President Bush was asked at today's White House press conference: "Sir, in your last campaign, you said that the American public was not ready for a complete ban on abortion. You're about to sign legislation that will ban a certain abortion procedure known as partial...
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Infants are being killed
The following op-ed was published in USA TODAY on October 23, 2003. Infants are Being Killed By Douglas Johnson [Douglas Johnson is legislative director for the National Right to Life Committee, Legfederal@aol.com.] A few weeks ago, the Planned Parenthood Federation...
Gannett News Service again disseminates discredited myths on partial-birth abortion and Roe v. Wade
By Douglas Johnson NRLC Legislative Director Legfederal@aol.com The September 2003 edition of National Right to Life News featured a detailed report on a number of recent instances in which journalists have resurrected certain long‑discredited myths about...
Discredited Myths About Partial-Birth Abortion — and Some Journalists Who Won’t Let Go of Them
By Douglas Johnson NRLC Federal Legislative Director Legfederal@aol.com September 15, 2003 [Note to reader: Copies of any of the articles or other documents cited below, if not available on the internet at a location specified below, are available on request to NRLC...
Planned Parenthood President Gloria Feldt Applauds Senate Effort Affirming Roe v. Wade
Planned Parenthood President Gloria Feldt Applauds Senate Effort Affirming Roe v. Wade Vows Vigorous Opposition to Historic Abortion Ban September 17, 2003 Washington, D.C.- Planned Parenthood President Gloria Feldt today commended the overwhelming majority of...
Dueling letters from Colorado abortionist Dr. Warren Hern and NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson
(Boulder Camera, June, 2003) 1. Letter from abortionist Warren Hern, M.D., published in letters column in the Boulder, Colorado, Camera (newspaper), June 18, 2003 'Partial-birth' law is a fraud [by Warren Hern, M.D.] John Bales' scurrilous personal attack on me (Open...
White House Statement of Administration Policy on Partial-Birth Abortion Ban
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503 June 4, 2003 STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY (THIS STATEMENT HAS BEEN COORDINATED BY OMB WITH THE CONCERNED AGENCIES.) H.R. 760 - Partial-Birth Abortion Ban of 2003 (Rep....
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Passes U.S. Senate; Pro-Life Forces in House Work to Defeat “Phony Ban”
WASHINGTON (April 5, 2003) – The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act has cleared one a major hurdle. On March 13, after three days of heated debate, the U.S. Senate passed its version of the bill (S. 3), sponsored by Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), on a lopsided vote of...
Key Facts on Partial-Birth Abortion
For further information, contact the Federal Legislation Department at the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) at Legfederal@aol.com or 202-626-8820, and visit the Partial-Birth Abortion section of the National Right to Life website at www.nrlc.org/abortion/pba/,...
Memo: Revival of Media Myths about Roe v. Wade and Partial-Birth Abortion
To: Editors, reporters, and other interested persons From: Douglas Johnson, Legislative Director, National Right to Life Committee 202-626-8820, Legfederal@aol.com, www.nrlc.org Re: Revival of some old myths about Roe v. Wade and partial-birth...