Portugal considers abortion - Thousands of pro-life demonstrators marched through the capital city of Portugal yesterday, in anticipation of a national referendum on legalizing abortion scheduled in two weeks’ time. - LifeSiteNews

David Prentice Strikes Back - Science Magazine has finally printed his response to the stem cell hit piece they published six months ago. - Second Hand Smoke

Fiction for Fundraising? - Have you ever heard of the "Federal Abortion Ban?" Neither has JivinJ.

The baby's civil rights - "The babies need us," Alveda King told a packed state House chamber Saturday in Vermont. "You know, they're like a slave in the womb of a mom. The mom's deciding whether they will live or die. It's civil rights."

A brutal solution to stigma - A Uganda Parliament member asserts child killing is merciful in some cases? "How would society look at a child born to a girl by her father? So, to save such a girl from lifetime trauma and stigma, safe abortion should be carried out," she said. - AllAfrica

She's now pro-life - The Eastern Echo reports that before "Jane Roe fought for her reproductive rights in 1973, abortion was illegal in all but four states and abortions in those states were given only in dire situations." The paper apparently found irrelevant the fact that Norma McCorvey (aka Jane Roe) is now opposed to abortion. "I'm one hundred percent sold out to Jesus and one hundred percent pro-life," she writes. "No exceptions. No compromise."

Purpose - Mark Pickup (HumanLifeMatters) explains "Why". I had to be brought low in order to understand higher things. I had to reach the end of my tether. Only then in defeat, after a life-long illusion that I could soar on my own power crashed, did God set me free inside. Although outwardly I am decaying, inwardly I am renewed daily. (2Cor.4.16). Also, consider Mark's post on spiritual blessings found in suffering.

• MEDIA BLACKOUT OF PRO-LIFE MASS ARREST, FIRST AMENDMENT VIOLATIONS - Aug 20, 2008
• Billboard Offers a Final Chance - Aug 19, 2008
• Americans United for Life Names Charmaine Yoest President - Aug 16, 2008
• Pro-Life Unity to speak in Washington DC July 2nd - Jun 30, 2008
• Washington D.C. Defund Planned Parenthood Video - Jun 26, 2008
• Personhood Colorado - May 13, 2008
• Policeman Had a Point About Truth Truck - Apr 11, 2008
• Deliberate Pro-Life Divisiveness is Self Defeating - Feb 12, 2008