Archive - Tom Strode
Alito receives high marks from pro-lifers, conservatives
WASHINGTON (BP)—Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito received highly favorable reviews from pro-life and conservative observers after his four-day appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 13, 2006
Topic: Citizenship, National
End-of-life decisions: ‘The key is communication’
WASHINGTON (BP)—Americans’ interest in living wills has soared since they observed the circumstances of Terri Schiavo’s tragic demise, but any hope such documents are a panacea for the thorny questions of care for the incapacitated or those near the end of life apparently is misplaced. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 13, 2006
Topic: Life, End-of-Life Issues
Bush puts pro-life woman in State post
President Bush recently overcame opposition to a pro-life nominee by using his authority to make appointments during a congressional recess. Bush named Ellen Sauerbrey to a State Department post after her confirmation was delayed in the Senate. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 13, 2006
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National
Land commends new law targeting domestic trafficking
A bill strengthening the campaign against worldwide trafficking in people, with special emphasis on the effort to combat the sex trade in the United States, signed into law Jan. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 13, 2006
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Legislation
Justices correct in returning parental notice case to appeals court, Land says
In a Jan. 18 ruling unanimously that two lower courts went too far in striking down in its entirety a state law requiring parental notification before an underage girl has an abortion, the Supreme Court provided pro-life Americans hope that a soon-to-be remade Supreme Court will look askance at state laws that allow abortion without restriction, Richard Land said. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 13, 2006
Topic: Family, Parenting, Life, Abortion
Senate vote on high court nominee Alito near
The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito Jan. 24, with floor debate expected to begin shortly thereafter, and ERLC President Richard Land is anxious to see the current Third Circuit Court of Appeals judge Alito seated on the nation’s highest bench. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 13, 2006
Topic: Citizenship, National
Assisted suicide win at Supreme Court suggests doctors’ changing role
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Jan. 17 ruling that the federal government cannot bar Oregon doctors from prescribing lethal amounts of drugs for people seeking to commit suicide is another dangerous step in the wrong direction, said Richard Land, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 13, 2006
Alito refuses to call legalized abortion ‘settled law’
WASHINGTON (BP)—Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito on Wednesday refused to affirm unequivocally Roe v. Wade as the “settled law of the land,” despite efforts to pin him down on the 1973 opinion legalizing abortion on the second day of questioning by the Senate Judiciary Committee. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 11, 2006
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National
President Bush signs bill targeting sex trafficking, says U.S. has ‘duty’ in fight
WASHINGTON (BP)—President Bush signed into law Jan. 10 a bill strengthening the campaign against worldwide trafficking in people, especially the effort to combat the sex trade in the United States. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 10, 2006
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Citizenship, Human Rights, Social Issues
LIFE DIGEST: High school seniors favor abortion restrictions, new poll finds
WASHINGTON (BP)—American high school seniors favor stricter restrictions on abortion rights, but they cannot bring themselves to support overturning the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 9, 2006