By Dave Andrusko Every once in a while a true-blue pro-lifer will sincerely inquire if I do not exaggerate the extent to which the abortion community is dedicated to multiplying the number of dead babies up to and including ensuring that babies who survive an abortion...
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On International Human Rights Day, Canada Remains Silent on Human Rights Issues at Home
By Mike Schouten – Campaign Director, Weneedalaw.ca Human Rights Day, marked every December 10th, commemorates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly. In addition to the Universal Declaration, Canada is also a...
Colorado Senate Committee approves Unborn Victims of Violence bill
Spurred by attack on woman whose seven-month-old unborn baby was cut from her womb By Dave Andrusko The Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday took the first step in an attempt to rectify a gaping hole in the law in Colorado. On a 3-2 vote, the Committee approved a bill...
Villain of “Murder in the First” embodies an important truth
By Wesley J. Smith My wife Debra and I have been enjoying the new TNT television crime drama, “Murder in the First.” [This week], the villain spoke his value system and it is pure anti-human exceptionalism. POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT for those who haven’t seen the...
Ohio man held in deaths of girlfriend and 8-month-old unborn child
By Dave Andrusko According to Taisha Ramirez’s family, the 10th grader at Lakeside High School in Ashtabula, Ohio, was pregnant, already planning on going to college, and had sent out cards for her baby shower which was to take place tomorrow. But now her...
Wednesday begins two days of expert testimony in case of man who slipped abortifacient to pregnant girlfriend
By Dave Andrusko It seemingly came out of the blue. John Andrew Welden admitted tricking his then-girlfriend Remee Jo Lee into taking misoprostol (Cytotec)last March with the intention of causing Ms. Lee to miscarry her 6-7-week-old unborn baby. His lawyers had...
Prosecutor seeks to indict Ariel Castro for aggravated murder for each of five unborn babies who died when he allegedly starved and beat their mother
By Dave Andrusko Having already been arraigned on seven counts of kidnapping and rape, there may be further charges against Ariel Castro.Timothy McGinty, the lead prosecutor in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, said he wants a grand jury to indict Castro for aggravated murder...
Tennessee Passes Expanded Unborn Victims of Violence Act
Editor’s note. The following comes from Brian Harris, President of Tennessee Right to Life Early on the morning of January 5, 2004, two men were driving their pickup truck past a woman walking up a Nashville street when she collapsed. Antonio Dejesus Idelfonso and...
North Carolina Latest State to Enact Unborn Victims of Violence Law
By Dave Andrusko On Friday North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue, an abortion supporter, signed “Ethen’s Law,” a measure that makes it a separate crime to kill or harm an unborn child as a result of a violent attack on the child's mother. Her signature caps a battle that...