Constitutional Blunder
Townhall, January 22, 2008
Though some may disagree, the 1973
Roe v. Wade decision has to be the greatest constitutional blunder of our time. It is
the quintessential example of judicial activism, and it has to be the greatest exercise of (to use Justice White’s phrase) “raw judicial power” ever seen, resulting in the death of close to 50 million lives.
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Poll: Evangelicals say abortion top problem
BP News, January 22, 2008
Abortion is the overwhelming choice of evangelicals as the nation's top moral problem, according to a new survey by The Barna Group.
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What do you know about Roe v. Wade?
WorldNetDaily, December 4, 2007
Chief Justice Harry Blackmun, the author of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision that affirmed a "right" to abortion under the U.S. Constitution's right to privacy, recognized the potential pitfalls, and provided carefully crafted limits on the use of the procedure. Or did he? Just exactly what does that ruling, with its 35th anniversary now approaching, say
exactly.
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Amnesty International Unlikely to Drop Newfound Pro-Abortion Position
LifeNews.com, July 26, 2007
Amnesty International upset millions of pro-life supporters months ago when it decided to take a pro-abortion position after decades of neutrality. Any decision on abortion was supposed to come at an AI leadership conference in August in Mexico City -- but with the meeting on the horizon, a change of heart isn't expected.
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Planned Parenthood rape stats questioned
WorldNetDaily, July 26, 2007
A pro-life organization in Waco, Texas, is calling for an explanation of a huge discrepancy between statistics regarding statutory rape cases Planned Parenthood says it has reported, and the number of those cases documented by law enforcement or other authorities.
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Louisiana Pro-Life Advocates Win Free Speech Victory at Appeals Court
by Steven Ertelt, Life News, June 10, 2007
On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit remanded back to the lower court a case involving the police punishing the use of pro-life signs in the town of Columbia. The case involves a group of four pro-life people who were arrested after they held pro-life signs on public property. read more...
Alito and Roberts don’t join Thomas on abortion decision, not problematic
by Jordan Lorence, posted on LifeNews, April 22, 2007
In one of the interesting omissions in today's Gonzalez decision, Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito did not join Justice Thomas' concurring opinion (joined by Scalia) which states that the Supreme Court's abortion jurisprudence "has no basis in the Constitution."
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ACLU Plays Ring-Around-the-Rosie With Its Pro-Abortion 'Logic'
by Gary McCaleb, Christian Post, March 2, 2007
The American Civil Liberties Union is castigating the South Dakota House of Representatives for its vote last month to ban virtually all abortions within the state.
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From Honest Arrogance To Brutal Complacence
by Gary McCaleb, Townhall, January 22, 2007
"Early in life," the architect Frank Lloyd Wright once said, "I had to choose between arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change."
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Connecticut reinstates ‘Choose Life’ license plate after pro-abortion gripes
LifeNews.com, July 10, 2006
Connecticut officials have reinstated the Choose Life license plate there, ending a six week suspension of sales of the plate after pro-abortion state officials complained. Abortion advocates said the pro-adoption group sponsoring the plates didn't do enough business there to qualify for them.
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Back to Court
by Alan Sears, BreakPoint, April 20, 2006
The federal bench’s partial stand on partial-birth abortion may soon be coming to an end.
The decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case of Gonzales v. Carhart, coupled with the recent ascension of Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Samuel Alito to the ranks of the Nine, ensures—if nothing else—a revealing glimpse of the newly realigned court’s ideological fault lines. read more...
Sounds of life, long after Roe
by Alan Sears, BP News, January 20, 2006
For 33 years now, abortion has been the great “elephant in the room” of American politics. So, it is perhaps peculiarly appropriate that one of the best explanations of the pro-life position was made almost 20 years before Roe v. Wade, by an elephant.
The elephant had a name, Horton, and a philosophy which he beautifully, succinctly and repeatedly expressed to anyone who would listen: “A person’s a person, no matter how small.”
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Minor Consideration: Parents Could Be Grounded by Ayotte Decision
by Alan Sears, Breakpoint, 12.1.2005
In 2005, what does it take for a teenage girl to obtain an abortion?
In many states, it now comes down to a simple issue of transportation to the nearest clinic. Get there, and the girl has an invasive surgical “procedure” at her command that is life altering for at least two people. She can scrounge up bus fare, grab a ride with a “friend,” or drive her own car. Even a student MasterCard or Visa is gladly accepted. No questions asked, no one to interfere with a decision made while she’s hurting and confused. It’s a matter of “privacy,” and why should anyone be able to tell her what to do? With
Roe v. Wade and its progeny, it’s one for abortion, and abortion for all.
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Nurse sues parish hospital
By Meghan Gordon, St. Tammany Bureau, 6.29.2005
A nurse has sued St. Tammany Parish Hospital for demoting her to part-time status after she objected, on religious grounds, to dispensing the "morning-after pill" from the hospital's family planning clinic.
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Autopsy Does Not Change Moral Aspects of Terri's Death, Priest Says
Townhall, 6.15.2005
A priest who was with Terri Schiavo in the final hours before her death said Wednesday the autopsy findings do not change the moral aspects of her death, which he called "a murder."
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The Federal Abortion Amendment of 1868
Faith and Action, 2.2005
In 1973, mass abortion became legal in the United States. This occurred when the U.S. Supreme Court issued their opinion in Roe v. Wade. However, most Americans are unaware that there has been a Federal Abortion Amendment on the books since 1868. According to the U.S. Supreme Court, a federal amendment to allow abortion on demand has existed since the days of the Civil War.
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Where are the 'pro-choice' activists now?
TownHall.com, 1.22.2005
Had Bobbie Jo Stinnett decided to have an abortion, there is no question that, legally speaking, she would have been entitled to do so. read more...
South Dakota Governor vows to sign law banning abortions if it passes legislature
RapidCityJournal.com, 1.2.2005
Gov. Mike Rounds said he would sign legislation making abortion illegal in South Dakota if the 2005 Legislature passes a bill that meets his inspection. read more...
A Boy for You, a Girl for Me: Technology Allows Choice
Embryo Screening Stirs Ethics Debate
Washington Post, 12.14.2004
Kristen and John Magill adore all three of their daughters -- 11-year-old twins and a 5-year-old baby sister. But when they began to plan for their next -- and last -- child, the Magills really wanted a boy.
The Magills are part of a small but growing number of Americans who are selecting the sex of their children, using techniques developed to help couples who are infertile or at risk for having babies with genetic diseases.
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UK's "Philosopher Queen," Warnock Says Elderly and Ill have Obligation to Suicide
"I am not ashamed to say some lives are more worth living than others."
LifeSiteNews.com, 12.14.2004
Anti-euthanasia activists have frequently warned that one danger of legalizing the practice would be to create a social atmosphere in which the elderly and ill would feel obliged to commit suicide. Advocates on the other side have usually dismissed such warnings as a scare tactic. Now, however, a leading proponent of euthanasia and other anti-life policies in the UK, has come right out and said it.
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