The Pulse
Newsletter of Georgia Right to Life
A Valued Friend Retires
August 2018 – Article 2: Linda Powell, a dear friend and tireless advocate for the sanctity of all human life, has retired as GRTL's Treasurer, a position she has held since 2015. “I just felt it was time for me to step back a little and take some time for myself...
Are Doctors Becoming Obsolete?
August 2018 – Article 1: The head long rush to enhance, or even replace, human capabilities with artificial intelligence (AI) is having a rapidly growing impact on the medical profession. Developments in creating self-learning computers to diagnose and treat...
Organ Harvest Stampede
July 2018 – Article 2: The organ transplant business—and it is a business—continues to find unethical ways to increase the number of donors. Premature declarations of brain dead patients, and in some cases accusations of murder, haunt an industry that tries to...
Bucks for Babies
July 2018 – Article 1: (Note: While researching the April article, Surrogacy Out of Control, Georgia Right to Life determined that surrogacy in Georgia is virtually unchecked. This is the follow-up discussion of that finding). Need money for a down payment on a...
Surrounded by Lions
June 2018 – Article 3: In ancient Rome, countless Christians were literally fed to lions. Today, we face a growing horde of two-legged lions out to silence—and in stands up for the Word of God. Based on what’s happening in other countries, even more dire...
Irish Rejoice over the Freedom to Kill
June 2018 – Article 2: Pro-life advocates around the globe are mourning the results of the May 25, 2018 referendum in Ireland that repealed the Eighth Amendment to the country’s constitution that currently bans abortion under almost all circumstances. Added to the...
The Double-Edged Sword of Gene Editing
June 2018 – Article 1: As with many scientific breakthroughs, gene editing has a helpful side and a dangerous side; a moral side and an evil side. While the rapidly-growing technique promises the potential to prevent, or cure, inheritable diseases, it also...
Surrogacy Out of Control
April 2018 – Article 3: (Note: While researching this article, Georgia Right to Life determined that surrogacy in Georgia is virtually unchecked. That issue will be discussed in depth in the next newsletter). Sometimes, what starts as a well-intentioned idea, ends...
2018 Session: It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over
June 2018 – Article 2: The 2018 Georgia General Assembly was very busy for Georgia Right to Life (GRTL). This year the primary focus was the “Woman’s Right to Recover Act” (HB 882). This legislation was sponsored by Rep. Wes Cantrell (R-22). It would give women who...
A New Breed of “Children”
June 2018 – Article 1: Not satisfied with God’s wondrous creation, research gurus are furiously trying to save the world by creating computer children that they consider far superior to mere humans. Google, trying to learn everything about everybody, claims its...
A Bad Batch of Cookies
March 2018 – Article 3: It’s that time of year when you can expect sweet-faced girls wearing green sashes to be at your door selling cookies to support the Girl Scouts. Seems innocent enough, right? After all, you think you’re helping these girls grow into healthy...
Endowment Fund Launched
March 2018 – Article 2: The leadership of Georgia Right to Life was quite pleased and grateful when in 2016, a longtime and generous donor approached the leadership with the notion of establishing an endowment fund and “seeding” that fund. As with most non-profits,...