Pelican Project Pro-Life

Lifesite News Bends Over Backward to Defend Kyl’s Remarks on Maternity Care In the category of “gimme a break,” LifeSite News today is bending over backwards to do 3 things: defend Senator Kyl’s recent self-revelatory comment about maternity care (i.e. “I don’t need maternity care) and paint him as “concerned about women;” twist the maternity care debate into a “pro-life” versus “pro-choice” debate and in doing so proving once again that the woman in the equation is just null.

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In a letter to the editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch , Tarina Keene, the executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia and former resident of Norfolk, takes Del. John O’Bannon (R-73rd) to task for his statements regarding . Below is the unedited version of the letter (links added for clarity). To the Editor, In the article, ( Delegate O’Bannon Says Shields’ Charges Are False, September 18, 2009 ), Delegate O’Bannon continues to insist that his vote in support for HB563 would not

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An email to Jonah Goldberg : I have listened to Glenn Beck for a long time. My most memorable thing Glenn has ever done on the radio was when he said that he was going to broadcast an abortion over the air. It at first made me sick…. How could he do that that was terrible, to listen to an abortion on the radio… AHHHHHH. I wasn’t the only one

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Today’s latest news on stem cell research comes from DC and from Britian. First from DC comes the news that the FDA is halting human trials of embryonic stem cells “treatments”…. More information is coming to light about why the Food and Drug Administration has made the decision to stop human trials involving embryonic stem cells. The reasons mirror the concerns pro-life advocates have had for years with the research, which has yet to help any patients… When used in animal research

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“Let all the babies be born. Then let us drown those we don’t like from the litter. Let all the old folks die. Who wants to feel their pain — they’re so old and bitter?”* Apologies to G.K. Chesterton. Charmaine Yoest, PH.D.

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The above title is that of an editorial which appears in today’s Washington Post . The article mentions that Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell’s website is short on any information on his stances on abortion. “a subject that preoccupied him so much during his career as a lawmaker that he introduced some 35 bills to restrict access to the procedure.” Mr. McDonnell is not trying to hide his absolutist opposition to abortion, which extends even to cases of rape or incest; let’

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Washington D.C., Aug 12, 2009 / 03:29 am ( CNA ).- In preparation for Respect Life Sunday, the U.S. Catholic bishops have made available the 2009-2010 Respect Life Program to help address a variety of pro-life concerns.

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I wrote yesterday that the pilots of ABC’s Defying Gravity had pro-life subplots, one realistic, one weird. The realistic subplot involved a post-abortive mother imagining a baby crying. The unrealistic subplot purported that pro-lifers go so far as to oppose rabbit embryo research. The backdrop to all this was a world in 2052 where not only abortion is illegal but also pregnancy tests. Pro-abort blogger Jessica at Feministing abhorred the crying baby in particular, to which

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds has received the endorsement of NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia’s PAC . The endorsement is not unexpected. After Saturday’s debate, Deeds’ campaign manager Joe Abbey said: One of the starkest differences in the debate today was on a woman’s right to choose. Every voter in Virginia deserves to know that Bob McDonnell opposes choice even in the case of rape or incest. The entire press release is below the fold. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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By: Jeffery Covill The younger generations of our country are different than the older generations in many ways. They are different because they have lived their lives under different circumstances. Their elementary school had zero tolerance and lockdowns. They have to provide a fluid sample before they are allowed to work. They have to gain permission from a bank before they are allowed to have a house. They are used to a society of checkpoints and random screenings

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