Picketing ban ruled unconstitutional

Washington, D.C.

A federal judge ordered the Washington Mayor and Police not to enforce a law prohibiting picketing on public sidewalks within 100 fee of any D.C. medical facility.

The lawsuit was filed by CASE, Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism, a legal advocacy group dedicated to guaranteeing access to public places. The law in question had been adopted by the District of Columbia City Council as an emergency resolution directed against pro-life.

Judge limits Pennsylvania pro-life law

Washington D.C.

On request of Planned Parenthood, U.S. District Judge Daniel Huett suspended two provisions of a Pennsylvania law enacted in November 1989. One provision required a woman to wait 24 hours; another required her to alert her husband before having the abortion.

The judge left two other provisions intact, the prohibition of abortion for purposes of sex selection and the prohibition of abortion after the twenty-fourth week of pregnancy except to avert death or physical harm to the mother.

The suspensions will remain in force until there is a formal court ruling on the

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Pro-abortion victory avoided in Massachusetts

Boston, Mass.

An attempt to fund abortion for rape victims incorporated in Bill 3380 was defeated 78-69 in the Massachusetts State House of Representatives.

“To encourage a victim of rape to kill her child is in no sense treating her sympathetically,” stated Ruth Pakahik, president of Massachusetts Citizens for Life.

Former governor regrets abortion support

Albany, N.Y.

Former New York State governor Hugh Carey drew applause at a Catholic pro-life meeting when he publicly confessed, “I will eternally regret my actions in supporting abortions.”

Carey, a life-long Catholic and father of 14 children, was New York State governor for eight years. In 1979 he vetoed a bill requiring parental consent for girls under 18.

He acknowledged that he had been a “cafeteria Catholic” during his years as governor, ignoring Church opposition to abortion, instead deciding he could have his own private judgment on faith and morals.

He also regretted getting married outside the Church when, upon becoming a widower, he married a divorcee. Today the former governor has been readmitted to