Archive for January, 2008
« Previous EntriesDelaware Court Allows the Removal of Brain-Damaged 23-year old Woman’s Feeding Tube
Thursday, January 31st, 2008Delaware Court of Chancery Master Sam Glasscock III issued a ruling January 24, 2008, that could result in the withdrawal of Lauren Marie Richardson’s feeding tube.
Twenty-three year-old Lauren Marie Richardson suffered severe brain damage after a heroine overdose in August 2007. She was kept alive with feeding tubes and a ventilator, and successfully delivered a [...]
DEADLINE EXTENDED: 2008 AUL Legal Fellowship Program
Thursday, January 31st, 2008The deadline has been extended by two weeks to February 15 to ensure that interested students have the opportunity to apply!
About the AUL Legal Fellowship Program
The AUL Summer Fellowship Program combines top flight legal work with public interest commitment. Each fellow will be mentored by an AUL attorney who will regularly meet with [...]
Blogs for Life
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008AUL was pleased to be able to co-sponsor this year’s Blogs for Life conference. The conference was held at the offices of the Family Research Council (FRC) and live streamed on their blog.
FRC has now posted video of the following presentations, including our own Maggie Datiles. The following links will take you directly to the [...]
Outrage in New Hampshire: Lawmakers Consider Measure Endangering Minors and Trampling Parental Rights
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008New legislation under consideration in New Hampshire would require guidance counselors or healthcare providers to counsel teenage girls before they undergo an abortion, but effectively denies parents or guardians the right to be consulted and involved in this major medical decision.
In 2007, New Hampshire lawmakers repealed the state’s parental notification statute that required an abortion [...]
Protecting Life: Adherence to the Rule of Law and Judicial Restraint in Mississippi
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008The 40th state supreme court whitepaper, Mississippi has just been posted at AULStateSupemeCourtProject.org.
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Ninth Circuit: Denying Choose Life license plates is unconstitutional
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008On January 28, the Ninth Circuit issued a unanimous opinion in Arizona Life Coalition v. Stanton.* The Plaintiff, Arizona Life Coalition, filed the suit after the state refused to issue a Choose Life license plate under the statutory guidelines.
In sum, the Ninth Circuit concluded that the Choose Life plates constitute private speech, and therefore the [...]
Wisconsin Assembly Bill 377: The Latest Assault on Freedom of Conscience
Monday, January 28th, 2008On January 23, 2008, the Wisconsin Assembly passed legislation (AB 377) requiring hospitals to offer so-called “emergency contraception” to sexual assault victims. This mandate will not exempt hospitals that object, on moral, ethical, or religious grounds, to dispensing the abortifacient drug. Governor Jim Doyle is expected to sign the measure.
“It is a sad [...]
Georgia Catholic Bishops on Georgia Human Life Amendment (HLA)
Friday, January 25th, 2008Georgia’s two Catholic bishops, Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and Bishop J. Kevin Boland of Savannah, have declared that they do not endorse a Human Life Amendment to the Georgia State Constitution. In their written statement, the bishops asserted:
We do not support the passage of [House Resolution] 536 . . . We have come to [...]
Studies Relating to Long-Term Health Consequences of Abortion
Thursday, January 24th, 2008As we noted in the press release on the 35th anniversary of Roe, the five most well-documented medical risks from abortion are:
A heightened risk of pre-term birth in future pregnancy
An increased incidence of alcohol and drug abuse
An increased risk of suicide
A heightened risk of placenta previa in future pregnancies
The loss of protective effect against breast [...]
Embryo: A Defense of Human Life
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008A new book, Embryo: A Defense of Human Life by Robert George and Chris Tollefsen, has been getting a good bit of attention on the web and in the blogosphere.
At WORLD, Marvin Olasky interviewed the authors for the January 26 issue
Scott Klusendorf summarizes the book at the Life Training Institute blog.
And Justin Taylor interviews George [...]
39th State Supreme Court Whitepaper Posted
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008The Nebraska whitepaper has just been posted, and the Tennessee whitepaper has just been updated at AULStateSupremeCourtProject.org.
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Life at the Movies
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008Several recent news items have commented on and examined several movies and other pop-culture artifacts from 2007 where characters chose life instead of abortion.
Rick Santorum earlier this month had an op-ed in The Philadelphia Inquierer:
If art is a reflection of our culture, our culture - and particularly our youth culture - is awaking to the [...]
Bad News and Good News Out of the Eighth Circuit
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008On January 22, 2008—yes, on the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade—the Eighth Circuit handed down a decision that is disappointing on the one hand, yet encouraging on the other.
The case, Roe v. Crawford, was filed by a female inmate seeking to have an elective abortion. However, Larry Crawford, Director of the Missouri Department [...]
Presidential Proclamation
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008One of my colleagues just pointed out to me the President’s National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 2008 proclamation. It’s well worth your time to read all five paragraphs, but I wanted to point out one sentence in particular:
On National Sanctity of Human Life Day and throughout the year, we help strengthen the culture of [...]
Americans United for Life on Roe v. Wade at 35
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008While abortion has been legal in the United States for 35 years and remains legal and available throughout pregnancy for any reason, public recognition of the negative impact of abortion on women is increasing and more pro-life laws are in effect than ever before.
“Abortion-on-demand has been imposed on our nation because the courts and others [...]
The Growing Aversion to Abortion
Monday, January 21st, 2008Steve Chapman’s latest column weighs in on the recent news that abortion rates continue to fall, pointing out that it is a combination of legislation and education that is responsible.
By now, pro-life groups know that outlawing most abortions is not a plausible aspiration. So they have adopted a two-pronged strategy. The first is to regulate [...]
Former Attorney General Phill Kline “Vindicated” by Sitting Kansas Judge
Friday, January 18th, 2008In 2007, Johnson County District Attorney (and former Kansas Attorney General) Phill Kline filed 107 charges against Planned Parenthood, alleging, among other things, that Planned Parenthood has continually skirted the state’s late-term abortion ban. Thereafter, the already often-targeted former AG was met with a firestorm of criticism.
These 107 counts were filed after current Attorney General [...]
AUL State Supreme Court Project
Thursday, January 17th, 2008The Nevada whitepaper has just been posted, and the New Jersey whitepaper has been updated.
This brings the total number of state supreme court whitepapers to 38.
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Marine Murder Investigation Highlights Disparity Between Federal and State Laws
Thursday, January 17th, 2008For the past week, many in the public and the media have been galvanized by the ongoing investigation into the murders of U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Maria Lauterbach and her unborn child and the resulting manhunt for the primary suspect, Corporal Cesar Laurean, a fellow Marine who Lauterbach had accused of raping her. Corporal [...]
Terri’s Day
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008Priests for Life and the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation have established March 31st of every year as the “International Day of Prayer and Remembrance for Terri Schindler Schiavo and All of Our Vulnerable Brothers and Sisters,” or simply, “Terri’s Day.” This coming March 31st, 2008 will mark the third anniversary of Terri’s death by dehydration. [...]