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udge John Roberts’ nomination to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court has people along the fringes, both on the pro-abortion and the pro-life side, so busy positioning for the “big battle” that it almost makes one dizzy.

When allegedly pro-life Senator Bill Frist, a Republican, a physician, changed his mind on human embryonic stem cell research, who do you suppose applauded him?

The clatter is on. Just last evening I did a radio debate with Ms. Vicki Sapporta, CEO of the National Abortion Federation. The topic? What else: Judge Roberts!

Professor David Barash, writing on the subject of human embryos, startled this woman by writing that “there is no moment of conception.”

Never in my 33 years of pro-life activism have I seen a slur so despicable that it barely deserves repeating. One of the most eloquent defenders of life, Jim Sedlak of American Life League’s STOPP International, has been described by ?feminazi?

Senator Arlen Specter, known for his love affair with any kind of abortion, is now touting a possible strategy for adding on a human embryonic stem cell research funding amendment to the Health and Human Services appropriations bill.

We live in a world that is upside down, yet far too few people seem to care. And that troubles me. We go along, doing what we do, never stopping to question the media reports that suggest this topsy-turvy reality is the proper direction for culture, our nation and our very lives.

No sooner had President Bush announced his nomination of Judge John Roberts than the fur started flying.

Since the introduction of the abortion drug, mifepristone (RU-486) five years ago, five women have died from bacterial infections. Or at least that is what has been reported.