http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress news from the frontlines of the culture war Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:09:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/az-abortion-report-bill-advances-in-house/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/az-abortion-report-bill-advances-in-house/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:09:09 +0000 Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=56249 Arizona Republic: "An abortion measure advanced in the House of Representatives. The bill, HB 2649, requires hospitals, other medical facilities, and health professionals who treat women with complications from abortions to submit a report to the state." | HB 2649]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/az-abortion-report-bill-advances-in-house/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/ne-anecdotal-abortion-reports-dont-change-govs-mind-on-illegal-immigrant-care/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/ne-anecdotal-abortion-reports-dont-change-govs-mind-on-illegal-immigrant-care/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:05:27 +0000 Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=56247 CNBC: "Reports that some women in Nebraska plan to have abortions now that illegal immigrants can no longer get state-funded prenatal care haven't changed Gov. Dave Heineman's opposition to a bill that would allow them to get the medical attention. But anecdotal accounts of more women saying they will end their pregnancies because of the financial and emotional strain of not having state- and federal-funded care could revive the bill anyway."]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/ne-anecdotal-abortion-reports-dont-change-govs-mind-on-illegal-immigrant-care/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/mo-lawmaker-wants-women-to-state-why-they-want-an-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/mo-lawmaker-wants-women-to-state-why-they-want-an-abortion/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:02:08 +0000 Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=56245 KMOV4: "Tom Dempsey's new bill would require doctors and clinics to ask women for the reason that they are getting the abortion. Senator Dempsey thinks it would be useful to know if most abortions are wanted because of finances, health concerns, or other reasons." | SB 792]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/mo-lawmaker-wants-women-to-state-why-they-want-an-abortion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/pelosi-lies-about-catholic-support/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/pelosi-lies-about-catholic-support/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:48:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/pelosi-lies-about-catholic-support/ Catholic League: " . . . Then Pelosi lied. She said she is grateful for the support of 60 orders of nuns, not mentioning that the letter she received had a whopping total of 55 signatories. Worse, she had the gall to say that this represents 'every order you can think of.' Wrong. In fact, there are 793 religious communities, which means she heard from seven-and-a-half percent of them. Moreover, since there are approximately 65,000 nuns in the U.S., that means she was contacted by .0008 percent of them . . . Shameless is too kind a word to use to describe what Pelosi did today."]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/pelosi-lies-about-catholic-support/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/elca-draws-up-social-statement-on-stem-cells-cloning/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/elca-draws-up-social-statement-on-stem-cells-cloning/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:45:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/elca-draws-up-social-statement-on-stem-cells-cloning/ Christian Post: "The 63-page draft statement was drawn up by the ELCA Task Force on Genetics and is designed to assist the church and its members to "reach informed judgments on social issues from a perspective of faith." [links added to excerpt]]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/elca-draws-up-social-statement-on-stem-cells-cloning/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/bill-would-make-obamas-international-taxpayer-funding-of-abortions-permanent/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/bill-would-make-obamas-international-taxpayer-funding-of-abortions-permanent/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:36:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/bill-would-make-obamas-international-taxpayer-funding-of-abortions-permanent/ LifeNews: "[Rep. Nita Lowey] The new York Democrat and prominent abortion activist in the House has unveiled new legislation designed to make permanent Obama's executive order revoking the Mexico City Policy."]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/bill-would-make-obamas-international-taxpayer-funding-of-abortions-permanent/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/architect-of-betrayal-wh-exposes-obama-as-provocateur-of-catholic-dissention/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/architect-of-betrayal-wh-exposes-obama-as-provocateur-of-catholic-dissention/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:53:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/architect-of-betrayal-wh-exposes-obama-as-provocateur-of-catholic-dissention/ LifeSiteNews: "White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs revealed to reporters today that President Barack Obama actively promoted the Catholic Health Association's public break with the American Catholic bishops to support his health care legislation . . . "]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/architect-of-betrayal-wh-exposes-obama-as-provocateur-of-catholic-dissention/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/rescuing-frozen-embryos-is-adoption-a-valid-moral-option/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/rescuing-frozen-embryos-is-adoption-a-valid-moral-option/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:25:33 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/rescuing-frozen-embryos-is-adoption-a-valid-moral-option/ Culture of Life Foundation:  ". . . as of 2003 the estimated number of frozen embryos at IVF clinics in the United States was approximately 400,000.