NATIONAL
DEBATE ON PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT SPARKED BY GEORGIA ABORTION BAN
Atlanta,
GA -- When pro-life advocates in South Dakota proposed an abortion
ban on their state ballot last year, it opened the door to the
decades-long debate within the pro-life community about the best way
to end abortion. A new effort in Georgia to ban abortions there is
sparking a renewed debate. In
March, a bipartisan group of lawmakers put forward a "paramount
human life amendment" bill that would establish the
“personhood” of each of its citizens from fertilization until
natural death. The
debate doesn't concern principle, but involves the timing of bills
like Georgia's and South Dakota's and whether or not it is wise to
send a guaranteed legal challenge to a pro-abortion Supreme Court.
Source:
Life News, September 27, 2007
POLL
SHOWS BLACK PRO-LIFE VOTERS STILL LARGELY SUPPORT PRO-ABORTION
CANDIDATES
Washington,
DC -- A new poll finds that black pro-life voters are more likely
to support Republican candidates than African-American voters overall,
but that they still tend to vote for Democrats. The survey also found
that blacks and Hispanics are more likely to oppose abortion and
embryonic stem cell research than white Americans. Americas
Majority released the results of a groundbreaking new survey on
Wednesday involving 3,292 African American voters. Although
notable exceptions exist, Republican candidates, especially for
president, tend to oppose abortion while Democratic candidates tend to
support it. The survey found that black voters are more likely to
support Republican candidates because of the abortion issue. On the
issue of abortion, the number of black voters voting for Republican
candidates jumped 6.6 percent when the candidate is pro-life. Source: Life News, September
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Washington, DC -- In an interview with the CBS News program "60 Minutes" scheduled for broadcast tonight, pro-life Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says abortion was behind all of the attacks on him during his confirmation hearings. He called the confirmation process a "high tech lynching." Thomas tells newsman Steve Kroft that the whole issue of alleged sexual harassment was a front for abortion advocates to attack him over the issue of abortion. "That was the elephant in the room... That was the issue," he tells CBS News. "That is the issue that people are apparently so upset about." "[That is the issue] that you determine the composition of your Supreme Court and your entire federal judiciary, it seems now," Justice Thomas adds. Source: LifeNews, September 27, 2007.
AURORA
OFFICIALS: PLANNED PARENTHOOD DIDN'T NEED SPECIAL ABORTION BLDG PERMIT
Aurora,
IL -- Aurora city officials have investigated the city code and
found that Planned Parenthood didn't need a special use permit in order
to build its massive new abortion facility. While the revelation may
stop one approach pro-life groups are using to stop the center from
opening, other issues are still in play. A
pro-life attorney discovered that the abortion business may
have failed to obtain a special use permit and hold a public hearing
on how it would use the new facility. Aurora-based
lawyer Vincent Tessitore has talked with city officials about his
analysis of city zoning codes. It would have required extensive public
hearings and a city council vote and vote of neighboring businesses to
proceed. Source:
Life News, September 27, 2007
NO
BRAKES ON THE RUNAWAY EMBRYONIC STEM CELL
RESEARCH TRAIN
Opinion by Wesley J. Smith -- Remember
those quaint old days when biotechnologists told us that “all” they
wanted to effectuate embryonic stem cell research (ESCR) was merely
access to leftover in vitro fertilization (IVF) embryos “that were
going to be tossed out anyway?” Actually,
I misspeak. Those days might have been quaint but they definitely aren't
old. Human embryonic stem cells were only derived in 1998; the great
ESCR debate has been with us for fewer than ten years. Alas,
the controversy might be young, but the blithe assurances about
restricting ESCR to leftover IVF embryos have already become
inoperative—assuming the “restriction” was seriously made in the
first place.
ource:
Life News, September 27, 2007
Wesley J. Smith is a senior fellow at the Discovery
Institute and an attorney for the International Task Force on Euthanasia
and Assisted Suicide. His latest book is Consumer's Guide to a Brave New
World.
ATLANTIC
CITY ABORTION CENTER CLOSES DOWN FOR GOOD AFTER HEALTH VIOLATIONS
Atlantic
City, NJ -- The Alternatives abortion center in Atlantic City, New
Jersey has closed down for good and opted to surrender its license to do
abortions rather than correct the numerous health and safety problems
state inspectors found. Officials closed the Alternatives abortion
center in June after they found multiple health code violations. They
found the abortion center had problems with infection control issues,
poor documentation and record-keeping and problems with the facility
itself. On
Tuesday, a spokesman for the New Jersey Health Department confirmed that
Alternatives would not correct the list of violations. Atlantic
City Councilman John Schultz owned the building Alternatives leased and
he told the Press newspaper that all of the abortion center's equipment
has been moved out of the facility and it is now up for lease. Source: Life News, September 27, 2007
IOWA
SCHOOL DEFENDS DECISION TO CANCEL ALVEDA KING'S PRO-LIFE SPEECH
Des
Moines, IA -- Roosevelt High School officials are beginning to
respond to criticism of its decision to cancel a speech there by a
leading pro-life advocate. The Des Moines public school canceled a
scheduled talk with pro-life advocate Alveda King, the niece of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. The
former principal invited Dr. King to address students there but the new
principal, Kathie Danielson, canceled the event. On
Wednesday, Danielson said she scrapped the talk because the parents of
some of the students complained about her pro-life views. Danielson
said she thought the talk would be a good one for students to focus on
diversity and race issues, but couldn't let it go forward after
pro-abortion parents complained. She
told the Des Moines Register newspaper that she examined King's
presentation beforehand and "quite a bit of it does talk about
civil rights, but there is a connection to morals." Source: Life News, September 27, 2007
PRO-LIFE
GROUP RELEASES LIST OF PRO-ABORTION LOCAL BUSINESSES TO BOYCOTT
Washington,
DC -- A pro-life group that has successfully led a national boycott
of businesses that provide charitable contributions to Planned
Parenthood has released a list of local businesses that do the same
thing. The boycotts have cost the nation's largest abortion business
millions in donations. Life
Decisions International on Wednesday told LifeNews.com that the list of
local pro-abortion businesses comes at the request of pro-life people
who want to have a more local impact. "The
local/regional boycott List identifies companies that do business in a
limited area," LDI president Douglas Scott said. "We
urge pro-life people to take a local approach. These are businesses that
may operate in your home town or in your state/province," he
explained. "It is important that pro-life people let the owners of
these establishments know how disappointed they are by the owners'
philanthropic choices." Source: Life
News, September 20, 2007
VERIZON
WIRELESS WILL ALLOW PRO-ABORTION GROUP'S TEXT MSGS AFTER FUED