Abortion - news
ERLC Unveils Legislative Agenda for 2006
Significant progress in 2005 has set the stage for more legislative gains in 2006. Last year, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission was able to help secure passage of a bill providing federal funding for umbilical cord blood banks to store stem cells. more »
By Richard Land and Barrett Duke - Mar 1, 2006
Topic: Family, Marriage, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Human Rights
Supreme Court sides with abortion protesters, rules pro-lifers not extortionists
WASHINGTON (BP)—Pro-life protesters are not extortionists, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court has ruled, apparently putting an end to a lengthy legal campaign to convince the judicial system otherwise. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 28, 2006
High court rules unanimously for pro-life protesters
A unanimous Supreme Court struck a blow for free speech Feb. 28, ruling a law targeting mobsters cannot be used against pro-life protesters.
The high court said a federal anti-racketeering law does not apply to protests outside abortion clinics, seemingly bringing closure to a court battle that began nearly 20 years earlier. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 28, 2006
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, National, Religious Liberty
Justices’ review of partial-birth abortion ban encouraging
The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and other pro-life organizations were encouraged when the U.S. Supreme Court announced Feb. 21 it will decide if a federal ban on partial-birth abortion is constitutional. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 28, 2006
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation, National
SBC’s Richard Land to speak at Heart to Heart luncheon
Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, will speak on the sanctity of human life at a Dutch Treat Luncheon March 3. more »
Feb 28, 2006
LIFE DIGEST: Dutch official proposes forced abortions; pre-implanted embryos ‘sacred’
WASHINGTON (BP)—If you are not going to be loved, you might as well be killed.
That seems to be the essence of a proposal by a Dutch politician. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 27, 2006
Supreme Court agrees to hear partial-birth abortion case
WASHINGTON (BP)—The U.S. Supreme Court announced Feb. 21 it will decide if a federal ban on partial-birth abortion is constitutional, providing pro-lifers with hope the justices will uphold the first restriction on a specific procedure since abortion was legalized 33 years ago. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 21, 2006
LIFE DIGEST: Talent’s withdrawal from cloning ban ‘strangest gyration’
WASHINGTON (BP)—Sen. Jim Talent, a reliable pro-life vote in the U.S. Senate, has withdrawn his endorsement of a comprehensive ban on human cloning and elicited multiple reactions, none of which seem favorable to him. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 20, 2006
Wal-Mart required to sell abortion-causing pills in Mass.
WASHINGTON (BP)—Wal-Mart will sell Plan B, an emergency contraceptive with abortion-causing properties, in its Massachusetts pharmacies after a state board voted to require the retail giant to stock the controversial drug. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 17, 2006
Pro-lifer Boehner wins House leadership post
Republicans in the House of Representatives elected Rep. John Boehner of Ohio to be their majority leader in a Feb. 2 upset.
During the campaign for the post, Boehner committed to bring to the House floor for votes a marriage protection amendment, a comprehensive ban on human cloning and the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 15, 2006
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National