Contact: Day Gardner, National Pro Life Radio, 202-834-0844WASHINGTON, May 26 /Christian Newswire/ -- Stephen G Peroutka, Chairman of the National Pro Life Action Center and founder and CEO of National Pro Life Radio NPLR.net responded to President Obama's nomination of US Appeals Court Judge Sonya Sotamayor to sit on the US Supreme Court, saying:"First, we should look at the right things; with her work on behalf of expectant mothers and her vote against Planned Parenthood there i Source: National Pro-Life Radio

Web sites for Senators Nelson and Casey (www.tellnelson.com) (www.tellcasey.com) launched; Will Nelson and Casey put life ahead of party and join a GOP filibuster?Contact: Sandy Veritas, 904-687-9804 WASHINGTON, May 26 /Christian Newswire/ -- Miss Norma McCorvey, formerly the"Jane Roe"of Roe vs. Wade, offers this plea to Nelson and Casey:  "Because the Obama administration is committed to the slaughter of children in utero - and this Supreme Court nomin Source: Society for Truth and Justice

Operation Rescue vows to oppose Sotomayor who wrongly believes,"Courts create social policy." Contact: Troy Newman, President, 316-841-1700; Cheryl Sullenger, Senior Policy Advisor, 316-516-3034; both with Operation Rescue, info@operationrescue.org WASHINGTON, May 26 /Christian Newswire/ -- President Barack Obama has nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U. S. Supreme Court as a replacement for retiring Justice David Souter. Operation Rescue w Source: Operation Rescue

Contact: Valerie Mosher, Concerned Women for America, 202-488-7000, ext. 126WASHINGTON, May 26 /Christian Newswire/ -- As expected, President Barack Obama has named Judge Sonia Sotomayor as his choice to replace Judge David Souter as the next Justice on the United States Supreme Court. Concerned Women for America (CWA) calls on all senators to demand ample time for a careful and thorough examination of the nominee's record.CWA President Wendy Wright said,"A necessary q Source: Concerned Women for America

Contact: Margaret, Priests for Life, 888-735-3448, ext. 251STATEN ISLAND, NY, May 20 /Christian Newswire/ -- Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, says he has just one question about Judge Sonia Sotomayor as she is nominated by President Obama for the Supreme Court:"Does justice include the right to tear the arms and legs off of babies, crush their skulls, and treat them as medical waste?""We all draw the line somewhere.&n Source: Priests for Life

Contact: Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, Director, Christian Defense Coalition, 540-538-4741WASHINGTON, May 26 /Christian Newswire/ -- Christian and pro-life leaders will gather at the Supreme Court at 10:30 A.M. to discuss and pray for the new nominee.Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, Director of the Christian Defense Coalition will be available for comments and interviews through out the day.For more information call:Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney at 540.538.4741 Source: Christian Defense Coalition

Contact: Peggy Birchfield-Neinaber, Faith and Action, 202-236-0953WASHINGTON, May 26 /Christian Newswire/ -- Faith and Action, the Christian Defense Coalition and several other groups will hold a prayer service in front of the US Supreme Court today immediately following President Obama's announcement of his nominee to the US Supreme Court.Who:Rev. Rob Schenck (pronounced SHANK), Evangelical minister and head of Faith and Action, the National Clergy Council and chairman of the Committee Source: Faith and Action

Contact: Andrew Walther, 203-824-5412, andrew.walther@kofc.org NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 25 /Christian Newswire/ -- Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, submits the following and is available for comment: A Golden Opportunity to Move Beyond the Legacy of Roe v. Wade The American people no longer support the regime of Roe v. Wade. That's not a controversial statement; it's simply true. And though because of the abortion debate&ndash Source: Knights of Columbus

UNITED NATIONS,May 22(IPS)-The Sri Lankan government, which has claimedmilitary victory against a 26-year-old brutal insurgency in thecountry's northern and eastern provinces, will be battlingcharges of violating humanitarian law at a special session of theU.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva next week.

BANGKOK,May 23(IPS)-By pushing ahead with a sham trial to prosecute thecountry’s pro-democracyicon, Burma’s military regime appearsset to shatter the credibility of the new,rules-based SoutheastAsian regional bloc, of which it is a member.

UNITED NATIONS,May 22(IPS)-In 2007, a group of aboriginal women from FitzroyCrossing in Western Australia decided that the only thing thatcould save their community from going under was to impose acomplete ban on the sales of takeaway alcohol.

BEIJING,May 22(IPS)-The global economic crisis has helped China and theEuropean Union mend theirrecent rift over Tibet and humanrights, but the two sides remain distrustful ofeach other’sintentions. Beijing complains that the EU’s crowded agenda makesit lose sight of the bigger picture in dealing with China.Brussels for its part,believes China is exploiting the EU’sdivisions and treating the 27-state blocwith‘diplomaticcontempt’on a range of issues from trade to the Dalai Lama.

UNITED NATIONS,May 21(IPS)-The United States, the only country to launch amilitary strike with nuclear weapons, and Japan, the only countryto have suffered nuclear devastation, will have to jointly takethe initiative for the creation of an international convention toban all nuclear weapons, says one of the world'slongstanding advocates of nuclear disarmament.

UXBRIDGE, Canada,May 21(IPS)-Continent-hopping alien species are worseningpoverty and threaten the agriculture, forestry, fisheries andnatural systems that underpin millions of livelihoods indeveloping countries, warn biodiversity experts.

UNITED NATIONS,May 21(IPS)-Six months after Israel's devastating air andground assault on the Gaza Strip, Ambassador Riyad Mansour of thePalestinian Observer Mission to the United Nations says he will"keep up the pressure on all fronts until the perpetrators ofthese crimes are held accountable and reparations are made byIsrael".