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Wednesday, January 31, 2018
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Pro-Life Groups Urge Eleventh Circuit to Protect Life in Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Jan. 31, 2018 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Foundation for Moral Law ("the Foundation"), joined by Personhood Alabama Education, Inc. ("Personhood Alabama") and Proposal 16, jointly filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit yesterday urging the court to protect the lives of unborn children in Alabama. The case, West Alabama Women's Center v. Miller, involves a lawsuit over an Alabama law prohibiting D&E abortions, which involves killing the baby by ripping it apart limb by limb while it is still alive. Federal District Judge Myron Thompson declared the law unconstitutional, and the State has appealed to the Eleventh Circuit.
The amicus brief filed by the three pro-life organizations presented the Eleventh Circuit with two main arguments. First, it argued that Roe v. Wade left some room for the states to decide whether unborn children are "persons" within the meaning of the law, which, by Roe's own terms, would require the child's life to be protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. The second argument reminded the Court that, ultimately, its duty is to obey the United States Constitution, not Supreme Court decisions that are contrary to the Constitution like the Roe v. Wade abortion decision. The brief urges the Eleventh Circuit to reverse the District Court and uphold the Alabama statute that protects the life of the unborn child.
The Foundation is a non-profit legal organization based in Montgomery, Alabama, devoted to the defense of religious liberty and promoting a strict interpretation of the Constitution as intended by its Framers. Foundation President Kayla Moore said, "Every child, born and unborn, has a God-given right to life that nobody may take away. The Declaration of Independence recognizes unalienable rights, endowed by the Creator, that include life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Roe v. Wade enshrines the futile pursuit of false pleasure above the right to life and is therefore contrary to the basic principles upon which this nation was founded. We pray the Eleventh Circuit will allow Alabama to protect the right to life of all persons."
Personhood Alabama is a non-profit organization in Alabama that advocates for the recognition of the personhood of the unborn through legislation and litigation. Bill Fortenberry, the President of Personhood Alabama, said, "One of the reasons that the Supreme Court rejected the argument that unborn children were 'persons' in Roe v. Wade was that the Texas laws at issue in that case did not expressly recognize or treat unborn children as persons. In contrast, the State of Alabama has passed multiple statutes recognizing the personhood of the unborn, and the Alabama Supreme Court has repeatedly recognized unborn children as persons. We hope that the Eleventh Circuit will recognize that unborn children in Alabama have the legal status of personhood, which by Roe's own terms requires the case for abortion to collapse."
Proposal 16 is a non-profit pro-life organization in Alabama that urges Governor Ivey to use her executive power to protect the lives of the unborn. Maggie Ford, Proposal 16's Executive Director, said, "The lives of the unborn are already protected by the Constitution of the United States. The Supreme Court's abortion decisions cannot be reconciled with the Constitution itself, and we hope that the Eleventh Circuit will choose to stand for the rule of law and for life instead of following the Supreme Court's deadly decisions."
Matthew Clark, who wrote the brief as attorney for the Foundation, said, "Many people think that the Constitution requires the country to follow the Supreme Court's decisions, even if they are blatantly unconstitutional. But Article VI of the Constitution actually says that every governmental official, including federal judges, must uphold the Constitution itself. It does not say the same about plainly unconstitutional Supreme Court decisions."
Clark also added, "When our country was founded, the rule was that precedents must be followed unless they were plainly contrary to the law itself. The Constitution did not change that, but instead requires every official to follow the Constitution itself instead of Supreme Court decisions when the two cannot be reconciled."
The amicus brief filed by the three pro-life organizations presented the Eleventh Circuit with two main arguments. First, it argued that Roe v. Wade left some room for the states to decide whether unborn children are "persons" within the meaning of the law, which, by Roe's own terms, would require the child's life to be protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. The second argument reminded the Court that, ultimately, its duty is to obey the United States Constitution, not Supreme Court decisions that are contrary to the Constitution like the Roe v. Wade abortion decision. The brief urges the Eleventh Circuit to reverse the District Court and uphold the Alabama statute that protects the life of the unborn child.
The Foundation is a non-profit legal organization based in Montgomery, Alabama, devoted to the defense of religious liberty and promoting a strict interpretation of the Constitution as intended by its Framers. Foundation President Kayla Moore said, "Every child, born and unborn, has a God-given right to life that nobody may take away. The Declaration of Independence recognizes unalienable rights, endowed by the Creator, that include life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Roe v. Wade enshrines the futile pursuit of false pleasure above the right to life and is therefore contrary to the basic principles upon which this nation was founded. We pray the Eleventh Circuit will allow Alabama to protect the right to life of all persons."
Personhood Alabama is a non-profit organization in Alabama that advocates for the recognition of the personhood of the unborn through legislation and litigation. Bill Fortenberry, the President of Personhood Alabama, said, "One of the reasons that the Supreme Court rejected the argument that unborn children were 'persons' in Roe v. Wade was that the Texas laws at issue in that case did not expressly recognize or treat unborn children as persons. In contrast, the State of Alabama has passed multiple statutes recognizing the personhood of the unborn, and the Alabama Supreme Court has repeatedly recognized unborn children as persons. We hope that the Eleventh Circuit will recognize that unborn children in Alabama have the legal status of personhood, which by Roe's own terms requires the case for abortion to collapse."
