By Dave Andrusko The fun part [loosely defined] of reading pro-abortion posts is to contrast their headlines and thesis statement with what the body of the article actually makes clear. For example, “Who’s winning the abortion war?” ran on Salon.com and was answered...
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A Case of Mistaken Identity Rectified
By Ingrid Duran, NRLC Department of State Legislation Assistant For the last 13 years, National Right to Life has been an exhibitor at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) annual conference. This year it was held in New Orleans, and I was fortunate...
Planned Parenthood, Others Set to Challenge North Carolina’s Women’s Right to Know Act
By Dave Andrusko WRAL News is reporting today that a half-dozen pro-abortion groups, including Planned Parenthood, will challenge North Carolina’s recently passed Women’s Right to Know Act. HB854 has already overcome one hurtle, a veto by Gov. Beverly Perdue. On...
Relentlessly Biased Coverage Hides Truth about Kansas’ New Laws
By Kathy Ostrowski, Kansans for Life Legislative Director The recurring theme of the relentlessly biased news coverage of Kansas' abortion-related laws is that Gov. Sam Brownback has succeeded in forcing his personal convictions on a captive population. In fact, the...
North Carolina House Overrides Governor’s Veto; Veto Override Vote Expected Soon in Senate
By Dave Andrusko Just as we were about to post National Right to Life News Today for Tuesday, word arrived that by a single vote, the North Carolina House of Representatives had overridden Governor Beverly Perdue's June 27th veto of the Woman's Right to Know Act...
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE APPLAUDS NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’ VETO OVERRIDE
WASHINGTON--National Right to Life applauded a bi-partisan vote in the North Carolina House of Representatives today to override Governor Beverly Perdue's veto of the Women’s Right to Know bill. Members voted 72-47 to override the Governor's June 27 veto; the Senate...
The Washington Post’s Gushy Profile of Abortionist LeRoy Carhart
By Dave Andrusko Imagine my surprise when over a bowl of Wheaties I read a gushy, “what-a-guy” tribute to abortionist LeRoy Carhart on the front page of the Washington Post. Strike that: the only surprise is the timing. Go back with me to last November. I wrote about...
On a Collision Course with Unintelligibility
By Dave Andrusko There are obvious reasons why any pro-lifer would be delighted to read pro-abortionists bemoaning the many ways in which Roe v. Wade may be swept into the dustbin of history. But since I want to get right to “How States Could Ban Abortion With 'Roe'...
Judge Hears Arguments Over Texas’ New Sonogram Law
By Dave Andrusko U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks said Wednesday that he hopes to rule by September whether Texas’ new sonogram law should go into effect as scheduled. Signed in May by pro-life Gov. Rick Perry, the measure says that the abortion-vulnerable woman must be...
Federal Judge Blocks Implementation of New South Dakota Abortion Law
By Dave Andrusko To no one’s surprise U.S. Judge Karen Schreier late Thursday blocked implementation of South Dakota’s new abortion law which was scheduled to go into effect Friday. Enacted in March, H.B. 1217 requires a three-day waiting period after a woman meets...