Ethical Stem Cell Research Proved Successful and Safe
By Maggie Datiles | May 15, 2008
Dr. Jan Nolta and Dr. Gerard Bauer of University of California, Davis, have just released the results of their 10-year study on adult stem cell research. The breakthrough study shows that using human bone-marrow derived stem cells (i.e., adult stem cells and not embryonic stem cells) can be used safely and successfully to treat and cure diseases of the blood, bone marrow, and certain types of cancer, without causing the development of tumors or leukemia. It is interesting to observe that, as science advances, adult stem cell research methods have begun to emerge as the safer, more effective method over embryonic stem cell methods.
For a copy of the research results, go to http://www.stemcellresearchnews.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=1223&z=9
Topics: In The News, Stem Cell Research, Bioethics | 1 Comment »
The Real Tragedy Is When Voters Have No Say-So In Combating The Judicial Tyranny
By Matthew Eppinette | May 14, 2008
So says an editorial by Phyllis Schlafly at Townhall.com.
She’s writing specifically on a Kansas ballot proposition that would allow voters in Johnson County to elect judges to the 10th judicial district, rather than having them appointed by lawyers under what is known as the Missouri Plan.
How state judges get their jobs is a matter of state option, and there are a wide variety of rules.
Some state court judges are elected by the people, some in partisan elections, some in nonpartisan elections. About half the states, including Kansas, use some variation of the so-called Missouri Plan, a process that originated in the 1940s, which gives broad control to licensed attorneys.
The implications reach far beyond Kansas.
We’ve got a better chance of sticking with the will of the American people if state judges are elected rather than appointed by lawyers who have an interest in winning big-verdict cases before those very judges.
See also: AUL State Supreme Court Project
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What if Abortion Became Illegal?
By Daniel McConchie | May 6, 2008
In case you needed even more proof of the pro-abortion nature of the New York Times Editorial Board, the board posted the following on their blog last week:
http://theboard.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/what-if-abortion-became-illegal/
What if Abortion Became Illegal?
A lot of elected officials say they want to see Roe v. Wade repealed, clearing the way for abortion to be made illegal. But few of them go the extra step and say what they would like to see done to women who have abortions. Throw a scared 17-year-old woman in jail? For how long?
Since a couple more Supreme Court nominations could doom Roe, the National Institute for Reproductive Health, an offshoot of Naral Pro-Choice New York, is trying to inject this question into the presidential campaign. They’re doing it in a TV commercial aimed at John McCain, who – unlike Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton — is strongly anti-choice.
The ad aims to focus voter attention on the harsh real-world consequences if Roe were overturned and abortion became a criminal act.
It’s like shooting fish in a barrel to point out the biases in this piece. First of all, while the tone in the first two paragraphs is obviously slanted, it’s not over the top until the end of paragraph two -
“…John McCain, , who – unlike Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton — is strongly anti-choice.”
Anti-choice? While “pro-life” is the preferred term of those of us opposed to abortion, and “anti-abortion” is the media’s preferred term of the same group, “anti-choice” is the term used of us by Planned Parenthood, NOW, NARAL, and the Center for Reproductive Rights.
Then, we get,
“…the harsh real-world consequences if Roe were overturned…”
Translation - “Without the ability of terminating an unwanted pregnancy, the world will be a dark, foreboding place.”
And last, but not least,
“…and abortion became a criminal act.”
Since when has anyone discussed making women criminally liable for having an abortion? The person who performs an abortion, yes. But, the woman who has an abortion has long been viewed as a victim. I mean I realize it’s an editorial, but come on.
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African-American Pastors Protest Planned Parenthood’s Black Genocide
By Maggie Datiles | May 5, 2008
On April 24, 2008, African-American pastors, students, and leaders assembled outside the downtown Washington, D.C. Planned Parenthood 
clinic in protest of Planned Parenthood’s racist agenda. The protesters demanded Congress to stop funding Planned Parenthood. This year alone, Planned Parenthood received $300 million from the Federal Government.