[1] I add that that number increases annually by approximately 19,000 [2], which puts estimates in 2010 at between 500,000 and 600,000 frozen human embryos."]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/rescuing-frozen-embryos-is-adoption-a-valid-moral-option/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/bart-stupak-democrats-killing-health-care-bill-over-abortion-im-still-a-no-vote/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/bart-stupak-democrats-killing-health-care-bill-over-abortion-im-still-a-no-vote/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:24:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/bart-stupak-democrats-killing-health-care-bill-over-abortion-im-still-a-no-vote/ LifeNews: "'There's still no change,' he said of a deal and how he and about 10-12 other pro-life Democrats stand against the bill because of it. 'My group is holding firm.'"]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/bart-stupak-democrats-killing-health-care-bill-over-abortion-im-still-a-no-vote/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/ne-christensen-expects-court-challenge-to-abortion-bill/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/ne-christensen-expects-court-challenge-to-abortion-bill/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:28:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/ne-christensen-expects-court-challenge-to-abortion-bill/ McCook Daily Gazette: "A controversial bill that would ban late-term abortions based on fetal pain rather than viability advanced out of the Nebraska Judiciary Committee. Sen. Mark Christensen, who serves on the Judiciary Committee, said this morning at the McCook Area Chamber of Conference that he expects the bill to be challenged in court. The bill would adopt the 'Abortion Pain Prevention Act' . . . " LB 1103]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/ne-christensen-expects-court-challenge-to-abortion-bill/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/ks-late-term-abortion-regulation-proposal-under-negotiation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/ks-late-term-abortion-regulation-proposal-under-negotiation/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:10:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/ks-late-term-abortion-regulation-proposal-under-negotiation/ Kansas Public Radio: "Anti-abortion legislators are pushing a proposal to allow lawsuits against doctors over legally questionable late-term abortions."]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/ks-late-term-abortion-regulation-proposal-under-negotiation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/personhood-usa-claims-enough-votes-to-restore-colorado-ballot-question/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/personhood-usa-claims-enough-votes-to-restore-colorado-ballot-question/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:08:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/personhood-usa-claims-enough-votes-to-restore-colorado-ballot-question/ Greeley Tribune: "Abortion opponents in Colorado say they have enough signatures to restore a ballot question on banning abortion. Personhood USA says it has met the number of signatures due Thursday."]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/personhood-usa-claims-enough-votes-to-restore-colorado-ballot-question/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/u-s-bishops-provide-resources-explaining-flaws-in-senate-health-care-bill/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/u-s-bishops-provide-resources-explaining-flaws-in-senate-health-care-bill/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:31:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/u-s-bishops-provide-resources-explaining-flaws-in-senate-health-care-bill/ USCCB: "The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has made available several new resources explaining its calls for essential changes to the Senate health care reform bill. In a March 15 statement, Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, President of the USCCB, said that the U.S. bishops would, regretfully, have to oppose the final bill if these changes were not made . . . "]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/u-s-bishops-provide-resources-explaining-flaws-in-senate-health-care-bill/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/letter-from-catholic-nuns-for-pro-abortion-bill-doesnt-represent-59k-people/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/letter-from-catholic-nuns-for-pro-abortion-bill-doesnt-represent-59k-people/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:13:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/letter-from-catholic-nuns-for-pro-abortion-bill-doesnt-represent-59k-people/ LifeNews: "A letter form a group of several dozen dissident Catholic nuns whose position in favor of the pro-abortion Senate health care bill is coming under further scrutiny. Now, the nation's Catholic bishops say the media wrongly represented the letter as speaking for 59,000 nuns."]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/letter-from-catholic-nuns-for-pro-abortion-bill-doesnt-represent-59k-people/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/anti-abortion-democrat-kildee-says-he-will-vote-yes-on-health-care-bill/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/anti-abortion-democrat-kildee-says-he-will-vote-yes-on-health-care-bill/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:42:23 +0000 Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55892 Washington Post, 44 Blog: "Anti-abortion forces who oppose President Obama's health-care overhaul suffered a significant defection Wednesday when Rep Dale E. Kildee (D-Mich.) announced that he would vote in favor of the proposal."]