UNITED NATIONS PETITION 

On December 10, a coalition of pro-life groups presented a petition of more than 300,000 signatures to the United Nations appealing for an interpretation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to protect unborn life and defend the traditional family. This effort was a response to actions of the largest, richest, and most powerful pro-abortion groups, International Planned Parenthood Federation and Marie Stopes International, the two groups responsible for more abortions than any other groups in the world. On the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the IPPF and Marie Stopes planned to present a petition to the UN General Assembly requesting an international right to abortion. 

As of December 9, Austin Ruse, President of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM), the primary organizer of the petition drive, had 330,000 names to submit. Ruse was hopeful that the signatures in support of life would outnumber those from Marie Stopes International and the IPPF.

C-FAM joined forces with the Pro-Life Federation of Poland, the Institute of Family Policy of Spain, United Families International of the US, and the US-based Concerned Women of America to present the petition at UN headquarters and in private meetings with Ambassadors. Their UN Petition for the Unborn Child and the Family asserts that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights applies to every person and that governments should extend the right to life to include the unborn child. The petition also calls on governments to protect the family "as the fundamental group unit of society," to give special assistance to motherhood and childhood, and to promote the rights of parents.

ANOTHER SUCCESS WITH STEM CELL RESEARCH  

Science now has proven there are moral and ethical alternatives to using stems cells from human embryos.  The most recent success transplanted a new windpipe into a 30-year old woman suffering from tuberculosis.  The procedure used tissue from the women’s own stem cells.  Adult stem cells have also cured over 70 diseases in other men, women and children.  By contrast, research using embryonic stem cell research has not cured a single disease in a single person.  

WELCOME NEW PRO-LIFE DEMOCRATS!

In a tight race, Bobby Bright (AL-02, open seat) DFLA Priority Candidate has won, keeping the seat pro-life. With a solid win, Parker Griffith (AL-05, open seat) (DFLA endorsed) took over for a mixed abortion Dem. In a close race, Steve Driehaus (OH-01) DFLA Priority Candidate has won, keeping the seat pro-life. In in a nice victory, Kathy Dahlkemper (PA-03) DFLA Priority Candidate won, keeping the seat pro-life.  Another Ohio pickup was John Boccieri (OH-16).  The open seat turn the Red district Blue. 

Democrats Carrying Anti-Abortion Banner Put More Congressional Races in Play

The following article was published in the New York Times and featuring an interview with DFLA'S Executive Director, Kristen Day.

The political advertisement that aired in Montgomery, Ala., spoke plainly to conservative voters’ values. As an image of three toddlers in diapers flashed across the screen, a narrator intoned that Mayor Bobby Bright, who is running for Congress, “supports their right to life." Bobby Bright, mayor of Montgomery, Ala., is among a dozen Democratic House challengers with anti-abortion views. 

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