Justices rule killer guilty of fetal murder, as well
SAN FRANCISCO - The killer of a pregnant woman can be found guilty of the murder of her fetus as well, even if the assailant did not know the victim was pregnant, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday. The state high court's 6-1 decision expands the reach of a 1970 state law that made it possible for prosecutors to charge assailants with the death of a fetus when a pregnant woman is attacked. A similar federal law making it a crime to kill a fetus in the commission of a federal offense was signed into law last week. Both laws exempt abortion.
``THE BIG SHOW"
Feds Open Defense in Abortion Lawsuit
LINCOLN, Neb. -- The U.S. government began defending a federal ban on a certain type of abortion by calling doctors who testified that the procedure has not been studied enough to determine whether it is safe or medically justified. Dr. Watson A. Bowes, professor emeritus of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, testified Monday that he knew of no instance where the banned procedure — known as "intact dilation and extraction," or D&X — has been needed to protect the health of the mother. The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, signed by President Bush in November, has not been enforced because judges in Lincoln, New York and San Francisco agreed to hear evidence in three simultaneous, non-jury trials on whether the ban violates the U.S. Constitution.
Witnesses Called in Abortion Ban Defense
LINCOLN, Neb. -- A pediatric surgeon testified Monday about the medical reviews that new surgical procedures undergo as Justice Department lawyers opened their defense of the constitutionality of a federal ban on a type of abortion. Dr. George Mazariegos of Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh was called to the stand for a hearing on the law signed in November by President Bush that bans the procedure that opponents call "partial-birth" abortion. He was asked to summarize the need for studies of new clinical procedures.
"Make full proof of thy ministry."
Abortion Protesters Should Not Be Secret
In recent weeks, I have received mail informing me that one of the people in my neighborhood works at Dr. George Tiller's abortion clinic. These letters accuse this person of murder, which I believe is a legal term and not to be bandied about rashly by those who wish to sensationalize their cause. Needless to say, these letters are unsigned, with no return address, and no group is listed to take responsibility for the message. To me, this is not free speech, as there is no one with whom one could engage in a debate, which I believe was one of the tenets behind the right of free speech. (2 Timothy 4: 1-5)
Suit alleges chance of pregnancy hurt
A Cuyahoga Falls woman claims in a lawsuit that an abortion pill mix and a doctor's misdiagnosis have decreased her chances of becoming pregnant again. Dana Powell, 30, filed her lawsuit Monday in Summit County Common Pleas Court against the Akron Women's Center for Choice, Dr. Raymond Robinson and nurse Mike Finke. She is seeking unspecified damages.
Anti-Abortion Tour Rides Into Durham
DURHAM -- Two large trucks covered with images of aborted fetuses circled downtown Durham Monday, part of a 22-state campaign to push abortion to the forefront of the 2004 election. The tour, part of the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform's "Key States Initiative," targeted North Carolina as a state where abortion will be intensely debated as the presidential election draws nearer, the center's executive director, Gregg Cunningham, said. The nonprofit organization opposes abortion and hopes to engage the largest possible audience through graphic images that cannot be shown in the mainstream media.[?] Cunningham said graphic images of war and terrorist attacks appear often in the media, and the center won't be held to a double standard.
"This is just the beginning of what people are going to see a great deal of," he said. "As long as Americans keep killing their children we'll keep showing those children." (Charred Mutilated Body; Bodies Hang From Bridge; Scenes of Iraqis dragging the four bodies through the streets and hanging two of the charred corpses from a bridge Wednesday raised revulsion in the United States; See Politics page for details.)
Anti-human breed of evil
Yes, I am pro-abortion
The wisdom of debating a TV programme that has yet to be aired is arguable, but the case of Julia Black's forthcoming programme about abortion is more clear-cut than most. The film, due to be aired later this month, includes images of aborted foetuses at 10, 11 and 21 weeks. Typically, the people who insist on representing the reality of abortion with pictures of 21-week-old foetuses are anti-abortionists - at this stage, of course, the embryo is very identifiably human. It has an outside chance of sustaining life if it were nurtured rather than discarded. A termination at 21 weeks looks as much like murder as it ever will, and the fact that this "reality" occurs only in a few very exceptional cases tends to be ignored in favour of maximum-impact images.
'Right to be Born' Joins American Life League
WASHINGTON -- American Life League-the nation's largest pro-life educational organization- is proud to welcome Right to be Born as the newest member of American Life League's Associate Program. Right to be Born has labored diligently for the past two years to end abortion in Ludington but, according to Kristine Struve, president of Right to be Born, this collaboration means their best efforts are yet to come. Struve said, "American Life League is the nation's premier organization working to end abortion and establish a true Culture of Life in our country. We are excited to join their nationwide family and look forward to working with them."
Student Organizations Sponsor Abortion
Debate To Discuss All Sides Of Issue
Pro-life, pro-death and undecided Purdue students will have an opportunity to discuss and learn both sides of the abortion issue Wednesday night. A discussion will be led by Purdue students interested in helping other students to see both sides of the issue. "Our motive is to be completely open so people have the opportunity to see both sides of the issue," said Erin Bastnagel, senior in the School of Liberal Arts.