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Pro-Life Update The Pro-Life movement has lately seen great strides towards the Culture of Life. President Bush has had the opportunity to promote Pro-Life legislation on the national level; Texas has passed solid Pro-Life legislation, and the U.S. Supreme Court has welcomed two strict constructionist justices. More Americans are recognizing the destructive nature of abortion and rejecting it as an option. However, an upcoming threat still exists with assisted suicide. This issue has not received the same recognition as abortion or biotechnology, but this battle is just as intense. Several states have tried to legalize euthanasia, but only Oregon has thus far. They stand as a reminder that we have much work to do and we must remain ever-vigilant. Life must be protected at all stages. During his address at the March for Life in January, he spoke of the advances made by his administration towards a Culture of Life. During his presidency, he has banned the use of taxpayer money on programs that promote abortion overseas, signed a partial-birth abortion ban (which is still being defended in the courts), and enacted the Unborn Victims of Violence Act (Laci and Connor’s Bill). They are “vigorously promoting parental notification laws, adoption, teen abstinence, crisis pregnancy programs, and the vital work of our faith-based groups.” He has also signed a bill that promotes ethical stem cell research from umbilical cord blood. He continues to urge Congress to ban “the most egregious abuse of medical research: human cloning, creating or implanting embryos for experiments, creating human-animal hybrids, and buying, selling, or patenting human embryos.” We are blessed that President Bush has taken a clear stance in support of Life. He understands that we can change our culture by changing the laws. He is a compassionate man who recognizes the need to approach the abortion debate delicately. In his State of the Union address, he said that his message to women facing unplanned pregnancies is: “We love you, we love your child, and we’re here to help you.” Samuel Alito, Jr. Confirmed to U.S. Supreme
Court Federally Controlled Narcotics OK for Assisted
Suicide Current relevant statutes claim that a doctor may prescribe these drugs only for a “legitimate medical purpose.” Justice Antonin Scalia, in the dissent, stated that, “If the term ‘legitimate’ medical purpose has any meaning, it surely excludes the use of prescription drugs to produce death.” In the majority decision, the justices clarified that the federal drug control law was designed to prevent drug abuse that leads to “addiction or abnormal effects on the nervous system.” Justice Clarence Thomas opined that “The majority does not expressly address whether the ingestion of a quantity of drugs that is sufficient to cause death has an ‘abnormal effec[t] on the nervous system,’ though it implicitly rejects such a conclusion.” Texas Receives “F” from NARAL
Pro-Choice America Additionally, 93 percent of Texas counties do not have an abortion provider. The Pro-Life movement is glad to see these advances in the state. As more Texans recognize the destructive nature of abortion—for women, men, and their babies—they are ardently turning away from the culture of death. The Pro-Life movement still has much work to ensure that all people throughout the world are welcomed into Life and respected. If you would like any additional information on the topics discussed above, please send me a note or log onto www.TexasRightToLife.com. If you ever have questions about any Pro-Life issues, please be sure to let me know.
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