By Jonathon Van Maren If the pre-born are not human, pro-life apologist Scott Klusendorf is fond of saying, then no defence of abortion is necessary. But if they are human, no defence of abortion is adequate. The entire abortion debate hinges on whether or not the person being aborted is, in fact, a person. Human beings have … Read more
By Melissa Ohden Editor’s note. Melissa is the survivor of a “failed” saline abortion in 1977. She speaks all over the world including at the last three National Right to Life Conventions. She has written many times for NRL News Today, but none is more moving than this essay. The Ohden family, by five-year-old … Read more
Editor’s note. This is one of my favorite stories, which appeared in the October 2003, edition of National Right to Life News. We have since run other updates on Samuel Armas, the subject of photographer Michael Clancy’s historic photo. As you recall, doctors operated in utero on Samuel and Mr. Clancy caught Samuel’s tiny hand … Read more
By Mike Schouten Campaign Director, WeNeedaLaw.ca Editor’s note. As Margaret Somerville explained in a piece we ran earlier this week, Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth’ s “Motion 312” would have “set up a parliamentary committee to examine the definition of when a child becomes a ‘human being’ within the homicide provisions of Canada’s Criminal Code.” Unbelievably, … Read more
Editor’s note. This originally ran in two separate issues of the newsletter of Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life earlier this year. Part One will run today, Part Two on Friday. Before deciding how we ought to treat the unborn—a moral question—we must first be clear about what the unborn is. This is a scientific question, … Read more