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One of the most interesting messages in a recent Dallas Morning News story came from Dr. Matthew Wilson, associate professor of political science at SMU.

The sad news was reported July 10 that the Michigan Citizens for Life petition drive had fallen short of the 317,000 signatures needed to put a totally pro-life proposed state constitutional amendment on the November ballot.

That’s according to Dr. Patrick Johnston, who practices family medicine in Zanesville, Ohio. Dr. Johnston wrote a column about the political situation regarding the pro-life movement in Ohio and he makes this point

In today’s Washington Post, columnist Michael Kinsley insists that human embryonic stem cell research “is often described as a moral dilemma, but it simply is not.”

A tragedy has unfolded in Pekin, Illinois, where a 3-year old girl was suffocated by a woman who put a plastic trash bag over the child”s head. Dr. Karen McCarron, a certified pathologist, now sits in jail, facing charges of first-degree murder.

Well, at least that seems to be the message coming forth from National Right to Life and its affiliates. The most recent example comes from a news report in the Dallas Morning News.

Operation Rescue has announced the closing of Omaha’s only abortion mill.While this is great news, there is a statement in the press release that gives me pause.

Planned Parenthood’s image in the mainstream media is often reflected just as the organization would wish; it is viewed as a gracious, benevolent provider of goods and service that enhance the lives of all who walk through its doors.

As things heat up in South Dakota, the pro-abortion crowd is beginning to discuss new language to better describe, or should I say, obfuscate the reality of what abortion really is.

A federal judge halted executions in Missouri. The judge, Fernando J. Gaitan Jr. of Federal District Court, said the state’s lethal injection procedure subjects condemned inmates to an unnecessary risk of “unconstitutional pain and suffering.”