By Dave Andrusko Last year when the District of Columbia was debating an assisted suicide proposal, NRL News Today wrote several stories that illustrated the resistance of the District’s large African-American community and the hesitancy of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser who...
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WashPost Launches Hype of ‘Women’s March’ as Huge Inauguration Protest of Trump
By Tim Graham The Washington Post launched a new double standard on the front page on Wednesday. On the top half of the front page came this headline: "Inauguration protest began as a vent: More than 100,000 say they plan to participate in Jan. 21 women's march."...
DC Mayor signs assisted suicide bill
By Dave Andrusko I’m not sure how I ever got on their mailing list but there it was under the headline in gigantic typeface: “Victory.” Compassion and Choices--the formerly named Hemlock Society--boldly and happily announced that “D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Signs Death...
Residents urged to write DC Mayor Bowser to veto physician-assisted suicide measure
By Dave Andrusko As we posted yesterday, it’s an uphill fight in Washington. DC where, in a preliminary vote, the Council voted 11-2 in favor of B21-38 which would legalize physician-assisted suicide in the nation’s capital . “The council must still hold a final vote...
District of Columbia delays vote on assisted suicide until November 1, residents urged to contact their city council member
By Dave Andrusko If there is a common denominator among the barrage of “assisted suicide” initiatives, it is the up-to-its-gills involvement of Compassion and Choices, formerly known as the Hemlock Society. But there is another common thread: where these initiatives...
DC Council HHS Committee Advances Bill to Legalize Doctor-Prescribed Suicide
Today, the D.C. Council Health and Human Services Committee voted to advance B-21-38 (the so-called “Death with Dignity Act”), which would legalize doctor-prescribed suicide in the nation’s capital. A broad coalition of D.C. residents including members of the...
District of Columbia Paid for 300 Abortions, Thanks to Obama and Democratic Congressional Leaders
By Dave Andrusko Just as we were about to post National Right to Life News Today, a story came across the wire described as an “AP Exclusive.” I have just a few minutes to encapsulate the story, the gist of which was captured nicely by the headline: “DC paid for 300...