Abortion - news
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
Bush urges protections for unborn life
President Bush promoted measures to protect the sanctity of human life in a brief but significant portion of his State of the Union address Jan. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 15, 2006
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Human Rights
Justices return pro-life ad case to lower court
The Supreme Court returned a case pitting a Wisconsin pro-life organization against the 2002 federal campaign finance reform law to a lower court Jan. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 15, 2006
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National
Two more appeals courts reject partial-birth abortion ban
The Supreme Court may soon consider the federal government’s judicially blocked ban on partial-birth abortion.
Two more federal appeals courts took issue with the 2003 law Jan. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 15, 2006
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation, National
LIFE DIGEST: Morning-after pill battles spread to Wal-Mart
Updated Feb. 9
WASHINGTON (BP)—A new front has opened in the war over pharmacists’ freedom not to dispense abortion-causing contraceptives. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 6, 2006 - (1)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Suicide
Senate confirms Alito, 58-42, provides conservatives hope for high court change
WASHINGTON (BP)—The U.S. Senate confirmed Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court Jan. 31, making him the 110th justice to serve on the country’s top judicial panel and providing hope the court might be moving toward more restraint in its decision making. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 31, 2006
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National
LIFE DIGEST: NYC still U.S. abortion capital; scientists seeking rabbit-human embryos
WASHINGTON (BP)—New York City has maintained its hold on an infamous title — abortion capital of America.
The New York Daily News reported Jan. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 23, 2006
Topic: Life, Abortion, Cloning, Stem-Cell Research
Supreme Court justices return parental notification case back to appeals court
WASHINGTON (BP)—The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Jan. 18 two lower courts had overreached in striking down in its entirety a state law requiring parental notification before an underage girl has an abortion. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 18, 2006
SBC’s Richard Land to speak at Right to Life Rally at Capitol
Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, will address the issues of abortion and the sanctity of human life at the Tennessee Rally for Life on the steps of the State Capitol Jan. more »
Jan 18, 2006