October 1, 2010

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By Dave Andrusko

Editor's note. I just returned from the printer's where I put the final touches on the October issue of National Right to Life News, the "pro-life newspaper of record." There is the usual emphasis on education and tools for grassroots organizing, but also a lot of attention is paid to the upcoming November 2 elections.  If you are not a subscriber, you ought to be. If you call us we can quickly place your name on our mailing list of 360,000+ and send you the October issue as well. Please dial us up at 202-626-8828, or go to http://www.nrlc.org/news/subscribe.html, download the form, and send in a check. Hurry! And be sure to read Part Two. Burke Balch's story, titled "Are Obamacare 'Death Panels' Truly a Myth?"

Even more than usual, we spent a lot of time this week debunking pro-abortion sophistries and spelling out breakthroughs that further the cause of life. The pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute (spun off from Planned Parenthood) cranked out a study in its in-house journal purporting to prove that adolescents who have abortions have no increased risk of depression or low self-esteem.

September 29, 2010 Serious Flaws in Study Purporting to Show No Depression Risk for Post-Abortive Teens "A skimpy, superficial assessment"

There is a reason this "skimpy, superficial assessment" was not published in peer-reviewed journal. It's shoddy, agenda-promoting nonsense would have drawn only derisive laughter. (See www.nrlc.org/News_and_Views/Sept10/nv092910.html.)

On the other side of the academic fence, stem cell researchers at Children's Hospital and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute yesterday published an important study online explaining what the Associated Press accurately described as "a method of creating stem cells without using embryos." For those of you who've followed NRL News and TN&V over the last few years the name "induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells)" will be immediately familiar. You can read about the important improvements made in this alternative to embryonic stem cell research at www.nrlc.org/News_and_Views/Sept10/nv093010.html.

It pains us to report these stories, but it is important to know that at least occasionally authorities go after abortionists who kill women and/or maim them.
In addition this week represents the 10th anniversary of the U.S. approval of the abortifacient RU486. Its use is growing and PPFA is looking for ways to use this two-drug chemical abortion technique to reach women in rural areas without actually having an abortionist onsite. You can read about so-called "tele-med abortions" at www.nrlc.org/News_and_Views/Sept10/nv092910.html.

And there were stories galore about the upcoming November 2 off-year elections. For example, we wrote about the growing impact of early voting (www.nrlc.org/NewsToday/EarlyVotingJump.html), the importance of young people turning their pro-life convictions into action (www.nrlc.org/News_and_Views/Sept10/nv093010part2.html), and how if pro-abortion President Barack Obama follows the advice of socialist Congressman Bernie Saunders he can only hurt himself and Democrats running this fall (www.nrlc.org/NewsToday/HidingPlainView.html).

And this and more these past five days. Anything you missed is right there online for you to read. I hope you take the time to catch up.

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Part Two