Media Step Up

WORLDNETDAILY.COM, Aug. 17 — Pro-abortion activists “have never experienced anything like the pounding Naral took … for its outrageously false ad against Supreme Court nominee John Roberts,” observed activist Jill Stanek in a guest commentary for the Web opinion page.

“In fact,” wrote Stanek, the Naral commercial that implied Judge Roberts' approval of abortion clinic violence and the organization's decision to pull it several days later will “go down in pro-life history as a significant event, a turning point when MSM — mainstream media — finally began to publicly scrutinize” pro-abortion advocates.

Pointing to changing public attitudes about abortion and the impact of alternate media, including Web bloggers, Stanek observed that, “a year ago, MSM wouldn't have questioned them.”

She added that pro-life election results, “low ratings, and canceled subscriptions” have helped the mainstream media to begin to present both sides of the abortion issue.

Pro-Life Plates Expand

THE PILOT, Aug. 12 — To date, 12 states have introduced Choose Life license plates, with at least six more expected to begin issuing them this year. If Merry Nordeen gets her way, Massachusetts will be right behind those six, according to a feature story in the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Boston.

Nordeen and her husband Kenneth see the pro-life tags as a way to support “those volunteers that actually help women in need.” To succeed, Nordeen will propose an amendment to state law, which now permits specialty plates for some two dozen approved causes.

Nordeen's goal is to find 3,000 people interested in purchasing the Choose Life license plate before she moves forward. For more information or to sign the petition, call (781) 224-0404 or write to [email protected]