Parental Involvement
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 [...]
Drastic Reduction of Abortions in Michigan Demonstrate the Importance of Incremental Protections
Thursday, May 29th, 2008As life-affirming laws in Michigan increase, the abortion rates in Michigan continue to plummet. Michigan state health officials announced last week that the abortion rate in the state have dropped to a record low since record-keeping began in 1979. The current abortion rate shows a 50% drop since the peak in 1987, and a 3.7% [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Spitzer’s Dangerous and Radical Abortion Bill Would Give New York State the Most Extreme Pro-Abortion Policy in the Nation
Monday, March 24th, 2008Former Governor Eliot Spitzer has introduced an extreme abortion bill, the Reproductive Health and Privacy Protection Act (RHAPP), into the New York State Legislature. This bill will do anything but make abortions rare and safe in New York. On the contrary, the RHAPP will increase the number of abortions performed in New York and wipe [...]
Will Spitzer’s Resignation Kill NY RHAPP Act?
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008As most people are now aware, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was caught trafficking in prostitution across state lines. This morning’s news reports indicate that he will step down effective Monday.
What does this mean for the Reproductive Health and Personal Privacy Act (RHAPP) - the radical pro-abortion bill currently pending before the New York [...]
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 [...]
