Oregon reports that there were “71 known assisted suicide deaths in 2011, up from 65 the year before.” Wesley Smith notes that the reports are based solely on self-reporting by doctors, because there are no mandatory reporting requirements.
Bill allows Virginia women to see ultrasound at abortion facilities.
Today marks the midpoint of this 40 Days for Life campaign. So far, there have been 229 babies saved from abortion -- that we know of!
October 10, 2011 (40DaysforLife.org) - On this Monday morning, more good news to report! Thus far during this 40 Days for Life campaign, we are aware of … 122 babies spared from abortion!
Nearly half of African-American youth report pressure to have sex in this recent survey.
Thirty years after Roe, the finest constitutional minds in the country still have not been able to produce a constitutional justification for striking down restrictions on early-term abortions.
The Washington Post published a lengthy article on how Nebraska’s law prohibiting almost all abortions after 20 weeks is based on the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the federal ban on partial-birth abortion. The article cites anonymous abortion advocates as saying that a court challenge to the law will likely come when another state passes it.
Legislators are calling for the suspension of sales of RU-486 because of serious side effects in women who use the drug to terminate pregnancies.