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/anti-abortion-democrat-kildee-says-he-will-vote-yes-on-health-care-bill/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/stupak-health-fight-has-been-%e2%80%98a-living-hell%e2%80%99/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/stupak-health-fight-has-been-%e2%80%98a-living-hell%e2%80%99/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:32:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55846 The Hill: "Leading a revolt against President Barack Obama’s healthcare legislation over abortion has been a 'living hell' for Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.)."]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/stupak-health-fight-has-been-%e2%80%98a-living-hell%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/pro-life-democrats-12-still-oppose-pro-abortion-health-care-bill-votes-lacking/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/pro-life-democrats-12-still-oppose-pro-abortion-health-care-bill-votes-lacking/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:18:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55843 LifeNews: "Two of the leading pro-life Democrats against the Senate health care bill because of its pro-abortion provisions say their 12-member coalition that puts opposing funding before advocating health care is still solid. Their remarks comes as two longtime pro-life Democrats say they will back the bill."]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/pro-life-democrats-12-still-oppose-pro-abortion-health-care-bill-votes-lacking/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/in-defense-of-speciesism/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/in-defense-of-speciesism/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:55:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55838 EPPC: "While 'animal rights' has become a catch-all for any effort to protect animals, EPPC Fellow Colleen Carroll Campbell cautions that the confused concept of 'rights' gives the animal-rights movement legitimacy it does not deserve and "threatens universal human rights, which are grounded in the principle that all humans are equal simply because we are human.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/in-defense-of-speciesism/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/council-of-major-superiors-of-women-religious-rebukes-dissident-nuns-for-supporting-pro-abortion-healthcare/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/council-of-major-superiors-of-women-religious-rebukes-dissident-nuns-for-supporting-pro-abortion-healthcare/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:48:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55836 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/18/council-of-major-superiors-of-women-religious-rebukes-dissident-nuns-for-supporting-pro-abortion-healthcare/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/aclu-could-sue-virginia-over-pro-choice-license-plate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/aclu-could-sue-virginia-over-pro-choice-license-plate/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:05:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55820 WSLS.com: "The ACLU plans to sue the commonwealth if Governor Bob McDonnell vetoes a bill allowing a pro-choice license plate. The General Assembly approved the ‘Trust Women. Respect Choice.‘ plate, with proceeds going to Planned Parenthood." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/aclu-could-sue-virginia-over-pro-choice-license-plate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/minnesota-rep-oberstar-will-back-final-health-care-bill/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/minnesota-rep-oberstar-will-back-final-health-care-bill/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:26:38 +0000 Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55738 Politico: "Minnesota Rep. James Oberstar, an ardent backer of the House abortion restrictions, will vote for the final package after a further review of the Senate's language, giving top Democrats a critical endorsement as they lean on their rank-and-file to back the Senate bill."]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/minnesota-rep-oberstar-will-back-final-health-care-bill/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/house-to-consider-bill-incentivizing-embryo-destruction/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/house-to-consider-bill-incentivizing-embryo-destruction/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:22:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55750 LifeSiteNews: "A bill has been introduced to the House of Representatives that would set in stone guidelines developed for the National Institute of Health's embryo-destructive stem cell research. Pro-life sources on Capitol Hill warn, however, that the bill's wording goes farther than the NIH guidelines . . . The 'Stem Cell Research Advancement Act,' HR 4808 . . . "]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/house-to-consider-bill-incentivizing-embryo-destruction/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/planned-parenthood-1952-abortion-kills-the-life-of-a-baby-danger-to-mother/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/planned-parenthood-1952-abortion-kills-the-life-of-a-baby-danger-to-mother/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:40:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55729 LifeSiteNews: ". . . Panned Parenthood said. 'An abortion requires an operation. It kills the life of a baby after it has begun . . . It is dangerous to your life and health. It may make you sterile so that when you want a child you cannot have it. Birth control merely postpones the beginning of life.'"]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/planned-parenthood-1952-abortion-kills-the-life-of-a-baby-danger-to-mother/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/catholic-nuns-support-pro-abortion-health-care-reform-defy-bishops/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/catholic-nuns-support-pro-abortion-health-care-reform-defy-bishops/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:45:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55680 Google News (AP): "Some 60 leaders of religious orders representing 59,000 Catholic nuns Wednesday sent lawmakers a letter urging them to pass the Senate health care bill."]