An investigation by a group of UCLA students revealed a number of Planned Parenthood clinics that were willing to accept racist-driven donations. For example, an Ohio clinic was willing to accept a donation that would be used specifically to abort a black child because “there are just too many black people in Ohio.” This does not come as a surprise. Indeed, Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger was well-known for her racist principles, and her commitment to the use of birth control and abortion to “improve” the hereditary traits of the human race by eliminating certain kinds of people.
In a Fox News interview with Day Gardner, President of the National Black Pro-Life Union (pictured above), Gardner stated that Planned Parenthood was “founded by a racist woman . . . to eliminate the growth of black people.” During the rally, Lillie Epps of Preserving Life and Legacy (pictured below) asserted that the “genocide of African-American babies” must cease.
The event received extensive 24-hour coverage by Fox News. Other media that covered the event include ABC, CBN, CNS News, The Washington Times, and World Net Daily. 
National coverage of the protest rally brought attention not only to Planned Parenthood’s racist agenda, but to a number of criminal charges against Planned Parenthood. Fox News and other news stations highlighted various illegal activity by Planned Parenthood that are currently under investigation in California, Ohio, and Kansas, such as allegations of violating state child sex abuse reporting laws.
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Kansas Supreme Court Rejects Former AG Paul Morrison’s Letter Clearing Planned Parenthood
By Mailee Smith | May 2, 2008
In an unexpected move by the Kansas Supreme Court today, several formerly-sealed documents in the cases involving Planned Parenthood and Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline were unsealed. Importantly, that Court rejected Former Attorney General Paul Morrison’s letter clearing Planned Parenthood of any wrong-doing. In fact, the unsealed documents prove that Morrison tried to return evidence back to Planned Parenthood—an entity that gave him campaign money to have him hide evidence of its criminal activity.
Significantly, all judges that have reviewed the evidence against the local Planned Parenthood affiliate have found probable cause that crimes have been committed.
Phill Kline has now been given proper clearance to be in possession of those redacted records. He has and will continue to protect the identity of women who had abortions. All patient records have been redacted, and there is no privacy concern that the women who had abortions will ever be indentified.
While a victory for Kline and the pro-life community, these redacted records now need to receive proper review in a court of law. Once that review occurs, the true nature of Planned Parenthood will come to light.
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Battle for a Culture of Life Is in the States
By Denise Burke | April 28, 2008
In our introduction to Defending Life 2008, we argue that “[I]t is in the states where we are winning the battle to create a culture of life and to protect all human life from its earliest stages until its natural end. Each year, we are making progress incrementally – state by state and law by law.” State-by-state building blocks for a culture of life has been AUL’s focus for decades, even more so in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Gonzales v. Carhart, upholding the federal ban on partial-birth abortion and opening the door to more state legislation that protects women and their children from the negative consequences of abortion.
AUL’s focus on the states is driven by our belief that there is where we, in partnership with pro-life Americans, legislators, and policy-makers, are truly making a difference. Information just released by State Net, a group that actively monitors all legislative activity in the 50 states, confirms our analysis and validates our focus. According to State Net, abortion is one of most debated topics in 2008, along with illegal immigration and the housing crisis.
Moreover, abortion-related legislation is being actively considered in nearly 80% of the state capitols. AUL’s independent analysis shows that pro-life measures far exceed pro-abortion measures and that the states continue to make measurable progress toward a culture of life.
Topics: WRTK, Ultrasound, Defending Life, Parental Involvement, AUL, Legal Program, Abortion | No Comments »
Human-Animal Hybrid Prohibition Act Introduced in Congress
By Daniel McConchie | April 25, 2008
Yesterday, Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey introduced in the U.S. House the Human-Animal Hybrid Prohibition Act, H.R. 5910. This bill would ban the creation of part-human, part-animal hybrid beings. Once unthinkable, human hybridization and species-tinkering is now underway despite its reckless disregard for human dignity and recognized ethical boundaries.
See the articles below for additional information on hybrids, or ‘chimeras’ as they are sometimes called. Included is the recent British announcement declaring the successful creation of hybrid embryos for research as well as previous statements from US researchers who call opposition to hybrids a cultural bias or prejudice.
