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Roberts awaits hearings for Supreme Court
The U.S. Senate will begin hearings on John Roberts, President Bush’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Sept. 6.
Bush nominated Roberts July 19 as the replacement for Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who retired July 1 after 24 years of service. more »
By Tom Strode - Jul 29, 2005
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals rejects partial birth ban
The Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act still has found no court willing to uphold its constitutionality.
A three-judge panel of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. more »
By Tom Strode - Jul 15, 2005
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation
Bush’s nominee to Supreme Court awaited
Americans continue to await President Bush’s nominee to the Supreme Court to replace Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who retired July 1 after 24 years of service. more »
By Tom Strode - Jul 15, 2005
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National
Senate confirms another appeals court judge
The U.S. Senate easily confirmed Thomas Griffith to the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals in a 73-24 vote June 14, bringing to six the number of appellate nominees approved in a three-week period. more »
By Tom Strode - Jun 30, 2005
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National
House rejects funds for U.N. Population Fund
The U.S. House of Representatives turned back a June 16 attempt to reinstate funding for a controversial United Nations family planning fund linked to China’s coercive population control program. more »
By Tom Strode - Jun 30, 2005
Justices accept pro-life protest case again
The Supreme Court announced June 28 it would rule on an abortion protest case that returned to the high court after the justices appeared to settle in a 2003 opinion whether a federal anti-racketeering law could be used against pro-life demonstrators. more »
By Tom Strode - Jun 30, 2005
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Church and State, Religious Liberty
Ban on abortions in military hospitals stands
The House of Representatives has turned back an effort to remove the ban on most abortions in overseas U.S. military hospitals.
The House voted 233-194 against an amendment that would have permitted abortions for all reasons in medical facilities operated by the armed services in foreign countries. more »
By Tom Strode - Jun 15, 2005
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National
Supreme Court takes parental notification case
The Supreme Court will rule on a state law requiring parental notification for underage girls seeking abortions.
The high court announced May 23 it would review a lower court decision striking down New Hampshire’s parental notification law. more »
By Tom Strode - May 13, 2005
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation
High court lets ban on sidewalk counseling stand
The Supreme Court dealt another defeat to the efforts of sidewalk counselors who try to change the minds of women seeking abortions.
The justices announced April 18 they would not review a lower court ruling affirming a Massachusetts law that bars communication with people within a certain distance of abortion clinics. more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 29, 2005
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Religious Liberty
HHS works to prevent live-birth abortions
The Department of Health and Human Services apparently is getting serious about preventing live-birth abortions.
New HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt announced April 22 the department has acted to strengthen compliance with the Born-alive Infants Protection Act, a 2002 law that provides legal protection to fully delivered babies, even when they are intended to be aborted. more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 29, 2005