Rick Santorum Gets Endorsement From Pro-Life Women’s Group by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 2/17/12 12:44 PM Print Email<!–Email–> Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum was won another pro-life endorsement — today picking up the support of the Susan B. Anthony List, the nation’s largest pro-life women’s political organization. This is the first [...]
Associated Press/Photo by Paul Sancya WASHINGTON—One of the nation’s top pro-life groups, the Susan B. Anthony List, announced Friday it is endorsing Rick Santorum in the Republican presidential primary race. It is the group’s first-ever endorsement of a candidate during the GOP primary season. “Among the field of strong pro-life candidates in the GOP primary, [...]
<!– pat dup image remove attempt End of remove dup image attempt –> By Dave Andrusko Pro-abortionists don’t take kindly to “pro-life” legislation, we understand that. What is more difficult to understand (on first blush) is why they go to DepCon 4 over bills that the public supports by large margins because they are “common [...]
<!– pat dup image remove attempt End of remove dup image attempt –> By Dave Andrusko NRLC State Legislative Director Mary Spaulding Balch, J.D. Chatting with NRLC Director of State Legislation Mary Spaulding Balch today, she reminded me of the power—and the irresistibility to reporters—of ultrasounds. Pro-lifers in Pennsylvania have just introduced House Bill 1077, [...]
Recommend this article to your friends. Print Email The Virginia House of Representatives has passed a “personhood” bill, which, if passed by the state Senate and signed by the governor, would define life beginning at conception. Mississippi voters rejected a “personhood” ballot initiative last fall. Supporters felt it was a bad law that the courts [...]
You must log in to view and comment on this article… February 14, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a report it is presenting to a United Nations committee this week in Switzerland, the Brazilian government laments that, “The distancing from conservative positions in relation to the role of men and women in our society is happening [...]
CPAC Speakers Blast Obama, His Mandate and Abortion by Andrew Bair | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 2/9/12 4:50 PM Print Email<!–Email–> On Thursday, the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) kicked off in Washington DC. CPAC 2012 is drawing more than 11,000 attendees over the course of the weekend, a testament to conservative resolve [...]
CPAC Speakers Blast Obama, His Mandate and Abortion by Andrew Bair | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 2/9/12 4:50 PM Print Email<!–Email–> On Thursday, the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) kicked off in Washington DC. CPAC 2012 is drawing more than 11,000 attendees over the course of the weekend, a testament to conservative resolve [...]
GOP Candidates Press Pro-Life Themes at CPAC Conference by Andrew Bair | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 2/11/12 1:38 PM Print Email<!–Email–> A frequent criticism of the Conservative Political Action Conference is its supposed lack of attention to pro-life issues. However, by the second day of the event, which draws over 11,000 conservative activists, it [...]
You must log in to view and comment on this article… OTTAWA, Ontario, February 10, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life organizations across Canada are urging support for a historic motion tabled in Parliament Monday seeking to launch an inquiry into the humanity of the unborn. The motion, by Tory MP Stephen Woodworth (Kitchener Centre), seeks to [...]
<!– pat dup image remove attempt End of remove dup image attempt –> NRLC State Legislative Director Mary Spaulding Balch, J.D. By Dave Andrusko Over the course of the year NRL News Today will frequently update you on pro-life legislation as it works its way through the state legislatures. We talked today with Mary Spaulding [...]
Oklahoma City – For the 21st year, hundreds of pro-life protesters are expected to rally at the state Capitol building in Oklahoma City to urge lawmakers to place stricter restrictions on abortion. Called “Rose Day,” the event is sponsored by the Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children, and participants will bring roses to their state senators [...]
Pro-life activists from across the country gathered on campus this weekend for the the 13th annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life, the largest student-run conference of its kind. Kevin Sullivan (SFS ’14) and Katie Schmitz (COL ’13) co-directed the event, which attracted about 650 attendants this year. The conference, sponsored by Georgetown University Right to [...]
Home Back Naifeh questions proposed changes to TRA board If it ain’t broke, why fix it? That question recently came from House Speaker Emeritus Jimmy Naifeh concerning Gov. Bill Haslam’s proposal to change the Tennessee Regulatory Authority’s board from four full-time members to five part-time members with a full-time executive director. “We have questions [...]
For the pro-life movement, 2011 was a banner year. According to the group Americans United for Life (AUL), a total of 47 state legislatures introduced 460 pro-life bills, ultimately implementing 70 laws designed to protect the unborn and their mothers. From de-funding Planned Parenthood, to informed consent laws, to measures designed to discourage abortion among [...]
Standard insurance plans offered in Alabama would not cover elective abortions if a bill offered by state Sen. Shadrack McGill becomes law. McGill, R-Woodville, has filed Senate Bill 20, which would prohibit health insurance coverage of elective abortions unless the insured person has paid additional money for an abortion rider. McGill has said anti-abortion bills [...]
Gingrich Would Scrap Embryonic Stem Cell Research Funding by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 1/30/12 12:28 PM Print Email<!–Email–> Campaigning in Florida over the weekend, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said he would scrap taxpayer funding for embryonic stem cell research that pro-abortion President Barack Obama put in place the first year [...]
Last Updated on Monday, 30 January 2012 20:05 Written by Clynt Ridgell Monday, 30 January 2012 16:03 Guam News – Guam News Guam – Rather than debating whether or not abortion should be legal or illegal Vice-Speaker BJ Cruz and six of his Democrat colleagues have introduced legislation that they believe will help reduce the [...]
