PRO-LIFE PEOPLE PROTEST UPCOMING ABORTION VOTE
Lisbon, Portugal -- More than 9,000 pro-life advocates took to the streets in Portugal over the weekend to express their opposition to an upcoming abortion referendum there that would legalize abortion within the first 10 weeks of pregnancy. Portuguese voters will head to the polls on February 11 to cast their ballots on the referendum. The march saw both Catholic leaders and the heads of pro-life groups side by side with people from various political parties urging a No vote. The pro-life rally was also part of a nationwide educational campaign the Catholic Church and pro-life organizations have conducted. New polls show the campaign is working. Source: Life News, January 29, 2007

MEDIA BIAS: IF ONLY MY SISTER TERRI SCHIAVO WAS A CONVICTED MURDERER
by Bobby Schindler
As the mainstream media editorialize outgoing Florida Governor Jeb Bush, I can’t help but compare their opposition to the 34-minute execution of convicted killer Angel Diaz with their support of the 14-day execution of my sister, Terri Schiavo. I don’t believe in the deliberate killing of any human being. But if the press is so worried about cruel and unusual punishment of convicted murderers by lethal injection, perhaps they would consider it better to starve and dehydrate them to death. Because as the press constantly reminded us, death by dehydration and starvation of innocent disabled people who have committed no crime is a “peaceful and painless” way to die. Source: Life News, January 29, 2006

NIECE OF CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER ADDRESSES PRO-LIFE CROWD
Montpelier, VT -- The niece of Martin Luther King, Jr., energized anti-abortion activists, urging them to continue to speak out against abortion during an annual protest of the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion in the United States. "The babies need us," Alveda King told a packed state House chamber Saturday. "You know, they're like a slave in the womb of a mom. The mom's deciding whether they will live or die. It's civil rights." More than 350 protesters braved subzero temperatures marching through the city streets to the Statehouse for the rally. Adults of all ages and children carried "Defend Life," "Stop Abortion Now," and "Abortion Kills Children" signs while a group of teenagers, members of the Diocese Youth Council, chanted at the end of the parade. Source: Google News, January 29, 2006

UGANDA: CHRISTIANS APPEAL TO PRESIDENT OVER ABORTION
Africa -- A religious group, the Uganda Joint Christian Council has appealed to Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni and other political leaders to resist the move to legalise abortion in the pearl of African nation. "We request President Museveni and the delegation that will represent Uganda at the upcoming meeting of the African Union in Addis Ababa to reject any policy that would expose Uganda in particular and Africa as a whole to mass murder through the legalisation of abortion," the Uganda Joint Christian Council (UJCC) Deputy Secretary for Finance and Administration Sylvester Arinaitwe said. Speaking to the media at UJCC offices on January 25, Rev. Fr. Arinaitwe said UJCC has reliably learnt that the Maputo Plan of Action for the implementation of the Continental Framework for Sexual and Reproductive Rights intends to affirm the right to abortion. Source: Google News, January 29, 2006