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/catholic-nuns-support-pro-abortion-health-care-reform-defy-bishops/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/president-of-u-s-bishops-says-cost-is-too-high-loss-is-too-great-for-health-care-bill-not-to-be-revised/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/president-of-u-s-bishops-says-cost-is-too-high-loss-is-too-great-for-health-care-bill-not-to-be-revised/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:42:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55678 USCCB: "The bishops, however, judge that the flaws are so fundamental that they vitiate the good that the bill intends to promote. Assurances that the moral objections to the legislation can be met only after the bill is passed seem a little like asking us, in Midwestern parlance, to buy a pig in a poke."]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/president-of-u-s-bishops-says-cost-is-too-high-loss-is-too-great-for-health-care-bill-not-to-be-revised/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/planned-parenthood-centers-using-dangerous-abortion-drug-more-survey-shows/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/planned-parenthood-centers-using-dangerous-abortion-drug-more-survey-shows/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:39:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55676 LifeNews: "A national survey of Planned Parenthood abortion centers finds a higher number are giving women the dangerous RU 486 abortion drug that has killed at least 13 women worldwide and injured more than 1,100 in the U.S. alone."]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/planned-parenthood-centers-using-dangerous-abortion-drug-more-survey-shows/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/new-poll-opposition-to-pro-abortion-health-care-highest-yet-democrat-misleads/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/new-poll-opposition-to-pro-abortion-health-care-highest-yet-democrat-misleads/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:18:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55652 LifeNews: "A new Wall St. Journal poll finds opposition to the pro-abortion Senate health care bill at its highest levels yet, but a top Democrat misrepresented the poll."]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/new-poll-opposition-to-pro-abortion-health-care-highest-yet-democrat-misleads/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/law-review-a-fresh-look-at-the-need-for-judicial-protections-in-the-death-with-dignity-act/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/law-review-a-fresh-look-at-the-need-for-judicial-protections-in-the-death-with-dignity-act/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:37:40 +0000 Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55746 What's the Cost of Living in Oregon These Days? A Fresh Look at the Need for Judicial Protections in the Death With Dignity Act Andrew R. Page, 22 Regent U. L. Rev. 233 (2010) "With the rise of the largest senior citizen population in our nation's history on the horizon, as well as the increased cost of health care for both state and private industries, a judicial review process to oversee the Death with Dignity Act is essential to protect senior citizens against its potential abuses. In order to show the purpose and process of adjudicating Death with Dignity Act procedures, this Note unfolds in four parts. Part I explains the circumstances, both present and future, creating the potential for improper use of the Death with Dignity Act. Part II explains why the Death with Dignity Act, as presently written, does not provide adequate safeguards to protect citizens in light of those circumstances. Part III proposes an adjudicative procedure that a state may enact in order to provide sufficient protection for its citizens. Finally, Part IV provides the method for adjudicating Death with Dignity Act cases by using the example of the judicial bypass procedure for minors seeking an abortion. With a process of judicial review as a check on the procedures of the Death with Dignity Act, a state can confidently ensure the protection of patients, as well as the integrity of health care providers."]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/law-review-a-fresh-look-at-the-need-for-judicial-protections-in-the-death-with-dignity-act/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/law-review-by-lynn-marie-kohm-restoring-the-lost-virtue-of-prudential-justice-to-the-life-debate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/law-review-by-lynn-marie-kohm-restoring-the-lost-virtue-of-prudential-justice-to-the-life-debate/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:36:31 +0000 Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55743 Restoring the Lost Virtue of Prudential Justice to the Life Debate Lynne Marie Kohm, 22 Regent U. L. Rev. 191 (2009-2010) "Review of Politics for the Greatest Good: the Case for Prudence in The Public Square. By Clarke D. Forsythe. Politics for the Greatest Good suggests how the prolife community can reconsider a strategy for the greatest good with a solid foundation cemented in the lost art of prudence. According to Forsythe, recovering prudence as a pivotal virtue of the movement is absolutely necessary. Unlike brash, harsh, hateful, and potentially dangerous politics of current events, Forsythe proffers something completely new--the use of prudence in politics. The radical left and the radical right may have defined the terms of the debate in the most critical issues of our times, but Forsythe claims that they have not been effective. This book gently throws down the gauntlet to the prolife community, asking it to employ wisdom, speak with discretion, and work toward progress for the sake of the common good--both present and future."]