Archive for June, 2008
Congressional Leaders Pull Stop Abuse Bill over Parental Rights
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008Last night, House leaders abruptly pulled HR 5876, the Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act, from the floor over a Motion to Recommit that would have required that any facility covered under the bill have a policy in place to require parental consent before distributing any prescription medication, including contraception and Plan [...]
Five Federal Judges Coming up for a Vote
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Senator McConnell’s tireless efforts to get Senate Democrats to agree to allow more federal judges come to the floor for a vote is finally showing some fruit. The Senate leadership has agreed to allow five judges to be considered this week:
Nomination of Helene White to the Sixth Circuit Court
Nomination of Raymond Kethledge to the Sixth [...]
AUL and Friends Comment on New York’s Stem Cell Plan: Fund Proven Cures and Treatments, Not Speculation
Thursday, June 19th, 2008The Empire State Stem Cell Board has drafted a strategic plan “to guide New York State’s $600 million, 11-year investment in stem cell research.” The New York State Department of Health has invited public comment on the plan, which is available at the New York State Stem Cell Science (NYSTEM) website.
While the goals of the [...]
Latest National Polls Show Sharp Increase in Number of Pro-Life Americans
Thursday, June 19th, 20082008 Polling Results
A number of recent polls show that the majority of Americans are pro-life and favor more restrictions on abortion, and that the number of Americans who identify themselves as pro-abortion/pro-choice has dropped to its lowest in the past seven years.
ABC News and Washington Post polling results show not only that the percent of [...]
Study Reveals that Improper RU-486 Use Is Deadly
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008At least 14 women have now died—including 8 in the United States—after using the abortion drug RU-486. A new study by University of Michigan scientists reveals that improper use of the drug regimen—as pushed by Planned Parenthood—is killing women.
When the FDA approved RU-486, it directed that the drug be taken according to a certain regimen. [...]
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops: Direct attacks on innocent human life are always gravely wrong
Monday, June 16th, 2008In its first statement devoted exclusively to the issue of embryonic stem cell research, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) last week firmly stated the following:
It now seems undeniable that once we cross the fundamental moral line that prevents us from treating any fellow human being as a mere object of research, there [...]
Will Women Sell Their Eggs? Researchers Want the Right to Buy Them
Friday, June 13th, 2008Having found that women are generally uninterested in going through a risky procurement procedure so scientists can use their eggs for cloning and embryonic stem cell research experiments, researchers are now calling for a repeal of state laws that currently ban financial payments for eggs according to the journal Nature.
To give a picture of how [...]
AMA: Launching Yet Another Attack on Freedom of Conscience?
Thursday, June 12th, 2008The Board of Trustees of the American Medical Association (AMA) is asking its membership to adopt a policy that supports eviscerating the freedom of conscience of pharmacists. Specifically, the following recommendation will be considered at next week’s AMA meeting:
A pharmacist’s deliberate refusal to dispense a drug on religious, moral, or ethical grounds, i.e., pharmacist [...]
A Little Data on Confirming Judges
Thursday, June 12th, 2008I’m sure some of you are wondering whether Senator McConnell’s continued obstruction of Senate business over that body’s failure to confirm judges to the federal bench is really a big deal. I mean, come on! It’s an election year - what do you expect?
Well, here are some key stats that demonstrate just how far the [...]
Did Your Member of Congress Co-sponsor FOCA?
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008As we noted here last week, the presumptive Democratic nominee for President has decided to award allies who helped him topple Hillary Clinton with a promise that the first thing he will do as President is sign the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA). If you haven’t yet seen the details of this horrific piece of [...]
McConnell Continues to Disrupt Senate Business over Judges
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Senator McConnell continues his campaign to draw attention to the Senate’s continued failure to confirm judges to the federal bench.
While the Senate confirmed three District Court nominees today, (Mark S. Davis to be U.S. District Judge for the eastern district of Virginia; David Gregory Kays to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of [...]
Adult Stem Cell Research: The Lead over Embryonic Research is Growing
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008One needn’t search hard for new breakthroughs in adult stem cell research. Even with the mainstream media strongly favoring embryonic stem cell research, stories of new cures, new uses, and new discoveries emerge on an almost daily basis. Around the world, scientists are broadening the lead adult stem cell research has over embryonic stem cell [...]
Senate Disruptions Continue over Judges
Thursday, June 5th, 2008Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell continues his efforts to draw attention to the utter failure of Senate leadership to honor promises to bring a number of federal circuit court nominees forward for an up or down vote.
Senator McConnell today shut down Senate committee hearings by objecting to their continuance pursuant to the “two-hour rule”. (See [...]
NARAL Wants Your Tax Dollars to Fund Abortion Clinics
Thursday, June 5th, 2008NARAL sent out an email entitled “Choking off family planning $”. Currently, Congress allows abortion providers to collect taxpayer money from you and me when they also run family planning clinics. It comes from a section of the Federal code called Title X (”ten”). NARAL is “outraged” that we’re trying to break the link:
Now, as [...]
The Battlefield Broadens: The Mexican Roe v. Wade
Thursday, June 5th, 2008In the last several years, the “usual suspects” in the pro-abortion movement have been infesting other nations with their pro-choice rhetoric. One need only peruse the first page of the Center for Reproductive Rights’ website to see headlines such as “Center for Reproductive Rights Denounces Chilean Constitutional Tribunal’s Decision to Ban Distribution of ‘Morning-After Pill’ [...]
The Senate Brought to a Standstill over Judges
Thursday, June 5th, 2008Unfortunately, the judicial emergency continues.
While the Federal bench languishes with too few judges thanks to the Senate sitting on its hands, the Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell decided yesterday to protest the Majority’s failure to honor promises to bring President Bush’s judicial nominees forward for an up or down vote. He did this by opposing [...]
What Did Barack Obama Promise Planned Parenthood?
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008Last year before the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Barack Obama told pro-abortion activists:
“The first thing I’d do as President is sign the Freedom of Choice Act.”
With a single stroke of the pen, Barack Obama would wipe away virtually every state law on abortion nationwide. Instantly, it will undo thirty-seven years of legal work, research, and [...]
