Pelican Project Pro-Life

October is Sex Ed Month of Action and organizers from Advocates for Youth , Catholics for Choice , Choice USA , Law Students for Reproductive Justice , NARAL Pro-Choice America , Planned Parenthood , Sexuality Information Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS) , Sierra Club , and Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom (SYRF) have joined forces to tell Congress it’s time for the federal government to get REAL about sex education. It is time to start funding comprehensive approaches

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The folks at NBC’s long-running legal franchise Law & Order must have thought they’d garner headlines and praise for their ” balanced, thought-provoking ” take on abortion last Friday, an episode called ” Dignity ” based on the murder of an abortion provider. But balanced it was not: an episode that was meant to focus on the prosecution of a cold-blooded murder ended up putting women’s rights on trial–and viewers picked up on its slant right away. Immediate twitter an

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KansasCity.com Editorial Calls for Stop to eBay Auction for Roeder An editorial today at KansasCity.com calls on eBay to reject a proposed auction by anti-choice extremists to raise money for the defense of Scott Roeder, (he editorial mistakenly identifies “Dennis” Roeder), the man who murdered Dr. George Tiller in his church on May 31st of this year. But, the editorial goes on to say, those who call themselves “pro-life” must also be vocal in opposing this auction. “The onus for

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Organization is the key to maintaining awell balanced life. If youare not organized, your life may be full of expectation and frustration. There are several ways you can stay organized. You can keep an individual planner for your appointments and pro life ; however for your house, you may want to incorporate the employment of plastic storage bins. Plastic storage bins come in a variety of different sizes. So, regardless of what sort of organization you must do or what size items you must

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When the Independent Abortion providers who make up the Abortion Care Network learned that an episode of NBC’s Law and Order was going to be based on the May 31, 2009 assassination of Dr. George Tiller ( a founding member of our organization), many of us were upset. We felt that no matter how his murder was ‘ripped from the headlines’ it was much too soon and too raw to turn it into a piece of popular culture. Now that we have seen it we are furious and deeply offended. For m

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States attorneys in Oklahoma have filed a motion to dissolve the temporary restraining order issued earlier this week by an Oklahoma County judge which blocks enforcement of a new state abortion law. The controversial law would require that private, confidential medical information of women seeking abortions be put on a public website. And the Republicans are the party of individual rights and opposition to government intrusion? The Oklahoma Journal Record reports that a spokesp

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As we reported yesterday, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge has ruled that the Sheriff’s Office can not force female inmates to “prepay” the costs of bing transported to a clinic to obtain an abortion. This case is yet one more example of the “let’s take the law into our own hands” practice of so-called pro-life activists. Sheriff Joseph Araio, who completely defied earlier court decisions prohibiting him from denying female inmates access to abortion services decided on his own to ins

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A warning about Tri-Lo Sprintec birth control Writing at The Frisky, Wendy Atterberry shares her recent experience with a switch from the original prescription birth control to a generic version after her insurance company changed its coverage and her pharmacist reassured her the generic version be “the same” as the branded version. They were not. Earlier this year, the FDA approved a generic low-dose birth control called Tri-Lo Sprintec. Afterward, many insurance companie

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USA Today reports that the US Council of Catholic Bishops has renewed its threat to withdraw support for health reform legislation now before Congress over “their” concerns abortion. The nation’s Catholic bishops have threatened to pull their support for health care reform unless their concerns about abortion and access for immigrants are addressed by lawmakers. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops , which supports universal access to health care as a “basic human right,”

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There’s nothing new about the so-called liberal media bending over backwards to prove its impartiality — often at the expense of responsible reporting — but it doesn’t make it any less frustrating. This past Saturday, I woke up to the latest offense in The New York Times ’ coverage of last month’s shooting death of an anti-abortion protester in Michigan. While the murder of Owosso resident James Pouillon is undoubtedly tragic, coverage in The Times has repeatedly cast this random and se

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