UK’s first hybrid embryos created - BBC
Cow-human cross embryo lives three days - Herald Sun
Of mice, men, and in-between - Washington Post
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Parental Involvement Laws for Abortion: Protecting Both Minors and Their Parents
By Maggie Datiles | April 21, 2008
The on-going court battle in Illinois over the state’s permanently-enjoined parental notification law has once again brought parental involvement laws to the forefront of the cultural and legal fight against abortion. Accompanying the increasing cultural acceptance of abortion is a proportionate increase in the necessity for parental involvement laws. The promotion of sex-with-no-consequences in America has generated a high demand for abortion, including abortions for minors. These abortions present a host of issues not present in adult abortions: (1) the state’s interest in protecting the health and welfare of minors; (2) the state’s interest in protecting the constitutional rights of parents to raise their children; (3) immature minors’ lack of ability to make fully-informed decisions that take into account both immediate and long-range medical, emotional, and psychological consequences of abortion; and (4) ensuring care that takes into account her medical history.
In light of the differences between minor and adult abortions, how important are parental involvement laws? How have the courts and legislatures treated parental involvement laws? And in the absence of parental involvement laws, what is at stake for minors and parents?
To read the entire article click here
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Gonzales v. Carhart: One Year Later
By Matthew Eppinette | April 21, 2008
Gonzales v. Carhart: One Year Later
Letting the People Decide
By Denise M. Burke
Vice President & Legal Director, Americans United for Life
One year ago, the public debate over abortion was irrevocably altered. In the landmark Gonzales v. Carhart decision, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal ban on partial-birth abortion and, more importantly, abdicated, at least in part, its role as the “National Abortion Control Board.”
In its decision, the Court signaled an increasing willingness to blunt attempts by abortion extremists to use the courts to unilaterally impose their radical agenda on the American public, and an increasing willingness to let the people decide abortion policy. The immediate reaction of activists, state legislators, and the public confirmed this critical shift.
While abortion extremists hastily recycled the hyperbolic rhetoric of the 1970s, legislators and the public increasingly considered prudent responses to the mounting evidence of the negative impact of abortion on women. [more]
Topics: Medial Risks, Clinic Regulation, WRTK, Ultrasound, Originalism, USSC, AUL, Legal Program, Incrementalism, In The News, Abortion | No Comments »
Oklahoma Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto
By Matthew Eppinette | April 17, 2008
AUL’s Oklahoma State Network Affiliate, Maressa Treat sends the following message about activity in her state.
Last night Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry vetoed SB 1878, an omnibus pro-life bill, but today pro-life legislators came together and overrode the veto!
The Oklahoma State Senate voted at 11:00 am to override Governor Henry’s veto, 37-11. And thirty minutes later the Oklahoma House voted 81-15 to override.
Thanks to many prayers and our pro-life legislators working fast to defend the sanctity of life, SB 1878 has become law.
For more on the history and content of SB 1878 see Pro-Life Legislation Passes Oklahoma Senate
Topics: Abortion Pill, Ultrasound, ROC, Incrementalism, AUL, Legal Program, Abortion | No Comments »
President Praises Pope Benedict’s Defense of Culture of Life
By Denise Burke | April 16, 2008
This morning, President George Bush formally welcomed Pope Benedict XVI to the United States during a ceremony on the South Lawn at the White House. In a short speech, the President praised the Pope’s promotion and defense of a culture of life, stating:
“In a world where some treat life as something to be debased and discarded, we need your message that all human life is sacred and that each of us is willed, each of us is loved, and each of us is necessary.”
This comment drew sustained applause from the crowd of 13,000 gathered to welcome the pontiff. We wholeheartedly agree.
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Pro-Life Legislation Passes Oklahoma Senate
By Denise Burke | April 11, 2008
Maressa Treat, AUL’s liaison in Oklahoma, has worked with a coalition of pro-life groups and individuals to pass Senate Bill 1878, a sweeping piece of pro-life legislation. The bill now awaits the Governor Brad Henry’s signature.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oklahoma State Senate
Senator Todd Lamb, R-Edmond
Pro-Life Legislation Passes Senate
State Capitol, Oklahoma City – An omnibus pro-life bill passed the Oklahoma State Senate Wednesday with a bipartisan vote.
Senate Bill 1878 by Senator Todd Lamb, R-Edmond, and Representative Pam Peterson, R-Tulsa, contains several pro-life initiatives, passing the Senate with a vote of 38-10.
