Human Rights for All Justifies Labor Day 
As we look forward to a weekend filled with cookouts, friends, and family, let us remember the millions of people over the past few decades who were denied the chance to celebrate and who will never share these days set aside to honor those of us who work hard on a daily basis. These innocent human beings have been denied the right to live and work in a country that claims as its basic tenets the "right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Today's commentary reminds us that, even though we embark on a weekend of celebration, we must reflect on work of a different kind-the work to stop abortion in our country. These labors are the ones that carry the most importance. These labors are the ones that will save lives. [ Read the full article here. ]
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| HEADLINES |  | | A Radical New Ploy to Destroy Roe v. Wade-Which Just Might Work TNR 2011 has been a banner year for abortion opponents. Thus far, 87 state laws restricting abortion have been enacted, the most in any year in since Roe v. Wade and more than double the previous high. But one rogue wing of the pro-life movement sees no reason to celebrate: the budding "personhood movement," which wants to turn abortion into homicide by methodically amending state constitutions to define conception as the beginning of a person's life. | | Planned Parenthood lauds Obama admin’s national crackdown on pro-life protesters Life Site News
Obama justice officials have spent the past two years meeting with abortion lobbyists to strengthen a nationwide task force targeting pro-life witnesses and sidewalk counselors outside abortion facilities, something that has won the approval of a Planned Parenthood executive. "There's been a substantial difference between this administration and the one immediately prior," Ellen Gertzog, director of security for Planned Parenthood, told NPR. "From where we sit, there's currently much greater willingness to carefully assess incidents when they occur and to proceed with legal action when appropriate." | | Troubled abortionist convicted of credit card fraud admits lying to gain licensure in Utah Life Site News A Utah abortionist has admitted that she lied to state officials about a criminal conviction and incarceration for credit card fraud in order to be able to perform abortions in that state, reports Operation Rescue. Abortionist Nicola Riley is best known for her involvement, along with the notorious Steven Chase Brigham, in a botched late-term abortion at a secret abortion clinic in Elkton, Maryland, last year. Riley's Maryland license has been suspended. | |
