NEWS SHORTS FOR FRIDAY Disclaimer: The linked items below or the websites at which they are located do not necessarily represent the views of The Illinois Federation for Right to Life. They are presented only for your information. New law may reduce Down abortions President Bush has signed into law a measure that may help to curtail the number of abortions of babies diagnosed with Down syndrome and other conditions. The Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act requires parents whose children receive a diagnosis of Down syndrome or another malady to be provided with the latest information on the condition and be informed of support services available. This would apply to a diagnosis on a child before birth or until a year after birth. The measure also would establish a registry of families willing to adopt special needs children. Click or copy the link below to view this article in your browser: http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?id=29137&ref=BPNews-RSSFeed1016 Abortion Activists Sue over Oklahoma's New Ultrasound Law An Oklahoma law that requires a woman to undergo an ultrasound and receive a description of her preborn baby before an abortion is being challenged in court, The Associated Press reported. The Center for Reproductive Rights sued last week, claiming the law violates a woman's privacy, endangers health and assaults dignity. Click or copy the link below to view this article in your browser: http://www.citizenlink.org/CLNews/A000008462.cfm Kansas AG Says Case Against Tiller Should Stand Kansas Attorney General Steve Six defended the prosecution of Dr. George Tiller on Thursday, arguing in court papers that alleged misconduct earlier in the investigation of the Wichita abortion provider doesn't merit dismissing the case. Tiller is charged with 19 misdemeanor counts of breaking a 1998 state law requiring that a second, independent Kansas physician sign off on most late-term abortions. Prosecutors allege there was a financial relationship between Tiller and the Nortonville physician on whom he relied for independent opinions, Dr. Ann Kristin Neuhaus. Click or copy the link below to view this article in your browser: http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/844107.html The Messy, Messy Business of Birth Control Today, about 70 percent of all teenagers have sex at least once before they turn twenty, resulting in more than 820,000 teenage pregnancies a year, just under a third of which end in abortion. These figures are down from their peak in the late 1980s, but they are still shockingly high. Meanwhile, casual sex and "serial monogamy" have become the cultural norms among college students and twentysomethings, among whom the abortion rate remains above 30 percent. Only 59 percent of the adult population is now married; only 35 percent consider children an important component of marriage; and fewer than a third of all marriages reach their 25th anniversary. Click or copy the link below to view this article in your browser: http://insightscoop.typepad.com/2004/2008/10/the-messy-messy.html No Jail Time for U.K. Man Found Guilty of Murdering Wife in "Mercy Killing" Case A man who was found guilty of murdering his unwilling elderly wife by smothering her with two plastic bags has escaped a jail sentence in a ruling by London's Central Criminal Court. Eric Norton, 86, was apparently in high spirits at the end of last week's trial, and blew a kiss to supporters in the public gallery on his way out of the courtroom, according to Independent Television News. Last November, Norton smothered his 84-year-old wife Betty, an Alzheimer's sufferer who was in the hospital for stomach pains. Other hospital patients said they could hear Betty whimpering "no, no" as she struggled to stop her husband from killing her. Click or copy the link below to view this article in your browser: |
October 17, 2008
NEWS SHORTS FOR FRIDAY
