LifeNews: "The funding cuts will come even though the Obama administration was forced to reveal the results of a new study on Monday showing the effectiveness of abstinence education programs and the support parents have for them."

LifeNews: "New Jersey Democrats in the state legislature have set a September 20 vote to attempt to override a veto Governor Chris Christie issued on a bill restoring the family planning funds Christie cut from the state budget. Christ said the money shouldn't go to the Planned Parenthood abortion business."

ADF attorney Steve Aden is quoted in the video linked at YouTube below.  | Related ADF Media Information Page | http://www.youtube.com/v/PbHYvw3Ry0w?fs=1&hl=en_US

LifeNews: "Only 33% of U.S. voters believe that taxpayer money should be spent on embryonic stem cell research, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Fifty-seven percent of Americans say funding for the research, which has never helped any patients and requires the destruction of human life to facilitate, should be left to the private sector." | Rasmussen

Ryan T. Anderson writing at The Public Discourse: "Bad ethics, bad science, bad politics, and bad law. Normally it takes only three strikes to be out. But not even this fourth will mark the death knell for this deadly science: while the ruling temporarily halts the federal funding of embryo-destructive stem-cell research, it does nothing to prevent the destruction of human embryos in privately funded research. There is no law forbidding embryo killing, and there never has been. And despite what some excitable commentators have said, there has never been a ban on embryonic stem-cell research. Yet this injunction is a step toward restoring taxpayer-supported scientific research to its morally upright place."

Richard Land writing in The Christian Post: "I am delighted the court’s Chief Judge Royce C. Lamberth made the decision to uphold the rule of law as passed by the Congress of the United States, the people’s elected representatives. In the case, two scientists, several other individuals, Nightlight Christian Adoptions and the Christian Medical & Dental Associations with the support of the Alliance Defense Fund sought to prevent the Obama administration’s Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research from taking effect."

The Republican (Masslive.com) editorial: "We hope that the judge’s ruling blocking federal funds for experiments created with embryos left over from fertility treatments will be overturned . . . The ruling drew praise, however, from the Alliance Defense Fund, a group of Christian attorneys who helped with the lawsuit filed by two researchers against the expanded rules . . . We believe Obama is on the right side of the issue, and polls show that Americans are behind him."

Citizen Link: "Over the past several election cycles, unions and their members contributed millions to fight against core American values – especially on issues of life, religious freedom and marriage. For example, California’s teachers unions joined forces with gay activists in 2008 to try to defeat Proposition 8 – a ballot initiative intended to preserve marriage as being between one man and one woman. Despite having contributed more than $1.25 million, Prop 8 was soundly approved by the voters. Unfortunately, the embracing of the anti-family agenda is not new – just more pronounced. The People’s World, an online Marxist publication, reported this week . . . "

Catholic Culture: "The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) is facing a critical test of support among the US bishops this week, CWN has learned . . . The CCHD was established by the US bishops in 1970 to attack the root causes of poverty in America . . . Last year . . . criticism reached a crescendo, as lay Catholic groups exposed CCHD funding for organizations that promote causes inimical to Catholic teaching, such as legal abortion and same-sex marriage. While the CCHD leadership said that such grants accounted for only a small percentage of the organization’s funding for self-help groups, several American bishops announced that they were withdrawing their dioceses from the nationwide campaign to support the CCHD."

ABC News: "In his days as a student at the University of Utah, Chase Kimball was known as number 007, donating his sperm at $20 a pop to help infertile couples . . . He estimates that over a seven-year period during the 1970s and 1980s, he likely sired 'hundreds of children' . . . Most children are never told they are the product of sperm donation, according to Kimball, 'so the vast majority of my children don't even know I exist.'"

LifeNews: "Just days after Alaska voters approved a new law allowing parents to be notified when their teenage daughter is considering an abortion, the Planned Parenthood abortion business is preparing to push teens into using provisions, meant for abused kids, to keep all parents in the dark."

Russell Korobkin writing at The Volokh Conspiracy: "In a [post yesterday], I described why I think Judge Royce Lamberth’s decision on Monday that the Dickey-Wicker Amendment prohibits the federal government from funding human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research is wrong on the merits. Technically, however, the decision was not a ruling on the merits. Lamberth actually granted the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction. Because the issue is a pure question of statutory interpretation, and because the opinion in no way suggested that it was tentative in nature, it seems almost certain that Lamberth will eventually replace the preliminary injunction with a permanent one. But the government is entitled to another day in court before this can happen."

E. Christian Brugger, D. Phil, Senior Fellow in Ethics at the Culture of Life Foundation: "The secret that the Ella establishment doesn't want you to know is this: from a pharmacological perspective, Ella is not an emergency contraceptive (EC). It is an abortion drug . . . federal funds would be allowed to cover Ella abortions, and private insurance plans will be forced to pay for them."

OneNewsNow: "A spokeswoman for Americans United for Life says it's obvious the Obama administration wants to circumvent the law and make federal funds available for research that requires the killing of unborn babies."

"Baraq [Barack] was the name of the winged horse-like creature that took Mohammed to Paradise in the Night Journey . . . . . The Arab African Muslim has always been associated with slavery because Islam is the driving force in the history of world slavery . . . "

ScienceMag.org / Science Insider: "More ongoing grants will come up for annual review in the coming months, so they will also be halted if the injunction stands. In addition, Steven Aden of the Alliance Defense Fund, a co-counsel in the plaintiff's suit, says the plaintiffs haven't ruled out a challenge to the Adminstration's interpretation of the ruling."

Regent Law Family Restoration: "The case of Sherley v. Sebelius was brought by Dr. James L. Sherley, Dr. Theresa Deisher, Nightlight Christian Adoptions, and the Christian Medical Association, who are represented by Advocates International (AI), the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), and the firm Gibson, Dunn, and Crutcher, LLC . . . When human life is destroyed, respect for family strength and stability is also dramatically weakened. How we treat our children, and particularly our unborn offspring, whether embryonic or fetal, will determine our level of honor and respect toward families."

PressTV: "'The American people should not be forced to pay for experiments -- prohibited by federal law -- that destroy human life. The court is simply enforcing an existing law passed by Congress that prevents Americans from paying another penny for needless research on human embryos,' [Steven H. Aden] said."

First Amendment - Balancing Public Safety and Freedom of Speech Outside Reproductive Healthcare Facilities - McCullen v. Coakley 571 F.3D 167 Robert P. Orthman, 6 J. Health & Biomedical L. 159 (2010) "In McCullen v. Coakley . . . the First Circuit correctly determined that the Massachusetts buffer zone law struck an appropriate balance between protecting an individual's right to reproductive services and upholding the right of individuals to demonstrate outside those clinics."

MinnPost: "In a bit of non-surprising news, Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota South Dakota Action Fund today swung its support to DFL [Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party] gubernatorial candidate Mark Dayton."