Pro-life News Links

Many people in the blogosphere are expressing their disappointment with Senator Sam Brownback's endorsement of KS Governor Kathleen Sebelius as Department of HHS secretary, but Leticia, who considered Brownback a pro-life hero seems to have been hit the hardest. Read her post here.

Ángel Soto, writer and director of 22weeks, just won its first award, a Silver Angel, "for excellence in production on a film with social impact," on the 2009 Angel Awards! Jill Stanek has the story.

An assisted suicide group has announced it will compile a directory of physicians who will assist terminally ill patients seeking lethal medication prescriptions after a Washington state assisted suicide law takes effect on Thursday. The group expects a “cultural shift” in the state will encourage more doctors to assist in suicides. The move follows the passage of Washington’s Initiative 1000, which won nearly 60 percent of the vote in the November 2008 election.

The Ave Maria Oratory at Ave Maria University will host the “National Mass for Terri’s Day” on March 31 to commemorate the death of Terri Schindler Schiavo.

At Central Michigan University, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King spoke out strongly against abortion at her "Can the Dream Survive?" presentation in Warriner Hall's Plachta Auditorium. Some students were surprised to learn that was the topic of her lecture. Several of the about 650-person audience walked out. Sponsored by The Student Budget Allocation Committee, The Office for Institutional Diversity and Students For Life, King presented a PowerPoint called "Can the Dream Survive If the Kids Are Dead?" Speaking about abortion, King linked the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s to her views on abortion.