By combining various pieces of legislation from Senator Lamb and members of the House of Representatives, Senate Bill 1878 now does the following:
- creates the Freedom of Conscience Act which protects the rights of healthcare providers to refuse to take part in the destruction of human life (SB 1878—Sen. Lamb, Rep. Peterson);
- regulates the use of the dangerous chemical pill RU-486, used when the unborn child is about two months old (HB 2181—Rep. McNiel);
- ensures the mother’s consent to abort is truly voluntary, and protects against coerced abortions (HB 3059—Sen. Williamson, Rep. Hamilton);
- provides a woman with an ultrasound of her unborn child which she can view prior to undergoing the abortion (HB 3144—Sen. Lamb, Rep. Billy);
- cultivates respect for disabled children by banning the wrongful-life lawsuits that claim a baby would have been better off aborted (HB 2814—Sen. Crain, Rep. Sullivan).
“The provisions spelled out in this legislation are critical pro-life advances,” said Senator Lamb. “Working with pro-life members of the House and Senate to protect the sanctity of life and develop this comprehensive bill has been an honor. I am encouraged by the bipartisan support to protect innocent life today in the Senate.”
The next stop for Senate Bill 1878 will be the Governor’s desk for his signature.
Topics: Press Release, WRTK, Ultrasound, Abortion Pill, ROC, Legal Program, Incrementalism, Abortion | 2 Comments »
NY Parental Rights Group Releases TV Commercial against the NY FOCA
By Maggie Datiles | April 11, 2008
New Yorkers for Parental Rights (NYPR) (http://www.nyfpr.com/) have been spearheading the efforts in opposition to ex-Governor Spitzer’s radical abortion bill, “The Reproductive Health and Privacy Protection Act”(RHAPP), also known as the NY “Freedom of Choice Act” (FOCA). The group has posted anti-RHAPP billboards on 14 major roadways around the State of NY, and released a 30-second commercial and a 4-minute educational video opposing the bill. Both the commercial and educational video can be viewed on www.abortionbill.org.
The RHAPP would wipe out all safety and health abortion regulations, and authorize non-physicians to perform abortions. The bill would violate parental rights by allowing abortion providers to perform abortions on minors without parental notification. The bill would also force Catholic physicians and other healthcare professionals to lose their licenses if they refuse to participate in abortions, even if they refuse on moral or religious grounds.
Dr. Alveda King (http://www.priestsforlife.org/africanamerican/index.htm), niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and founder of King for America has come out in support of NYPR’s efforts against the abortion bill, stating:
“We require parental notification and permission for minors for everything from ear piercing to dental work, and in most legal proceedings; yet abortion, a dangerous and devastating procedure, too often remains in a category apart, protected from parents who will often have to pay for the damages and consequences their children suffer through abortion.”
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Rights of Conscience and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
By Clarke Forsythe | April 10, 2008
Article 1.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience . . .
Article 18.
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes . . . freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
Eleanor Roosevelt (seen here speaking at the United Nations) chaired the committee that drafted and approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Planned Parenthood Doesn’t Deny Its Racist Principles
By Mailee Smith | April 10, 2008
In recent weeks, media within the pro-life community has been rallying against Planned Parenthood and certain affiliates’ acceptance of donations to be used to exterminate “black babies.” To be certain, this revelation is not surprising within the pro-life community. Planned Parenthood was founded by Margaret Sanger with the genocidal, eugenic intention of wiping out black children and other minority or low-income people.
However, the racist principles of Planned Parenthood are now coming under scrutiny of the more “mainstream” media. This week, Fox News published a story entitled “Abortion Rate among Black Women Far Exceeds Rate for Other Groups.” Another fact the pro-life community has known for a long time.
So now, in addition to the fact that Planned Parenthood purposely places its “clinics” in locations targeting the black population (80 percent of its clinics are in minority neighborhoods), we now have audio tape confirming that its employees will accept donations for racist purposes.
Fox News noted that data from 1973 indicates that black women’s share of abortions has consistently been at least twice their share of live births.
Planned Parenthood’s reaction?
“Planned Parenthood did not respond to requests for comments about the large differences in abortion rates between black women and women who aren’t black.”
