Florida man faces federal murder rap in death of unborn child under NRLC-backed law
State charges possible in Ohio kidnapping-abortion case By Douglas Johnson, NRLC Federal Legislative Director WASHINGTON (May 17, 2013) — A Florida man is being held without bail after being indicted on a federal charge that he murdered his own unborn child. The
National Right to Life Applauds Rep. Franks’ Plan to Pursue National Protection for Pain-Capable Unborn Children
WASHINGTON (May 17, 2013) — The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of state right-to-life organizations, today pledged its full support for an announcement by Congressman Trent Franks (R-Az.) that he will advance legislation to provide protection nationwide
Gosnell played Chopin while police investigated flea-infested basement
By Dave Andrusko NBC10—the Philadelphia affiliate—has done outstanding reporting on Kermit Gosnell, the abortionist who was convicted of three counts of first degree murder and accepted a plea bargain in which the death penalty was taken off the table in
Man kills girlfriend and unborn baby, pleads guilty to two counts of second-degree murder
By Dave Andrusko It doesn’t get much worse than this. In a plea bargain to avoid a trial on first-degree murder charges, Lee Martin Konnerth will be sentenced to 19 years, 8 months to life for shooting his pregnant girlfriend
“Morning Ireland” forced to clarify truth on Dr. Fergusson interview
Editor’s note. The following is excerpted from a May 9 post on the Irish pro-life site, LifeZone. RTÉ refers to Radio (and) Television of Ireland. This morning, May 9, 2013, the RTÉ news programme, “Morning Ireland,” was forced to admit
New breakthrough in human cloning should recall ethical problems
By Paul Stark On Wednesday the journal Cell published research from a group of scientists (most of them from Oregon Health and Science University) indicating that they successfully derived stem cells from cloned human embryos. This breakthrough—after years of technical
The appearance of medical care is not enough
Editor’s note. This is part of Right to Life of Michigan’s “Real Pro-Life Stories” series. May 14, 2013 – “Slow code” for many is a term in abstract debates on medical ethics, but for Brad and Jesi Smith, it became
Pro-Life Perspective: Summertime and Youth Outreach
By Carol Tobias, President, National Right to Life Many of us remember with delight a piece in The New York Times 10 years ago entitled “Surprise, Mom: I’m Anti-Abortion.” In it, author Elizabeth Hayt revealed the progress the pro-life movement
Abortion Industry’s attempt to distance itself from Gosnell a dismal failure
By Dave Andrusko You can summarize the Abortion Industry’s he’s-not-one-of-ours response to Kermit Gosnell in three bullet points. 1. Abortion is safe, safe, safe. 2. And because abortion is safe, safe, safe [and “heavily regulated”], any attempt to ensure that
Evidence of IRS harassment of pro-life organizations presented to House Ways and Means Committee by Thomas More Society
(May 17, 2013 – Chicago) Today, the Thomas More Society offered over 150 pages of analysis and evidence to the House Ways and Means Committee about repeated IRS harassment of pro-life organizations. At the request of Congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL),