The 6th annual March for Life Los Angeles is scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday, March 14, along Ventura Boulevard in the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles. Registration will begin at 8 a.m., with opening ceremonies slated to start at 9 a.m.

"Join the Pro Life community of Los Angeles... as we walk down Ventura Boulevard, starting from St. Cyril of Jerusalem Catholic Church, 15520 Ventura Blvd., Los Angeles," says a flyer announcing the event. The two-mile march will begin and end at St. Cyril's, sponsors said.

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Obama Starts Process of Removing Doctors' Protections on Abortions
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The White House quietly announced on Friday that President Barack Obama is starting the process of overturning protections President Bush put in place to make sure medical staff and centers are not forced to do abortions. The move is the latest that will add to Obama's growing pro-abortion record. Existing federal laws already make it so doctors and hospitals are not required to perform abortions. Because those laws aren't always followed, the Bush administration added additional protections.Bush officials noted a pattern of grant recipients being unaware of or flouting existing laws protecting medical professionals' rights of conscience. So, HHS enacted the new regulations to require grantees to certify compliance with them in order to receive funds. In August, 2008 the Department of Health and Human Services proposed regulations to strengthen those existing laws. The regulations were finalized on December 18, 2008 and went into effect January 20, 2009. Abortion advocates complained about the new regulations and made false claims that they would somehow deny women access to birth control even though the regulations do not limit or restrict any legal practice or product. Three pro-abortion groups and pro-abortion attorneys general from seven states filed a lawsuit to overturn the rules and today's news makes it clear the Obama administration is preparing its own move to rescind them. Obama officials told the Chicago Tribune that they are opening up a 30-day public comment period, after which they will roll back the protections for medical personnel and facilities. Full story at LifeNews.com

Medical Group Upset President Obama Will Remove Abortion Conscience Clause
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A leading medical group is disappointed that White House officials have indicated that President Barack Obama will likely rescind the Provider Conscience Clause. That's the Bush rule put in place to provide more enforcement for laws protecting medical staff and center from having to do abortions. David Stevens, the head of the Christian Medical Association, one of the groups seeking to stop the pro-abortion lawsuit file to overturn the regulations, told LifeNews.com the Obama administration had shown no reason for rescinding the rules. "The Obama administration claims, without offering a shred of statistical evidence, that the regulation has 'created confusion' and will somehow hinder access to healthcare," he told LifeNews.com. "What can be clearer than not using federal funds to force healthcare professionals to violate longstanding principles of medical ethics like the Hippocratic Oath, which guided medicine for over two millennia?" Stevens asked. Stevens says the Obama administration will drive out medical staff and centers from the medical profession by reducing the protects those who don't want to do abortions have. "The real threat to healthcare access is driving out every healthcare professional who conscientiously practices medicine according to life-affirming ethical standards," he said. "Infringing on their right to practice medicine according to these life-affirming ethical standards will force them to leave the profession and to shut down the hospitals and clinics." Full story at LifeNews.com

 Life Prizes is an initiative of the Gerard Health Foundation, a private charity foundation of Marilyn A. and Raymond B. Ruddy. Gerard Health Foundation is dedicated to saving lives through support and financing of initiatives throughout the world, including HIV/AIDS prevention, pregnancy resource centers, international pro-life education, youth outreach and development, judicial reform, abstinence education, and supporting children's hospitals in Africa among other activities. Life Prizes is Gerard Health Foundation's newest initiative and is already being championed by pro-life leaders across the nation.