To read the Abortion Rate among Black Women Far Exceeds Rate for Other Groups article, go to http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,348649,00.html.
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Defending Life 2008 Released on Capitol Hill
By Matthew Eppinette | April 10, 2008
On April 3, 2008, Congressional Representatives Daniel Lipinski (D-IL) and Doug Lamborn (R-CO) hosted AUL on Capitol Hill as we distributed our landmark legal guide, Defending Life 2008.
Copies were distributed directly to key Senators, Congressmen, and their pro-life staffers; through the Senate and House Values Action Teams; and at Grover Norquist’s weekly coalition meeting.
With Defending Life 2008, AUL continues to provide cutting-edge resources for the pro-life movement. This comprehensive guide makes AUL’s unique legal expertise and incremental strategy even more widely available.
A crowd of nearly 50 congressional staffers, members of Congress, and other interested Washingtonians gathered in room 2105 of the Rayburn House Office Building to hear AUL Vice President & Executive Director Daniel McConchie and AUL Staff Counsel Maggie Datiles talk about AUL’s work and about Defending Life 2008.
In addition, Rep. Lamborn spoke to the group briefly, stopping by on his way back from a vote on the House floor.
The luncheon concluded with a brief question and answer session with AUL experts.
Many thanks to the offices of Rep. Lipinski and Rep. Lamborn (and others) for all of their help with arrangements.
To see all of the photos from the release event, please visit our Flickr page.
This event was conducted within the current guidelines of the House of Representatives as AUL does not employ or retain federal lobbyists.
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AUL Applauds Defeat of Maryland Anti-CPC Legislation
By Denise Burke | April 9, 2008
Americans United for Life applauds the defeat of Maryland House Bill 690 and Senate Bill 1146, virulent and baseless attacks on pregnancy resource centers instigated by the local chapter of NARAL Pro-Choice America.
AUL worked alongside officials at Care Net, a leading trade group of pregnancy centers, and a coalition of centers, former clients, medical professionals, and others to help defeat the measures. AUL provided expert advice and counsel that was used to develop legislative testimony discrediting the biased and inaccurate information being offered by abortion advocates in support of the bills.
Abortion advocates had argued that pregnancy centers were providing women with misleading information on the health risks of abortion and should, therefore, be required to affirmatively state that they were “not required to give medically accurate information.” Centers would have been required to give this disclaimer in initial meetings with all potential clients.
In March, the bills received hearings in the Senate Finance and the House Health and Government Operations committees, but never received committee votes before the legislative session adjourned this week.
Maryland is just the latest in a small number of states that have considered measures seeking to undercut the mission and effectiveness of pregnancy centers. Other states to recently consider similar measures are New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Texas, and West Virginia.
Clearly, there is no better indicator of the positive impact that pregnancy resource centers are having by supporting women emotionally and financially, by protecting women from the adverse health consequences of abortion, and by helping to reduce the number of abortions performed each year than the vitriol directed toward these centers by pro-abortion advocacy groups and their allies. However, even they, in their zeal to promote abortion-on-demand, cannot ignore the very real, positive, and increasingly powerful impact pregnancy resource centers are having on women and on public opinion about abortion.
For more information about the work of pregnancy resource centers, see Pregnancy Resource Centers: On the Frontline in the Cause for Life
For information about the Maryland legislation, go to http://www.lifenews.com/state3102.html.
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A Common Morality for a Global Age
By Maggie Datiles | April 8, 2008
I attended the Catholic University of America’s papal symposium, “A Common Morality for a Global Age: In Gratitude for What We Have Been Given,” on March 27-30, hosted by the Catholic University’s Center for Law, Philosophy and Culture. Speaking at the symposium were members of AUL’s Board of Advisors, Robert P. George (top) and Hadley Arkes (bottom).
