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The Pro-Life Week in Review
Part One of Three By Dave Andrusko Good evening, and thanks for taking time to read Today's News & Views at the end of a great week. We continue to have lots to say about Tuesday's elections. Part Two rebuts some nonsense uttered about National Right to Life. Part Three celebrates the electoral advancement of pro-life women. Over at National Right to Life News Today (www.nationalrighttolifenews.org), you'll be encouraged by the pro-life commitment of soon-to-be Speaker of the House John Boehner. On the other end of the happiness spectrum is the election of a pro-assisted suicide governor in Vermont. Finally John Smeaton provides us with details about a pro-life, pro-abortion debate in England. Please send your comments on Today's News & Views and National Right to Life News Today to daveandrusko@gmail.com. If you like, join those who are following me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/daveha. Hard as it may be to believe, there was other items of importance this week to pro-lifers beyond Tuesday's elections. Before I get to them, however, let's talk about what happened November 2. We analyzed and analyzed on Wednesday. Please take the time to read http://www.nrlc.org/News_and_Views/Nov10/nv110310.html; http://www.nrlc.org/News_and_Views/Nov10/nv110310part2.html; http://www.nrlc.org/News_and_Views/Nov10/nv110310part3.html; and http://www.nrlc.org/News_and_Views/Nov10/nv110310part4.html.
There are a ton of ways to further summarize what happened. For example, we will now have a pro-life female in the Senate (Kelly Ayotte, from New Hampshire) and (depending on a race not yet decided) six or seven more pro-life women in the House. In addition two pro-life African-Americans were elected to the House-- Retired Lt. Colonel Allen West in Florida's and Tim Scott in South Carolina. While some House races remain unresolved, this much can be said: In the House, there was a net improvement, from the pro-life perspective, in the range of at least 55 to 62 seats. This includes about 40 cases in which House members who never or seldom voted pro-life are being replaced by solidly pro-life candidates, and another 15 or so in which House members who had mixed records -- all of whom had voted to enact the Obama health care law -- are being replaced by solidly pro-life candidates. The balance are seats in which candidates who lean pro-life replace House members who were solidly or mostly pro-abortion. In only two cases are incumbents being replaced by challengers who are less pro-life. In the Senate, the pro-life made a gain of five seats. Good, good news! To put all this, and a lot more in perspective, be sure to order NRL News's Special January 22 Commemorative Issue (http://www.nrlc.org/News_and_Views/Nov10/nv110110part3.html). Dr. Randall K. O'Bannon updated us on the deluge of abortifacients flooding Ireland (http://www.nrlc.org/NewsToday/IrishPills.html). Wesley Smith wrote about the VERY inspiring story of Maryannick Pavageau (http://www.nrlc.org/NewsToday/TwoWomen.html). Dr. David Prentice linked us to a fascinating story of how researchers at Wake Forest have used two types of adult progenitor cell to form miniature functioning livers in the laboratory (http://www.nrlc.org/NewsToday/MiniLivers.html). In addition several NRLC staff members thanked grassroots pro-lifers for all that they have done http: (www.nrlc.org/NewsToday/GrassrootProlifers.html). All that and more. A great week. See you Monday--and be sure to write back at daveandrusko@gmail.com. |
