Pro-Life News Roundup
- Bishop Gerald A. Gettelfinger of Evansville said he will not attend an April right-to-life dinner where Republican Chairman Michael Steele is scheduled to speak because he objects to comments he made about abortion. (Catholic Chronicle March 30, 2009.
- Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, has signed a bill into law banning the use of some state funds for embryonic stem cell research:
The move puts the DNC chairman at odds with President Obama, who signed an executive order earlier this month reversing the Bush administration's ban on federal funding for research on embryonic stem cells.
Good for him.Kaine approved the Virginia bill on Monday, according to the governor's office, the same day he enacted legislation that would permit "Choose Life" license plates in the commonwealth — an act that angered state and national abortion rights advocates.
- Gov. Kathleen Sebelius signed the Woman's Right To Know Act, permitting women to see an ultrasound or hear a fetal heartbeat before receiving an abortion and requiring abortion clinics to offer information about fetal development. (The Wichita Eagle March 29, 2009.
- The fourth anniversary of Terri Schiavo's death by court-ordered dehydration was observed by Priests for Life and Terri's Foundation with a Memorial Mass, celebrated by Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life and Fr. Thomas Euteneuer, President of Human Life International.
- Four More Bishops Make Thirteen Opposed to Notre Dame Obama Invitation LifeSiteNews.com April 1, 2009.
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