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 Monday, August 23, 2010

The US Catholic Bishops are denouncing the FDA’s approval of the new abortion drug “Ella.”  This video explains why Ella is an abortion drug.

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 Thursday, August 19, 2010

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, August 20, 2010 1:08:28 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, August 17, 2010

LifeNews reports.  As does The Washington Post.

posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 6:17:56 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, August 13, 2010

LifeNews reports.  AdvanceUSA attended the bus tour rally in South Bend.

posted on Friday, August 13, 2010 6:12:57 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, August 09, 2010

Kathryn Jean Lopez reports on a group of pro-life champions in Congress who want to permanently prevent our tax dollars from supporting abortion.

posted on Monday, August 09, 2010 10:52:27 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, July 29, 2010

Philip Klein explains at the American Spectator.  LifeNews also reports.

posted on Thursday, July 29, 2010 2:58:39 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Ken Blackwell explains how Western liberals force abortion onto developing nations.  Excerpt:

 

Did you know that Warren Buffett has given $3 billion—yes, three billion dollars—to promote abortion here in the U.S. and around the world? Often, government officials in developing countries are under pressure to control population in order to qualify for international aid. So they pressure women in the villages to get abortions. Western Europe is especially strong in pushing for abortion in these developing countries.

 

Heart wrenching paragraphs like this reflect the “new colonialism” of spreading the religion of secularism and its sacrament of abortion around the world.  Apparently President Obama supports this brand of colonialism because he strongly promotes a pro-abortion constitution for the East African nation of Kenya.

posted on Thursday, July 29, 2010 2:54:31 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.  AdvanceUSA joined these groups as a cosigner.

posted on Thursday, July 29, 2010 2:53:17 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, July 28, 2010

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 2:15:29 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, July 26, 2010

Richard M. Doerflinger explains.

posted on Monday, July 26, 2010 2:28:52 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, July 23, 2010

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) is set to propose the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” which would provide permanent statutory prohibitions on the taxpayer funding of abortions.  LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, July 23, 2010 4:41:46 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Live Action Films is again exposing the deception being peddled by nation’s largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood.  LifeNews reports that Lila Rose’s organization of plucky youths has exposed the staff at an Indianapolis-area Planned Parenthood providing false or misleading information to a girl posing as seeking an abortion.

posted on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 5:56:56 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

The Washington Times reports.

posted on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 5:55:26 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, July 19, 2010

Senators on the Judiciary Committee are raising concerns that Kagan might have been misleading on her involvement with partial birth abortion during her time in the Clinton administration.  Americans United for Life chronicles this issue thoroughly while Bill Saunders encourages the American people to “wake up” on the Kagan nomination.

posted on Monday, July 19, 2010 2:46:13 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeSiteNews reports.  AdvanceUSA joined in a letter to members of Congress opposing abortions on military bases.

posted on Monday, July 19, 2010 2:43:51 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports on another health care promise broken.

posted on Monday, July 19, 2010 2:41:49 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, July 15, 2010
 Monday, July 12, 2010

The Washington Times editorial staff says Elena Kagan’s support for partial-birth abortion should be the “kiss of death” for her nomination to the Supreme Court.  LifeNews also reports.

posted on Monday, July 12, 2010 2:20:07 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

K-Lo explains.

posted on Monday, July 12, 2010 2:15:34 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, July 09, 2010

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, July 09, 2010 3:26:35 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Robert Maginnis explains.

posted on Friday, July 09, 2010 3:25:30 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, July 08, 2010

AUL reports.  Hopefully, more states will follow Louisiana and Governor Bobby Jindal’s lead.

posted on Thursday, July 08, 2010 1:51:38 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, July 06, 2010

LifeNews reports.

UPDATE:  Ryan McCann has the outrageous text of the Planned Parenthood email posted at Veritas Rex.

posted on Tuesday, July 06, 2010 1:27:02 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, July 02, 2010

ProLife News reports.

posted on Friday, July 02, 2010 6:22:49 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, July 01, 2010

Clarke Forsythe explains.

posted on Thursday, July 01, 2010 3:48:16 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, June 28, 2010

Today marks the beginning of Senate hearings on the nomination of Elana Kagan to the Supreme Court by President Barak Obama.  During the hearings, Kagan’s words and actions (which show her to be a radical liberal on key issues) can and should be used against her.  Excerpt from the AP story:

 

During her solicitor general hearings, she wrote, "Under prevailing law, the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment protects a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy, subject to various permissible forms of state regulation."

 

One of the most talked-about issues against Kagan is her decision as dean of Harvard Law School to ban military recruiters from campus.  Some military families are “appalled.”

 

Kagan will soon testify before the committee and a number of hot-button issues could and should be discussed.  Senate Republicans are contemplating the possibility of filibustering her nomination if she is found to be “too far outside the mainstream.”  Hans von Spakovsky explains why the hearings should be delayed due to large number of documents relating to Kagan which have suddenly been released.

UPDATE:  Watch the hearings LIVE on CSPAN or on the web at C-SPAM.com.  Read the live commentary at NRO's Bench Memos Blog.

 

Americans United for Life have many helpful resources on the Kagan nomination, including this video on Kagan and her judicial hero:







posted on Monday, June 28, 2010 4:09:38 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, June 21, 2010

Elisabeth Meinecke reports.  Excerpt:

 

Organizations that promote or perform abortions spent nearly $1 billion in taxpayer money since 2002, according to a Government Accountability Office report released last week.

 

View the original GAO report here.

posted on Monday, June 21, 2010 9:11:36 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, June 15, 2010

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 1:05:17 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Saturday, June 12, 2010

LifeNews reports.  And it also reports on her likely stance on partial-birth abortion.

posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 7:59:42 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

House Minority Leader Boehner calls President Obama’s bluff on abortion funding.  And Yuval Levin urges us to be watchful of an imminent PR campaign to make Obamacare look more palatable.

posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 7:57:45 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, May 31, 2010

LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, May 31, 2010 11:03:35 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, May 31, 2010 11:02:35 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, May 26, 2010

US News reports.  Read the official statement at the Americans United for Life website.  AUL details Kagan’s record on abortion here.

 

LifeNews also reports on Kagan’s abortion record.

posted on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:13:37 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:11:53 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, May 17, 2010

LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 4:46:52 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 4:43:26 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, May 13, 2010

LifeNews reports.  Also, Planned Parenthood, the biggest profiteer of abortion on demand, endorsed Kagan.

 

Americans United for Life is collecting information on the Kagan nomination here.  Family Research Council has information here.

posted on Thursday, May 13, 2010 6:09:50 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, May 11, 2010

The Washington Post reports.  Ramesh Ponnuru provides some helpful perspective on Kagan’s history on partial-birth abortion.

posted on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 1:28:38 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, May 06, 2010

LifeNews reports on a “sordid tale” of forced abortion without parental consent.  A girl in foster care became pregnant and was taken to New Jersey by Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services to get an abortion against her foster mother’s wishes.  A city employee was fired for not going along with the plan.  Philly.com also reports.

posted on Thursday, May 06, 2010 5:58:29 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Thursday, May 06, 2010 5:57:14 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

The Florida Family Policy Council is urging Floridians to ask Governor Crist to sign a pro-life bill that would prevent the taxpayer funding of abortion and require women seeking an abortion to view an ultrasound image of their unborn child.  Crist recently abandoned the GOP primary race for US Senate after upstart conservative Florida Speaker of the House Marco Rubio opened a double-digit lead over Crist.  With Crist’s party switch and recent veto of a conservative education reform bill, Florida conservatives are concerned Crist could torpedo what some activists are calling the most important pro-life bill in Florida history.

posted on Thursday, May 06, 2010 5:52:21 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Ken Blackwell explains.

posted on Thursday, May 06, 2010 5:49:53 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, May 03, 2010

USA Today reports.

posted on Monday, May 03, 2010 7:59:52 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Star Parker explains.  Excerpt:

 

Why would a bill that criminalizes abortion motivated by race not have the support of the NAACP? Or, even more perplexing, why would the NAACP endorse such a bill and then rescind its endorsement?

 

This is exactly what just happened in Georgia.

 

The Georgia Senate passed a bill that would make it a crime to abort a child because of its race or gender.

posted on Monday, May 03, 2010 7:57:36 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

The Telegraph reports.

posted on Monday, May 03, 2010 7:55:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, April 26, 2010

LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, April 26, 2010 7:31:02 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, April 22, 2010

The Washington Post reports.

posted on Thursday, April 22, 2010 5:49:01 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, April 08, 2010

LifeNews reports.

posted on Thursday, April 08, 2010 9:35:36 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, March 26, 2010

Here are recent articles on the health care bill:

 

Stupak Defends Decision for Executive Order on Abortion, Trusts Obama

 

President Obama Signs Pro-Abortion Health Care Bill, Ignores Executive Order

 

Poll Vaulting: Don’t Get too Excited about Obamacare’s Post-Passage Bounce

 

Obamacare Must Be Repealed

 

Obamacare: The Battle Is Far From Over

 

Inevitable Decline?

 

Health-Care Time Bombs

 

Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, Redux

posted on Friday, March 26, 2010 5:41:06 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, March 22, 2010

On Sunday evening the House of Representatives passed the much-discussed health care bill that will require your tax dollars to fund abortions.  See how your representative voted here.  Hold your elected officials accountable for how they voted on this radical legislation.

posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 10:57:07 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Phylis Schlafley explains how anyone who voted for this bill cannot call themselves “pro-life.”  LifeNews reports on Rep. Stupak’s executive order excuse.  Kathryn Jean Lopez explains the pro-life betrayal.

posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 10:56:03 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, March 17, 2010

The Washington Post reports that liberals in Congress may try to pass the pro-abortion, big-government health care bill without even voting on it.  Tony Blankley explains why this scheme is flagrantly unconstitutional.  NRO reports that House conservatives may push back.

