Candidates who think babies who are conceived as a result of rape or incest should not receive legal protection  
are, in Indiana: Michael Petyo, CD-1; and in Ohio: Frank Cremeans, CD-6; Richard Herron, CD-7 and Grace Drake, CD-13.

( = Contested primary - supported by RNC/Life PAC)

Microsoft Mogul Funds Population Control Worldwide 
The pro-abortion United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), a major contributor to the coercive population control measures employed by Communist China, has received $1.7 million from Microsoft Co. chairman Bill Gates. The money was a gift from the William H. Gates Foundation. The Gates Foundation has been active in the population and reproductive science fields, awarding previous grants for research on contraceptives, and last year giving Johns Hopkins University money to use technology to address the so-called “overpopulation” issue. Bill Gates, the wealthiest man in the United States, is reportedly worth $40 billion. (The Pro-Life Infonet , 4/26/98)

Abortionists Seek Taxpayer Funded Abortions in Texas  
Six Texas-based abortion providers are appealing a District Court decision that denies them taxpayer funding for elective abortions. The appeal to the Third Court of Appeals seeks to overturn the State’s current policy of limiting abortion funding to cases of rape, incest and endangerment to the mother’s life, amounting to fewer than two dozen abortions per year. The three abortionists and three facilities want reimbursement for elective abortions performed on Medicaid-eligible women. In their “Original Petition,” the plaintiffs estimate that “more than 4,000” abortions would be funded if they are successful, costing an average of $275 each, or at least $1,100,000 annually. “We hope the appellate court agrees with the District Court that Texas taxpayers should not be forced to fund thousands of elective abortions each year costing more than a million dollars.” (Greater Austin Right to Life Release , 4/22/98)

Nebraska GOP Passes Lambert Resolution 
The Republican Party Central Committee of Nebraska, led by pro-life Party chairman Chuck Sigerson, on April 18 approved a resolution stating that any candidate campaigning on a platform that supports allowing doctors to perform the late-term abortion procedure will not be backed by the state GOP. The Nebraska resolution adds to the growing list of state Republican committees who have passed the Lambert Resolution, which was opposed by national Party leaders when it was offered at the January meeting of the Republican National Committee in Palm Springs. Grassroots Republicans, dismayed that the National Committee would protect politicians who do not oppose partial-birth abortions, are moving state-by-state, to deny them funding and support. (Omaha World-Herald, 4/19/98)