Florida man faces federal murder rap in death of unborn child under NRLC-backed law

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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

U.S. Rep. Trent Franks (R-Az.)

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

Convicted murderer Kermit Gosnell

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

Lee Martin Konnerth

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

Prof. David Fergusson

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

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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

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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

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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

Kermit Gosnell

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

Rep. Aaron Schock

(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),