Shame on the Ohio Legislature for Holding the Human Cloning Ban Hostage
by Paula Westwood
Last week, S.B. 174 Ohio's Ban on Human Cloning had its fifth hearing in the Senate Judiciary Civil Justice Committee. Supporting testimony was again heard, plus this time, opponent. Chairman Senator David Goodman again did not call for a vote on this bill.

Abortion Makes Mother's Day a Solemn Occasion for Many Women
by Maria Vitale
It may seem incongruous to talk about abortion in connection with Mother's Day. After all, this is a holiday meant to celebrate the amazing, life-affirming gift of motherhood. Yet, in our schizophrenic society, it's possible that some women will go in to facilities to have abortions on Saturday and be expected to join in the celebrations of Mother's Day on Sunday.

Yale Student's Performance Art Ambiguity Covers Up Truth About Abortion
by Laura Echevarria
The problem with Shvarts’ project is that, between Yale’s and Shvarts’ explanations, the truth was lost and one wonders whether Shvarts lied, told half-truths or if she really told the truth and potentially injured herself for the sake of “art.” I really, really hope that for Shvarts’ sake that this was just a stunt.

Time for Pro-Life Advocates in Belize to Stand Up to Legalized Abortion
by Justin Nelson
Right now somewhere in Belize a baby is being murdered. No police will come to save him or her and it won't be reported on the news. No one will lift a finger to save this poor child from being ripped limb from limb, and no one will do anything when it happens to the next one, and to the next, and to the next.

Sex Education Replacing Marriage the Basis of the Pro-Abortion Movement
by Colin Mason
The modern pro-choice movement is the spawn of the "sexual revolution" of the 1960's, in which a few million angry college students abandoned traditional norms of decency and the marriage bond. In its place they proposed a culture of what they termed "free love," which turned out to be a euphemism for unbridled lust; sex without responsibility or commitment.

Unforgettable Looks of an Abortion, How Seeing the Procedure Changes Minds
by Kevin Roeten
The act of aborting an individual is usually hidden in some Planned Parenthood office. A few doctors have physically seen the procedure done. A few others have seen the killings after the whole baby has left the uterus. Some truly grisly sights have been discovered in waste dumpsters. Not many of us really know exactly what goes on behind those closed doors. We therefore need to prepare.

Washington Post Blames Catholic Church for Philippines Population Issues
by Matthew Balan
The day after Pope Benedict XVI departed the U.S. after a six-day visit, Blaine Harden of the Washington Post lamented the Catholic Church’s influence in the Philippines. The Post, by painting a bleak picture of the picture of Philippines, is advancing the cause of pro-abortion organizations.

Expelled Movie Exposes Planned Parenthood's Pro-Abortion M.O.
by Maria Vitale
A surprising character makes a cameo appearance in Ben Stein's new movie, "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed." It's Margaret Sanger, the matriarch of Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion operation. Stein notes that Sanger was a proponent of eugenics.

Pro-Life Commentator Alleges Yale Student's 'Abortion Art' Claim a Scam
by Warner Todd Huston
The Yale Daily News breathlessly informed us of a female student, art major Aliza Shvarts, who claimed that her senior art project was a documentation of nine months of self-induced miscarriages. What is really the truth with this so-called "art" project, though, is that Shvarts has pulled the wool over the eyes of the Yale Daily News.

Black Pro-Life Leader: Why Are Shepherds Leading the Sheep to Slaughter?
by Rev. Clenard H. Childress Jr
Here are the birth statistics for African-American babies in the City of Philadelphia just a couple a years ago: 10,880 born, 9,259 aborted. Nearly half or 46% of all babies in the City of Brotherly love were dismembered and brutally killed by means of abortion.

Media Bias: Barack Obama Backers Can't Be Labeled "Abortion Foes"
by Tim Graham
A "strong and consistent abortion foe" can work for compromise or consensus, but he or she cannot plausibly support a pro-abortion candidate as a "strong and consistent abortion foe" and then paper it over with how the abortion promoter will achieve consensus.

