2013 RLM Oratory Contest winners announced
Finalists from 18 Right to Life of Michigan affiliates presented speeches at the 24th Annual Right to Life of Michigan Educational Fund High School Oratory Contest on May 18. First place went to Lauren Boos of Warren-Centerline Right to Life. Her speech was an overview of the unethical nature of human embryonic stem cell research. Second place went to Alyssa LaPointe of Saginaw County Right to Life and third place went to Gabriella Byers of Right to Life of Delta County. Visit our oratory contest page for pictures and to read Lauren's speech.
The appearance of medical care is not enough
"Slow code" for many is a term in abstract debates on medical ethics, but for Brad and Jesi Smith, it became a well-defined fixture in their lives and the life of their daughter, Faith. Faith has the disease Trisomy 18. The Smiths believed doctors always looked out for the best interests of their patients, but they were wrong. A "slow code" is the practice of doctors giving the appearance of providing life-saving treatment to patients, but in reality withholding effective care to ensure the patient dies.
Your help is needed
Right to Life of Michigan is supporting efforts to remove abortion coverage from health insurance plans and to protect the conscience rights of health care providers. Check out the Prolife Action Center to learn how you can make a difference for life.
Bonhoeffer: 'Not to speak is to speak'
If you listen carefully to those who support abortion-on-demand, you will hear them say, "Shhhh! Just look the other way." It was German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer who said, "Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act." What follows is a brutally honest discussion of where silence has led us as a nation. Please take a deep breath and brace yourself!
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Researchers clone and kill human beings for stem cells
Researchers, led by a scientist at Oregon Health & Science University, for the first time created cloned human embryos and then killed them in order to remove their embryonic stem cells. In their paper, the researchers deceptively claim they reprogrammed skin cells using somatic cell nuclear transfer, the process that created Dolly the sheep. In Michigan, creating human embryos by cloning is illegal.
Abortionist found guilty of murder
The jury has deliberated and reached a verdict in the Philadelphia, PA, trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell. Gosnell has been found guilty of three first-degree murder charges of infants who survived abortions at his clinic. He has also been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for the death of Karnamaya Mongar, a woman who died after having an abortion. Gosnell was also convicted on hundreds of lesser charges. For more information, follow the Right to Life of Michigan Blog.
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Poll finds Americans believe abortion shouldn't be legal in majority of cases
Gallup's annual poll on abortion found that the majority of Americans believe abortion should be legal in only a few or no cases. Only 26% of Americans support the current status of abortion being legal for any reason.
Record number of Michigan abortion businesses closed
In the last six months, the state of Michigan has seen an unprecedented number of abortion businesses shut their doors. At one time, there were 72 abortion clinics in Michigan, now there are less than 30. Most recently in May, the Birth Control Center in Sterling Heights announced that after 39 years it is now closed. With the passage of the prolife legislation known as the Prolife Bus (H.B. 5711) in 2012, abortion clinics in Michigan will no longer be allowed to operate without being licensed and inspected.
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