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According to the National Right to Life Committee, its goal is to:

According to the National Right to Life Committee, its goal is to:

{{Cquote|Restore legal protection to innocent human life. The primary interest of the National Right to Life Committee and its members has been the abortion controversy; however, it is also concerned with related matters of medical ethics which relate to the right to life issues of euthanasia and infanticide.<ref>http://www.nrlc.org/Missionstatement.htm</ref>}}

{{Cquote|Restore legal protection to innocent human life. The primary interest of the National Right to Life Committee and its members has been the abortion controversy; however, it is also concerned with related matters of medical ethics which relate to the right to life issues of euthanasia and infanticide.<ref>https://www.nrlc.org/Missionstatement.htm</ref>}}

==Issues==

==Issues==

===Abortion===

===Abortion===

The National Right to Life Committee stands against [[abortion]], they also criticize pro-abortion organizations such as [[Planned Parenthood]].<ref>http://www.prolifeperspective.com/</ref> The NRLC website provides studies and information on the abortion procedure and the medical danger it causes to women.<ref>http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/ASMF/asmf10.html</ref> NRLC actively involves itself in [[lobbying]] for [[pro-life]] causes. The organizations praised the [[Supreme Court]]'s ban on partial birth abortion. NRLC Legislative Director, Douglas Johnson commented, "[[Bill Clinton]], [[Hillary Clinton]], [[Nancy Pelosi]], and their allies blocked this law for 12 years -- but finally, it is illegal in America to mostly deliver a premature infant before puncturing her skull and removing her brain, which is what a partial-birth abortion is." <ref>http://www.nrlc.org/press_releases_new/Release041807.html</ref>

The National Right to Life Committee stands against [[abortion]], they also criticize pro-abortion organizations such as [[Planned Parenthood]].<ref>http://www.prolifeperspective.com/</ref> The NRLC website provides studies and information on the abortion procedure and the medical danger it causes to women.<ref>https://www.nrlc.org/abortion/ASMF/asmf10.html</ref> NRLC actively involves itself in [[lobbying]] for [[pro-life]] causes. The organizations praised the [[Supreme Court]]'s ban on partial birth abortion. NRLC Legislative Director, Douglas Johnson commented, "[[Bill Clinton]], [[Hillary Clinton]], [[Nancy Pelosi]], and their allies blocked this law for 12 years -- but finally, it is illegal in America to mostly deliver a premature infant before puncturing her skull and removing her brain, which is what a partial-birth abortion is." <ref>https://www.nrlc.org/press_releases_new/Release041807.html</ref>

===Cloning===

===Cloning===

The National Right to Life Committee has condemned measures to allow for [[federal funding]] for embryonic [[cloning]] initiatives. They called the [[United States House of Representatives]] bill, H.R. 2560, which would allow for increase cloning, "a clone-and kill bill."<ref>http://www.nrlc.org/Killing_Embryos/cloningmisconceptions031803.html</ref> The organization praised President Bush's veto of a bill which would allow for federal funding for embryonic cloning.

The National Right to Life Committee has condemned measures to allow for [[federal funding]] for embryonic [[cloning]] initiatives. They called the [[United States House of Representatives]] bill, H.R. 2560, which would allow for increase cloning, "a clone-and kill bill."<ref>https://www.nrlc.org/Killing_Embryos/cloningmisconceptions031803.html</ref> The organization praised President Bush's veto of a bill which would allow for federal funding for embryonic cloning.

The bi-partisan organization also criticized Speaker of the House [[Nancy Pelosi]] for stating that science had shown that embryonic stem cells have the "power to cure." [[Douglas Johnson]] stated, "since not a single human being has benefited from any procedure using embryonic stem cells, Pelosi's statement is yet another demonstration that the congressional Democratic leadership is more interested in demagoguery than in supporting the most promising types of stem cell research, which do not require killing human embryos." <ref>http://www.nrlc.org/Killing_Embryos/Release062007.html</ref>  

The bi-partisan organization also criticized Speaker of the House [[Nancy Pelosi]] for stating that science had shown that embryonic stem cells have the "power to cure." [[Douglas Johnson]] stated, "since not a single human being has benefited from any procedure using embryonic stem cells, Pelosi's statement is yet another demonstration that the congressional Democratic leadership is more interested in demagoguery than in supporting the most promising types of stem cell research, which do not require killing human embryos." <ref>https://www.nrlc.org/Killing_Embryos/Release062007.html</ref>  

=== Euthanasia===

=== Euthanasia===

The organization is against all forms of [[euthanasia]]. To support their position, the organization cites studies which show that most of the recipients of assisted suicides suffer from mental health problems, which does not allow for them to make a rational decision to commit [[suicide]].<ref>http://www.nrlc.org/euthanasia/asisuid1.html</ref> They also state that problems should be dealt with by counseling, not assisted suicide. The organization says that if poor quality of life justifies the ending of life then, "we have taken a step down a slippery slope that places all of us in danger."<ref>http://www.nrlc.org/euthanasia/index.html</ref>

The organization is against all forms of [[euthanasia]]. To support their position, the organization cites studies which show that most of the recipients of assisted suicides suffer from mental health problems, which does not allow for them to make a rational decision to commit [[suicide]].<ref>https://www.nrlc.org/euthanasia/asisuid1.html</ref> They also state that problems should be dealt with by counseling, not assisted suicide. The organization says that if poor quality of life justifies the ending of life then, "we have taken a step down a slippery slope that places all of us in danger."<ref>https://www.nrlc.org/euthanasia/index.html</ref>

==External links==

==External links==

*[http://www.nrlc.org/default.html National Right to Life Committee Website]

*[https://www.nrlc.org/default.html National Right to Life Committee Website]

==References==

==References==