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Access to Court Documents in Federal Cases

Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) is an internet site that allows anyone to obtain case information and court pleadings from federal appellate, district and bankruptcy courts. To use PACER, you need to register for an account. Anyone can have a PACER account. You do not need to be a lawyer to use PACER. […]

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Great News Source on Life Issues Abroad

Marie Smith, wife of Congressman Chris Smith, runs a remarkable organization, the Parliamentary Network for Critical Issues (PNCI). PNCI coordinates efforts among members of democratically-elected legislatures – collectively known as parliamentarians – to advance respect for the inherent value, worth, and inviolable dignity of every human being from fertilization until natural death. The PNCI website […]

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Americans United for Life Report on Planned Parenthood

Today on Public Discourse, Bill Saunders–Senior Vice President and Senior Council for Americans United for Life–reports on AUL’s in-depth investigation into Planned Parenthood. The report discusses overbilling by Planned Parenthood, failure to abide by state parental involvement laws, involvement in opposing common sense regulation of abortion, and disregard of FDA regulations on the use of […]

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Abortion Restrictions and Use of the Pill

New article from Cornell and Colorado State indicates that women living in states with more restrictive abortion laws are more likely to use oral contraceptives to avoid pregnancy.

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Tennessee passes unborn victims of violence act

Here is a story discussing the passage of another state Unborn Victims of Violence Act.  http://www.lifenews.com/2011/07/05/tennessee-now-recognizes-unborn-children-as-victims-of-crimes/   These state laws and the federal law have the potential to undermine Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.  National Right to Life’s  website contains extensive information about the issue. http://www.nrlc.org/Unborn_Victims/index.html  Richard M.

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NYT on Unborn Child Pain Protection Acts

The NYT ran a front page article today on the passage of laws limiting abortion in recognition that an unborn child feels pain at 20 weeks. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/27/us/27abortion.html While the article is better than most NYT pieces on abortion as far as trying to be even handed (I know this is faint praise), the reporter omits […]

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The Pro-Life Spring in America

14 June 2011 The New York Times recently carried a lengthy article by Emily Bazelon entitled “The Reincarnation of Pro-Life,” N.Y. Times May 27, 2011.  It is available at http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/magazine/the-reincarnation-of-pro-life.html?_r=1  .  While a bit sensational  in parts (just a hint of “To the ramparts!  The barbaric hordes are coming!”) much of it is quite encouraging.  […]

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Texas sonogram law challenged

Texas recently enacted a law that requires that women considering abortion to be able to view a sonogram. The law, which went into effect on May 20, 2011, has just been challenged in federal court. See http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2011/06/pro-abortion-legal-firm-files-lawsuit-challenging-texas-sonogram-law/#more-2476 There has been a recent trend for pro-abortion groups not to challenge pro-life legislation. This case will be an important test […]

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No Taxpayer Funding for Abortions Act

Here is the latest from National Right to Life on the ongoing debate about the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortions Act. http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2011/05/no-matter-what-pro-abortionists-say-this-is-what-the-%e2%80%9cno-taxpayer-funding-for-abortions-act-means/#more-1680 Richard M.

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European law doesn’t force Czech Republic to allow abortion

Here is a LifeNews report on this matter. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/05/09/european-law-doesnt-force-czech-republic-to-offer-abortions/ The Alliance Defense Fund, in an opinion sent to the Czech government, explained that neither international law nor European law requires that the Czech Republic make abortions available to women from other countries. This ADF effort is in part the work of Roger Kiska, who has been doing […]