Sanctity of Life

Rita Diller writing in the Washington Times: "Where's the money? That's the question on everyone's mind after reading the recently released Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. The GAO numbers on money paid out to Planned Parenthood between 2002 and 2008 reveal an unaccounted-for $1.3 billion. No answers have been forthcoming. In typical Planned Parenthood style, the abortion giant has done nothing to shed light on the question. In fact, it has done just the opposite."

LifeNews: "Carly Fiorina, the pro-life Senate candidate in California, is presenting pro-abortion Sen. Barbara such a tough challenge that Planned Parenthood says it plans to raise and spend $1 million attempting to save the seat of its closest ally in the Senate."

Public Discourse Editorial: "We’re hardly happy with our assessment of the new health care law’s treatment of abortion. It would indeed be nice if the claims advanced by Commonweal and Jost were true and the position held by Alvaré and every major pro-life group was false. But the law speaks for itself. There is nothing we can do except change it. One way to do so would be through the Protect Life Act, which was recently introduced into Congress. Here, surely, is a place where the pro-life movement can stand together. If Commonweal and Jost take protecting life as seriously as they took the imperative to pass the health care bill, they will stop sniping from the sideline and join us in the effort to restore the protections they helped destroy."

Helen Alvaré writing at Public Discourse: "In a new twin set of pieces in Commonweal, legal scholar Timothy Jost and the magazine’s editors have responded to my Public Discourse essay on abortion and health care. Reasonable people can disagree, but the repeated refusal or inability of Professor Jost and Commonweal to acknowledge the basic facts of the case is enough to arouse suspicion."

Michael J. New writing at National Review Online: "One unheralded success of the pro-life movement is that it has convinced many Americans that abortion is wrong. Now, obviously, not everyone wants to see abortion banned. Some individuals see abortion as a necessary evil; others think that keeping abortion legal reduces the amount of misery and suffering in the country. But the fact that many Americans think abortion is immoral has paid some important dividends."

Politico: "Planned Parenthood and NARAL didn't publicly petition HHS until after the new ban was imposed. And it took sympathetic Democrats on the Hill a full 10 days to write a letter expressing disappointment with the HHS — and even then, they were so squeamish about the issue that they never even used the word 'abortion' in their protest."

LifeNews: "The Obama administration has approved the bid by cloning company Geron to undertake the first trial involving the use of embryonic stem cells in humans. They have never been used before in people because the cells cause tumors and have immune system rejection issues when tried in animals."

Washington Examiner: "The District has become one of the first cities in the nation to distribute female condoms for free, and the Washington AIDS Partnership has rolled out a campaign to use the condoms as a way to combat the spread of HIV."

Washington Times: "The U.S. Senate is derelict in its duty if it votes to confirm Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court without further investigating her legal ethics. Ms. Kagan, the U.S. solicitor general, was directly responsible for altering a key medical report in a way that stacked the deck in favor of keeping the barbaric practice of partial-birth abortion legal. She then gave testimony to the SenateJudiciary Committee that appeared to veer from the actual record."

LifeNews: "A Texas state legislator is continuing his battle to ensure no tax dollars go to the Planned Parenthood abortion business, whether to pay for abortions or for other purposes. Sen. Bob Deuell, a Republican, is seeking an opinion from the attorney general in order to clamp down on the funding it receives."

Orange County Register: "The Medical Board of California has expanded its list of accusations against an Anaheim Hills doctor to include homicide in the death of an abortion patient last summer. The board is seeking to revoke the medical license of Dr. Andrew Rutland for the death of Ying Chen, 30. She died Aug. 3, 2009, after suffering a toxic reaction to anesthetic at Rutland's office in San Gabriel."

Chicago Tribune: "A Wisconsin man can sue a former girlfriend's insurer for the wrongful death of their fetus, which was stillborn after the woman was in a car accident, a court ruled Thursday . . . A Wood County judge had ruled that a woman has no legal duty to an unborn fetus, and therefore her insurer could not be held liable. Tesar appealed. The District 4 Court of Appeals on Thursday overturned the decision, ruling Tesar can continue his lawsuit against American Family."

WCPO: "As drivers make their way up Delhi Pike, the Cincinnati organization, Protecting Black Life, put up a billboard saying 'Abortion the #1 Killer of African Americans.'"

The Hill: "Reps. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.) will introduce legislation Thursday placing a permanent ban on the federal funding of abortion . . . The Smith/Lipinski bill would permanently solidify the funding ban across all federal agencies." | Related: Rep. Chris Smith to introduce “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act”

The Hill: "A new regulation issued by the Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday clearly prohibits state high-risk pools from covering elective abortions."

LifeNews: "The Congressional Research Service has released a new report verifying the analysis the pro-life movement gave about the national health care bill President Barack Obama signed into law. The CRS report affirms the national health care program will contain abortion funding despite protests to the contrary."

Medical News Today: "Abortion politics are influencing state races in Georgia, Massachusetts and South Dakota."

LifeSiteNews: "A new documentary, 'Eggsploitation,' just released by The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network (CBCN) reveals shocking information about the infertility industry. The documentary exposes what the makers of the film label the 'deceptive advertising, large monetary incentives and appeals to altruism' that are used by the infertility industry to entice college women to engage in human egg donation, a practice that the CBCN claims exploits them and puts them at 'considerable' health risk."

LifeNews: "The head of the Archdiocese of St. Louis says it is 'clear and unambiguous' that Catholics who want to remain in good standing with the Church can't support abortion. Archbishop Robert J. Carlson also says those who support legalized abortion should voluntarily opt out of receiving community."

LifeNews: "Larry Klayman, the judicial watchdog who is the founder of Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch USA, says he is filing papers to have Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan disbarred. He says he wants to see that happen because he believes Kagan misled the Senate Judiciary Committee during her hearings."