 

Economist and author Thomas Sowell separates myth from fact in the health care debate, and Rich Lowry explains the historical significance of this bill.

 

This bill would still require your tax dollars to fund abortions.  Also, the Congressional Budget Office has not yet released a report on the costs of the bill.  Only active and concerned citizens like you can stop this bill.  Call your representative today!

 

Here are other news links:

 

A Week of 'Persuasion'

Clyburn says health vote could push past Easter holiday

Hoyer shoots down Larson's vote count, Clyburn's timeline

Three Reasons Why Obamacare Isn’t Likely to Pass

posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 6:14:29 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, March 15, 2010

Later this week, Congress will try to push President Obama’s health care agenda through, in whatever way possible.  It appears that liberals in Congress are willing to use unethical procedures to get the bill onto the president’s desk.

 

It is apparent that abortion-funding provisions of the health care bill will not be removed.  House Democrat leadership have admitted as much.  This means that if the bill passes, your tax dollars will be used to provide abortions.  Professor Michael New explains how universal health care will not reduce abortion numbers, and Catholic Bishops are calling for the bill to be defeated.

 

While it does not yet appear that liberals have the votes they need to pass this pro-abortion health care bill that socializes the health care industry, concerned citizens like you need to contact their senators and representative and urge them to oppose this bill.  Let your concerns be heard, and hold your elected officials accountable for how they vote.

posted on Monday, March 15, 2010 6:32:45 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, March 11, 2010

Duncan Currie explains the “reconciliation pickle” for Democrats on the health care bill.

 

The Examiner reports that House Democrats are willing to use ethically dubious procedures to push the health care bill through.  As does Daniel Foster.

 

The Editors at NRO explain how President Obama’s health care plan would require health care rationing.

posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 11:11:39 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, March 08, 2010

Charmaine Yoest explains in the Wall Street Journal.  Excerpt:

 

It's now becoming clear that Barack Obama is willing to put everything on the table in order to be the president who passes health-care reform. Everything, that is, except a ban on federal funding for abortion.

posted on Tuesday, March 09, 2010 12:43:37 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

National Right to Life has provided a helpful summary of the abortion concerns with the health care bill.

posted on Tuesday, March 09, 2010 12:42:45 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Friday, March 05, 2010

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, March 05, 2010 7:02:49 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Brian Darling explains.  Reuters also reports.

posted on Friday, March 05, 2010 7:01:51 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Reuters and the AP report that President Obama is planning to ram his health care bill through Congress using the “reconciliation process” in an unprecedented way.  Daniel Foster explains how the use of such a tactic would produce parliamentary chaos, while Sen. Orin Hatch (R-UT) alleges that the reconciliation tactic would “be an assault to the democratic process.”  LifeNews also reports.

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 Wednesday, February 24, 2010

LifeNews reports.  As does CNS News.  The AP reports that expectations are that the upcoming health care summit will be “lots of smoke.”

posted on Thursday, February 25, 2010 1:27:35 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, February 22, 2010

The National Right to Life Committee reports.  The Washington Post also reports on the new health care proposal.

posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 12:35:38 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Friday, February 19, 2010

The AP reports.  LifeNews reports that they may try to sneak the bill through using the “reconciliation” process.

posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 6:29:35 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Ashley Herzog explains.  Excerpt:

 

Yesterday marked the opening of the Susan B. Anthony museum in Rochester, New York—and instead of celebrating, a lot of feminists are miffed. The museum was purchased by a member of Feminists Choosing Life of New York, and pro-choice groups are accusing her of “hijacking Susan.”

 

Apparently, they want the famous suffragist’s views on abortion scrubbed from the historical record.

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 Friday, February 12, 2010

LifeNews reports.

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 Friday, February 05, 2010

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, February 05, 2010 8:17:28 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, February 01, 2010

Star Parker inquires.

posted on Monday, February 01, 2010 11:46:22 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, January 27, 2010

LifeNews reports.  It also reports that Pelosi is willing to use underhanded tactics to get the health care bill passed.

posted on Thursday, January 28, 2010 2:37:02 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Ken Blackwell explains the problems with President Obama’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel.  Excerpt:

 

When not serving in government, Dawn Johnsen has spent her career promoting abortion-on-demand. She denies there is even such a thing as Partial-Birth Abortion. Even the term, she maintains, is “intentionally provocative.” She does not think that “progressives”—that’s PC-speak for liberal—should suggest that abortion is ever a tragedy.

posted on Thursday, January 28, 2010 2:35:43 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Reuters reports that some people are outraged that Tim Tebow would record a commercial with Focus on the Family encouraging women to choose life rather than abortion.  ABC News also reports.

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The New York Daily News reports.  LifeNews also reports.

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 Friday, January 22, 2010

The Washington Times reports.  As does LifeNews.

 

Dr. Paul Kengor reminds us of a speech by Ronal Reagan promoting the pro-life cause.

posted on Saturday, January 23, 2010 2:40:30 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Michael New explains.

posted on Saturday, January 23, 2010 2:39:00 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Saturday, January 23, 2010 2:37:59 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Saturday, January 23, 2010 2:33:39 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Scott Brown pulled off an amazing upset victory last night becoming Massachusetts’ first Republican Senator in decades.  His victory is widely seen as an insurmountable hurdle to the current health care bill that will force Congress to “return to the drawing board.”

 

The editors at NRO weigh in on the significance of this race.  As does the New York Times.

posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 11:57:08 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Star Parker assesses the pro-life movement on the eve of the 35th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision on January, 22.

posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 11:54:38 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, January 18, 2010

Every year on the anniversary of the dreaded Roe v. Wade decision (legalizing abortion across the nation by judicial fiat); thousands of dedicated pro-lifers gather in the cold January weather on the National Mall to show their support for protecting innocent human life.  Check out the March for Life website and consider attending the marching our nation’s capital or at a rally near your home.

posted on Monday, January 18, 2010 6:51:30 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Thursday, January 14, 2010

As poll numbers show record disapproval of President Obama’s health care overhaul plan, House Democrats admit that negotiations over reconciling the Senate and House health care bills are not going well.  George Will explains the serious constitutional concerns with the legislation, while James Capretta reveals some of the behind-the-scenes negotiations going on in the National Capitol.

posted on Friday, January 15, 2010 12:08:51 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Ken Blackwell explains.

posted on Friday, January 15, 2010 12:03:44 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, January 06, 2010

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, January 06, 2010 7:01:43 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:58:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Thursday, December 31, 2009

Our sources in Congress have assured us that the health care ‘reform’ battle is far from over.  Members of both houses will meet together to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the health care bill.  The House of Representatives will come back from the holiday recess on January 12 and the Senate will reconvene sometime in late January.

 

NOW IS THE TIME to contact your representative and both your senators to voice your opposition to this bill.  Tell them that you don’t want your tax dollars to support abortion, that you won’t accept a phony pro-life compromise, and that you don’t want the federal government to micromanage the huge segment of our economy that is the health care system.

posted on Thursday, December 31, 2009 7:40:54 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Thursday, December 31, 2009 7:39:38 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Rasmussen Reports explains.

posted on Thursday, December 31, 2009 7:38:43 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews looks back on the major pro-life stories of 2009.

posted on Thursday, December 31, 2009 7:37:36 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Thursday, December 31, 2009 7:35:15 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Thursday, December 31, 2009 7:32:23 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Thursday, December 31, 2009 7:31:09 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Thursday, December 31, 2009 7:29:47 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, December 28, 2009

LifeNews reports.  It also reports on the reaction of pro-life groups.

posted on Monday, December 28, 2009 6:50:42 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Thursday, December 24, 2009

The AP reports the Senate passed the massive and controversial health care bill this morning.  Meanwhile, the AP also reports that abortion funding could still pose a problem for final passage by both houses of Congress.  Bloomberg reports that the Congressional Budget Office is contradicting Democrat claims that the health bill would save the Medicare system.

 

The final vote is unavailable but will eventually be posted here.  The bill passed on a straight party-line vote (60-39).

 

NRO’s Ramesh Ponnuru and Jeffrey Anderson explain that there still is hope that the abortion-funding health care ‘reform’ bandwagon can be stopped.

posted on Thursday, December 24, 2009 8:30:25 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

CNS News reports.

posted on Thursday, December 24, 2009 8:27:50 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Sen. Brownback (R-KS) explains in Politico what is at stake for the pro-life movement in the health care bill.  Excerpt:

 

For over 30 years, the Hyde amendment has prevented the expenditure of federal funds on abortion, which so many regard as the taking of an innocent human life. Named after the late Henry Hyde, longtime member of Congress from Illinois and pro-life hero, the Hyde amendment established the principle that taxpayers should not be required to pay for abortions, even if the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade had effectively overturned 50 state laws to legalize the procedure across the nation.

 

Today, with the health care reform bill emerging from the U.S. Senate, that principle is being thrown to the winds and, with it, the hard-fought efforts of Henry Hyde and the pro-life movement to maintain this basic protection for the unborn.

posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 6:25:03 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 6:23:31 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, December 21, 2009

At 1:00am Monday morning the Senate voted to proceed with consideration of the health care ‘reform’ bill that busts budgets, micromanages the private health care system, and requires taxpayer dollars to fund abortions.  LifeNews explained why the bill still funds abortions, while FRC and National Right to Life spoke out against the bill.  The Minority Leader’s office released a statement alleging that the bill requires a “monthly abortion fee.”

 

If the Senate is able to pass the bill before Christmas, the House will next consider the topic.  The bill will either be reconciled with the House-passed version and then reconsidered by both houses or sent straight to the House to consider without amendment.  Pro-Life Democrat Part Stupak (D-MI) said the Senate-passed bill is unacceptable, but it has yet to be seen if Pro-Life Democrats in the House will stay true to their principles.

 

Senator Nelson (D-NE) was responsible for the compromise that allowed the bill to pass its first hurdle in the wee hours of this morning, and has been receiving vocal criticism from pro-lifers and other conservatives in his home state of Nebraska.

 

See how BOTH YOUR SENATORS VOTED on the health care bill.

posted on Monday, December 21, 2009 9:28:32 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Friday, December 18, 2009

USA Today and the AP report that Sen. Nelson (D-NE) has rejected a supposed pro-life compromise amendment authored by Sen. Casey (D-PA).  Meanwhile, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) expressed relief that the Senate health care bill still requires the taxpayer funding of abortion.

posted on Friday, December 18, 2009 8:31:09 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, December 18, 2009 8:22:02 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, December 14, 2009

LifeNews reports.

 

See how your representative voted here.  See how your senators voted here.

posted on Monday, December 14, 2009 6:39:28 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

China Daily reports.  Diane Francis thinks the whole world should follow China’s one-child policy and forced abortion example.

posted on Monday, December 14, 2009 6:38:10 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, December 14, 2009 6:34:40 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, December 09, 2009

The Washington Post reports on the defeat of the Nelson-Hatch amendment which would have prevented tax dollars from supporting abortion in the Senate health care bill.  LifeNews also reports.

 

See how both your senators voted here.

 

Pro-life groups allege that the health care bill “would result in the biggest expansion of taxpayer-funding of abortions since Roe v. Wade.”  This video shows Sen. Feinstein (D-CA) explaining how it is “morally correct” to force taxpayers to fund abortions.

posted on Wednesday, December 09, 2009 9:06:43 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, December 07, 2009

The Washington Examiner reports on the Nelson-Hatch amendment to prevent the taxpayer funding of abortion in the health care bill.

posted on Monday, December 07, 2009 8:32:14 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Tuesday, December 01, 2009

LifeNews reports.  Rasmussen polling shows 53% oppose and 41% support the health care overhaul legislation.

 

Cal Thomas carefully examines provisions of the proposed legislation.

posted on Tuesday, December 01, 2009 11:50:27 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Tuesday, December 01, 2009 11:48:51 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Reuters reports.

 

See how your senators voted.

posted on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 6:08:10 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 6:05:18 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

The House Republican Leader explains.

posted on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 6:04:16 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

The AP reports.

posted on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 6:03:06 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, November 18, 2009

The Financial Times reports.

posted on Thursday, November 19, 2009 12:58:30 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, November 16, 2009

Fox News reports.  The Senate version of the health care bill will likely no contain protections against the taxpayer funding of abortion, according to LifeNews.

posted on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 12:29:27 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Star Parker explains.

posted on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 12:28:17 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) explains.

posted on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 12:25:02 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Thursday, November 12, 2009

The AP reports.

posted on Friday, November 13, 2009 12:32:28 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

The Hill reports.

posted on Friday, November 13, 2009 12:31:40 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, November 13, 2009 12:27:12 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, November 09, 2009

LifeNews reports on the late night passage of the House health care overhaul bill on Saturday.  As does the AP and the Washington Post.

 

SEE HOW YOUR REPRESENTATIVE VOTED HERE!

 

Now it’s up to the Senate to decide the fate of the health care bill.

posted on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:57:04 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

The Hill reports.

 

LifeNews explains the Stupak amendment.

posted on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:55:49 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Ken Connor explains.

posted on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:54:30 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Thursday, November 05, 2009

Bloomberg reports.  While the House Majority Leader predicts a close vote, Democrats in conservative states are rethinking their options.

 

Abortion funding in the health care bill is still a huge issue which is one of many reasons Americans are rallying to protest the bill, many of them chanting “kill the bill.”

 

Only concerned Americans like you can make a difference on this issue!

posted on Thursday, November 05, 2009 11:46:10 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, November 04, 2009

LifeNews reports. 

 

Word had leaked that high level Congressional Democrats are predicting that the health care bill will not pass this year.  While this sounds like encouraging news, concerned citizens still need to maintain pressure on their elected officials to make sure that the health care industry is not socialized, that health care is not rationed, and that tax dollars aren’t spent on abortion.

posted on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:49:35 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:48:18 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, November 02, 2009

Watch the local TV news report.

posted on Monday, November 02, 2009 11:03:19 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports (scroll down) on the vast difference between a justice who respects the integrity of the Constitution and one who does not.  Excerpt:

 

“The fight is about the Supreme Court inventing new rights nobody ever thought existed,” Justice Antonin Scalia said in an appearance at the University of Arizona College of Law. “Right to abortion?” he asked. “Come on. Nobody thought it violated anything in the Constitution for 200 years. It was criminal.” “They may be bad ideas,” Scalia said. “But don't tell me it’s unconstitutional.” But Justice Stephen Breyer, who shared the stage with Scalia, said his colleague was taking an overly literalistic approach to the 18th century document. He said that the changing nature of society, by necessity, requires more than looking at what Scalia called “originalism.” “You don't look to the details,” Breyer said. “You look to the value.” Scalia specifically warned that those who approach the Constitution as Breyer suggests will not always find courts expanding the definition of individual liberties. “It goes both ways,” he said. “The only thing you can be sure of is the Constitution will mean whatever the American people want it to mean today,” Scalia continued. “And that’s not what a constitution is for,” he said. “The whole purpose of a constitution is to constrain the desires of the current society.”

posted on Monday, November 02, 2009 11:02:01 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

FRC explains in a very helpful memo.

posted on Monday, November 02, 2009 11:00:55 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Thursday, October 29, 2009

The AP reports.  Excerpt:

 

After months of struggle, House Democrats rolled out sweeping legislation Thursday to extend health care coverage to millions who lack it and create a new option of government-run insurance. A vote is likely next week on the plan largely tailored to President Barack Obama's liking.

 

House Minority Leader Boehner called the bill “1,990 Pages Of Bureaucracy.”  Read the entire text of this massive bill here.

 

This bill would allow your tax dollars to be spent on abortions.

posted on Friday, October 30, 2009 12:03:47 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, October 26, 2009

LifeNews reports.

 

Meanwhile, National Right to Life is sounding the warning on abortion-funding provisions in the health care overhaul bill.

posted on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:35:52 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

The Politico reports on the Senate Majority Leader’s renewed push for the “public option” while the AP reports that the Speaker of the House just wants to rename the public option something more palatable.

posted on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:34:49 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

The San Francisco Chronicle reports on a case that raises profound questions about the humanity of the unborn.

posted on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:30:45 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, October 23, 2009
posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 6:14:45 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, October 21, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 11:00:12 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.  As does KCUR and KWMU.

posted on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 10:57:59 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Even the paid researchers of the abortion industry have to admit that pushing contraceptives does not reduce abortion rates.  LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 10:56:09 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, October 19, 2009

Charmaine Yoest explains.  Excerpt:

 

A Rasmussen poll released last month showed that only 13% of Americans want the health-care reform bill to use tax dollars to fund abortions. A Pew Research Center poll two weeks ago showed that support for legalized abortion has dropped to its lowest level in years to 47%, down from 54% last year.

 

If Democrats really want to maintain the abortion status quo, they would drop the Capps Amendment and add a Hyde Amendment to explicitly exclude funding abortion. The Capps Amendment takes us toward a new era of unprecedented federal abortion funding.

 

Her subtitle reads “Every Democratic health bill so far on offer would change 30 years of federal practice.”

posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:18:15 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, October 14, 2009

The Wall Street Journal and the Kansas City Business Journal report that the $829 billion health care overhaul bill has been passed out of the Senate Finance Committee.  Kevin Hassett explains how the bill would raise taxes on middle class families.  LifeNews reports on the pro-life effort to raise awareness about the abortion-funding provisions of the bill and also reports on public opinion as the final vote in the full Senate approaches.

 

NRO explains how one last-minute amendment slipped in by Senator Rockafeller would force many underprivileged children into substandard government run health plans.  Also, the Examiner takes a look at the Baucus bill just passed by the committee.  Excerpt:

 

Like the proverbial mackerel rotting on the beach in the moonlight, the Obamacare bill produced by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus both shines and stinks.

posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 5:46:51 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, October 12, 2009

The AP reports that the fears of pro-lifers that the proposed health care “reform” would permit taxpayer support of abortion are well founded.  Excerpt:

 

…taxpayer funds [would] mingle with some insurance plans that, one way or another, pay for abortions.

posted on Monday, October 12, 2009 6:20:03 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, October 08, 2009

LifeNews reports.

 

It also reports on recent comments by the President’s press secretary that highlight how the proposed health care “reform” would allow taxpayer funding of abortion.

posted on Friday, October 09, 2009 2:01:24 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, October 09, 2009 1:58:04 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, October 05, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Tuesday, October 06, 2009 2:13:08 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

The Pew Forum reports.

posted on Tuesday, October 06, 2009 2:10:16 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Star Parker explains.

posted on Tuesday, October 06, 2009 2:08:04 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, September 30, 2009

LifeNews reports.  As does the AP and the Wall Street Journal.