Hybrid Human Cloning is Scientific Manipulation of the Dignity of Man
by Ken Conner
The latest example of the results of radical science is the blending of human DNA and animal cells in Britain. There scientists extracted the DNA from a human embryonic cell and injected it into a "emptied" cow egg.

Keep Promoting Pro-Life Perspective Even When You Can't See Results
by Bryan Kemper
Things are often different in pro-life work. This is work where you really don't get to see a lot of the results. Many times you are just giving out information and praying that people will take it to heart. You really have to learn to trust God to be in charge of the results and know that your work is changing lives whether you see it or not.

A Tragic Milestone - Abortion Deaths Daily far Exceed Iraq War Casualties
by Maria Vitale
Within the past week, newspaper headlines declared a tragic milestone: the overall death toll from the five-year war in Iraq has reached more than 4,000. Yet, I doubt whether a single questioner in a Presidential debate will point out a troubling truth: nearly that many American babies die in a single day from abortion.

Letter from Terri Schiavo's Brother: Her Light Will Forever Guide Moral Choices
by Bobby Schindler

It is my hope that my beautiful sister Terri, whose light still shines brightly even after her death, will be remembered for years to come - as a child of God and as a chosen instrument that sparked the beginning of the end of an evil affliction against the sanctity of human life.

Terri Schiavo Anniversary Reminds Pro-Life Movement to Tackle Euthanasia, Suicide
by Steven Ertelt
It's hard to believe three years have passed since the terrible euthanasia death of Terri Schiavo, a beloved daughter and sister whose husband won the legal right to kill her. Her death is a reminder to the pro-life community that grisly practices like euthanasia and assisted suicide should be tackled with the same fervor as abortion.

Disposing the Disabled: A Needed Congressional Bill to Protect Babies From Abortion
by Ken Conner
What parents are told about their child's future and how they are told it often influences whether that child is born at all. That's why Senators Sam Brownback and Ted Kennedy have co-sponsored the "Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act."

The Wheels of Pro-Life Change on Abortion Turn Slowly, But Keep the Faith
by Laura Echevarria

Sometimes, the cogs turn slowly but they do turn. In doing so, they change time by advancing it and allowing the past to slip farther behind. Pro-abortion groups are stuck in the past and they seem content to remain there.

NEA Slams Criticism of Recent Forum Featuring Late-Term Abortion Practitioner
by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com reported on the NEA-hosted pro-abortion forum and the criticism of it. On Wednesday, NEA Assistant General Counsel Michael Simpson sent me an email slamming us for alerting the public about it.

Addicted to Death: Dutch Subjected to More Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
by Wesley J. Smith
Consider the experience of the Netherlands. When euthanasia was quasi-legalized there by court order in 1973, access to mercy killing and assisted suicide were supposed to be limited to the very few. It hasn't turned out that way, of course.

Pro-Life Film "The Human Experience" Promtes Consistent Respect for Human Life
by Colin Mason
Fast-paced and modern, The Human Experience is a you-are-there documentary that claims to offer an unprecedented look at the human condition. Simply speaking, I was deeply impressed by The Human Experience. It is possibly the most truly pro-life film I have ever seen.

British Psychiatrists' Group Right to Acknowledge Abortion-Mental Link
by Amy Sobie
The Royal College of Psychiatrists in Great Britain has issued a statement saying that some women may suffer mental health problems after abortion. Unfortunately, the leading professional mental health organizations in the U.S. have continued to deny or ignore evidence.

United Nations Official Who Aggressively Promoted Abortion Resigns Post
by Samantha Singson
A controversial UN official ended his tenure this week in Geneva the same way it began, by promoting abortion. Paul Hunt, outgoing Special Rapporteur on the Highest Attainable Standard to Physical and Mental Health Paul Hunt presented his last report to the Human Rights Council.

