Just received a welcome press release from the Committee for Justice.

Senate Democrats, led by Judiciary Committee chairman Pat Leahy, pictured left, have hamstrung the nation's federal courts by obstucting the confirmation of Bush nominees. The critical shortage of judges only grows more critical.

Confirmations are headed for a "historic low for a two-term President in modern times," stated GOP Senator Arlen Specter, pictured below right, the ranking Republican on that committee.

Specter has been holding Increasingly frustrated Republicans at bay, trying to appeal to Leahy.

Time is apparently up....

I just received an email from a man who recently launched a pro-life ministry with his wife to supply burial caskets for miscarried children. They have lost 3 children to miscarriage, aged 6 to 17 weeks.

He read my post about the France Supreme Court's recent ruling to allow parents the right to name and bury their miscarried baby no matter what gestational age.

Bless his heart, he wondered if I had contact information for the 3 mothers who won that lawsuit so he could provide them free caskets.

I don't have that information, but I sure can spotlight his ministry, called Heaven's Gain. I have posted the address on "web links," right, for your reference.

Here are some of the casket choices, very reasonably priced:

See more on page 2.

People wondered whether Jamie Lynn Spears, pregnant at age 16, would be a bad influence on other teens, glamorizing teen pregnancy and creating copycats.

On February 29, The Insider interviewed 16-year-old and pregnant Katy MacDonald and her baby's 14-year-old father Anthony. See page 2 for video.

Katy said Jamie's announcement "definitely helped me like be more comfortable with my decision."

What does that mean?

Jamie encouraged Katy not to abort by her example....

My former employer, Christ Hospital, called in news crews to showcase its party for babies born on Leap Year, February 29. These are special babies who will only get to celebrate their actual birthday once every 4 years.

Christ Hospital execs say it aborts far fewer than back in the day when I worked there. But its policy still states it will abort for life or health of the mother, fatal fetal anomalies, rape or incest, and "selective reduction" in the case of multiples. So who really knows what is going on there until the hospital changes its policy to abortion for life of the mother only.

Thus, it is entirely possible that while cameras focused on babies born at Christ Hospital on Leap Year, staff were quietly committing Leap Year abortions off-camera nearby.

Click on the image below for link to video:

[HT: proofreader Angela]

Life Advocacy Resource Project's Penny Pullen, a pro-life wordsmith who taught me to say "commit abortion" rather than "perform abortion" and "aborting mother" rather than "aborting woman," is spotlighting an effective political ad in her most recent newsletter.

The ad is by former Louisiana state Rep. Woody Jenkins, now running for Congress. Its theme is, "How can you not be pro-life?" Noteworthy points from the ad, according to Penny:

It's a great example of effective advocacy for Life....

One of the things I like about it is that it embraces the full spectrum of the right to life.... disabled... elderly... newborn... unborn....

Another key point: It assumes that being prolife is the mainstream position. Nothing timid or defensive about this message....

[It] stress[es] that "being pro-life" is the natural normal view to take.

Watch and learn....

Here's a wild story, from the Associated Press, February 28:

A newborn girl fell through the toilet in a moving train and onto the tracks moments after her mother gave birth prematurely, surviving nearly two hours before being found....

The infant's mother, who uses the single name Bhuri, was traveling with relatives... when she went to the bathroom... and unexpectedly gave birth, said Arjun Kumar, her brother-in-law.

"Later, she fell unconscious and the baby fell through the toilet," he said. "Two stations later, we knocked at the door."

Bhuri opened the door, soaked in blood....