Johnson County (KS) district attorney and former Kansas attorney general Phill Kline today pens an op-ed in the Wichita Eagle on his work to obtain medical records so that he can enforce laws protecting minors: Only Way To Enforce Law Is To See Medical Records By Phill Kline Abuse almost always occurs behind a veil […]
A Lack of Prudence
This article originally appeared in the Fall 2007 issue of Human Life Review. Used by Permission. For a free sample issue of Human Life Review, call 212-685-5210 or visit http://www.humanlifereview.com. A Lack of Prudence by Clarke D. Forsythe President, Americans United for Life In June, certain anti-abortion activists bought full-page newspaper ads featuring an “open […]
Abortion remains one of the most unregulated and unaccountable medical procedures in the country
So says Jonathan Imbody, Vice President for Government Relations at Christian Medical Association, in an op-ed in today’s Washington Times: The article “Clinic must release abortion data” (Nation, Thursday), which details a Kansas grand jury’s investigation of illegal late-term abortions, exposes the fact that abortion remains one of the most unregulated and unaccountable medical procedures […]
Georgia Catholic Bishops on Georgia Human Life Amendment (HLA)
Georgia’s two Catholic bishops, Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and Bishop J. Kevin Boland of Savannah, have declared that they do not endorse a Human Life Amendment to the Georgia State Constitution. In their written statement, the bishops asserted: We do not support the passage of [House Resolution] 536 . . . We have come […]
Bad News and Good News Out of the Eighth Circuit
On January 22, 2008—yes, on the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade—the Eighth Circuit handed down a decision that is disappointing on the one hand, yet encouraging on the other. The case, Roe v. Crawford, was filed by a female inmate seeking to have an elective abortion. However, Larry Crawford, Director of the Missouri Department […]
Americans United for Life on Roe v. Wade at 35
While abortion has been legal in the United States for 35 years and remains legal and available throughout pregnancy for any reason, public recognition of the negative impact of abortion on women is increasing and more pro-life laws are in effect than ever before. “Abortion-on-demand has been imposed on our nation because the courts and […]
Former Attorney General Phill Kline “Vindicated” by Sitting Kansas Judge
In 2007, Johnson County District Attorney (and former Kansas Attorney General) Phill Kline filed 107 charges against Planned Parenthood, alleging, among other things, that Planned Parenthood has continually skirted the state’s late-term abortion ban. Thereafter, the already often-targeted former AG was met with a firestorm of criticism. These 107 counts were filed after current Attorney […]
Americans United for Life Releases Ranking of Pro-life States
Americans United for Life Releases Ranking of Pro-life States Michigan at Top, Oregon at Bottom January 15, 2008 – Chicago, IL – Americans United for Life (AUL) today released its fifth annual ranking of the most and least pro-life states based on laws in the states. For the third year in a row, Michigan topped […]
Previous Abortion and the Risk of Low Birth Weight and Preterm Births
An article (abstract) in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health investigates the link between abortion and low birth weight (LBW) and preterm birth (PB). Conclusion: Previous abortion is a significant risk factor for LBW and PB, and the risk increases with the increasing number of previous abortions. Practitioners should consider previous abortion as a […]
Attempts to Remove Federal Funding of Planned Parenthood
Last week, Senator Brownback sent a letter to the appropriations committees in the House and Senate requesting the suspension of federal funding of Planned Parenthood. The request comes in the wake of a 107 count complaint filed in Johnson County, Kansas, accusing Planned Parenthood of performing late-term abortions in violation of Kansas law. The letter […]
A Future Museum
In a thoughtful column in Britain’s Telegraph, a visitor to a Museum of London gallery on “London, Sugar, and Slavery” imagines what a future museum gallery might be like. It is not hard to imagine how a future Museum of London exhibition about abortion could go. It could buy up a 20th-century hospital building as […]
AUL Signs Letter to Congress RE: Planned Parenthood
AUL joined 59 other pro-life organizations in sending a letter to all members of congress yesterday, with the following request: In light of recent revelations of Planned Parenthood’s alleged systematic violation of state laws in Kansas, the undersigned organizations request the immediate suspension of Planned Parenthood’s federal funding until it can be determined whether the […]
Why be Pro-Life?
This is the question National Review Online’s Jonah Goldberg addresses in his Tribune Media Services column today. While science provides plenty of information about when life begins, Goldberg and many many others take the position that “I don’t know if life begins at conception. I don’t really know what ‘life’ means.” He goes on to […]
Abortion Clinics Often Go Without Inspection
From CitizenLink: The investigation into New Jersey abortion clinic injuries reveals that the facilities are not being inspected, as the law requires. The state has four clinics that perform late-term abortions. Three of the four have gone five or more years without a state health inspection. And the state’s largest abortion clinic is still being […]
Implications of China’s One-Child Policy for The United States
In today’s Wall Street Journal, is a piece by Nicholas Eberstadt entitled, “China’s One-Child Mistake” (subscription required). Adapted from his speech at the World Economic Forum earlier this month in Dalian, China, Eberstadt urges China to abandon its “coercive population control” program immediately for “the nation’s long-term economic outlook.” He points out a number of […]
Required Reading
In October 2005, former Washington Post reporter Patricia E. Bauer wrote about “The Abortion Debate No One Wants to Have: Prenatal testing is making your right to abort a disabled child more like ‘your duty’ to abort a disabled child.” It’s difficult to find an excerpt that does the article justice, so I urge you […]