 

National Right to Life also weighed in:

 

Events this week in Congress provide fresh proof that top Democratic leaders in Congress are pushing forward with plans to establish massive new programs that would pay for elective abortions and subsidize insurance coverage of abortions -- which, if achieved, would break from decades of federal policy.

posted on Thursday, October 01, 2009 1:29:43 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Brian Darling explains.  See also the Heritage Foundation’s blog.

posted on Thursday, October 01, 2009 1:23:18 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

FRC has created a new website dedicated to highlighting and promoting the great work being done by pregnancy resource centers to provide real alternatives to abortion.  Check it out.

posted on Thursday, October 01, 2009 1:20:26 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, September 25, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, September 25, 2009 6:29:17 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, September 23, 2009

LifeNews reports.  Excerpt:

 

In an effort to gain more support from members of the Senate Finance Committee who do not support his bill, Sen. Max Baucus unveiled a modification of the legislation on Tuesday. The modified bill reduces -- but doesn't come anywhere close to eliminating -- the abortion concerns pro-life groups have.

 

LifeNews also reports on concerns that pro-lifers in the House will not be allowed to offer amendments on mandated taxpayer funding of abortion.

posted on Thursday, September 24, 2009 12:26:27 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, September 21, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, September 21, 2009 9:59:17 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, September 17, 2009

LifeNews reports.  National Right to Life also explains the abortion funding aspects of the Baucus bill.

 

LifeNews also reports on a possible Senate tactic to ram the bill through.

posted on Thursday, September 17, 2009 10:02:58 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Find out about the upcoming movie called Blood Money.  Watch the trailer here.

posted on Thursday, September 17, 2009 9:58:47 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, September 14, 2009

Right to Life’s Douglas Johnson sets the record straight at NRO.

posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:18:47 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Saturday, September 12, 2009

The Weekly Standard reports.  It is becoming increasingly clear that someone is lying about abortion funding in the health care overhaul plan, and it doesn’t appear to be pro-lifers.

posted on Saturday, September 12, 2009 11:59:38 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Saturday, September 12, 2009 11:58:35 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

The Hill reports how President Obama and his accomplices in the Senate could use underhanded tactics to force socialized medicine and taxpayer funded abortion on the American people.

posted on Saturday, September 12, 2009 11:57:37 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Michigan Live reports.  President Obama issued a statement in response to the murder of late-term abortion doctor George Tiller recently but has not yet responded to the murder of this peaceful pro-life activist.

posted on Saturday, September 12, 2009 11:51:34 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, September 09, 2009

National Right to Life explains the abortion funding provisions in the Obama health care “reform” plan the President spoke about tonight.  Congressman Mike Pence (R-IN) called it “one more speech about the same bad plan.”

posted on Thursday, September 10, 2009 3:24:41 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, September 08, 2009

ABC News reports.  As does LifeNews.

 

LifeNews also reports that certain “blue dog” Democrats in the House will be crucial to determining whether the transformative socialized medicine legislation gets passed.

posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 2:56:54 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

NRTL explains.

posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 2:54:22 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 2:53:15 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 2:52:11 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, August 31, 2009

Looking for a practical way that you can stand up for the pro-life movement?  Find out more about the Wash for Life and see how you can support pregnancy resource centers in your community while getting your car washed in the process.

posted on Monday, August 31, 2009 9:58:08 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Star Parker explains the importance of state laws that require children seeking an abortion to consult their parents (except in cases of abuse).

posted on Monday, August 31, 2009 9:55:28 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, August 26, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Thursday, August 27, 2009 1:27:01 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, August 24, 2009

FactCheck.org reports.  Excerpt:

 

Despite what Obama said, the House bill would allow abortions to be covered by a federal plan and by federally subsidized private plans.

 

HT: National Right to Life

posted on Monday, August 24, 2009 9:32:39 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, August 20, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Thursday, August 20, 2009 10:44:22 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, August 18, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 5:49:29 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, August 12, 2009

FRC provides helpful information about health care town halls being held across the country.  Click here to find a town hall near you.  Click here to read FRC’s document “20 Questions to Ask Your Legislator About Health Care Overhaul.”

posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 6:32:40 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 6:31:23 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 6:26:25 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, August 10, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, August 10, 2009 8:17:29 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, August 10, 2009 8:15:14 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, August 05, 2009

The AP finally reports what many conservatives have been demonstrating for weeks.

posted on Wednesday, August 05, 2009 7:54:11 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, August 05, 2009 7:40:15 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

John McCormack explains at the Weekly Standard.  This article also exposes recent gimmicks by some members of Congress to pretend that they oppose abortion funding in the health care bill when they actually support forcing us to subsidize abortions with our tax dollars.

posted on Wednesday, August 05, 2009 7:39:03 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Brent Bozell explains.

posted on Wednesday, August 05, 2009 7:38:04 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, August 03, 2009

In the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Friday, an amendment mandating abortion funding in the health care overhaul was passed and an amendment prohibiting taxpayer funding of abortion was defeated.  LifeNews and RedState report.  Also, Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) decried the votes in a press release.  Excerpt:

 

Last night's vote demonstrates just how far Democrats are willing to go to force taxpayers to fund abortion.  A week ago, the Democrat-controlled Congress voted down my proposal to block federal funding for the nation's largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood.  Now Chairman Waxman has employed a procedural gimmick to defeat an amendment that would have prevented federal funding of abortion under the Democrats' health care plan.  This same amendment had been approved earlier in the evening by the Chairman's very own committee.

 

An overwhelming majority of Americans, including advocates of abortion, oppose using taxpayer dollars to fund abortion.  Across the country American families are rejecting the Democrats' plan for a government takeover of health care.  The recent action taken by Democrats on the Energy and Commerce Committee will give Americans no comfort as this debate moves forward.

posted on Monday, August 03, 2009 9:40:37 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, July 31, 2009
Watch the Family Research Council’s hard-hitting ad on the dangers of socialized medicine and the abortion funding contained the proposed health care ‘reform’ bill.


 

posted on Friday, July 31, 2009 6:33:49 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, July 31, 2009 6:31:59 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, July 27, 2009

As LifeNews reports, the House of Representatives voted down an amendment by Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) which would have prevented Planned Parenthood from receiving taxpayer dollars.  Excerpt:

 

“It is morally wrong to destroy innocent human life through abortion, but it is also morally wrong to take the tax dollars of millions of pro-life Americans and use them to promote or perform abortions at home or abroad. The largest abortion provider in America should not also be the largest recipient of federal funds under Title X," Pence said during the debate.

 

See how your representative voted on the Pence amendment to defund this notorious abortion provider (sexual abuse concealing).

 

FRC released a statement.  As did Congressman Pence who said, “You can't reduce abortions by funding abortion providers with taxpayer dollars.”

posted on Monday, July 27, 2009 8:44:30 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, July 27, 2009 8:40:18 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, July 27, 2009 8:39:13 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

The House Minority Leader explains.

posted on Monday, July 27, 2009 8:33:26 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

ADF reports.  News like this shows why conscience protections for doctors and other medical personnel are so necessary.

posted on Monday, July 27, 2009 8:32:22 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, July 22, 2009

The AP reports.  Excerpt:

 

. . . lawmakers opposed to federal funding for abortions said Tuesday the House leadership's health care bill contains a "hidden mandate" that would allow taxpayer dollars to be used to end pregnancies.

 

Call your representative and both your senators today and urge them to oppose the massive health care “reform” bill!  Tell them you don’t want your tax dollars supporting abortion!

 

Also, on Thursday night (July 23) at 9:00pm Eastern Time a coalition of pro-life groups will host an urgent nationwide webcast.  Find out more about the pro-abortion funding provisions in the health care bill and find out what you can do.

posted on Thursday, July 23, 2009 12:01:13 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

The Wall Street Journal reports.

posted on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 11:57:29 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Fox News reports.  Excerpt:

 

A government-funded, public health insurance plan may allow taxpayer money to go to pay for abortions, the White House budget chief said Sunday.

 

Office of Budget and Management Chief Peter Orszag told "FOX News Sunday" he is not ready to say whether abortion services would be part of a final package Congress is considering to provide taxpayer-funded health care to about a third of the nation's 50 million uninsured. Lawmakers are considering a package that could cost as much as $1.5 trillion over 10 years for health care.

 

"I think that that will wind up being part of the debate. I am not prepared to say explicitly that right now. It's obviously a controversial issue, and it's one of the questions that is playing out in this debate," Orszag told "FOX News Sunday." "I'm not prepared to rule it out."

 

Already, the Obama administration has demonstrated its support for federal funding of abortion. The president rescinded the Mexico City Policy on Jan. 23, the day after the 36th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. The policy had been in place to prevent U.S. funding being used for abortion services in clinics abroad.

 

The New York Times and LifeNews also report.  National Right to Life also examines this problem.

 

Pro-life Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) wrote a letter to his colleagues warning them of the abortion funding provisions in this bill.

posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 5:41:59 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 5:40:12 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Saturday, July 18, 2009

National Right to Life explains.  Excerpt:

 

Congressional Democratic leaders are aiming to bring massive "health care reform" bills to the floor of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives during the last week in July -- bills that National Right to Life says "would result in the greatest expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade."

 

LifeNews also reports.

posted on Saturday, July 18, 2009 4:28:36 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Saturday, July 18, 2009 4:20:17 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

OneNewsNow reports.

posted on Saturday, July 18, 2009 4:19:09 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Saturday, July 18, 2009 4:16:08 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Jonah Goldberg examines Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s recent words alleging that one of the motivations behind Roe vs. Wade was to keep undesirable populations from procreating.  Her comments are a disturbing reminder of the racist, eugenicist roots of the pro-abortion modern movement and they are also a sobering reminder of the importance of Supreme Court nominations.

posted on Saturday, July 18, 2009 4:14:26 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

The AP reports.

posted on Saturday, July 18, 2009 4:10:47 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, July 13, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 1:53:46 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

CitizenLink reports on the death of an important and historical provision which had prevented taxpayer dollars from supporting overseas organizations that provide or promote abortion.

posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 1:50:59 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

OneNewsNow reports.  Excerpt:

 

"This is a clear affront and a violation of the fundamental religious convictions of the owners of pharmacies," he contends. "No pharmacist owner should ever have to choose between saving a human life and keeping their shop and business."

 

Many consider the Ninth Circuit to be the most liberal court in the U.S.

 Brad Dacus PJI

"This radical decision by the Ninth Circuit gives the green light to liberal state legislators and regulators to be able to clamp down on medical and other professionals with sincere religious convictions against supporting abortions," Dacus adds.

 

If the decision is upheld, pharmacists and owners with a conscience will have to choose between violating the law or going out of business. Dacus hopes the case will be accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court.

posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 1:49:57 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) challenged President Obama to keep his promise to the Pope to reduce abortions by eliminating the taxpayer funding of abortion in the president’s “health care reform” bill.

posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 1:48:07 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, July 10, 2009

Douglas Johnson of National Right to Life explains how ObamaCare could require your tax dollars to support abortion.

 

FRC’s Tony Perkins also explains the abortion-funding problems with the proposed “health care reform” bill in a special video report.  The video shows Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) exposing the bill’s abortion-funding agenda in Senate hearings.




posted on Saturday, July 11, 2009 12:32:51 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

As the AP reports, a Senate panel voted to overturn a policy which has prevented taxpayer dollars from supporting overseas organizations that provide or promote abortion as a method of “family planning.”  Excerpt:

 

The policy in effect under President George W. Bush had banned U.S. taxpayer money, usually in the form of Agency for International Development funds, from going to international family planning groups that either offer abortions or provide information, counseling or referrals about abortion as a family planning method.

 

The ban was first put in place by President Ronald Reagan and has been known as the "Mexico City policy" for the city a U.S. delegation first announced it at a U.N. International Conference on Population.

posted on Saturday, July 11, 2009 12:28:30 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, July 08, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Thursday, July 09, 2009 1:35:55 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

The National Journal explains in a video report.

 

Also, Ed Whelan explains how Sotomayor’s involvement with a Puerto Rican activist organization reflects her radical pro-abortion views.

posted on Thursday, July 09, 2009 1:34:42 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Thursday, July 09, 2009 1:29:29 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, July 06, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, July 06, 2009 11:26:19 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Tony Perkins lays out the dangers of tax payer funding of abortion in the so-called health care “reform” legislation now being considered in Congress.

posted on Monday, July 06, 2009 11:25:05 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, July 06, 2009 11:20:31 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, July 01, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Thursday, July 02, 2009 12:41:55 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Thursday, July 02, 2009 12:36:43 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Thursday, July 02, 2009 12:34:16 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, June 30, 2009

LifeNews reports.

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LifeNews reports.  Excerpt:

 

While the Bush Administration withheld funding from UNFPA over the agency's support of China's population program, which includes forced abortions and sterilizations, the agency can look forward to a cash injection from the Obama administration in 2009. Earlier this year, the United States announced it would reinstate UNFPA funding and pledged $50 million dollars for 2009 – a figure that would put the US in the agency's top five donor countries alongside the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and Norway.

posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 4:40:55 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, June 26, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, June 26, 2009 10:57:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews explains.

posted on Friday, June 26, 2009 10:35:31 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, June 24, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Thursday, June 25, 2009 12:06:53 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, June 22, 2009

Charmaine Yoest explains how Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s position on abortion could be considered worse than David Souter, whom President Obama has chosen to replace with Sotomayor.

posted on Monday, June 22, 2009 9:54:26 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Dr. Mary L. Davenport explains on the FRC website.

posted on Monday, June 22, 2009 9:51:47 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, June 22, 2009 9:50:18 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, June 17, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 9:15:29 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, June 12, 2009

LifeNews reports.

 

See how your member of Congress voted on this pro-life issue here.

posted on Friday, June 12, 2009 5:44:18 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, June 12, 2009 5:42:47 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, June 10, 2009

CitizenLink reports.  Also, National Right to Life has encouraged members of Congress to oppose H.R. 2410 and is calling on pro-lifers to call their Congressional representatives to urge them to oppose this bill.

 

LifeNews also reports.  Excerpt:

 

The House of Representatives is slated to consider a bill today to fund the State Department, but House Democrats wielded their control over the chamber by preventing a pro-life amendment. Rep. Chris Smith had hoped to offer an amendment to limit President Barack Obama's international abortion agenda.

 

Several pro-life groups are urging opposition to the State Department funding bill (HR 2410) unless an amendment is adopted making sure the new Office for Global Women’s Issues, which the bill authorizes, will not promote abortion.

 

The pro-life organizations are worried that Obama, who appointed a longtime abortion advocate to head up the office, will use the ambassador post to promote an international right to abortion.

posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 7:11:15 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 7:04:47 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 6:59:21 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

CitizenLink reports.

posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 6:58:07 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, June 08, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Tuesday, June 09, 2009 3:53:27 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Our friends at NRLC have warned members of Congress of the dangers of the State Department Funding Bill, H.R. 2410, which would seek to overturn abortion restrictions in other nations as a matter of official U.S. policy.

 

As we’ve reported in the past, this bill also raises concerns over the promotion of the homosexual agenda overseas.

posted on Tuesday, June 09, 2009 3:52:07 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Tuesday, June 09, 2009 3:49:09 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

OneNewsNow reports.

posted on Tuesday, June 09, 2009 3:41:20 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, June 01, 2009

LifeNews reports.  Excerpt:

 

Gibbs largely ducked questions about Sotomayor's abortion views or her position on a so-called "right to privacy" that has been used to validate abortion. He retreated to his boilerplate language saying that Obama and Sotomayor have essentially the same outlook on the Constitution.

 

"He felt comfortable that they shared a philosophy on that interpretation ... [of] the living document of the Constitution of the United States of America," he added.

 

With Obama taking a clear pro-abortion view that a "right" to abortion is somehow found in the Constitution, that should send a signal to the pro-life movement that Sotomayor is prepared to vote to uphold Roe v. Wade if confirmed to the Supreme Court.

posted on Monday, June 01, 2009 5:52:45 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, June 01, 2009 5:51:35 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, May 29, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, May 29, 2009 6:32:50 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, May 26, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 6:49:43 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 6:45:32 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

The Day reports.

posted on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 6:44:26 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 6:43:23 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, May 21, 2009

Congressman Mike Pence (R-IN) proposed an amendment to the Foreign Service reauthorization bill which would have eliminated mandates that require the State Department to promote the radical homosexual agenda overseas.  Unfortunately the amendment was defeated.  Congressional Quarterly reports (article for subscribers only).  Excerpt:

 

Mike Pence, R-Ind., who said that the language would prioritize gay rights over other issues, offered an amendment to strike the language and replace it with a broad statement of support for universal human rights that did not mention sexual orientation.

“I oppose mandating that our secretary of State, diplomatic and consular staff promote a gay-rights agenda around the globe, over and above other issues,” Pence said.

The amendment fell on a voice vote.

 

Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) also proposed a pro-life amendment which would have ensured that the innocuous-sounding “Office for Global Women’s Issues” contained in the bill would not have promoted abortion.  His amendment was also defeated.

posted on Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:23:42 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:21:05 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

CitizenLink reports.

posted on Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:19:46 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, May 19, 2009

There is grave concern over how proposed legislation designed to reauthorize funding for the State Department would promote the homosexual agenda on marriage and hate crimes and could lead to promoting abortion world-wide.  The bill would mandate special benefits for homosexual members of the Foreign Service and Peace Corps and for their “domestic partners.”  It would also establish other pro-homosexual policies, and could even lead to the promotion of abortion as a “woman’s right” as part of American foreign policy.

 

CitizenLink also reports.

posted on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 5:24:28 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 5:23:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

David Limbaugh parses President Obama’s “abortion double-speak” in his column at Townhall.com.

posted on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 5:21:33 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 5:20:04 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, May 15, 2009

LifeNews reports on this positive news for the pro-life movement.  Pro-lifers must continue the work to expand the “culture of life” so that we can see real protections for the unborn in our laws and courts.  Don’t let elitist media coverage discourage you.  Pro-lifers are not a political liability and the “rights of the unborn” is still an important issue.

 

The Reuters blog also reports.

posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 8:36:33 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 8:08:17 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Jill Stanek catalogues President Obama’s bad positions on pro-life issues, but also finds encouragement from the fact that the President might be making pro-abortion policies less popular with the American people.

posted on Thursday, May 14, 2009 3:09:57 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, May 11, 2009

NRLC explains in a recent press release.  LifeNews also reports.

posted on Monday, May 11, 2009 8:25:35 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, May 11, 2009 7:32:45 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, April 30, 2009

Our friends at FRC have released a video grading President Obama on his first one hundred days in office.  The president doesn’t make high grades on pro-life and family issues.  LifeNews also reviews Obama’s 100 days on pro-life issues.

 

Neal McCluskey grades the president on education reform.  Excerpt:

 

If you look just at dollar signs or rhetoric to measure the education success of Barack Obama’s first one-hundred days, then the President should get an A. Base it on meaningful reform, however, and he’d be lucky to get a passing grade.




posted on Thursday, April 30, 2009 8:12:41 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

 

See how both your senators voted here.

posted on Thursday, April 30, 2009 8:06:41 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Mona Charen explains.  Excerpt:

 

Rep. Smith asked Clinton to respond to Sanger's views about the "deterioration in the human stock" and "the perpetuation of defectives, delinquents and dependents." As Goldberg has observed, conservatives are always asked to "own" their intellectual forebears and to disavow that which requires disavowal. Yet liberals skate by without having to distance themselves from the dreadful opinions and writings of their heroes and heroines.

