Abortion - news
LIFE DIGEST: Veteran pro-abortion organizer to lead Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON (BP)—The Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the country’s No. 1 provider of abortions, has named a veteran pro-abortion, anti-conservative leader as its new president, and a critic predicts the organization will become even more aggressive. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 16, 2006
Topic: Life, Abortion, Cloning
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
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
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
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
Land: Abortion, Schaeffer drove evangelical involvement
ERLC President Richard Land said at a recent conference at Princeton University that abortion, as well as the influence of the late theologian and author Francis Schaeffer, helped drive evangelicals and others into the political process and establish them as an important part of the American conservative coalition. more »
By Tom Strode - Dec 15, 2005
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, National
High court appears to side with pro-life protesters
The Supreme Court appeared prepared Nov. 30 to settle once and for all in favor of pro-life demonstrators a case it thought it had disposed of two years ago. more »
By Tom Strode - Dec 15, 2005
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National
Justices consider parental notification case
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Nov. 30 on whether a lack of a health exception is enough to gut a state law that requires parental notification for an underage girl’s abortion. more »
By Tom Strode - Dec 15, 2005
Topic: Family, Parenting, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National
Criticism continues as Alito hearings near
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito will finally get his hearing in the Senate beginning Jan. 9. Meanwhile, abortion rights advocates and other liberals continue to criticize or question Alito, and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist says he will use a controversial strategy, if necessary, to end a filibuster. more »
By Tom Strode - Dec 15, 2005
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National
LIFE DIGEST: British buying stem cell gift certificates for Christmas
WASHINGTON (BP)—Some British shoppers seeking gift ideas for Christmas have not ruled out stem cells.
Parents and grandparents are purchasing Christmas gift certificates for the storage of infants’ stem cells this season. more »
By Tom Strode - Dec 12, 2005
Topic: Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research