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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 [...]
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 [...]
Media Appearance: AUL President Clarke Forsythe on Relevant Radio
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008AUL President Clarke Forsythe is scheduled to appear on Relevant Radio from 9:00–10:00 am on Wednesday, July 2.
He will be discussing incremental legislation in today’s political climate.
Relevant Radio is broadcast at 950 AM in Chicago or you can listen online at http://www.relevantradio.com/
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Abortion Alternatives Programs: Reducing Abortions and Protecting a Woman’s Right to Choose Childbirth Over Abortion
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008The Minnesota abortion alternatives program, “Positive Alternatives,” has just been granted roughly 1.5 million dollars in state funding per year for the next three years, totaling to 4.7 million dollars.
The Positive Alternatives program was approved by the state legislature in 2005. Non-profit organizations that qualify for participation in the program will be reimbursed with state [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA): A Proposed Answer to Genetic Discrimination
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008On Wednesday, May 21, 2008, President Bush signed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). GINA prohibits employers and health insurers from discriminating against persons on the basis of their genetic information. The measure passed by a vote of 414-1 in the House and 95-0 in the Senate before making its way to the President’s desk.
The [...]
Ethical Stem Cell Research Proved Successful and Safe
Thursday, May 15th, 2008Dr. 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 [...]
Kansas Supreme Court Rejects Former AG Paul Morrison’s Letter Clearing Planned Parenthood
Friday, May 2nd, 2008In 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
A Lack of Prudence
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008This article originally appeared in the Fall 2007 issue of Human Life Review. Used by Permission. For a free sample issue of Human Life Review, call 212-685-5210 or visit www.humanlifereview.com.
A Lack of Prudence
by Clarke D. Forsythe
President, Americans United for Life
In June, certain anti-abortion activists bought full-page newspaper ads featuring an “open letter” [...]
Delaware 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 [...]
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 [...]