Don't Make Room for Daddy - The Problems With Assisted Reproduction
by Jennifer Lahl
A new law is being considered in the United Kingdom next month which will strip away the legal need for a father. The longing for community and family , perhaps the most important communal structure, is strongly present inside each of us. It's part of what makes us human.

Spain's Socialist Government Adopts New Policies in Face of Underpopulation
by Carlos Beltramo
The socialist government of Spain has surprised everyone by adopting a pro-natal policy. Each newborn will receive a check for Euro 2,500 (about 3,938 dollars). If the newborn is born into a family with three or more children, the amount is increased to Euro 3,500.

Washington Post Takes Hypocritical View of Supreme Court and Abortion Decision
by Ken Shepherd
It's "paternalistic" for the U.S. Supreme Court to tell a D.C. woman she can't have a partial-birth abortion. But it would be "perverse ideological purity" for the high court to strike down the city's handgun ban. That's the logic flowing from that great fount of legal wisdom, the Washington Post editorial board.

Prenatal Testing of Babies Doesn't Have to End in Abortion, Alternatives Available
by Rev. Robert Fleischmann and Michael Klatt
Prenatal testing, originally designed as a precautionary measure to identify potential problems in the early stages of pregnancy, allowed for corrective measures to be taken to ensure a healthier pregnancy and child. With the legalization of abortion in the United States in 1973, the testing took on a more sinister purpose.

Revisionist History: Misrepresenting President Ronald Reagan's Abortion Record
by Steven Ertelt
Conservative voters long for another Ronald Reagan as president and his deeply felt pro-life views are still alluring to pro-life people long after his administration. Pro-life advocates always felt Reagan was "one of us" and understood their passion to protect unborn children -- but some revisionist historians would like nothing more than to confuse the record.

United Nations Status of Women Committee Removes Pro-Abortion Language
by Samantha Singson
Final negotiations for the final document of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) ended as the sun rose on Saturday morning. Pro-life efforts helped keep the controversial term "sexual and reproductive health and rights" out of the main document.

New York Pro-Life Advocates Must Stop Governor Eliot Spitzer’s Abortion War
by Alice Lemos
Spitzer’s latest gambit is the radicalization of New York’s already liberal abortion laws at a time when there is growing disapproval; - even in New York State – of abortion on demand. If Spitzer should succeed, New York would become the Mecca of Late Term Abortion, a title that no state should be proud of.

European Union Split Widens as Abortion Roils United Nations Negotiations
by Samantha Singson
A split in the European Union (EU) over abortion continued to shape negotiations at the UN this week during the annual meeting of the Commission at the Status of Women (CSW) in New York. Last week non-EU member Norway, likely acting as a stalking horse for pro-abortion EU countries, proposed inclusion of the term “sexual and reproductive health and rights."

Cinema Vita Film Festival Showcases Pro-Life Movies Focusing on Abortion
by Deal Hudson
A new and unusual film festival focused on pro-life issues will be held in San Francisco today. The Cinema Vita Film Festival is "dedicated to encouraging emerging filmmakers, showcasing movies about contemporary issues concerning life, and exploring life's deep significance.

Planned Parenthood Founder Sanger Would Love Pro-Abortion Barack Obama
by Rev. Clenard Childress
For those of you that don't know Barack Obama became a "minister" of Planned Parenthood a long time ago. He's so good at carrying out their racist murderous agenda against Afro-Americans and society at large that they gave him a 100% score on his voting record.

Fourth Annual Abortion Practitioner of the Year Awards Show Anti-Woman Abuses
by Jill Stanek
The National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers is just around the corner --March 10 -- but it appears I'm the only one celebrating this year. Not one national abortion website is showcasing this exciting holiday. Popularity may be dwindling because it is so difficult to show appreciation to abortionists.

Mike Huckabee Proves John McCain Must Reach Out to Pro-Life Voters to Win
by Steven Ertelt
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Mike Huckabee left the Republican race on Tuesday night after John McCain made his bid for the GOP nomination official. However, Mike Huckabee leaves the campaign knowing that he made it clear that John McCain must actively support a pro-life position on abortion to win in November.

