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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 Jim Talent, a reliable pro-life vote in the U.S. Senate, has withdrawn his endorsement of a comprehensive ban on human cloning and elicited multiple reactions, none of which seem favorable to him.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
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 »
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