by John Jalsevac
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January 24, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – What’s more newsworthy: that several hundred thousand people converged on Capitol Hill in the midst of a cold rain in the middle of January in order to protest abortion, or that a tiny handful of pro-abortion counter protesters showed up as well? Read more…
Question for the media: Are pro-lifers invisible?
When 300,000 people show up for the March for Life in Washington, D.C., the media mentions next to nothing. When the multitude is especially youthful and upbeat, the liberal media says they’re mostly old and tired.
Watch this live footage and see the truth for yourself:
2012 March for Life in Washington DC Read more…
by Katie Hinderer
Monday, January 23, marks the 39th anniversary of Roe vs Wade. Hundreds of thousands of young people journeyed to our nation’s capital to protest this Supreme Court decision. This is nothing new; the protest and march has been going on for years, and it has been gaining in popularity. In fact it seems to me the entire pro-life movement has grown in recent years, especially among the younger set. Read more…
by Charlie Butts
Americans United for Life (AUL) has released its seventh annual “Life List” revealing how states are moving closer to a pro-life America.
Forty-seven states considered more than 460 abortion-related measures and enacted more than 70 of them. At least 86 bills were introduced in 32 states that were based on the pro-life group’s model language. The ranking of all 50 states is based on the way each deals with a comprehensive list of life issues. Among the top states this year are Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Arkansas. Read more…
by Charlie Butts
Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the United States. The Annual March for Life is under way in the nation’s capital with as many as 200,000 pro-lifers braving poor weather conditions in Washington to march to the steps of the Supreme Court, where abortion was legalized on January 22, 1973. Read more…
Meet at the Stand with Children Info Booth
8th Annual Walk for Life West Coast on Saturday
Join us to promote marriage and family while walking for life at the 8th Annual Walk for Life West Coast in San Francisco this Saturday, January 21, 2012. Read more…
by Steven Ertelt
After making headlines nationwide with curious comments in an interviewin which many observers say he indicated he believes human life begins at implantation, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has restated his pro-life views. Read more…
November 22nd, 2011
Betsy
by Charlie Butts
Eve Surgical Center’s business dates back to the 1980s, when it operated as a secret clinic until it was discovered by Operation Rescue in the early 1990s. After partial-birth abortions were banned by law, the process was modified so that the procedure began with a fatal injection into the unborn baby’s heart before the child’s body was extracted. Read more…
November 21st, 2011
Betsy
by Charlie Butts
The European Union’s top court has ruled that patents cannot be granted on stem-cell techniques using human embryos.
While the decision is being heralded by pro-life and religious groups, Dr. David Prentice of Family Research Council says it doesn’t ban research on embryos or embryonic stem cells, but it does take away a lot of the incentive. Read more…
November 17th, 2011
Betsy
by Josephine Quintavalle
The abortion rate has halved in 15 years, but there is a disturbing new trend.
I receive an excellent newspaper cutting service from the Movimento per la Vita in Italy, and am grateful to my pro-life colleagues in that great country for keeping us up-to-date on the significant progress they are making on so many ethical fronts. Read more…
November 17th, 2011
Betsy
by Steven W. Mosher
More than 80 percent of voters in Mississippi describe themselves as pro-life. Why then, did more than 55 percent vote against the so-called “personhood” amendment?
On November 8, the voters of what is arguably the most pro-life state in the union defeated a ballot initiative that would have declared life begins at fertilization. More than 80 percent of voters in Mississippi describe themselves as pro-life. Why then, did more than 55 percent vote against the so-called “personhood” amendment? Read more…
Tonight Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse will interview Dr. Peggy Hartshorn, the President of Heartbeat International, from 6-7 pm PST. Then, from 7-8 pm PST, Dr. Morse will interview Dr. Byron Johnson, a Professor of the Social Sciences and Director of the Institute for Studies of Religion as well as director of the Program on Pro-social Behavior, both at Baylor University. Read more…
by Charlie Butts
As Mississippi voters prepare to weigh in on a personhood amendment, one pastor argues that poverty is no excuse to abort an unborn child. Read more…
by Charlie Butts
Aside from the “Right to View” provision, the rest of the state’s “Woman’s Right to Know” law has already gone into effect. The law was enacted in July by a bi-partisan override of Governor Beverly Perdue’s (D) veto. It requires that mothers seeking an abortion be given information about the abortion before the procedure is performed. Read more…
My friend Ray Comfort has produced a powerful video that will leave a lasting mark on your heart and mind.
“180″ is a 33 minute video in which Ray shows how even the strongest supporters of abortion make a complete 180-degree turn and become pro-life in a matter of minutes. I didn’t believe it could be this simple and quick until I saw the full video for myself. Read more…
by Jewels Green
Note: Jewels Green is a former abortion clinic worker who also had an abortion herself. She recently spoke out about her experiences as an abortion clinic worker for the first time. Read more…
September 15th, 2011
Betsy
by Charlie Butts
Article 1, Section 1 of the Ohio Constitution currently reads: “All persons are, by nature, free and independent and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life…” The Personhood Amendment would add that “the word ‘person’ or ‘persons’ applies to every human being at every stage of biological development of that human being or human organism, including fertilization.” Read more…
My first response to this story Betsy posted earlier this week about “Twin Reductions” at IVF clinics was to be appalled. But as I have reflected on it, there is more to the story than the outrageousness of it all.
To be sure, twin reduction is intrinsically appalling. Fertility doctors routinely implant multiple embryos in a woman’s womb, in the hopes that at least one of the babies will survive. “Selective reduction” is routine in the fertility industry, if “too many” babies survive.
“Twin reductions” is the next step in the process of killing for convenience. Women abort one of a pair of twins, not for medical or health reasons, but for “social reasons”, that is, for convenience. There is no particularly terrible risk to carrying twins. These mothers just can’t quite imagine taking care of two babies. They feel like they are too old to handle twins.
And by and large, doctors perform these abortions. The procedure itself is slightly creepy. Read more…
by O. Carter Snead
August 22, 2011
Public officials–especially the President–are obligated to protect the intrinsic equal dignity of all human beings, regardless not only of sex and race, but also without regard to age, size, condition of dependency, vulnerability, or the esteem of others. Abortion and embryo-destructive research are profound and lethal violations of this principle of equality to which the law (and the President) must respond. Read more…
by Bill Bumpas
Both the House (on a 72-47 vote) and Senate (29-19) have voted to override Democratic Governor Beverly Perdue’s veto of the Women’s Right to Know Act, and Mary Spaulding Balch of the National Right to Life Committee deems it “a great victory for mothers and their children.” She says such a ruling has been a long time coming. Read more…