By Dave Andrusko

Editor's note. Part two is a fascinating look at "Music in Utero: The Smile of the Unborn." Please send your comments to daveandrusko@gmail.com

Many, many, many moons ago, as a high school senior, my classmates and I were driven over to the University of Minnesota Law School where we got to play at being a mock jury for students polishing their lawyerly skills.

I remember like it was yesterday how we exonerated this particular "defendant." Afterwards, the student lawyers asked what our verdict would have been had we known a ton of stuff that the judge had ruled inadmissible. Between blanching about our decision and being amazed that this could happen, we were of one accord: guilty!

I've never forgotten that afternoon--and does it apply to what you and I are about!

What is kept from the public (ruled inadmissible, so to speak) is essential to maintaining the shaky reign of Roe v. Wade. The "judge" in this instance is a coalition of pro-abortion politicians and their willing accomplices in the mainstream press, who with stealth and determination work assiduously to keep the truth about abortion bottled up.

What NRLC does better than any group that is a part of the ongoing abortion debate is tell the truth not just to power, but to everyone. Not in a hostile or belligerent fashion, mind you. Truth sometimes has to be shouted, but often a quiet voice is the most persuasive.

Whether you oppose NRLC's position or are 100% in support--or somewhere in the middle--the one thing you can't say is that, "I didn't know." NRLC lays out, chapter and verse, not only the particular measure at issue, but the background, backdrop, and the likely consequences if something passes/does not pass.

That is a long introduction to a link http://www.nrlc.org/press_releases_new/Release071009.html. It is a "Dear Colleague" letter sent by Cong. Chris Smith, co-chairman of the House Pro-Life Caucus, to House members.

This letter is part of a message sent to journalists and others by the NRL Federal Legislation Department, titled "Re: Sweeping pro-abortion mandates in pending "health care reform" legislation."

That July 9 letter from Cong. Smith includes a "collection of statements by Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and five pro-abortion organizations, confirming their intent to greatly expand access to abortion on demand, using 'health care reform' as a vehicle."

Please take a few minutes to read the letter. The potential consequences are dire. As Douglas Johnson, NRLC Federal Legislation Director, wrote,

"If President Obama, congressional Democratic leaders, and the pro-abortion advocacy groups were to succeed in mandating vast expansions of access to abortion, with federal funding, the predictable result would be a great increase in the number of abortions performed – this, from a president who assured the American people that he would pursue policies to reduce abortions."

Part Two -- Music in Utero: The Smile of the Unborn