DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Saturday, October 4, 2014

National Right to Life News This Week 10/4/14

Best of NRL News Today for the week of September 29-October 4, 2014

Make your voice heard: Register to vote!

By Elizabeth Spillman, National Right to Life Political Assistant Editor's note. This excellent article appears in the September digital edition of National Right to Life News. The entire 38-page edition can be read at www.nrlc.org/uploads/NRLNews/NRLNewsSeptember2014.pdf

The Hyde Amendment at 38

Pro-life champion, the late Rep. Henry Hyde

By Dave Andrusko The Hyde Amendment sticks in the craw of abortion absolutists as much as any pro-life law ever enacted. And today marks the 38th anniversary of passage of the law (the "Hyde" is the late pro-life champion,

Appeals Court Panel allows Texas to immediately enforce provisions of pro-life H.B.2

By Dave Andrusko A three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has stayed the opinion of a lower court judge, thus allowing the state of Texas to enforce key provisions of its 2013 omnibus pro-life bill,

In California access to top docs and hospitals dwindles under Obamacare

By Jennifer Popik, JD, Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics Californians with health insurance obtained through the Obamacare exchange are continuing to find themselves being turned away when they seek out many top health care specialists and hospitals, according

400 copies of College newspaper with CPC ad vandalized

By Dave Andrusko It is a free country so a Drake University professor of English and Women's and Gender Studies was welcome to hammer the student newspaper (the Times-Delphic) for the audacity of running an ad from AGAPE Pregnancy

Claim: Jahi "Interactive" and "Responsive"

By Wesley J. Smith I have read the petition filed on behalf of Jahi McMath's mother to reopen the case and declare her daughter alive. Here is the gist: Petitioner [Jahi's mother] is in possession of current evidence, including

Advised to abort, mother and father celebrate son's second birthday

By Dave Andrusko When Robyn Wilson went to Bassetlaw Royal Hospital in March 2012 for her 12-week scan, she and her husband Adam were bombarded with news about their unborn baby. According to the Daily Mail's Lizzie Parry "they

Pro-abortion lawsuits challenge two Oklahoma laws

By Dave Andrusko Given that Oklahoma is one of the most pro-life states in the country, it shouldn't surprise anyone that pro-abortionists continue to file lawsuits against laws overwhelmingly passed by both houses of the legislature.

Abortion in Elections: It's not about us – it's about the 3,000 babies who will die by abortion today

By Karen Cross, National Right to Life Political Director Editor's note. The column appears in the September digital edition of National Right to Life News. The entire 38-page edition can be read at

The devastating impact of sex-selective abortions on Indian culture

By Dave Andrusko Editor's note. This appeared in the September digital edition of National Right to Life News. The entire 38-page edition can be read at www.nrlc.org/uploads/NRLNews/NRLNewsSeptember2014.pdf. Over the years we've run dozens and dozens of stories about the