| NEWS SHORTS FOR WEDNESDAY 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. Abortion-Tax Protester Wants Judge's Removal For Denying Appeal An anti-abortion activist who refuses to file or pay taxes wants the judge who recently denied his appeal to be removed from the bench. Last week, David T. Little, 62, formerly of Fredericton, lost his appeal in the Court of Queen's Bench. He was seeking to overturn convictions for failing to file tax returns for 2000, 2001 and 2002 on the grounds that doing so would violate his right to freedom of religion. Little is a devout Catholic who maintains that since a fraction of federal funding is spent on abortions in hospitals, he shouldn't have to support that activity by filing or paying taxes. http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/rss/article/463686 Activists Arrested for Leafletting at College of Alameda After spending nearly twelve hours in jail, three college-age members of Campus Life Tour were released at midnight tired, hungry, and glad to have their freedom back. The group was unlawfully arrested yesterday at the College of Alameda, California, while handing out literature on the public campus. Campus Life Tour is a pro-life campus outreach project of Survivors, a Christian, pro-life activism organization dedicated to educating and activating high school and college age individuals. Upon arriving on campus the group quietly held signs, distributed literature and peacefully dialogued with students. Within moments of their arrival, a campus security guard attempted to dispel a group of curious onlookers ushering them away from the displays. The Alameda Sheriff's Department was called and instructed the group to leave, threatening them with arrest. http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/328818470.html Federal Appeals Court Reviewing Virginia's Late-Term Law A federal appeals court heard arguments Tuesday on whether Virginia should be able to punish doctors who perform a type of late-term abortion that is already banned by federal law. The full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is weighing the constitutionality of a 2003 state law banning a procedure in which the fetus is partially delivered and then destroyed. Abortion opponents call the procedure "partial-birth abortion," while doctors call it "intact dilation and evacuation." http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/29/court-reviewing-virginias-late-term-law/ Colombian bishop calls euthanasia law grave attack on life Bishop Julio Cesar Vidal Ortiz of Monteria in Colombia said this week a proposal by Senator Armando Benedetti to legalize euthanasia is "a grave attack on life." The bishop explained that the legalization of euthanasia, which supporters call the "right" to a "peaceful death," "could be corrupted by people interested in the death of someone else," as in the case of a son or daughter who might apply euthanasia to a parent in order to receive an inheritance. "This law could open a gap towards the degradation of the respect for life, because many children or family members interested in getting rich could misuse it," the bishop said. http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=14185 First Freestanding Abortion Facility in Scotland will Specialize in Late-Term Abortions The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) has announced it will be opening a private abortion facility in Scotland to cover the "hundreds" of requests for late-term abortions that it says cannot be handled by the National Health Service (NHS). BPAS claimed that the facility would open to address a "huge unmet need" for late term abortion in Scotland. BPAS is the largest abortion providing organization in the UK and specializes in late-term abortions. It carries out 80 per cent of the UK's post-20 week abortions. Until now all the abortions in Scotland were committed by hospitals run by the NHS which would make the BPAS facility the first free-standing private abortion unit in the country. The Scotsman reports that the facility, to be located in Glasgow or central Scotland, will carry out abortions up to the legal gestational age limit of 24 weeks. http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/oct/08102902.html Charges Traded In South Dakota Abortion Debate Supporters of an abortion ban donated about $11,300 in anonymous contributions to nonprofit charities, officials with VoteYesForLife.com said Monday. The donations came after opponents of Initiated Measure 11 filed a complaint with South Dakota Secretary of State Chris Nelson saying that ban proponents had listed several illegal contributions on their campaign finance reports. The complaint came the same day the VoteYes group asked Attorney General Larry Long to open an investigation into possible voter-registration fraud by the Healthy Families campaign. http://www.argusleader.com/article/20081028/NEWS/810280316/1001/rss01 |
October 29, 2008
NEWS SHORTS FOR WEDNESDAY
