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Charlie Gard, he’s on life support, in a London hospital. He has a rare genetic disorder. There’s only 16 people in the world that have had this. It prevents his cells from producing enough energy to sustain his organs. At this moment, he can’t move or breathe on his own. The parents have raised $1.6 or 7 million to move Charlie to an American hospital. Why would you move him to an American hospital? Well, because socialized medicine is not as good as the medicine here in the United States. There is a doctor here at Columbia that has dealt...

GREENSBORO, NC - A North Carolina law requiring women who want an abortion to have an ultrasound and then have a medical provider describe the image to them is a violation of constitutional free-speech rights, a federal judge ruled Friday.

Dear xxxxx xxxxxx, We've been working hard in Richmond for two weeks now and a lot has happened! We've included some highlights here, but the full bill chart and fact sheets are always available on our website at http://www.ppav.org/keyissues/2008billchart.html. Also, we are only one week away from Pro-Choice Lobby Day on Thursday, January 31st. Earlier this week, your legislators were visited by the Virginia Family Foundation and lobbied on bills to close Planned Parenthood's clinics and restore funding for abstinence-only programs. Make sure your voice is heard too! Sign up now at http://www.ppaction.org/ppav/events/2008prochoicelobbyday/details.tcl. Legislative Update HB 894 Hospital Licensing Requirements,...

TALLAHASSEE -- Republican Tom Gallagher is betting his political life on an appeal to Christian and social conservatives. And at least one of his supporters in those groups say their own future is at stake in Gallagher's quest to be governor. Gallagher has earned the endorsement of Florida Right to Life, as well as vocal support of most social conservative leaders in the state. His goal: Win the hearts of Republicans most likely to get out and vote on Sept. 5.

It is frequently said that truth is stranger than fiction. In the case of Michael Schiavo, husband of the now deceased Terri Schiavo, this is precisely correct. You may recall that during the years that Terri Schiavo suffered from a debilitating condition, Michael worked very hard to acquire legal permission to kill his wife by denying her the basic human right of receiving food and water. He argued that she would not want to be fed through a tube. His view was that she actually died 12 years earlier, and that the person in the hospital bed was not truly...

This is an unprecedented session. The Congress is meeting to save one persons life (in real time). The only reason the Democrats are agreeing to this is that they don’t want to be known as the party that killed Terri. This is American history happening before your eyes.