JULY 2007 ARCHIVE
Week of July 2 (5886-5890)
Monday, July 2
5886 - From Chimp to Person
Animal rights activists in Austria want a 26-year-old chimp declared a "person" under the law exposing a
mentality that apes are more worthy of legal protection than unborn children.
Resource Links:
To read the AP story on Hiasl the chimp, see:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8OTLSUG0&show_article=1
To read the Great Ape Project's "Declaration" see:
http://www.greatapeproject.org/declaration.php
Tuesday, July 3 - Friday, July 6
5887 - Andrusko on the Neil Column Part 1
5888 - Andrusko on the Neil Column Part 2
5889 - Echevarria on the Neil Column Part 1
5890 - Echevarria on the Neil Column Part 2
Dan Neil, a columnist for West Magazine, a publication of the Los Angeles Times, writes of he and his
wife's decision to abort two of their four children through abortion benignly called "selective
reduction." National Right to Life NEWS editor Dave Andrusko and Lifenews.com opinion columnist (and
former NRLC media director) Laura Echevarria take aim at Neil's column, and the flip way he describes
the decision to abort his two sons.
Resource Links:
To read Dan Neil's column click here.
To read NRL News editor Dave Andrusko's commentary in Today's News and Views, see here and here.
To read Laura Echevarria's Lifenews.com column, click here.
Week of July 9 (5891-5895)
Monday, July 9 & Tuesday, July 10
5891-5982 – Wailing from the Pro-Abortion Ivory Towers Part 1 | Part 2
In the days and weeks following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Gonzeles v Carhart decision, pro-abortion
extremists went nuts in their response to a ruling they viewed as detrimental to "reproductive health."
Specifically, Dr. Franz looks at reactions by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg (in her dissenting opinion) and
those published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
To read Dr. Franz’s companion column in National Right to Life News, see:
www.nrlc.org/news/2007/NRL05/PresidentColumn.html
To access National Right to Life’s extensive internet archive on partial-birth abortion, see:
www.nrlc.org/abortion/pba/index.html
Wednesday, July 11 & Thursday, July 12
5893-5894 – When Common Sense is Lacking Part 1 | Part 2
Our actions in the voting booth have consequences. In this 2-part series, Dr. Franz examines what
happens when pro-life candidates are targeted for defeat by “principled” pro-lifers. As an example, she
discusses the defeat of former U.S. Senator Al D’Amato of New York and the resulting consequences of
with the rise the man who defeated him, Sen. Chuck Schumer.
To read Dr. Franz’s companion column in National Right to Life News, see:
www.nrlc.org/news/2007/NRL04/PresidentColumn.html
See also this article in National Right to Life News by Roger Stenson, Executive Director of Citizens for
Life in New Hampshire:
www.nrlc.org/news/2007/NRL04/Vote.html
Friday, July 13
5895 – Making an Impact
Dr. Franz discusses the impact that incremental legislation has had in saving lives across the country.
She specifically discusses the decline in the abortion rate in South Carolina and Wisconsin.
To see the numbers in South Carolina, see South Carolina Citizens for Life’s website: www.sclife.org
For more information about the drop in the abortion rate in Wisconsin, see this article in National Right
to Life News:
www.nrlc.org/news/2007/NRL05/Wisconsin.html
Week of July 16 (5896-5900)
Monday, July 16 & Tuesday, July 17
The Beginnings of National Right to Life Part 1 | Part 2
For some listeners, Pro-Life Perspective may be the first time that they have heard name National Right
to Life. Dr. Franz discusses the history of abortion in America, how NRLC began and why it has been so
effective over the years.
To read more about National Right to Life’s history see this factsheet:
www.nrlc.org/Factsheets/FS01_NRLCToday.pdf
To become involved with the right to life movement in your area, please contact the NRLC affiliate in
your state. Contact information is available here: www.nrlc.org/states/index.html
Wednesday, July 18
5898 - Missouri
Dr. Franz discusses the success pro-lifers in Missouri had in stopping taxpayer funds from going to
Planned Parenthood.
The following factsheet discusses the successful efforts in Missouri:
www.nrlc.org/Factsheets/FS12_PlannedParenthood_Missouri.pdf
Thursday, July 19
5899 – Quad Cities Iowa
In 1995, Planned Parenthood announced that they would open an abortion clinic in the Quad Cities of
Iowa and Illinois. Though pro-life efforts to prevent the clinic from opening were unsuccessful, there
were significant delays that saved countless lives in the process; and pro-lifers purchased a building
across the street and opened a clinic that provides life-saving alternatives for women
To read more about Quad City story, see this factsheet:
www.nrlc.org/Factsheets/FS10_PlannedParenthood_Iowa.pdf
Friday, July 20
5900 – Bumper Sticker Saves a Life
Dr. Franz shares the story of a girl who changed her mind about having an abortion after seeing an
“Abortion Stops a Beating Heart” bumper sticker on the car of a National Right to Life News reader.
You can order this and other bumper stickers from National Right to Life. See the following page for
ordering information:
www.nrlc.org/bsodrfrm/bsorrfrm.htm or contact our State Organizational Development Department at
(202) 378-8842.
Week of July 23 (5901-5905)
5901-5905 – The Importance of State Legislation
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
All week, co-host Olivia Gans speaks with NRLC State Legislation Director Mary Spaulding Balch, J.D.
about the importance of becoming involved in efforts to pass pro-life legislation at the state level. The
discussion also includes the positive impact that pro-life legislation on the state level is having on the
abortion rate.
For more information, please see these resource links:
As originally discussed on Friday, June 13, A chart showing the declining abortion rate in South Carolina
on South Carolina Citizens for Life’s website: www.sclife.org and the abortion rate in Wisconsin has
been dropping, see this article in National Right to Life News:
www.nrlc.org/news/2007/NRL05/Wisconsin.html
List of State Women’s Right to Know Laws with Ultrasound option:
www.prolifeperspective.com/ultrasoundtable.pdf
Please also see the following press releases about ultrasound laws in three states during this legislative
session:
Mississippi: www.nrlc.org/press_releases_new/Release032207.html
Idaho: www.nrlc.org/press_releases_new/Release040307.html
Georgia: www.nrlc.org/press_releases_new/Release052307.html
List of Parental Involvement Laws (updated June 2006):
www.nrlc.org/Federal/CCPA/ParentalLawsFS.pdf
State Homicide Laws that Recognize Unborn Victims:
www.nrlc.org/Unborn_Victims/Statehomicidelaws092302.html
Week of July 30 (5906-5910)
5906-5910 – Abortion and the Conscience of a Nation: The Pro-Life Legacy of Ronald Reagan
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
In a repeat airing, Dr. Franz discusses the pro-life record and legacy of President Ronald W. Reagan. She
also shares excerpts from his book, “Abortion and The Conscience of a Nation.”
For more information on Ronald Reagan’s record on the life issues during his presidency, see:
www.nrlc.org/EandP/reaganrecord.pdf.
You can also read President Reagan’s 1988 Proclamation on the Personhood of the Unborn Child:
www.nrlc.org/ReaganProclamation.html.
Copies of President Reagan’s book, Abortion and the Conscience of a Nation, are available from our
California affiliate, the California Pro-Life Council. For more information, see the following link at:
www.californiaprolife.org/reagan/reagan.htm or call (916) 442-8315.
This reprint of President Reagan's book contains an introduction by Dr. Franz, as well as a forward by
Judge William P. Clark.