Planned Parenthood Targets Alaska Natives for More Abortions, Rates Skyrocket
by Steve Mosher and Colin Mason
Take Alaska Natives, for example, the people we historically call the Eskimos. At the same time, however, because of the relentless efforts of Planned Parenthood, they have one of the highest abortion rates in America.

Women's History Month Should Follow the Footsteps of Early Pro-Life Feminists
by Maria Vitale
March marks Women's History Month -- a perfect time for remembering the life and legacy of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. If you're the parent of a young woman, make sure she's aware of Stanton and her stand on life. It's important for the next generation of female pro-life leaders to know whose shoulders they are standing on.

African-Americans Should Use Their Boycott Power to Protest Abortion
by Djana Milton
In applying the power of not buying, blacks have successfully hit businesses and other organizations where it hurts the most - in the pocketbook. But are equal rights, equal access, equal treatment and the like the only causes for which the flexing of black financial muscle is worthy?

Poland and Malta Stand Up to European Union, United Nations on Abortion
by Samantha Singson
The governments of Poland and Malta broke ranks with the European Union on the question of abortion this week. The dissention occurred at the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) which convened it’s annual two-week meeting at UN headquarters in New York on Monday. The reaction of Poland and Malta happened after the EU tried to shift the meeting’s agenda to include the right to abortion.

Barack Obama Takes a Subtle But Deadly Approach to Advocating Abortion
by Laura Echevarria
Pay attention, very close attention, to what Barack Obama says. There is no doubt about it, Mr. Obama, if elected president, would veto any pro-life protective legislation. He’s a practiced speaker who knows what to say and when. His speeches are eloquent, elusive, clever and subtle.

Remarks From Terri Schiavo's Father Robert Schindler on Barack Obama's "Mistake"
by Robert Schindler
Highly visible public figures, especially those who may one day speak on behalf of all citizens, should not imply that some citizens are less worthy than others. As President, would Barack Obama stand for all of us or just some of us?

Defending Phill Kline - How Officials Should Hold Abortion Industry Accountable
by Colin Mason
If anyone ever doubted the essential lawlessness of the abortion movement, the ongoing saga of Phill Kline's efforts to bring Planned Parenthood to justice should more than dispel those doubts. What should pro-lifers do? They should steadfastly support Phill Kline as he continues his prosecution of Planned Parenthood's crimes.

Kosovo Constitution Threatens Unborn Children by Promoting Abortion
by Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D.
On Sunday, the province of Kosovo declared independence from Serbia and now has four months to adopt a new constitution. The draft constitution, which is circulating now, would transform the traditional Muslim and Orthodox Christian society by removing all legal protection from unborn children.

Hijacking AIDS Relief to Promote Abortion, Why PEPFAR Isn't Broke
by Chuck Colson
One of the Bush administration’s most successful programs is the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. But pro-abortion groups have gotten their hooks into the bill, and if they have their way, the AIDS initiative will bear little resemblance to the programs that have proven so successful.

Catholic Belmont Abbey College Honors Pro-Life Values on Abortion Coverage
by Deal Hudson
Belmont Abbey College is one of the few Catholic colleges in the southeastern United States. Unfortunately, its president and chancellor are currently embroiled in a defense of the college’s Catholic identity.

Abortion Backers Can't Ignore New York Times Story That Babies Feel Pain
by Laura Echevarria
It’s abortion supporters and sympathizers who are living in the past. If all of an unborn child’s major organ systems are in place within the first couple of months, what could be so shocking about the existence of primitive pain system?

Abortion Businesses Fight for HIV/AIDS Money to Promote Abortion in China
by Deal Hudson
When Congress considers PEPFAR's reauthorization later this year, it will need to take a close look at the work of the Global Fund. Appropriate measures will need to be taken to ensure coercive abortion policies in China are not being supported by U.S. taxpayers.

