Pro-lifers lay out legislative strategies

NRLC Spokesperson Mary Spaulding Balch The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) is gearing up for an eventful year among its state chapters.   A significant number of states were represented at the NRLC's recent annual meeting, where state chapters met to develop effective pro-life strategies. Spokesperson Mary Spaulding Balch tells OneNewsNow representatives focused on several key areas of legislation. She says several states are interested in Nebraska's Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which effectively bans late-term abortions. According to Balch, other states may pursue legislation that would require abortionists to display a sonogram of a patient's baby, whether the expectant mother requests it or not. "We also have some states, such as Iowa, that are gearing up to address what Planned Parenthood has been trying to do [to] do chemical abortions over television screens-- [essentially] webcam abortions," the NRLC spokesperson reports. With that method, which has come to be known as "telemed" abortions, the mother answers a few questions through an online computer conversation with an abortionist. The doctor then pushes a button to distribute RU-486 to the patient, who takes the medication at home and ultimately kills her baby without a doctor present. But Balch explains that the results of the recent elections have given the pro-life movement fresh energy, and she expects that momentum to continue as long as the public remains engaged in the process. "That's actually the key to the victory," she contends. Now that the midterm elections are over, the NRLC spokesman told the conference it is time for people to work even harder to transform that victory into passable pro-life legislation. Contact: Charlie Butts Source: OneNewsNow Publish Date: December 13, 2010