Activists Arrested for Leafletting at College of Alameda

LIFE LEGAL DEFENSE FOUNDATION P.O. Box 2105, Napa, California 94558 — (707) 224-6675 NEWS RELEASE October 29, 2008 Contact: Allison K. Aranda, Esq. (951) 541-9327 ALAMEDA, Calif.—After spending nearly twelve hours in jail, three college-age members of Campus Life Tour were released at midnight tired, hungry, and glad to have their freedom back. The group […]

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Pro-Lifers Seek to Restrain Illegal Use of Public Funds at University of California

Michael Marcus The current campaign on behalf of Sarah’s Law—Proposition 4, a revised pro-life parental involvement initiative on the California ballot in November—may have removed one of the unfair advantages enjoyed by the pro-abortion side in previous parental notification battles. Dr. John Smith of The Universtity of California, Davis, has written a pointed and well-documented

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Pro-Aborts Cry Foul as South Dakota Becomes Abortion-Free

Pro-aborts are howling in rage in response to an informed consent law that has effectively put South Dakota’s only abortion mill out of operation. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit ruled on June 27th that the law, which has been working its way through the courts since 2005, was constitutional and could

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From the Editor

Looking at the ultrasound photo of my granddaughter this week was a reminder of why I work with Life Legal Defense Foundation. She is five months in gestation and she looks like a clone of my three-year-old grandson right down to the cut of her chin and the shape of her mouth; so much so

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California Schemin’

Jennifer Lahl In an effort to get more eggs into the hands of cloning researchers, the president of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), Alan Trounson, recently suggested the solution to the human egg shortage is to implement an “egg-sharing” program. Rule number one: always BEWARE of euphemisms! At the February 28, 2008, CIRM

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An Open Response to Tom Elias in re Proposition 4

(Katie Short, October 1, 2008) In warning his readers about Proposition 4, the parental notification initiative, Tom Elias makes some bold assertions about “case histories” showing girls getting back alley abortions or self-aborting when faced with the prospect of a parent being notified. His claims are pure, unadulterated fiction. There are no case histories, no

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The fundamental right to refuse: A decent society would respect people’s moral commitments

From the Los Angeles Times, September 2, 2008 The Times Opinion page featured a thoughtful article by Crispin Sartwell, who teaches philosophy at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, outlining why government should respect the “fundamental moral commitments” of individuals: I am a pro-choice atheist. But I support a regulation, recently promulgated by the Bush administration, that would cut

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Pro-Life Speech in Oakland, CA Synonymous with Intimidation?

LIFE LEGAL DEFENSE FOUNDATION P.O. Box 2105, Napa, California 94558 — 707.224.6675 NEWS RELEASE August 14, 2008 Contact: Dana Cody, Executive Director (916) 727-4396 OAKLAND, Calif.—Today a writ challenging Alameda Superior Court Judge Sandra K. Bean’s July 18, 2008, decision leaving a restraining order in place was filed by attorneys Mike Millen and Catherine Short,

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Big Proposition 4 Victory

Five stories of young victims will appear in Official Voter Pamphlet Judge Michael Kenny of the Sacramento Superior Court ruled Friday on a lawsuit brought by opponents of Prop 4 against arguments in favor of Proposition 4 to be printed in the Official Voter Information Guide / Voter Pamphlet for the November 4 Presidential election. The Voter

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