Barack Obama Tries to Fool Pro-Life Voters Soft-Selling His Pro-Abortion Views
by Laura Echevarria
In interviews with Beliefnet, Christianity Today and CBN, Mr. Obama has been trying to reach Evangelical Christians who, up to now, have paid him little attention—and with good reason.

Roe v. Wade Left Abortion Stain on America's Character With Millions Killed
by Ken Conner
This past Tuesday marked the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Since that fateful decision, over 48.5 million children have perished at the hands of abortionists. One out of every four children conceived in America will be killed by an abortionist.

Election Could Undermine Gains Pro-Life Movement's Made on Abortion
by Gary Bauer
What does Planned Parenthood do when it’s not destroying unborn babies? It raises money to help elect politicians who will pass laws that will make it easier for Planned Parenthood to kill babies. Now America’s largest abortion seller is planning to get directly involved in politics.

Keith Olbermann Says Pro-Life Women's Advocate "Worst Person in the World"
by Matt Barber
It’s not Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein or Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. It’s not even Joseph Stalin, Pol Pot or Adolph Hitler. No, according to Keith Olbermann — that blinkered liberal extremist who plays a newsman on TV — Wendy Wright, President of Concerned Women for America (CWA), is “the worst person in the world.”

Recalling Mother Teresa, Fearless Champion of Pro-Life Values
by Christine Schicker
This year, 2008, as we mark the 35th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's tragic Roe v. Wade decision that made abortion legal, the courage and candor of Mother Teresa can be an inspiration for all people who defend the one right from which all others spring -- the right to life.

Dubious Embryonic Stem Cell Research Method Shouldn't Get Federal Funds
by Laura Echevarria
The results announced by ACT may, in a very narrow sense, abide by the letter of President Bush’s stem cell research funding policy. However, the research ignores the spirit of the policy and violates the principle behind it, which is that human life is sacred regardless of its stage of development.

United Nations Begins Five Months of Commissions, Some Promote Abortion
by Samantha Singson
The United Nations will begin the 2008 season next week, convening the first annual meetings of its various commissions in Geneva and New York. Several important social policy issues affecting human life and the family are coming up for debate.

Why Are Black Churches Praising Pro-Abortion Candidate Barack Obama?
by Day Gardner
I was very disturbed by an article published on January 7, 2008 in The Atlanta Journal which stated that Sen. Barack Obama garnered praise and prayers from several African-American pulpits for his landmark victory in the Iowa caucuses. I had to ask myself, do they realize what this man stands for?

Are Your Smarter Than a 7th-Grader? What Pro-Life Teens Say About Abortion
by Maria Vitale
7th and 8th graders say the most remarkable things. That truth is being born out through some of the entries to the 2008 Pennsylvania Pro-Life Essay contest. "There are several different ways to have an abortion. Let's get that several down to zero."

Juno Provides Hope to a Younger Generation on Issue of Abortion
by Marianna Trzeciak
The movie provides images and words that can be the starting point for many people suffering from unspeakable pain from broken families, past abortions and past adoption. It shows hope and love to a younger generation suffering from despair and utilitarianism.

Adult Stem Cell Research Showed Trmendous Success in 2007 Studies, Trials
by David Prentice, William L. Saunders, and Michael Fragoso
2007 has seen further advances in adult stem cell research and therapy. Currently, peer-reviewed studies have documented over 1400 FDA approved trials for 73 different conditions in humans where patient health has been improved through adult stem cell therapy.

United Nations Population Agency Puts Abortion at Top of World Agenda
by Samantha Singson
Despite numerous claims that the organization is “abortion-neutral” and that “UNFPA does not speak for or against the legalization of abortion,” the report states that the organization is working to promote “family planning as a means to reduce unsafe abortion.”

Iowa Republicans Should Reject Pro-Abortion Rudy Giuliani for GOP Nomination
by Steven Ertelt
When Iowa Republicans head to party meetings on Thursday night to cast their ballots for a candidate to represent the GOP in this year's presidential election, they should reject Rudy Giulaini. The former mayor has a long pro-abortion record and his recent attempts to moderate his image are disingenuous.