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/law-review-by-lynn-marie-kohm-restoring-the-lost-virtue-of-prudential-justice-to-the-life-debate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/law-review-how-the-growing-recognition-of-a-fetus-right-to-life-takes-the-constitutionality-out-of-roe/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/law-review-how-the-growing-recognition-of-a-fetus-right-to-life-takes-the-constitutionality-out-of-roe/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:35:39 +0000 Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55741 Pro [Whose] Choice: How the Growing Recognition of a Fetus' Right to Life Takes the Constitutionality Out of Roe Rachel Warren, 13 Chap. L. Rev. 221 (2009) "This Comment will argue that recent trends in legislation and modern scientific development call for the fulfillment of Roe's own acknowledgement that the right to life will 'collapse' the right to an abortion. Part I lays out the history of abortion jurisprudence, from the cases predating Roe, the Roe decision itself, and finally the cases following Roe. Part II establishes the widespread acceptance of fetal humanity and rights in both science and law, as well as the likelihood that abortion jurisprudence is ripe for upheaval. Part III then calls attention to the unavoidable competing interests of mother and child which the Court must address, as well as preliminary solutions anticipated by others. Part IV concludes that, when weighing these conflicting interests, the right to life must prevail over the right to an abortion."]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/17/law-review-how-the-growing-recognition-of-a-fetus-right-to-life-takes-the-constitutionality-out-of-roe/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/16/abortion-debate-thwarts-u-s-fight-against-china%e2%80%99s-one-child-policy-activist-says/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/16/abortion-debate-thwarts-u-s-fight-against-china%e2%80%99s-one-child-policy-activist-says/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:53:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55617 CNSNews: "Feminist and human rights activist Nicole Kempton says the contentious abortion debate in America partly explains why American leaders are reluctant to denounce China’s 'one child' population-control policy."]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/16/abortion-debate-thwarts-u-s-fight-against-china%e2%80%99s-one-child-policy-activist-says/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/16/campaign-298-babies-spared-from-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/16/campaign-298-babies-spared-from-abortion/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:06:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55495 Christian Post: "The 40 Days for Life campaign recorded hundreds of lives saved since it kicked off its prayer and fasting initiative on Feb. 17."]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/16/campaign-298-babies-spared-from-abortion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/16/law-review-abortion-the-undue-burden-standard-and-the-eviscerations-of-womens-privacy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/16/law-review-abortion-the-undue-burden-standard-and-the-eviscerations-of-womens-privacy/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:31:11 +0000 Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55576 Abortion, the Undue Burden Standard, and the Eviscerations of Women's Privacy Caitlin E. Borgmann, 16 Wm. & Mary J. Women & L. 291 (2010) "This Article is organized into three parts. Part I reviews the evolution of the constitutional right to privacy, from its articulation in cases involving parental decision-making, to contraception, to abortion. Part II canvasses the different facets of privacy implicated in the abortion decision - including belief and conscience, familial decision-making, medical decision-making, and bodily integrity - and reviews cases in which the Supreme Court has recognized or acknowledged these privacy interests. Part III describes how Casey's undue burden standard, although protecting women's ultimate right to choose abortion, has severely curtailed privacy protection for abortion, allowing regulations that invade all of these dimensions of abortion decision-making. The Article's Conclusion suggests that, notwithstanding the widespread view that privacy as a basis for protecting abortion rights is passe (and was perhaps always ill-advised), a renewed focus on privacy, coupled with the newer formulations sounding in liberty or autonomy, and equality, would help ensure more robust protection of a woman's right to terminate unwanted or untenable pregnancies."]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/16/law-review-abortion-the-undue-burden-standard-and-the-eviscerations-of-womens-privacy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/15/weakened-ultrasound-law-passes-wv-senate-unanimously/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/15/weakened-ultrasound-law-passes-wv-senate-unanimously/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:40:26 +0000 Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55452 LifeSiteNews: "A bill requiring that women be given the opportunity to view any ultrasound image of their child taken before or during an abortion passed the West Virginia Senate unanimously on Saturday. The measure passed after an amendment was added to repeal penalties against physicians violating West Virginia's Right to Know law."]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/15/weakened-ultrasound-law-passes-wv-senate-unanimously/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/15/tn-some-say-planned-parenthood-relocation-to-east-knox-racially-motivated/ http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/15/tn-some-say-planned-parenthood-relocation-to-east-knox-racially-motivated/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:39:29 +0000 Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55449 Knoxville News Sentinel: "The clergy members and the Pro-Life Coalition of East Tennessee say the relocation of the clinic from a predominantly white neighborhood in West Knoxville to a predominantly black one on the east side of town is, in part, racially motivated."]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/15/tn-some-say-planned-parenthood-relocation-to-east-knox-racially-motivated/feed/ 0