Pro-Abortion Former Solicitor General Predicts Supreme Court Will Overturn Roe v. Wade

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- At a forum on Tuesday night, pro-abortion former acting Solicitor General Walter Dellinger predicted the Supreme Court will eventually overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that allowed 52 million abortions in the United States and has impacted other nations across the world. Dellinger's comments are surprising as most abortion advocates don't readily admit the day may come that the infamous decision will be struck down and states may be able to offer legal protection for women and unborn children.

“I absolutely believe it,” Dellinger said during the forum cosponsored by the news web site Politico.

Dellinger said he thinks the Supreme Court will overturn Roe once pro-life advocates can find a replacement for Justice Anthony Kennedy, who sided with the majority of the court in upholding the ban on partial-birth abortions but will not side with the other four conservative jurists on overturning Roe.

He called the decision a "trophy" and said the other justices, Antonin Scalia, John Roberts, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, would love to be able to go back on the 1973 decision.

“For a while I thought that one could simply chip away at a lot more and more regulations that sort of protected access (to abortions) for the most affluent women but really made it impossible for women who were vulnerable to geography, poverty (and) youth,” he added. “But now I think that, actually, it is such a symbol of a kind of jurisprudence that conservatives have set themselves in opposition to.”

Politico interviewed Rachel Brand, the former assistant attorney general under pro-life President George W. Bush, and helped with the confirmation of Justices Roberts and Alito, said the nomination battle over a replacement to Justice Anthony Kennedy will be monstrous.

"I will say that whenever Justice Kennedy retires, if the court looks anything like it does now in terms of makeup, that will be the mother of all confirmation fights. That will be brutal, and I wouldn't’t want to be in my old job for that one," he said.

South Carolina Pro-Life Candidate Nikki Haley Wins GOP Nod, Pro-Life Group Delighted

Columbia, SC (LifeNews.com) -- Nikki Haley won the Republican nomination for governor of South Carolina on Tuesday and she coud become the first woman to become the governor of the state. Haley, a first-generation American of Indian descent, would also become the first member of a racial minority to be governor of South Carolina.

But it is her pro-life views that have earned her praise from the likes of Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser.

“Nikki Haley’s runoff victory is one more example of the electoral power of authentic, pro-life feminism in this election cycle. Public polling consistently shows that the majority of voters, including women, consider themselves to be pro-life. But, because of a void of pro-life women's leadership at all levels of elected office, we’re seeing a hunger for authentic, pro-life women candidates in primaries across the country," Dannenfelser told LifeNews.com.

She added, "As a three-term state legislator and successful businesswoman, Nikki Haley is poised to become the first female governor of South Carolina and one of many pro-life women candidates bursting onto the political scene. Her primary win and those of pro-life women candidates like her are building momentum toward victories at the ballot box in November and poised to make 2010 the Year of the Pro-Life Woman.”

Tennessee Right to Life Issues Pro-Life August 5th Primary Election Endorsements

Nashville,TN (LifeNews.com) -- Following a legislative session marked by passage of Right to Life priorities including amendment resolution SJR 127, the political action committee of Tennessee Right to Life has announced their endorsements for the upcoming primary elections.

Voters in the Volunteer State head to the polls in primary elections on August 5th.

"Tennesseans have made great progress in electing demonstrated pro-life leaders to the General Assembly," said Brian Harris, president of Tennessee Right to life. "With so much at stake and the fate of unborn children in the balance, we urge every pro-life Tennessean to work and vote for the election of women and men of conscience who understand the value and dignity of every human life."

In addition to first passage of SJR 127, a resolution to put an amendment before state voters in 2014 which would again make the Tennessee Constitution abortion-neutral, pro-life leadership and majorities in both chambers of the Legislature passed pro-life bills.

Those require the posting of non-coercion law in facilities where abortions are performed, ensuring that first priority in distribution of family planning funds be given to local health departments rather than abortion facilities, and establishing that abortion not be a funded benefit in exchanges to be established as part of the federal health care plan.

Abortion has become an increasingly important matter in state races following a landmark ruling by the Tennessee Supreme Court in 2000 which found a fundamental right to abortion and struck down popularly supported measures such as informed consent and 2 day waiting periods for women considering abortion and other laws regulating the operation of abortion facilities in Tennessee.

"Tennessee is a strongly pro-life state and it is only appropriate that our public policies reflect the views of that majority," Harris said. "It is a top priority of Tennessee Right to Life to see that the men and women who fill those seats next January are people of principle who will not only vote the right way but who will lead dramatically for the protection of the weak and vulnerable among us."

Visit www.vote4life.org for a list of endorsed pro-life candidates in Tennessee.

Georgia Right to Life PAC Makes Endorsements for July 20th Primary Election Races

Atlanta,GA (LifeNews.com) -- Georgia Right to Life has issued its endorsements for the upcoming July 20th primary election and the group says every voter in the state of Georgia gets the opportunity to make a statement on what matters most to them.

"At Georgia Right to Life, we believe that Life is the most inalienable of all rights, because without life you don’t need lower taxes. Without life you don’t need higher education standards. Without life all other rights cease to exist," the group told LifeNews.com.

"That is why the Georgia Right to Life Political Action Committee (GRTL PAC) does not take endorsing political candidates lightly. We know that after 37 years of legalized abortion and the 21st century biotech issues on the horizon, we have had enough of people saying they are pro-life during their campaigns and then being completely silent once they are elected," the group added.

"Every candidate who was endorsed by GRTL PAC in the 2010 primary has signed a candidate affirmation statement which says that they agree with our position on the Personhood of all human beings from fertilization to natural death and the attendant need for a Personhood Amendment to our state Constitution," GRTL added.

Georgia voters can find a list of the endorsed candidates at http://www.GRTL.org

Pro-Life Action League Encourages Opposition to Contraception on Pill Anniversary

Chicago (LifeNews.com) -- To mark the day the U.S. Food and Drug Administration first approved the birth control pill 50 years ago, the Pro-Life Action League is encouraging pro-life activists across the nation to speak out against contraception.

"Contraception has radically altered sexual behavior in our culture and ultimately leads to more abortion, not less," said Eric Scheidler, executive director of the Pro-Life Action League. "We want to empower pro-life activists to confidently articulate to the case against contraception, especially as we remember the day it was first approved for use in America."

The Pro-Life Action League has assembled some following points to equip pro-life activists with the information they need to speak out against contraception: The mentality of contraception opposes life. The unborn child is not seen as the natural consequence of sex but as a "mistake" to be avoided. When a woman does become pregnant, this mentality predisposes her to abort.

The group adds, "Contraception encourages risky sexual behavior, contributing to the 19 million Americans who become infected with sexually transmitted diseases every year, according to the Center for Disease Control. No form of birth control is 100% fail proof. Consider this -- even when the birth control pill is taken exactly as prescribed, 116,000 women still become pregnant every year. What happens to these 116,000 babies?"

"When the FDA approved the pill for contraceptive use in 1960, a chain of events was set in motion that led straight to the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that struck down laws protecting unborn babies in all fifty states. History has proved that -- far from reducing the need for abortion -- contraception only increases abortion," said Scheidler. "We hope to educate more people about birth control and all forms of contraception and help them communicate this opposition more clearly."

 

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