Media Silent as Pro-Abortion Activist Assaults Elderly Pro-Life Advocate
by Warner Todd Huston
On December 22nd a 69 year-old pro-life activist who was standing atop his automobile and protesting in front of the Hillcrest Abortion Clinic in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania was physically attacked by an abortion supporter and thrown to the ground with enough force to knock him unconscious.

Pro-Life Pakistan Leader Benazir Bhutto Was a Worldwide Voice for Women
by Serrin Foster
Feminists for Life remembers the contributions of the late Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto as an international advocate for women and children, born and unborn, especially those in developing countries.

Planned Parenthood: Trusted Health Provider or Greedy Abortion Business?
by William Beckman
Planned Parenthood prominently displays phrases such as “trusted local provider of health information and services” on many of its affiliates’ web sites. Do its actions back up its words?

Abortion Contortions: How Well Do you Really Know Roe?
by J. Matt Barber
It’s not at all surprising that what public support there is for Roe v. Wade is typically rooted in a lack of knowledge. Ignorance is bliss, and blissful ignorance relative to Roe is by design. It’s intentionally fueled through obfuscation and disinformation, fostered by pro-abortion activists.

European Union Plagued by Underpopulation, Fails to Help Larger Families
by Maciej Golubiewski
Currently, not a single EU country has the desired fertility level and six countries are experiencing dangerously low fertility rates under 1.4. EU’s current policy towards the demographic crisis in Europe ignores the fact that almost a third of European women aged 20-34 years would like to have three or more children.

Post-Abortion Researcher: Media Getting Missouri Initiative Story Wrong
by Dr. David Reardon
It is my belief that the vast majority of Missouri citizens, even those who believe that abortion should be readily available to women, would agree with the Stop Forced Abortions Alliance that no abortion should ever be the result of coercion.

Family Planning Programs Cause Sex-Selection Abortions, Infanticides
by Steven Mosher and Colin Mason
To embark upon fertility reduction campaigns in the absence of industrialization and pension programs, especially in the presence of a strong preference for sons, is to condemn large numbers of girl children to death in utero or after birth.

Rudy Giuliani Will Not Win Republican Nomination, Abortion Main Reason
by Steven Ertelt
The race for the Republican nomination for president is up in the air and plausible scenarios exist whereby several candidates have a realistic shot at receiving the GOP nod. While the former New York City mayor is one of those candidates, I'm willing to go out on a limb and make a bold prediction: Rudy Giuliani will not be the Republican nominee

Abortion Unnecessary When Cancer Strikes a Pregnant Mother
by Dr. Joel Brind
You see, the amazing discovery that it is actually better for women diagnosed with cancer while pregnant (called gestational cancer) to carry the pregnancy to term is hardly news. It wasn't even news last year or twenty years ago. About 70 years ago, it was news.

Despite Objections, Abortion Leading to Rise in Breast Cancer Cases
by Colin Mason
Rates of breast cancer are skyrocketing in countries which have legalized abortion. But this suggestion--that abortion causes breast cancer--causes radical feminists, who are otherwise greatly concerned about breast cancer--to go into spasms of denial.

Historic Symposium Focuses on Opposes Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
by Julie Grimstad
With one thing in common—opposition to legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide—disability rights advocates, medical and legal professionals, pro-life activists, people of various religious faiths and atheists came together to learn from the experts, find common ground and strategize

United Nations Committee Further Empowers Pro-Abortion CEDAW Panel
by Samantha Singson
This week, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly passed a resolution to give nearly $11 million more to the controversial committee that monitors the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

Breast Cancer Awareness Omits Awareness of Abortion-Breast Cancer Link
by Joel Brind, Ph.D.
Of course, the best news of all is that breast cancer is largely avoidable. Avoiding abortion is the simplest way to reduce the risk. The effect of abortion is so strong that choosing abortion even once causes a measurable increase in breast cancer risk. And that's also one reason why there really is "a lot of misinformation out there."

