The Family Research Council reports:
Washington may defy our values, but the march of pro-life, pro-family revolutionaries goes on. There's no more powerful illustration of this than the states, where thousands of local leaders are building the kind of government voters can be proud of. Earlier this week in New Hampshire, a legislature that flipped to Republican control in 2010, proved once again how important elections can be. Despite Gov. John Lynch's (D) opposition, lawmakers hit the two-thirds majority it needed to overturn his veto and enact a stricter law barring partial-birth abortion. Although the procedure is illegal under federal law, New Hampshire doesn't trust the government to prosecute it. (And given Eric Holder's record, who can blame them?)
The state's House and Senate also overrode a veto to a school choice measure that will help more public school students switch to private schools. To round out the day, House and Senate leaders shot down a third veto on the state's voter ID law. Anyone who doubts the significance of local elections needs only to look toward New Hampshire for proof. While the Supreme Court was dominating headlines, another court took center stage in the battle over pregnancy resource centers (PRCs).
Lost in the news of ObamaCare was a legal victory for pro-lifers, who fought to overturn a Maryland ordinance that would have required PRCs to post a disclaimer on their doors about abortion and contraception. Like the lower court before it, a three-judge panel for the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals found it unconstitutional. "Whether a provider of a pregnancy-related services is 'pro-life' or 'pro-choice,' it is for the provider--not the government--to decide when and how to discuss abortion and birth control methods," Judge Marvin Garbis wrote.
And the good news just kept coming. Miles away in South Dakota, a district judge decided that leaders could start enforcing parts of their abortion law, which Planned Parenthood has aggressively challenged in court. By order of Judge Karen Schreier, abortion doctors must first "assess women to determine if they have been coerced into getting abortions or are at risk of suffering psychological problems if they undergo [it]." So be encouraged! You are making a difference.