Proposal 16 is a non-profit pro-life organization in Alabama that urges Governor Ivey to use her executive power to protect the lives of the unborn. Maggie Ford, Proposal 16's Executive Director, said, "The lives of the unborn are already protected by the Constitution of the United States. The Supreme Court's abortion decisions cannot be reconciled with the Constitution itself, and we hope that the Eleventh Circuit will choose to stand for the rule of law and for life instead of following the Supreme Court's deadly decisions."
Matthew Clark, who wrote the brief as attorney for the Foundation, said, "Many people think that the Constitution requires the country to follow the Supreme Court's decisions, even if they are blatantly unconstitutional. But Article VI of the Constitution actually says that every governmental official, including federal judges, must uphold the Constitution itself. It does not say the same about plainly unconstitutional Supreme Court decisions."
Clark also added, "When our country was founded, the rule was that precedents must be followed unless they were plainly contrary to the law itself. The Constitution did not change that, but instead requires every official to follow the Constitution itself instead of Supreme Court decisions when the two cannot be reconciled."
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
LifeNews: Democrats Give Each Other High Five After Voting to Keep Late-Term Abortions Legal
LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Report
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
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Top Stories• Democrats Give Each Other High Five After Voting to Keep Late-Term Abortions Legal
• President Trump Slams Democrats for Blocking Senate Bill Banning Late-Term Abortions After 20 Weeks
• Here’s the Two Republicans Who Voted to Keep Late-Term Abortions Legal
. Pro-Life Nurse Forced to Assist Late-Term Abortion Will be Speaker Paul Ryan’s State of the Union Guest
• President Trump Slams Democrats for Blocking Senate Bill Banning Late-Term Abortions After 20 Weeks
• Here’s the Two Republicans Who Voted to Keep Late-Term Abortions Legal
. Pro-Life Nurse Forced to Assist Late-Term Abortion Will be Speaker Paul Ryan’s State of the Union Guest
More Pro-Life News
• Vice President Mike Pence “Disappointed” 44 Democrats and 2 Republicans Voted for Late-Term Abortions
• Abortion Activist: Planned Parenthood Needs a Black CEO to Deal With Racist Pro-Lifers
• Pregnant Woman Collapses and Dies in Her Home, Doctors Save Her 29-Week-Old Unborn Baby
• Ireland Will Vote on Repealing the 8th Amendment and Killing Babies in Abortions
• Doctors Euthanized Healthy 29-Year-Old Woman Because She Had Mental Health Problems
• New York Times Celebrates Reign of “Magnetic, Elegant” Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards
• Judge Blocks Law Requiring Abortion Clinics to Bury Aborted Babies Instead of Dumping Them in Landfills
• California Senate Passes Bill to Force College Health Centers to Sell Abortion Pills
• Woman Undergoing Abortion: “I Felt Like I Was Being Tortured”
• ACLU Sues to Allow Nurses to Kill Babies in Abortions
• 21 States Have Passed a Ban on Abortions After 5 Months, Congress Should Too
• Vice President Mike Pence “Disappointed” 44 Democrats and 2 Republicans Voted for Late-Term Abortions
• Abortion Activist: Planned Parenthood Needs a Black CEO to Deal With Racist Pro-Lifers
• Pregnant Woman Collapses and Dies in Her Home, Doctors Save Her 29-Week-Old Unborn Baby
• Ireland Will Vote on Repealing the 8th Amendment and Killing Babies in Abortions
• Doctors Euthanized Healthy 29-Year-Old Woman Because She Had Mental Health Problems
• New York Times Celebrates Reign of “Magnetic, Elegant” Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards
• Judge Blocks Law Requiring Abortion Clinics to Bury Aborted Babies Instead of Dumping Them in Landfills
• California Senate Passes Bill to Force College Health Centers to Sell Abortion Pills
• Woman Undergoing Abortion: “I Felt Like I Was Being Tortured”
• ACLU Sues to Allow Nurses to Kill Babies in Abortions
• 21 States Have Passed a Ban on Abortions After 5 Months, Congress Should Too
Senate Democrats today blocked a vote on a pro-life Senate bill to ban late-term abortions — a bill that would save as many as 18,000 unborn babies form abortions each and every year.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com.
President Donald Trump today is slamming Senate Democrats for blocking a pro-life Senate bill to ban late-term abortions — a bill that would save as many as 18,000 unborn babies form abortions each and every year.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com.
Just three Democrats in the U.S. Senate supported a bill on Monday that would prohibit abortions after 20 weeks when unborn babies are capable of feeling pain.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com.
Pro-Life Nurse Forced to Assist Late-Term Abortion Will be Speaker Paul Ryan’s State of the Union Guest
Speaker Paul Ryan has chosen a pro-life guest to sit in the Congressional chamber during tonight’s State of the Union Address.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com.
Vice President Mike Pence “Disappointed” 44 Democrats and 2 Republicans Voted for Late-Term Abortions
The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which bans abortion after 20 weeks, failed to pass the Senate Monday.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com
Abortion Activist: Planned Parenthood Needs a Black CEO to Deal With Racist Pro-Lifers
As Cecile Richards gets ready to leave Planned Parenthood, abortion activists are mulling who the next leader of the abortion chain should be.
Pregnant Woman Collapses and Dies in Her Home, Doctors Save Her 29-Week-Old Unborn Baby
British paramedics managed to save an unborn baby’s life in November after her mother collapsed and died suddenly in her home.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com.
New York Times Celebrates Reign of “Magnetic, Elegant” Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards
Judge Blocks Law Requiring Abortion Clinics to Bury Aborted Babies Instead of Dumping Them in Landfills
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