Congressman Henry Hyde Leaves a Lasting Pro-Life Legacy to Follow
by Laura Echevarria
His words challenged us and demanded of us no less than our best—our best efforts, our best values, our best sense of duty. They are elegant even when the subject is the heinousness of abortion.

Women Who Have Abortions to Save the Planet Are the Selfish Ones
by Kathleen Parker
If we're not saving the planet for our kids, for whom are we saving it? After we're all sterilized and aborted, who's going to appreciate the fact that global warming is, by golly, under control? Who's going to live to tell the tale?

Pro-Life Republicans Should Focus on Abortion Advocates, Not Each Other
by Laura Echevarria
Remember, come August 2008, a Republican candidate will be nominated. Our hope is that he will be pro-life and listen to what we have to say. If some pro-life groups and representatives have been criticizing his supporters the whole year prior, the press will drag that out at every opportunity. How helpful is that?

Pro-Abrotion Former United Nations Official Compares Pregnancy to Slavery
by Samantha Singson
At a United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) lecture at the UN on Tuesday, Dr. Gertrude Mongella, president of the Pan-African Parliament and former top UN official, praised UNFPA’s controversial promotion of “reproductive rights,” a term used by some UN committees to mean abortion, as a way to reduce the tragedy of maternal mortality even while admitting that the policy has failed to help women.

Credit President Bush for Promoting Embryonic Stem Cell Research Alternatives
by Wesley J. Smith
Throughout his presidency, the Science Intelligentsia has castigated President Bush for placing limits on the federal funding of embryonic-stem-cell research. Acting as if he had a banned ESCR, which of course he hadn’t, “the scientists” and their camp followers in the media and on Capital Hill accused the president of withholding cures.

Did Catholic Archbishop Lose Internal Vote Over Abortion, Communion Debate?
by Deal Hudson
Perhaps it should come as no surprise that Archbishop Raymond Burke (St. Louis) lost an election at the annual meeting of the U.S. bishops last week. Burke has assumed the mantle of the late Cardinal John O'Connor in pro-life matters, challenging fellow bishops to take stronger stances in the defense of innocent life.

CNN Debate Moderator Turns Voter's Question Into Abortion Query
by Matthew Balan
CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux, while moderating the second half of the Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas on Thursday night, added her own "two cents" to a question she fielded from an "undecided voter."

New York Times Writer Continues to Push False Abortion-Crime Link
by Matthew Balan
Stephen J. Dubner, a best-selling author and a contributor to the New York Times (whose website hosts a bog "meant to keep the conversation going" about his book) would have his audience believe that abortions of "unwanted children" have led to the decrease in the violent crime rate.

Polls Rebuff Media Pundits: Abortion a Key Political Issue in 2008
by Deal Hudson
A little-noticed Fox News Channel poll released last week revealed that nearly half of voters -- 45 percent -- need to know a candidate's position on abortion before deciding their vote. In sum, abortion may not be highly valued when measured against other issues, such as the war in Iraq, but it is the qualifying issue.

Los Angeles Times Continues Misreporting on Abortion Situation in Mexico
by Dave Pierre
As unrestricted abortions were made legal in Mexico City for the first time this April, the Los Angeles Times reported claims that "thousands of poor women die every year" from illegal abortions. However, recent reporting reveals that the capital's public hospitals are now on pace to perform less than one percent of that number of abortions.

Jesse's Girl: Disabled Patients are Targets Following Terri Schiavo's Death
by Wesley J, Smith
On October 19, only months after being nearly dehydrated to death when his feeding tube was removed, Jesse Ramirez walked out of the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix on his own two legs. Ramirez is lucky to be alive.

New Jersey Stem Cell Research Backers Hiding Real Bond Vote Costs
by Marie Tasy
In the case of Public Question No. 2 on the ballot Tuesday, the $450 million stem cell research bond issue, legislative leaders have concealed important information from the voting public, regarding not only the monetary burdens that will be piled onto the backs of the overburdened taxpayers but the moral and legal ramifications of funding such research.