SPCS

SOCIETY FOR PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY STANDARDS INC.

The lessons of the Kermit Gosnell verdict – by Justin Dyer

by Leave a Comment

Justin Dyer, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Missouri in Columbia, wrote in The Kansas City Star special report:

“After the sensational murder trial of Pennsylvania abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, a curious thing happened to American public opinion: nothing at all. According to a new Gallop poll, Americans remain divided into the same basic camps with respect to abortion rights.

“Gosnell’s crimes — which include killing three post-birth infants and negligently administering a lethal dose of Demerol to a 41-year-old Nepali refugee — had no effect on Gallup’s poll numbers, which have remained constant since the 1970s. Given the case’s sordid and heart-wrenching details, Gallup’s seeming non-story (“public opinion same as always”) is significant.”

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4242286/the-lessons-of-the-kermit-gosnell.html#storylink=cpy
Source:
The Lessons of the Kermit Gosnell verdict
Kansas City Star. 17 May 2013

Nebraska law sets limit on abortion

by Leave a Comment

Governor Dave Heineman of Nebraska signed a law on Tuesday banning most abortions 20 weeks after conception or later on the theory that a fetus, by that stage in pregnancy, has the capacity to feel pain. The law, which appears nearly certain to set off legal and scientific debates, is the first in the nation to restrict abortions on the basis of fetal pain. Abortion opponents praised the law and said it was justified by medical evidence gained since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973. Abortion rights advocates said that the measure was unconstitutional, and that the motive behind it was to set off a challenge to legalized abortion before the United States Supreme Court.

For rest of story go to New York Times Report by Monica Davey dated April 13, 2010

See: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/us/14abortion.html