NEWS SHORTS FOR TUESDAY
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Renegade Doctor Offers Controversial 'Death Kit'
Step aside Jack Kevorkian, there's a new "Dr. Death" in town. Ten years after the notorious Michigan doctor was ultimately jailed for killing a patient -- one of 130 he helped die through lethal injection -- Philip Nitschke, a new renegade physician, is spreading the gospel of assisted suicide -- and he's coming to the United States next month. Nitschke is the 61-year-old Australian founder and director of the pro-assisted-suicide organization, Exit International. (Motto: "A Peaceful Death Is Everybody's Right.") Based in Melbourne, Australia, the vocal advocacy group has gone beyond the legislative projects of other right-to-die organizations, who want to decriminalize euthanasia, to develop an array of educational tools for people considering ending their lives on their own terms.
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City School District Settles Lawsuit Filed By Anti-Abortion Group Over Auditorium Use
The Rapid City School District has agreed on a settlement with a group that wanted to rent an auditorium for an event before a 2008 vote to ban abortion. A court document that asks for an extension in deadlines states that both sides are exchanging settlement documents, but no details were filed. Citizens For Life and its president, Allen Carlson of Rapid City, sued the district over claims the group was prevented from holding events at a school.
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Pro-Life Ad Rejected by Newspaper
The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh newspaper has rejected an anti-abortion advertisement as too controversial. The Advance-Titan decided not to run the 12-page insert from the Human Life Alliance. The advertisement, called iCare, contains information about abortion, its side effects, contraception, the development of a pre-born child and adoption. Virginia Zignego, a spokeswoman for Pro-Life Wisconsin, says the newspaper's decision to reject the advertisement demonstrates its bias and amounts to censorship.
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Manassas Police to Abortion Protestors: Move It?
Manassas police Chief John J. Skinner recently caught some heat when he changed up the permits for demonstrators on Sudley Road at Forestwood Lane. Right-to-life advocates often demonstrate with signs at an intersection that is near an abortion clinic. Skinner said a couple of months ago he received several complaints from motorists who said their view was obstructed when they were trying to turn onto Sudley Road. So Skinner rewrote the permits, with advise from the city manager and city attorney, to move the demonstration site away from the intersection to "create a small safety zone" and to restrict signs from being placed in the ground. After Skinner changed the conditions of the permits, several of the protesters complained to the city council, saying their First Amendment rights were being violated. Skinner said safety concerns guided his decision to place restrictions on the demonstration site.
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Planned Parenthood Group Holds Fundraiser at Museum Featuring 'Sex Life of Robots' Exhibit
Planned Parenthood of New York chose the Museum of Sex for the second year in a row as the venue for its annual "Summer, Sex and Spirits" fundraiser.
In July, the Planned Parenthood affiliate held a "party/benefit" at the museum, which featured exhibits at the time of the event such as "Sex Life of Robots," "Sex Machines," and a photo display documenting the "Oscars of Porn."
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Adultery & Murder: Doctor Spiked My Tea to Induce Abortion, Ex-Lover Tells Court
Doctor spiked my tea to induce miscarriage, lover tells court A medical secretary at a west London hospital has told a court that her doctor lover spiked her Earl Grey tea to make her have an abortion. Bella Prowse, 33, said she found herself pregnant after starting an affair with married hospital consultant Dr Edward Erin. But she refused to have an abortion even though he begged her to and said that she had ruined his life, the Old Bailey heard. Miss Prowse, an unmarried mother of a daughter, said she found yellow powder after Erin had made her a cup of tea.
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(Referral to Web sites not produced by The Illinois Federation for Right to LIfe is for informational purposes only and does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of the sites' content.)
Renegade Doctor Offers Controversial 'Death Kit'
Step aside Jack Kevorkian, there's a new "Dr. Death" in town. Ten years after the notorious Michigan doctor was ultimately jailed for killing a patient -- one of 130 he helped die through lethal injection -- Philip Nitschke, a new renegade physician, is spreading the gospel of assisted suicide -- and he's coming to the United States next month. Nitschke is the 61-year-old Australian founder and director of the pro-assisted-suicide organization, Exit International. (Motto: "A Peaceful Death Is Everybody's Right.") Based in Melbourne, Australia, the vocal advocacy group has gone beyond the legislative projects of other right-to-die organizations, who want to decriminalize euthanasia, to develop an array of educational tools for people considering ending their lives on their own terms.
Click here for the full article.
City School District Settles Lawsuit Filed By Anti-Abortion Group Over Auditorium Use
The Rapid City School District has agreed on a settlement with a group that wanted to rent an auditorium for an event before a 2008 vote to ban abortion. A court document that asks for an extension in deadlines states that both sides are exchanging settlement documents, but no details were filed. Citizens For Life and its president, Allen Carlson of Rapid City, sued the district over claims the group was prevented from holding events at a school.
Click here for the full article.
Pro-Life Ad Rejected by Newspaper
The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh newspaper has rejected an anti-abortion advertisement as too controversial. The Advance-Titan decided not to run the 12-page insert from the Human Life Alliance. The advertisement, called iCare, contains information about abortion, its side effects, contraception, the development of a pre-born child and adoption. Virginia Zignego, a spokeswoman for Pro-Life Wisconsin, says the newspaper's decision to reject the advertisement demonstrates its bias and amounts to censorship.
Click here for the full article.
Manassas Police to Abortion Protestors: Move It?
Manassas police Chief John J. Skinner recently caught some heat when he changed up the permits for demonstrators on Sudley Road at Forestwood Lane. Right-to-life advocates often demonstrate with signs at an intersection that is near an abortion clinic. Skinner said a couple of months ago he received several complaints from motorists who said their view was obstructed when they were trying to turn onto Sudley Road. So Skinner rewrote the permits, with advise from the city manager and city attorney, to move the demonstration site away from the intersection to "create a small safety zone" and to restrict signs from being placed in the ground. After Skinner changed the conditions of the permits, several of the protesters complained to the city council, saying their First Amendment rights were being violated. Skinner said safety concerns guided his decision to place restrictions on the demonstration site.
Click here for the full article.
Planned Parenthood Group Holds Fundraiser at Museum Featuring 'Sex Life of Robots' Exhibit
Planned Parenthood of New York chose the Museum of Sex for the second year in a row as the venue for its annual "Summer, Sex and Spirits" fundraiser.
In July, the Planned Parenthood affiliate held a "party/benefit" at the museum, which featured exhibits at the time of the event such as "Sex Life of Robots," "Sex Machines," and a photo display documenting the "Oscars of Porn."
Click here for the full article.
Adultery & Murder: Doctor Spiked My Tea to Induce Abortion, Ex-Lover Tells Court
Doctor spiked my tea to induce miscarriage, lover tells court A medical secretary at a west London hospital has told a court that her doctor lover spiked her Earl Grey tea to make her have an abortion. Bella Prowse, 33, said she found herself pregnant after starting an affair with married hospital consultant Dr Edward Erin. But she refused to have an abortion even though he begged her to and said that she had ruined his life, the Old Bailey heard. Miss Prowse, an unmarried mother of a daughter, said she found yellow powder after Erin had made her a cup of tea.
Click here for the full article.