 

See the video of Clinton’s response in the committee hearings here and below.






posted on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 3:01:29 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Congressman Mike Pence (R-IN) speaks out against the recent FDA ruling on the “morning after” abortion pill.

posted on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 12:11:00 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, April 23, 2009

The AP reports that the FDA is planning to loosen restrictions on the “morning after” pill which often acts as an abortifacient and is suspected of causing severe health problems.  Allowing under-age girls to obtain this drug without consulting a physician (let alone her parents) is disturbing.

posted on Thursday, April 23, 2009 4:11:10 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

 

Tony Perkins of FRC explains in a new video why Sebelius’ nomination should be rejected by the full Senate.

posted on Thursday, April 23, 2009 4:04:24 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, April 21, 2009

LifeNews reports.  The courageous student activists at LiveActionFilms have done it again, exposing the radical and often illegal pro-abortion, pro-promiscuity agenda of Planned Parenthood.  The newly released undercover footage shows Planned Parenthood staff in Tennessee trying to cover up what they believe is a sexual abuse situation.  Hopefully, thanks to the great work of Lila Rose and her partners at LiveAction, people across the country will start to see a pattern of behavior at Planned Parenthood.  Maybe then they will start to ask questions about how many of their tax dollars support this kind of activity.

 

Read our past interview with Lila Rose here.

 

See the video here:





posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:12:19 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, April 15, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 10:14:36 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

CitizenLink reports.

posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 9:47:13 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, April 13, 2009

Kathryn Jean Lopez explains at NRO.  Excerpt:

 

"We want fewer and better children . . . and we cannot make the social life and the world-peace we are determined to make, with the ill-bred, ill-trained swarms of inferior citizens that you inflict on us.”

 

That ghastly message appeared in the introduction to Margaret Sanger’s 1922 book, The Pivot of Civilization.

 

In a little-noticed incident, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently announced that she is “really in awe” of Sanger. “The 20th-century reproductive-rights movement, really embodied in the life and leadership of Margaret Sanger, was one of the most transformational in the entire history of the human race,” Clinton declaimed upon receiving an award from the organization that Sanger founded, Planned Parenthood.

posted on Monday, April 13, 2009 7:02:04 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, April 10, 2009

LifeNews reports.  As does CitizenLink.

posted on Saturday, April 11, 2009 2:33:47 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Saturday, April 11, 2009 2:32:30 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.  View the full report here (PDF).

posted on Saturday, April 11, 2009 2:28:28 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, April 08, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, April 08, 2009 9:26:28 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Find out more about how the rights of doctors and other medical workers to refuse to participate in unethical procedures (such as abortion) are being threatened, and find out how you can help defend “a doctor’s right” at ADoctorsRight.com.

posted on Wednesday, April 08, 2009 9:15:28 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

FoxNews reports on the growing opposition to Obama’s nominee Dawn Johnson, the president’s radical pro-abortion nominee for the Office of Legal Counsel at the Justice Department.

posted on Wednesday, April 08, 2009 9:10:05 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, April 08, 2009 9:08:07 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, April 06, 2009

LifeNews reviews President Barack Obama’s pro-life record and assigns him a grade.  Also, Ken Connor reviews Obama’s abortion legacy in a recent article on the Notre Dame controversy.

posted on Monday, April 06, 2009 5:09:27 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports on some positive pro-life news from the United Nations.

posted on Monday, April 06, 2009 5:06:28 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

CitizenLink reports.

posted on Monday, April 06, 2009 5:02:13 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, April 01, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 6:54:21 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

CitizenLink reports.  Unfortunately, it appears that President Obama’s State Department will push its abortion agenda overseas, while Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heaped praise on Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger.  Excerpt:

 

After being honored by Planned Parenthood with the Margaret Sanger award, Clinton said: “I have to tell you that it was a great privilege when I was told that I would receive this award. I admire Margaret Sanger enormously, her courage, her tenacity, her vision.”

 

Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, was openly sympathetic to Nazi Germany’s eugenic practices and was strongly committed to preventing black people and the poor from reproducing.

 

Sanger once said: "Many of this group are diseased, feeble-minded, and are of the pauper element dependent upon the normal and fit members of society for their support. There is no doubt in the minds of all thinking people that the procreation of this group should be stopped."

posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 6:52:28 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Ed Whelan at NRO provides a helpful perspective on two of President Obama’s radical judicial nominees, David Hamilton and Dawn Johnson.

posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 6:48:57 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, March 31, 2009

The Weekly Standard reports.

posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 6:30:37 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

CitizenLink reports.

posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 6:29:29 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Alan Sears explains why the conscience rights of medical personnel to refuse to perform abortions or other unethical procedures must be protected.  Excerpt:

 

“Always let your conscience be your guide,” Jiminy Cricket used to sing to Pinocchio. Sounds like good advice, but then…Jiminy had his ulterior motives. To his mind, he was the voice of that puppet boy’s conscience – so he himself would be doing the guiding.

 

That’s pretty much seems to be the philosophy of the Obama administration when it comes to the “rights of conscience” of medical professionals. The team now pulling the strings at the Department of Health and Human Services has decided that preserving religious liberty – much less life in the womb – is a luxury the nation can’t afford.

 

And they expect health care providers to take their moral cues from the government…not their own convictions.

posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 6:27:44 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, March 26, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, March 27, 2009 3:00:18 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

 

See how both your senators voted here.

posted on Friday, March 27, 2009 2:59:10 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.  Looks like the efforts of our friend Lila Rose are paying off in Arizona.

posted on Friday, March 27, 2009 2:46:22 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Now that a federal judge has determined (CitizenLink reports) that underage girls must be allowed easy access to the “morning after pill,” this information from FRC on the health dangers of Plan B, is very relevant.

posted on Friday, March 27, 2009 2:45:02 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, March 24, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 5:20:55 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

CitizenLink reports.

posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 5:17:07 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, March 23, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, March 23, 2009 4:59:20 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, March 23, 2009 4:58:07 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, March 19, 2009

LifeNews reports.  Excerpt:

 

The American economy is in turmoil but the Obama administration sent a $50 million check yesterday to the United Nations Population Fund. That's the pro-abortion group that has been accused of supporting and working in concert with Chinese family planning officials.

 

There, the Chinese population control program has relied on forced abortions, involuntary sterilizations and other human rights abuses to enforce its rule that most couples may have no more than one child.

posted on Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:29:57 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Lila Rose has done it again.  Live Action Films, the organization of pro-life students headed by Rose, has released undercover footage of a Planned Parenthood facility in Phoenix, Arizona attempting to cover-up illegal sexual abuse.

 

Check out the Violations Map to find out about other cases of Planned Parenthood scandals and of other sting operations by Live Action Films. 

 

Planned Parenthood receives millions of dollars from taxpayers every year.  Is this how you want your tax dollars spent?

 

Here’s the video of the Phoenix case:




posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7:40:18 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Newt Gingrich and Rick Tyler explain how the Obama administration is seeking to remove crucial conscience protections which allow medical personnel to refuse to partake in procedures they find morally objectionable such as abortion.

 

CitizenLink explains how you can take action and encourage the Health Department to continue to respect the civil liberties of health care workers.

posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7:37:25 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

The AP reports.

posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7:35:27 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7:29:21 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, March 13, 2009

In a recent executive order, President Barack Obama created the White House Council on Women and Girls.  That sounds harmless enough, except it is clear that the main rationale behind this new council is to push the radical abortion agenda.  FRC explains.

 

LifeNews also reports.

posted on Friday, March 13, 2009 8:42:23 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, March 13, 2009 8:40:34 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, March 11, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 5:18:23 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, March 06, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Saturday, March 07, 2009 12:49:13 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Mark Hemingway at NRO explains why “Obama will invite discrimination against doctors who choose not to perform abortions.”

posted on Saturday, March 07, 2009 12:47:59 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

St. Louis Today reports.

posted on Saturday, March 07, 2009 12:45:40 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, March 04, 2009

The Washington Post reports that President Obama is planning to overturn important conscience protections which allow medical personnel to refuse to perform operations or dispense drugs which they find unethical (such as abortions and abortion drugs).  The New York Times also reports.  Excerpt:

 

The Obama administration moved Friday to undo a last-minute Bush administration rule granting broad protections to health workers who refuse to take part in abortions or provide other health care that goes against their consciences.

posted on Thursday, March 05, 2009 3:14:11 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Thursday, March 05, 2009 3:11:45 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Fox News reports.  LifeNews also reports.

posted on Thursday, March 05, 2009 3:10:40 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Thursday, March 05, 2009 3:09:29 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Thursday, March 05, 2009 3:07:12 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Our friend Tom McClusky at FRC has a helpful blog post explaining what “pro-life riders” are and how we need to be watchful over every piece of legislation (especially the massive omnibus spending bill Congress is now considering) to ensure that each of these important pro-life provisions are preserved.

posted on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 10:52:14 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Unfortunately the massive Omnibus spending bill also contains language which undermines the Kemp-Kasten provision.  Kemp-Kasten prevents taxpayer dollars from supporting organization which support brutal one-child-only forced abortion policies overseas.  One such organization is the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) which will receive funding if the Omnibus bill is passed in its current form.

