·        Notebook

1.       Recent stories where multiple people in the same occupation have been killed, but no special protection is offered to them. Comparison is made with what happens when an abortionist is killed.

2.       Scott Sutterlin, candidate for the Illinois State Senate, has proposed that women who have an abortion should be fined $500 for having “irresponsible sex.” He proposed no such penalty for the men who are involved.

3.       Obstetrician Alan Zarkin, who carved his initials in the abdomen of a woman during delivery, has been prohibited from working at the hospital where the incident happened. Zarkin did return to work at the abortion clinic though. He has since been let go from there also.

4.       Abortionist Steven Brigham is serving time for tax evasion. He has expressed a desire to have his Pennsylvania medical license reinstated after his release. He has lost his license to practice medicine in Florida and New York.

5.       In Ohio, Denise Mackura of Cleveland Right to Life, inquired as to why many abortion facilities in Ohio do not have licenses to be in the state. When the health department checked into it, 12 of the 19 mills were not licensed. Those clinics were given 10 days to become compliant with state laws.

6.       Baby drop off bills.

 

·        Common Ground and the Incremental Approach to Pro-Life Legislation.

1.       Common Ground – allows pro-aborts to gain moral equivalency.

2.       Seamless Garment – Cardinal Bernadin invention that neutralizes the abortion issue.

3.       Incremental approach to legislation – In almost 30 years, legal protection has not been returned to a single baby in America. It has failed because it left the American people with too many options.

 

·        Republican Party – guest Colleen Parro, Director of the Republican National Coalition for Life

1.       Schumer Amendment – proposed by Charles Schumer, a radical pro-abort Senator from New York. The purpose is to make it illegal for a pro-lifer who has a judgment against them to declare bankruptcy.

2.       All but 17 Senators voted for the amendment because the Republicans were afraid that Al Gore would come in and break a tie. Didn’t want Gore to have that opportunity.

3.       Big Tent argument is used for abortion but Republican Party excludes others at will such as David Duke.

4.       The fallacy of thinking that there are no litmus tests for nominations.

5.       Bush and McCain in South Carolina arguing over exceptions to abortion.

6.       Keyes took the true pro-life position, so he suffered no embarrassment.

 

·        Soapbox – Jim Sedlak with American Life League discovers interesting financial information in Planned Parenthood’s 1998-1999 annual report.

 

·        Housekeeping – Cleaning Up Some Loose Ends.

1.       Raw footage of Kelly interview to be released.

2.       20/20 interview scheduled for March 8^th to coincide with House and Senate hearings into the marketing of baby parts.

3.       Baby parts marketing emphasizes the humanity of the unborn child.

4.       World Net Daily releases touching pictures from a fetal surgery.

5.       Update on Pittsburgh woman from the June 1999 show. Fortunately, she was not killed during her abortion but she was injured.

6.       National Right to Life is using the baby parts marketing information to raise funds even though they discredited LDI’s research in the beginning. Other people, such as Traditional Values Coalition, American Life League and Dr. Willke, have also used the information but with LDI’s blessing since they all supported LDI throughout the process.

7.       Polls are showing that Americans are becoming more pro-life.

8.       O’Reiley Factor show on abortion clinics becoming extinct.