Archive for July, 2008
« Previous EntriesDemocrats and Republicans Unite in Fight against Coerced Abortions in China
Thursday, July 31st, 2008In a vote of 419 to 1 yesterday, the House of Representatives approved House Resolution 1370, which calls for an end to Chinese human rights abuses, such as China’s coerced abortion and involuntary sterilization policies. The measure seeks to ensure that the Olympic Games take place “in an atmosphere that honors the Olympic traditions of [...]
Medical Risks Study
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008This is the fifth of a series of posts highlighting various studies that document medical risks from abortion.
Heightened Risk of Placenta Previa
Thorp, Hartmann & Shadigian, Long-Term Physical and Psychological Health Consequences of Induced Abortion: Review of the Evidence, 58 Obst. & Gyn. Survey 67 (2003)
Abstract:
Induced abortion is a prevalent response to an unintended pregnancy. The [...]
Press Release: AUL Files Brief in Missouri Choose Life License Plate Case
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Chicago, Illinois - Americans United for Life (AUL) has filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of nine Missouri not-for-profit pregnancy resource centers in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in the case Kevin M. Roach, et al. v. Omar Davis, et al.
AUL argues that the decision of the Western [...]
Endangered Human Exceptionalism: Granting Animals “Human” Rights?
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Spain’s parliament recently passed a nonbinding resolution granting apes legal rights. The New York Times discussed the trend toward granting animals human-like rights at length here and here.
According to columnist Adam Cohen, “[s]trip away the goofier rhetoric of the ape-rights activists, and their claim is straightforward. Great apes are biologically very close to humans; [...]
Kansas Legislators Win Victory against Tiller Today
Monday, July 28th, 2008Kansas legislators won a significant victory today over notorious abortionist George Tiller. Tiller, who has been charged with 19 misdemeanors for violating the state’s late-term abortion law, had argued that certain provisions of the law were unconstitutional, and that therefore the case against him should be dismissed. Judge Owens denied that motion today.
With the help [...]
CIANA: Protecting Minors from Sexual Predators and Fostering Respect for State Laws
Monday, July 28th, 2008The Situation
On Thursday, July 10, 2008, Congressman Trent Franks and Congresswoman Iliana Ros-Leightenen held a public forum discussing the Federal Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA), HR 1063. CIANA would prohibit the illegal transportation of minor girls across state lines — unbeknownst to parents — in order to circumvent abortion parental notification laws in a [...]
Fourth Circuit Will Rehear Partial Birth Abortion Case
Monday, July 28th, 2008In an important 6-4 decision today, the Fourth Circuit announced that it will rehear en banc a case involving the constitutionality of Virginia’s partial birth abortion ban. The original panel of three appellate judges had originally declared the statute—with provisions nearly identical to that of the Supreme Court-affirmed federal ban—unconstitutional.
Despite the statute’s clear provision excluding [...]
Heightened Risk of Pre-Term Birth Study
Monday, July 28th, 2008This is the fourth of a series of posts highlighting various studies that document medical risks from abortion.
Rooney & Calhoun, Induced Abortion and Risk of Later Premature Births, 8 J. Am. Physicians & Surgeons 46 (2003)
Abstract:
At least 49 studies have demonstrated a statistically significant increase in premature births (PB) or low birth weight (LBW) risk [...]
Heightened Risk of Pre-Term Birth Study
Thursday, July 24th, 2008This is the third of a series of posts highlighting various studies that document medical risks from abortion.
Heightened Risk of Pre-Term Birth (PTB)
Ancel et al., “History of Induced Abortion as a risk factor for preterm birth in European countries: Results of EUROPOP survey,” 19 Human Reproduction 734 (2004)
BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to [...]
America’s Growing Problem: Sex-Selective Abortions
Thursday, July 24th, 2008Emerging evidence suggests that China and India may not be the only countries where sex-selective abortion is commonly practiced. In a video released today, Steven Mosher, president of the Population Research Institute (PRI), argues that America also has a hidden and growing problem with sex-selective abortion, a problem that most pro-abortion and feminist groups refuse [...]
Where the Presidential Candidates Stand on Life Issues
Thursday, July 24th, 2008As the general election campaign gets underway, it is important for us to examine where each candidate stands on the issues affecting us today. Below are quotes taken from John McCain’s and Barack Obama’s websites summarizing their stance on life issues.
John McCain
Senator McCain has an entire section on his campaign website devoted to “Human Dignity [...]
Ultrasounds, “Missing Angels” & Defining Life
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008Judging from comments made by pro-choice activists, Michelle Goldberg (author of Kingdom Coming) and Rebecca Traister (of Salon.com), technological advancements are having an impact on the rhetoric used in the abortion debate. In their discussion of the “internal contradiction” between third term abortions and ultrasound images, the women recognized the need to evolve from using [...]
Heightened Risk of Pre-Term Birth Study
Monday, July 21st, 2008This is the second of a series of posts highlighting various studies that document medical risks from abortion.
Heightened Risk of Pre-Term Birth (PTB)
Moreau, et al., “Previous Induced Abortion and the Risk of Very PreTerm Delivery: Results of the EPIPAGE Study,” 112 Brit. J. Gyn 430 (April 2005).
Abstract:
There is some concern about the effects of induced [...]
Kemp-Kasten Provision under Fire
Friday, July 18th, 2008This week, the U.S. House State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee approved a 2009 funding bill that will undermine the Kemp-Kasten provision—the provision that allows the President to withhold funds from any organization that “supports or participates in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.”
It is under the Kemp-Kasten [...]
Tiller’s Aides Discontinue Their Late-Term Abortion Services
Thursday, July 17th, 2008Two physicians providing medical evaluations and second opinions for late-term abortions performed by George Tiller at the Kansas Wichita Clinic discontinued their services on Monday, according to a local newspaper.
Kansas law requires that any abortion after 22 weeks of pregnancy be performed only if two independent doctors determine that carrying the pregnancy to term would [...]
International Pro-Life Conference
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008Campaign Life Coalition, LifeCanada and International Right to Life Federation are organizing an international pro-life conference in Toronto, Canada this fall.
Pro-life speakers from around the world will be present, among which Dr. Jack Willke, regarded by many as the father of the pro-life movement in America and Father Gerard Wilberforce, prominent pro-lifer in Great Britain and great, [...]
Stem Cell Stories
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008Our friends at the Family Research Council have just posted an update on adult stem cell successes. Not simply statistics or lists of treatments, these are stories of real people who have experienced the benefits of adult stem cells. To cite but one example:
Jill Rosen was diagnosed with antiphospholipid syndrome, a form of lupus and [...]
WSJ on Black Abortions in America
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008William McGurn does the country a great service today by writing a column on the largely unreported story of how the abortion industry targets black Americans. Did you know that while one of every five white pregnancies ends in abortion, one of every two black pregnancies end that way? Or that Planned Parenthood fundraisers have [...]
Bush Administration Proposes Additional Protections for Healthcare Freedom of Conscience
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008On Monday, the Bush administration began circulating a proposed policy that would require all recipients of federal money under any program run by the Department of Health and Human Services to certify that they will not discriminate against healthcare providers who object to participating in abortions.
Although the announcement of this draft policy was met with [...]
Must Read Review
Monday, July 14th, 2008Adam Keiper of The New Atlantis and the Ethics and Public Policy Center reviews Michael S. Gazzaniga’s Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique in the Wall Street Journal.
Mr. Gazzaniga does little to explore the implications of the research he describes. Once we have been armed with the latest scientific findings about how our [...]