 

LifeNews reports on UNFPA funding and also debunks the myth of overpopulation which is the rationale behind such radical abortion policies.

posted on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 3:20:41 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.  Andrew McCarthy at NRO provides more details about the radical nature of Dawn Johnsen, President Obama’s nominee for the Office of Legal Counsel.

posted on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 3:16:37 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, February 23, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 2:22:41 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Friday, February 20, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 9:08:43 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 9:07:23 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 9:04:05 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 9:01:25 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

OneNewsNow reports.

posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 8:59:04 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, February 18, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 6:37:23 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Frank Beckwith explains.

posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 6:33:23 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, February 16, 2009

Kathryn Jean Lopez’s important piece explains.

posted on Monday, February 16, 2009 4:35:36 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Star Park reports on this troubling story.  Excerpt:

 

A black pastor awaits sentencing, which could amount to two years in prison and $4,000 in fines, for standing outside an inner city abortion clinic holding a sign saying "Jesus Loves You & Your Baby, Let Us Help You," and offering pro-life literature.

posted on Monday, February 16, 2009 4:29:34 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Thursday, February 12, 2009

CitizenLink reports.

posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 7:50:40 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Live Action Films reports.

posted on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 6:46:51 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Tuesday, February 10, 2009

The AP reports.  Jon Sanders explains why this gruesome situation reflects on our post-Roe culture of death in his article at Townhall.com entitled “A Baby Died at the Abortion Clinic, and This is Supposed To Be News.”

posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 9:20:02 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, February 09, 2009

Paul Kengor explains.

posted on Monday, February 09, 2009 9:13:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, February 09, 2009 9:11:56 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

So asks Jennifer Mesko, the editor at CitizenLink.

posted on Monday, February 09, 2009 9:10:54 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Thursday, February 05, 2009

Loredana Vuoto and Mark Rodgers of the Clapham Group have some important thoughts for politically involved Evangelicals and Catholics to consider.

posted on Thursday, February 05, 2009 5:51:48 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Live Action Films has done it again.  This intrepid pro-life organization has released more outrageous undercover video showing Planned Parenthood staff knowingly participating in the cover-up of statutory rape in Tuscon, Arizona.  Read LAF’s official press release here.  LifeNews also reports.  Is this activity (covering up statutory rape and promoting abortion) something you want your hard-earned tax dollars to support?

Check out AdvanceUSA’s interview with Lila Rose, the president of Live Action Films and one of the undercover participants in the videos.

Here’s the YouTube version of the Arizona video:




posted on Wednesday, February 04, 2009 9:02:36 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Alan Sears explains this tragic and disturbing information.

posted on Wednesday, February 04, 2009 8:57:36 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
Daniel Herbster reporting

Few organizations are as supportive of the radical pro-abortion agenda as Planned Parenthood.  Millions of dollars pass through this institution every year (much of it from taxpayers) which means it has a huge financial incentive to promote abortion and promiscuity.  There have been many reports of Planned Parenthood violating reporting laws in order to circumvent state parental consent laws and statutory rape laws.

Lila Rose, president of Live Action Films, decided to help expose the corruption of Planned Parenthood through a series of undercover videos.  Lila posed as an under-age girl (who had been impregnated by a much older man) seeking an abortion at two PP clinics in Indiana.  The videos show three PP staffers attempting to cover-up what would have constituted statutory rape and encouraging Lila to get an abortion in Illinois so she could avoid Indiana’s parental consent laws and keep the abortion and rape hidden from her parents.  Lila was kind enough to allow us to interview her about her recent project.


DH:  I know it’s not quite as prestigious at being interviewed on Fox News, but we’re very grateful that you were willing to be interviewed for AdvanceUSA Blog.  First of all, what made you decide to do undercover videos of Planned Parenthood?  Where did you get the idea? 


LR: Well first of all, our team at Live Action rely on blogs like yours to get the truth out, so thank you for the interview!


The public deserves to know if Planned Parenthood, a recipient of huge government grants, complies with all state and federal regulations.


Planned Parenthood is the largest abortion provider, and an aggressive political force for abortion on demand. In their active killing of defenseless children, they routinely break state laws and manipulate and misinform women. Abortion works in secret; once people learn how it is done, who it is killing, and all the abuses that accompany it, I believe the majority of Americans can no longer stand by and allow the great injustice and violence to continue in our great nation.


DH:  Did you ever feel nervous or fearful about going “undercover?”


LR: Nervous, yes. But that feeling was largely part of my character, as I tried to accurately portray a very young girl, confused, frightened, pregnant by a sexual predator, and in great need of help.


DH:  What kind of preparation and planning went into these videos?


LR: Our Mona Lisa Team, both on the road and with the support team back home, spent a lot of time preparing for the multi-state investigation. We have a very talented and dedicated team of young people: we did extensive research and preparation, used the best equipment, and took our role as investigative journalists seriously.


Once the national tour was over, the work had just begun! It was now our task at Live Action to plan, produce and release the videos.


DH:  What do you feel you accomplished with this project?  Are you experiencing any negative push-back?


LR: The first two videos (Bloomington and Indianapolis) alone well exceeded our expectations by garnering national, mainstream media coverage, and for weeks on end. Local groups in Indiana, already hard at work, were able to use the evidence to make the case against Planned Parenthood. We at Live Action sent the District Attorneys and the Attorney General full copies of the footage, to work with them so they could conduct a thorough investigation of Planned Parenthood Indiana. And the shock waves of the videos, which proved the blatant disregard of Planned Parenthood for Indiana state statute, parent's right-to-involvement, and the safety of young girls, is still ongoing.


DH:  What actions or policies would you like to see come about as a result of your efforts? 


posted on Wednesday, February 04, 2009 8:02:11 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Gallop has released a poll showing that only 35% of Americans approve of President Obama’s decision to allow groups that promote abortion as a means of “family planning” to receive taxpayer dollars.  LifeNews also reports.

 

We encourage the president to take note that sometimes doing the right thing is also politically expedient and do the right thing when it comes to making sure taxpayer dollars (many of whom oppose abortion) don’t support abortion or unethical research.

posted on Tuesday, February 03, 2009 8:55:16 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.  It should be remembered that the so-called “Freedom of Choice Act” (FOCA) would enshrine the Roe vs. Wade decision into federal law and would overturn every (federal, state, or local) limitation on abortion in America. 

 

AdvanceUSA will be joining other groups to keep pro-lifers updated on the stealth strategy to whittle away at abortion restrictions.  Be sure to regularly check AdvanceUSA Blog and subscribe to our free weekly email newsletter so you know the latest on the attempt to impose FOCA piece-by-piece.

posted on Tuesday, February 03, 2009 8:53:16 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

CitizenLink reports.

posted on Tuesday, February 03, 2009 8:49:35 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, February 02, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, February 02, 2009 8:41:15 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Kathryn Jean Lopez explains.

posted on Monday, February 02, 2009 8:39:58 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Friday, January 30, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, January 30, 2009 10:22:47 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.  Unfortunately, it appears that President Obama and many in Congress would like to give your hard-earned tax dollars to organizations like this.

posted on Friday, January 30, 2009 10:21:48 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, January 30, 2009 10:17:04 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, January 30, 2009 10:15:57 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Unfortunately the Senate defeated a motion today to reinstate the Mexico City Policy prohibiting the use of taxpayer funds to support overseas organization which provide or promote abortions.  Members of the House are likely to try as well, with little chance of success.  Click here to see how both your Senators voted on this important pro-life policy.  Be sure to hold your elected officials accountable!

 

Senate Vote on the Martinez Amendment (S.A. 65) to restore the prohibition on funding of nongovernmental organizations that promote abortion as a method of birth control (the "Mexico City Policy")
January 28, 2009
Full Results | News Story

 

 

 

Yeas

 

Nays

 

PRES

 

NV

Republican

 

36

 

4

 

 

1

Democratic

 

1

 

55

 

 

1

Independent

 

 

1

 

 

TOTALS

 

37

 

60

 

 

2

posted on Thursday, January 29, 2009 3:45:22 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Simply put, this policy (Mexico City Policy) is important because it prevented your tax dollars from supporting organizations that promote abortion as a method of “family planning” in overseas countries.  Our friend Tom McClusky at FRC gives a thorough explanation at FRC’s blog.

 

President Obama released a statement on the issue explaining his rationale for overturning this common-sense, pro-life provision.  LifeNews reports.  Excerpt:

 

Obama also cast his decision to fund international abortions and abortion efforts as a way to find common ground in the abortion debate.

 

"For too long, international family planning assistance has been used as a political wedge issue, the subject of a back and forth debate that has served only to divide us," Obama said. "I have no desire to continue this stale and fruitless debate."

 

"It is time that we end the politicization of this issue. In the coming weeks, my Administration will initiate a fresh conversation on family planning, working to find areas of common ground to best meet the needs of women and families at home and around the world," he said.

 

But for the majority of Americans who take a pro-life position on abortion and oppose funding abortion efforts with public money, the debate will continue.

 

Pray that President Obama would reconsider this move, and that he would seek to protect the inalienable right to life of the unborn in his administration.

posted on Thursday, January 29, 2009 3:41:44 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Laura Hollis explains.

posted on Thursday, January 29, 2009 3:37:32 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.  It also reports that the Obama administration has fired the pro-life administrator of the USAID foreign assistance program and that UNFPA (a UN organization which supports China’s brutal one-child-only, forced-abortion policy) is jubilantly expecting increased funding at the expense of American taxpayers.

posted on Thursday, January 29, 2009 3:36:19 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, January 26, 2009

The AP reports.

posted on Monday, January 26, 2009 7:06:11 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Kathryn Jean Lopez, the editor at National Review Online, provides a thoughtful first-hand account of the recent March for Life.

posted on Monday, January 26, 2009 7:05:14 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

The Drudge Report reports.

posted on Monday, January 26, 2009 7:04:02 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Cathy and Austin Ruse explain.

posted on Monday, January 26, 2009 7:03:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Anne Conlon explains at NRO.

posted on Monday, January 26, 2009 6:56:39 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

CitizenLink reports.

posted on Monday, January 26, 2009 6:54:24 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Saturday, January 24, 2009

Yesterday President Obama signed an executive order overturning the Mexico City Policy which had prevented American tax dollars from supporting organizations that provide or promote abortion overseas (especially organizations which participate in brutal one-child-only forced abortion programs).  This action is a slap in the face to pro-lifers everywhere.