Other keynote speakers included Cardinal Angelo Scola, the Patriarch of Venice, and Gilbert Meilander. The symposium was held in response to Pope Benedict XVI’s call for universities to increase dialogue on the role of natural law in the modern age, and the interplay of both faith and reason in the pursuit of truth. All speeches will be published by the Journal for Law, Philosophy and Culture. For more information on the symposium, please visit http://law.cua.edu/clpc/internationalsymposium/
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The importance of the next Presidential election
By Daniel McConchie | April 4, 2008
I was in a meeting this week on Capitol Hill with Congressman Pitts of Pennsylvania. We were discussing judges, and he made the great point that six justices currently sitting on the Supreme Court are over the age of 70. Five of those justices are in favor of Roe v. Wade and the current culture of death in America.
The next President will likely nominate multiple justices to the Court. Do we want a President who will nominate justices who pass an abortion-rights litmus test or one who publicly states that their nominees be in the style of Roberts, Alito, Scalia, and Thomas and strictly interpret the Constitution rather than continue this atrocious legacy of legislating from the bench?
Topics: Originalism, USSC | 1 Comment »
The 2008 Presidential Election
By Maggie Datiles | April 3, 2008
As the 2008 Presidential Election approaches, we find ourselves struggling to determine which presidential candidate will best serve our country and hold fast to the principles and values we hold dear. One factor of increasing importance in this determination is a candidate’s position on abortion and life issues. How important is it for the pro-life cause to elect a pro-life President? What impact will the next President of the United States have on the pro-life agenda? Does it really matter what the next President’s position on life issues is? The answer is simple: Yes, it does matter. The President of the United States plays a crucial role in advancing the pro-life cause in America, and the election of a pro-life President will guarantee a political environment that is supportive of pro-life legislation and policies.
To read the entire article click here.
Topics: In The News, Assisted Suicide, Defending Life, End of Life, Stem Cell Research, ROC, Cloning, Abortion | No Comments »
Senate to Consider Competing Abortion Bills
By Denise Burke | April 3, 2008
In what is shaping up to be a pivotal and unpredictable election year, abortion and its negative impact on women have only infrequently been mentioned as important issues in the Presidential campaign. However, they remain critical and divisive issues in Congress where competing bills were recently introduced.
On April 2, Senators David Vitter (R-LA), George Voinovich (R-OH), and Sam Brownback (R-KS) introduced the Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act.
The measure would require that abortion providers have admitting privileges at a hospital in close vicinity to the abortion facility; that abortion providers notify women of the location of a local hospital where they can receive follow-up medical treatment in the event of post-abortion complications; and that any abortion center receiving federal funding be licensed and comply with current requirements for ambulatory surgery centers.
“It is time that we took the appropriate steps to provide for the safety of the women who undergo abortions,” commented Senator Vitter.
Senator Sam Brownback, a former Republican presidential candidate, added that, “The Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act will provide oversight of the abortion industry, which is badly in need of improved supervision. Too many abortions are performed under unsafe conditions, and too many women’s lives are at risk.”
In considering this measure, Congress is following the lead of 27 states that currently license and regulate, to varying degrees, facilities providing abortions.
Conversely, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), with the support of national abortion advocacy groups, introduced the Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women’s Services Act, targeting the work of thousands of crisis pregnancy centers that offer real alternatives to pregnant women.
The measure would mandate that the Federal Trade Commission create and enforce rules to prohibit deceptive practices that pregnancy centers deny they are using. Prior versions of this measure never moved past introduction.
“What’s clear in these attacks is that the multi-million dollar abortion industry is growing increasingly frustrated with the success of pregnancy centers, which, unlike abortion providers, offer a wide range of free services to men and women facing unplanned pregnancy and sexual health-related concerns,” remarked Kristen Hansen of CareNet, a national advocacy groups for pregnancy centers.
Peggy Hartshorn, the president of Heartbeat International, argues that, rather than unnecessarily and unfairly targeting the work of pregnancy centers, Congress should instead be looking into problems at abortion centers like Planned Parenthood, which are also federally funded. Interestingly, this is exactly what the debate over the Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act could accomplish.
For more information about the regulation of abortion facilities, see Abortion Clinic Regulations: Combating the True “Back Alley”
For more information on the Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act, go to http://www.lifenews.com/nat3834.html
For more information on crisis pregnancy centers, see Pregnancy Resource Centers: On the Frontlines in the Cause for Life
For more information on Senator Menendez’s attack on the work of crisis pregnancy centers, go to http://www.lifenews.com/nat3833.html
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