Issues Memo Distilling and Linking Key Documentation on Disputed Issues Regarding Partial-Birth Abortion WASHINGTON (Nov. 6, 2003) -- On November 6, federal judges in New York and California issued temporary restraining orders that will severely impede enforcement of...
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Update on Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act
This is an update from the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) on the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, issued Thursday, October 23, 2003, at 3:00 p.m. ET. For further information, send e-mail to Legfederal@aol.com, call 202-626-8820, or visit the NRLC website...
Spurred by Schindler-Schiavo Case, Model Law to Prevent Starvation and Dehydration Proposed
In response to the six-day denial of food and fluids to Terri Schindler-Schiavo, the National Right to Life Committee is calling on state legislatures throughout the nation to move to protect people with disabilities from being denied food and fluids. The...
NRLC Statement Regarding the Starvation of Terri Schindler-Schiavo
In this agonizing hour the thoughts and prayers of pro-life people everywhere must be with Terri Schindler-Schiavo and her family. Terri Schindler-Schiavo’s tube feeding is today scheduled for discontinuation by court order. Tragically, denial of basic sustenance to...
U.S. House Gives Final Approval to Partial-Birth Abortion Ban, But Some Democratic Senators Delay Final Senate Vote
WASHINGTON (Oct. 4, 2003) -- Only a single legislative step -- a final vote in the U.S. Senate Bremains before Congress sends the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act (S. 3) to President Bush for his signature. The bill represents the first direct national restriction on...
Florida Appeals Court Upholds Order to Remove Schindler-Schiavo Feeding Tube
A Florida state appeals court ruled June 6 that Terri Schindler-Schiavo' s husband, Michael, can order the removal of the feeding tube that sustains her life. According to a story in New York Newsday, "Although she can breathe unaided, move her head, change her...
Family of Laci and Conner Peterson Urge Approval by Congress of the Unborn Victims of Violence Act
WASHINGTON (May 7, 2003) -- The family of California murder victims Laci and Conner Peterson are urging congressional passage of the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, saying the bill "is very close to our hearts." In a letter to the prime sponsors of the bill,...
White House calls for Congressional Approval of the Unborn Victims of Violence Act “This Year”
PRESIDENT BUSH BELIEVES THAT WHEN AN UNBORN CHILD IS INJURED OR KILLED IN A CRIME OF VIOLENCE, "SUCH A CRIME HAS TWO VICTIMS" WASHINGTON (April 25, 2003) -- President Bush calls for congressional approval this year of the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, a bill to...
North Dakota Governor John Hoeven signs ban on all human cloning after near-unanimous support in state legislature
North Dakota governor signs bill to ban the creation of human embryos by cloning; big votes put spotlight on Senators Dorgan and Conrad on Bush-backed federal bill to ban all human cloning BISMARCK - North Dakota Governor John Hoeven (R) today signed into law a bill...
Arkansas legislature passes Brownback-style ban on all human cloning, 88-5 and 34-0; votes put spotlight on Senators Lincoln and Pryor
After overwhelming votes in Arkansas legislature, Governor Huckabee today will sign complete ban on human cloning; big votes put spotlight on Senators Blanche Lincoln, Mark Pryor Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) today will sign a complete ban on human cloning,...