July 6, 1999

NRLC '99 Prepares Pro-lifers for the New Millennium

Chris Burke (front), and his obviously delighted special friend, Drew Russell, share a special moment at the Thursday night general session titled "Working Together for Life." Joining Chris and Drew were Joe and John DeMasi. Photo credit: Dave Andrusko

NRLC Helps Launch New Federal Bill To Protect Unborn Victims of Violence

Pro-life Rep. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)	Pro-life Rep. Charles Canady (R-Fl.)

By NRLC Federal Legislative Office

WASHINGTON (July 2) ­ For the first time, many acts of violence against unborn children would be prohibited by federal law under a major new pro-life bill introduced on July 1 by Congressman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) with the strong backing of NRLC.
The Unborn Victims of Violence Act (H.R. 2436) would provide stringent federal penalties - - in some cases, life in prison ­ for the crime of injuring or killing an unborn child during the commission of acts already defined as federal crimes.

GORE, HATCH ANNOUNCE PRESIDENTIAL BIDS

Pro-life Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Ut.)	Pro-abortion Vice President Al Gore

By Carol Long Tobias, NRL PAC Director

Pro-abortion Vice President Al Gore has officially declared that he is seeking the Democratic nomination to succeed pro-abortion President Bill Clinton. Pro-life Utah Senator Orrin Hatch has said that he will throw his hat into the ring. Hatch's June 22 announcement means there are now 12 Republicans seeking the GOP's 2000 presidential nomination.

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• Rule or Ruin: Some Groups' Tactics Could Lose the Battle for Life
  
• THE FIGHT FOR LIFE FIVE YEARS AFTER CAIRO
  
• Paul Greenberg
  Where There Is Love
  
• House Passes Child Custody Protection Act 270-159
  
• ACTION ALERT:
  Prevent killing patients with federally controlled drugs!
  
• HOSPICES, OTHERS SUPPORT ANTI-EUTHANASIA BILL AT JUNE 24 HEARING
  
• MEET THE CANDIDATES FOR AT-LARGE DIRECTORS TO THE NRLC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
  Karen Cross / Michele Jackson / Holly Miller / Raimundo Rojas / Marice Rosenberg / Vince Ventimiglia
  
• Open-Womb Surgery Treats Unborn Baby's Hydrocephalus
  
• NRLC '99 Prepares Movement for the New Millennium
  
• Crucial Significance of 2000 Elections Underscored at NRLC '99
  
• "The Choir Needs Choir Practice:" Effective Pro-Life Work in Churches
  
• Jewish Pro-Life Outreach Expands at NRLC Convention
  
• Five-Year Battle over Informed Consent Law Ends in Pro-Life Victory in Michigan
  
• Life begins at fertilization, says NRLC
  
• Senate Votes to Continue Ban On Federal Employees' Abortion Coverage
  
• National Right to Life Convention '99 Audio Tapes
  
• Pro-Life Side Wins First Four Votes in U.S. House
  
• Trust Fund Also Releases New Planned Parenthood Fact Sheet
  Newest Life Cycle Features Partial-Birth Abortion
  
• SWEET VICTORY FOR NEW JERSEY PRO-LIFERS
  
• ACTION ALERT!
  Urge U.S. House Members to Approve Unborn Victims of Violence Act!
  
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Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.

-Dr. Martin Luther King

For pro-lifers "restraining the heartless" through the power of law means enacting statutes that save the lives of unborn children; protect those threatened by infanticide, euthanasia and denial of lifesaving treatment; and slowly but surely subvert the "culture of death" that is still oppressing our country. That the subversion of the "culture of death" is occurring "slowly" is of course very frustrating, but we are confident that it is occurring "surely" because the abortion culture is fatally flawed.

The fatal flaw of the abortion culture, the "culture of death," is that it must deny truth and reality. In contrast, a culture that respects and protects life is based on truth and reality. It is the pro-abortionists' misfortune that truth and reality are governed by eternal laws-and not by press releases and policy statements from Planned Parenthood.