Archive for April, 2008
Battle for a Culture of Life Is in the States
Monday, April 28th, 2008In 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 [...]
Human-Animal Hybrid Prohibition Act Introduced in Congress
Friday, April 25th, 2008Yesterday, 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.
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Parental Involvement Laws for Abortion: Protecting Both Minors and Their Parents
Monday, April 21st, 2008The 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 [...]
Gonzales v. Carhart: One Year Later
Monday, April 21st, 2008Gonzales 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 [...]
Oklahoma Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto
Thursday, April 17th, 2008AUL’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 [...]
President Praises Pope Benedict’s Defense of Culture of Life
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008This 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 [...]
Pro-Life Legislation Passes Oklahoma Senate
Friday, April 11th, 2008Maressa 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.
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Oklahoma State Senate
Senator Todd Lamb, R-Edmond
Pro-Life Legislation Passes Senate
State Capitol, Oklahoma City – An omnibus pro-life bill passed [...]
NY Parental Rights Group Releases TV Commercial against the NY FOCA
Friday, April 11th, 2008New 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 [...]
Rights of Conscience and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Thursday, April 10th, 2008Article 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 [...]
Planned Parenthood Doesn’t Deny Its Racist Principles
Thursday, April 10th, 2008In 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 [...]
Defending Life 2008 Released on Capitol Hill
Thursday, April 10th, 2008On 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 [...]
AUL Applauds Defeat of Maryland Anti-CPC Legislation
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008Americans 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, [...]
A Common Morality for a Global Age
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008I 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 [...]
The importance of the next Presidential election
Friday, April 4th, 2008I 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 [...]
The 2008 Presidential Election
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008As 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 [...]
Senate to Consider Competing Abortion Bills
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008In 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 [...]