Last Updated on Monday, 30 January 2012 20:05 Written by Clynt Ridgell Monday, 30 January 2012 16:03 Guam News – Guam News Guam – Rather than debating whether or not abortion should be legal or illegal Vice-Speaker BJ Cruz and six of his Democrat colleagues have introduced legislation that they believe will help reduce the [...]
After hundreds of thousands participated in the March for Life, while President Obama celebrated abortion on the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, a new poll commissioned by the Knights of Columbus revealed that a whopping 79 percent of Americans are in favor of significantly restricting access to abortion. The numbers, largely unchanged from two years [...]
Alaska Lt. Governor Treadwell Inspires Pro-Life Advocates by Joel Davidson | Juneau, AK | LifeNews.com | 1/27/12 7:48 PM Print Email<!–Email–> Alaska Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell challenged Alaskans to “build a culture of life,” by supporting adoptions, caring for women who find themselves in crisis pregnancy situations and by working to enact pro-life legislation. He [...]
Michigan Senate Panel Approves Choose Life License Plates by Steven Ertelt | Lansing, MI | LifeNews.com | 1/25/12 2:56 PM Print Email<!–Email–> Yesterday, the Michigan’s Senate Transportation Committee unanimously approved pro-life legislation which would allow the state to offer drivers the ability to purchase specialty license plates with the phrase “Choose Life” on them. S.B. [...]
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More than 3,000 people are expected to participate in the 2nd annual “Louisiana Life March” in Baton Rouge today to commemorate the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. For the second time in three years, Louisiana has been named as the most pro-life state in the country. Louisiana Right to Life executive director Benjamin Clapper [...]
Pro-Life Leader Jill Stanek Endorses Santorum for President by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 1/18/12 2:34 PM Print Email<!–Email–> Jill Stanek, the nurse who exposed the practice of live-birth abortions that resulted in pro-life legislation signed by President George W. bush, is the latest pro-life leader to endorse the presidential campaign of [...]
Former Utah Governor and prog-rock keyboardist Jon Huntsman will drop out of the GOP primary race on Monday, various media outlets are reporting this evening. According to The New York Times, Huntsman will endorse Mitt Romney later in the week. An inspired choice, considering that Huntsman accused Romney of making himself “completely unelectable,” and called [...]
GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum is under fire in South Carolina for touting his alleged pro-life beliefs but voting to subsidize abortion and Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of abortions in America, while serving in the U.S. Senate. He has also backed pro-abortion candidates and voted for legislation that is being used to federally prosecute [...]
Handout photo Charmaine Yoest is the president and CEO of Americans United for Life, the legal arm of the pro-life movement. She worked in the Reagan White House and later earned a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. She, her husband Jack, and their children live in northern Virginia. In high school you were both [...]
TOWANDA – State Rep. Matt Baker, who last month became the first legislator in a generation to write pro-life legislation that was signed into law in Pennsylvania, said more pro-life bills could be passed in the current legislative session. Speaking at a pro-life rally on Saturday in Towanda, Baker said it was a hard-fought battle [...]
Court Rules Texas Ultrasound Law Can be Enforced Now by Steven Ertelt | Austin, TX | LifeNews.com | 1/13/12 6:25 PM Print Email<!–Email–> A federal appeals court has issued a second ruling related to a Texas law allowing women a chance to see an ultrasound of their unborn child before having an abortion — saying [...]
Victory: Appeals Court Upholds Texas’ Ultrasound-Abortion Law by Steven Ertelt | Austin, TX | LifeNews.com | 1/10/12 12:17 PM Print Email<!–Email–> A federal appeals court has upheld a pro-life law in Texas allowing women a chance to see an ultrasound of their unborn child prior to an abortion. During the recent 82nd Texas Legislative Session, [...]
Ultra sounds were not available in the 1973 for Roe v Wade, so abortionists could insist fetuses were just blobs of insensate cells for months before a baby miraculously appeared at nine months of gestation. Now, you can see a five-week fetus has the complete form of a child, even if the size of a [...]
You must log in to view and comment on this article… CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, January 9, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Texas court has extended a temporary restraining order to prevent a 14-year-old girl from undergoing a forced abortion for at least two more weeks. Another court granted the motion in late December, after the girl’s [...]
Mitt Romney Mitt Romney, the former Governor of Massachusetts, is the son of Republican Party politician George W. Romney. He is the only presidential candidate to have remained near the top of the polls throughout the race. In the polls: The Des Moines Register released on Friday sees Romney with 24 per cent support — [...]
As did my esteemed colleague from Flower Mound, I caught the “extreme” characterization of Santorum in this morning’s editorial. I spent a train ride to work today puzzling over that. (Full context was we put him in the party’s “extreme-right flanks,” but it was the one word that counts.) Perhaps, I said, that stems from [...]
As did my esteemed colleague from Flower Mound, I caught the “extreme” characterization of Santorum in this morning’s editorial. I spent a train ride to work today puzzling over that. (Full context was we put him in the party’s “extreme-right flanks,” but it was the one word that counts.) Perhaps, I said, that stems from [...]
By Ingrid Duran, Senior State Legislative Associate Pro-Life Ohio Gov. John Kasich While most state legislatures have adjourned for the year, the pro-life community remains hard at work assisting in passing last- minute legislation before the 2011 legislative session ends. Just three days before Christmas, pro-life Ohio Governor John Kasich signed a bill into law [...]
In the final run-up to the January 3rd Iowa Caucuses, a handful of Republican presidential candidates highlighted their pro-life bona fides in a nationally simulcast “teletown hall” forum sponsored by Personhood USA and several pro-life organizations. Significantly, all four of the participants in the National Presidential Pro-life Forum — Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, and [...]