The Concerned Women for America (CWA) expressed recently concern that President Barak Obama’s newest Supreme Court appointee, Elena Kagan, is unfit for the job, according to Christian NewsWire (CNW).

The report said when Kagan was formerly dean of the Harvard Law School, Kagan banned military recruiters from the campus.  “In her disdain for the military, Elena Kagan considers her own views and opinions as more important than obeying the law and equipping the country with the best fighting force in the world. We need justices who put national security over the feelings or demands of special interest groups,” the CWA said.  Read more... (372 words, 2 images, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)

Mississippi has become the most recent state to join 13 others in pursuing a “Personhood Amendment.”

A press release by Personhood Mississippi states they already have enough votes to put their measure on the 2011 election ballot as an Amendment to the Mississippi Constitution.

Fetal sonogram

What is a Personhood Amendment?
“Personhood” amendments are pro-life measures being proposed at state-level legislatures.

The goal is to recognize, within the states’ constitutions, that every unborn child has the same inherent rights, dignity and value as every living human from the beginning of their biological development.  Read more... (286 words, 2 images, estimated 1:09 mins reading time)

The Oklahoma Senate overrode recently a veto by Governor Brad Henry and set into law restrictions on abortion, setting off a string of protests by pro-abortion clinics and advocates.
According to the Christian Telegraph, pro-life bills HB2780 and HB2656 were passed by the Oklahoma senate.
HB 2780 states that one hour before their abortion, all women must undergo an ultrasound so that the sonographer can give a detailed explanation of the results.
Earlier, Governor Henry vetoed the bill calling it a violation of privacy which could cause physical and mental trauma to the patient, the Christian Telegraph said.
Linda Meek, manager of Reproductive Services, an abortion clinic, said patients have shed tears in the ultrasound room but still went through with an abortion, the Associated Press said.
Pro-life advocates say the law gives women access to all information about their choice.
Rep. Lisa Billy, who sponsored the bill, said women should have the choice to see the image and added that complete information will empower them, the Christian Telegraph said.
The same report said that recently, studies by Live Action discovered that oftentimes some abortion clinics give women incomplete or wrong information about the stages of development of the unborn fetus.
Others who support the bill say it is one way to protect the life of the unborn child and to prevent psychological trauma to pregnant women.
The second bill, HB2656, prohibits “wrongful life” lawsuits.
These are suits which women file against their doctors if they give birth to children with abnormalities. The basis of such claims is that the doctor did not inform them in advance, which would have allowed them to abort their child, according to MercuryNews.com.
The Christian Telegraph said other pro-life bills recently passed in Oklahoma and signed by Governor Henry are:
• SB1891 or the Freedom of Conscience Act for health care workers who do not want to perform or participate in abortions.
• SB1902 which says only doctors can give patients the abortion drug RU-486.
• HB3075, which protects women from forced abortions.
• SB1890 which bans abortions based on the baby’s sex.

A poll conducted recently in Ireland showed that 70 percent of Irish people would like their constitution to protect the unborn and ban abortion.

The survey, funded by Ireland’s Pro-Life Campaign and carried out by Millward Brown Lansdowne, recorded the opinions of nearly 1000 people aged 18 and older from Jan. 27 to Feb. 6.

The poll revealed that only 13 percent opposed protection for the unborn, while some 16 percent were undecided.

The survey also revealed that respondents were okay with Ireland’s current medical ethics and laws which allow intervention in case a mother’s life is endangered by her pregnancy.  Read more... (258 words, 1 image, estimated 1:02 mins reading time)

In March, President Obama signed Executive Order No. 13535 to prevent federal funding of abortions in the new health care bill (properly titled The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act).

U.S. President Barack Obama signs an executive order as Vice President Joe Biden looks on.

The executive order replaces acceptance of the Stupak Amendment, which was keeping some members of Congress from signing the health care legislation.

According to the text of this executive order, the newly passed health care legislation is supposed to protect the previously existing conscience clause against abortion and prohibits discrimination against health care facilities or providers who are unwilling to participate in funding or providing abortions.  Read more... (475 words, 2 images, estimated 1:54 mins reading time)

For eight years, Abby Johnson thought she was helping women in crisis pregnancies by working at a Planned Parenthood clinic.

Eventually, while serving as Director for a Planned Parenthood outlet in Texas, she realized women weren’t really getting information about any options other than abortion.

According to an interview with KBTX.com in College Station, Texas, Johnson felt that Planned Parenthood wasn’t putting the bulk of their money into family planning or pregnancy prevention, but into making money from abortions.

Johnson saw it was becoming all about selling abortions.  Read more... (553 words, 2 images, estimated 2:13 mins reading time)

The annual U.S. National Sanctity of Human Life Sunday is coming up on Jan. 24.

Sanctity of Human Life Sunday was created in 1983, marking the 10th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v Wade, which legalized abortion in 1973.

With evidence that millions of abortions took place in those 10 years, the Christian Action Council Education and Ministries Fund, now known as Care Net, asked former President Ronald Reagan to create a special day to focus on the value of human life.

President Reagan declared an annual national commemoration on the third Sunday in January.  Read more... (440 words, 1 image, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)

The results of 30 years of sex-selective abortions will rear its head in China as early as 10 years from now Chinese researchers say.

Since the Chinese government instituted its “one-child” policy in the 1970s in bid to curb the country’s rapidly expanding population, more than 400 million births have been averted, many of them female.

Chinese baby boy/ Photo courtesy sxc.hu

Consequently, since 1979, birth rates for girls in China have plummeted. On average, 93 to 97 girls are born for every 100 males.

The latest statistics show the decline in female births dropping even more with 81 girls to every 119 boys being born in 2005.  Read more... (288 words, 2 images, estimated 1:09 mins reading time)

The Susan B. Anthony List, Feminists for Life and Concerned Women for America are three pro-life national women’s organizations currently supporting the Stupak-Pitts Amendment. The Stupak-Pitts Amendment, known as Stupak for short, is the bipartisan effort of U.S. Representatives Bart Stupak (D-MI) and Joe Pitts (R-PA) to preclude putting mandatory taxpayer-covered abortion, and mandatory insurance coverage for abortion, in the government’s new Health Care package. The Amendment passed in the House, but is still threatened in the Senate.  Read more... (658 words, 1 image, estimated 2:38 mins reading time)

Approximately 150 evangelical Christian, Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox leaders have taken a stand for Christ and Christian values by signing the “Manhattan Declaration.” The document,  signed on November 20, 2009, is an example to members of their denominations and others to keep defending three main biblical principles: the sanctity of human life; traditional marriage by the Bible’s definition of one man and one woman; and freedom of religious expression.  Read more... (534 words, 1 image, estimated 2:08 mins reading time)