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Ultrasound Program Reaches New High
Focus on the Family’s Option Ultrasound Program (OUP) announced new milestones today. In addition to saving the lives of an estimated 120,000 preborn babies since its inception in 2004, the program now works with pregnancy medical clinics in all 50 states and one foreign country.
Vermont became the 50th state to add a pregnancy medical clinic offering ultrasound to abortion-minded women through OUP on Jan. 23.
Prop 8 Decision Due From 9th Circuit Tomorrow
The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals posted a notice today advising that the Court will publish its much-awaited decision regarding the California marriage amendment, Prop 8, tomorrow (Feb. 7) at 10 a.m., Pacific time. The big legal question involved has a couple parts: Is the California marriage amendment, which defines marriage in that state [...]
Susan G. Komen for the Cure ‘Clarifies’ Grant-Making Policy
Just days after earning nationwide applause for severing its ties to Planned Parenthood, the breast cancer charity group Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced Friday it has revised its grant-making policy in a way that will allow the abortion megaprovider to remain eligible for funding.
After top board members resigned in protest and more than 50 liberal members of Congress complained, Komen founder Nancy Brinker issued a statement saying the group “will amend the criteria to make clear that disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political.”
Abortion advocates claim the current congressional investigation of Planned Parenthood is “political,” because, according to The Huffington Post “some of its clinics offer abortions.”
An ‘Implausible’ and ‘Illogical’ Application of the Law
Thus says the 9th Circuit panel of three judges who overturned federal district court Judge James Ware’s order to release the Prop 8 trial videotape. Between Judge Vaughn Walker, the original trial judge that presided over the Prop 8 (the California marriage amendment) trial in 2010, and Judge James Ware, who took over the case [...]