 

National Right to Life responded immediately.

 

We urge President Obama to reconsider this decision and to remember that he is being watched by a holy God before whom he will one day give an account of how he used the enormous power given to him.  President Obama should also remember the words of our third president Thomas Jefferson.

 

Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever.

 

Thomas Jefferson

posted on Saturday, January 24, 2009 7:36:44 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Human Events reports.  As does LifeNews.

 

Unfortunately, many main stream media outlets often minimize or ignore this annual pro-life rally.  The Washington Times explains.

 

It is important to remember the pro-life principles which were the basis of this year’s March for Life and to champion them in the future, despite whatever setbacks we might encounter.

 

USA Today also reports.

posted on Saturday, January 24, 2009 7:34:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

The AP reports.  As does LifeNews.

posted on Saturday, January 24, 2009 7:30:30 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

On the 36th anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision pro-life members of Congress spoke out for the rights of the unborn on the floor of the House of Representatives.  CitizenLink and the Miami Herald report.

 

Watch Congressman Mike Pence (R-IN) speak here.

 

As LifeNews reports, many members urged President Obama to oppose the so-called Freedom of Choice Act which would enshrine Roe vs. Wade into Federal law and would overturn every limitation on abortion in our nation.  Obama has indicated in the past that passing the FOCA would be a top priority.

posted on Saturday, January 24, 2009 7:29:23 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Saturday, January 24, 2009 7:26:31 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Daniel Herbster reporting

Wesley J. Smith is an influential writer and commentator who has dedicated his career to preserving human dignity and educating his fellow man on the principles of bioethics and justice.  He is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute and a special consultant to the Center for Bioethics and Culture.  He has also written a number of books, and he blogs at Secondhand Smoke.  Smith was kind enough to share with AdvanceUSA’s readers about important bioethics issues facing our society today and about his work.


DH:  Why are bioethics issues so important?

 

WJS: Bioethics is a contraction for “biomedical ethics.” It is a field that has profound influence over core areas of human endeavor that help establish and define the morality of society, and indeed, the meaning of human life itself. Should elderly people have their health care rationed?  Is assisted suicide a proper medical service?  Is it right to create cloned human embryos for use in research or to bring to birth?  Is it wrong to abort fetuses because they test positive for Down syndrome? Should parents be able to genetically enhance their children? Are there morally relevant differences between humans and animals?  What should happen if a nurse refuses to participate in an abortion or a physician wants to cut off wanted life-sustaining medical treatment because the patient has a poor “quality of life?”  These and other equally important bioethical issues are much larger than the sum of their parts because they establish philosophical norms that exert tremendous influence upon society beyond the policies themselves.  Indeed, I can think of few fields more important than bioethics in determining the kind of society we shall become in the 21st century.

 

DH:  What is “human exceptionalism” and how does it relate to issues of life and justice?

 

WJS: Human exceptionalism refers to the sheer moral importance and unique value of being human.  I believe strongly that adhering to human exceptionalism is the predicate to defending universal human rights. Indeed, whether we accept or reject human exceptionalism may be the most important issue we face as a culture. For if we say that simply being human is not what gives value to life, we have to ask a second question: What does?  That second question leads directly to a system wherein those with power decide which of us has greater--and which lesser—value, and who decides those who don’t make muster. Thus, many in bioethics support “personhood theory,” which denies the objective moral value of being human and claims that what matters morally is being a “person,” a status earned by possessing minimal cognitive capacities. In this view, there is such a thing as a human “non person,” such as fetuses, newborns, and people who have lost these capacities, such as Terri Schiavo.  Worse, because the human non person is defined as having lesser value, they lose the right to life and, can be used instrumentally such as in medical experimentation or as sources of organs.  Indeed, there is much agitation in bioethics and within the organ transplant community to redefine death to include a diagnosis of persistent vegetative state—meaning that if this view prevails, severely compromised people could essentially be killed for their organs.  This isn’t happening—yet—but the only way to make sure that such policies are never instituted is to adhere to human exceptionalism.

posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 7:27:46 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

The Star Tribune reports.  Only time will tell what will happen to Bush’s important pro-life regulations after the Obama administration “reviews” them.


New White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel

posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 6:12:19 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 6:11:07 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Tuesday, January 20, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 6:51:42 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, January 19, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, January 19, 2009 7:41:32 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Friday, January 16, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, January 16, 2009 8:24:19 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, January 16, 2009 8:22:06 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, January 14, 2009

AdvanceUSA has learned from friends on Capitol Hill that the Obama administration is expected to quickly overturn Bush policies limiting taxpayer funding of unethical embryonic stem cell research and taxpayer funding of overseas abortions (ex: Mexico City Policy) soon after the inauguration.  Please contact President-elect Barack Obama through his transition website to tell him you want him to preserve these important, common sense pro-life policies.

 

We must preserve the executive branch restrictions on taxpayer funding of embryo-destroying research and overseas abortions.

posted on Thursday, January 15, 2009 1:56:13 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Thursday, January 15, 2009 1:53:22 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 11:38:39 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

CitizenLink reports.

posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 11:37:40 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Tuesday, January 13, 2009

CitizenLink reports.

posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 9:11:42 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, January 12, 2009

Jeremiah Dys explains.

posted on Monday, January 12, 2009 7:25:57 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

OneNewsNow reports.

posted on Monday, January 12, 2009 7:23:51 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

OneNewsNow reports.

posted on Monday, January 12, 2009 7:22:35 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Friday, January 09, 2009

Marvin Olasky uses some phrases from a recent article in the New York Times to illustrate the philosophical and intellectual foundations of the abortion debate.  Excerpt:

 

A pro-abortion culture requires eternal vigilance. Heresy can sneak through. The New York Times has for four decades maintained abortion orthodoxy, but an editor should be fired for not cutting out a tender dialogue in the next-to-last paragraph of a 7,500-word lead story in the newspaper six weeks ago.

 

Read the full text of this insightful column here.

posted on Friday, January 09, 2009 9:20:53 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Apparently the Big Abortion industry is looking for a bailout now.  As CitizenLink and Planned Parenthood’s own website make clear, supporting the newly proposed Prevention First Act will be a high priority of the nation’s largest abortion provider.  The bill promises to make sure that “reproductive health services” (i.e. mostly abortion) are available to all families, regardless of income (likely at tax-payer expense.

posted on Friday, January 09, 2009 9:19:45 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews has several articles analyzing Obama administration nominees on pro-life issues.

 

Pro-Abortion Obama HHS Nominee Tom Daschle Attacks Bush Pro-Life Policies

 

Barack Obama May Pick Woman Who Introduced Abortion Drug for FDA Chief

 

Obama May Make Another Pro-Abortion Pick in Surgeon General Sanjay Gupta

posted on Friday, January 09, 2009 9:07:08 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, January 07, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, January 07, 2009 6:07:46 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Our friends at FRC are circulating a petition to Chairman Obey to encourage him to preserve important pro-life riders which prevent your tax dollars from supporting abortions.  Tell Congress you don’t want your tax dollars used to support abortion.

posted on Tuesday, January 06, 2009 8:48:52 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Friday, January 02, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, January 02, 2009 7:41:41 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, December 31, 2008

LifeNews reports.  Excerpts:

 

While we must press on against FOCA, we must not forget another serious, and maybe even more pertinent, threat: the termination of the Hyde Amendment.

 

 

The Hyde Amendment, originally enacted in 1976, is a pro-life limitation amendment in the annual appropriations bill that restricts the direct federal funding of abortion through Medicaid.

 

Without the Hyde Amendment, women eligible for Medicaid would have their abortions paid for by the Federal Government – in other words, OUR tax dollars. If abortions are free to the individual, you can bet on abortion rates increasing.

posted on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 7:10:27 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 7:08:47 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Friday, December 19, 2008

The Wall Street Journal reports.  During the last election season some people claimed that abortion and other pro-life issues “really didn’t matter” because the president has very little control over pro-life issues while Roe vs. Wade is on the books.  Nothing could be further from the truth.

 

Tony Perkins at the Family Research Council helpfully lists the many pro-life executive policies that could be threatened in a new administration.

 

  • Rescind the Mexico City policy, which would direct taxpayer dollars to groups that provide and promote abortion overseas;
  • Restore funding to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which condones forced abortion and sterilization policies in countries like China;
  • Direct the Department of Health and Human Services to change the conscience exemptions for health care workers who morally object to abortion and other practices;
  • Change the Department of Justice Sexual Assault Protocol, Defense Department pharmaceutical formulary, and USAID's Commodities Program to encourage the use of "Plan B," which can act as an abortifacient;
  • Create incentives to provide subsidized birth control at college health centers and other providers;
  • Make "emergency contraception" available over-the-counter for girls of all ages;
  • Rollback the abstinence-only education requirement for certain federal aid; and,
  • Permit the use of taxpayer funds for the destruction of human embryos through unethical stem cell research.

 

HT: FRC

posted on Friday, December 19, 2008 7:34:34 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

The Washington Post reports.

posted on Friday, December 19, 2008 7:31:07 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.  The Indianapolis Star also reports.

posted on Friday, December 19, 2008 7:25:56 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, December 17, 2008

A second undercover video showing Planned Parenthood staffers in Indiana attempting to cover up statutory rape has prompted Indiana State Representative Jackie Walorski to call for an investigation and a suspension of all state funding of Planned Parenthood until the investigation is completed.  Hopefully, this incident will be a wake up call to the dangerous, radically pro-abortion agenda of Planned Parenthood and will motivate citizens to demand that their tax dollars not be used to support such a corrupt organization.

 

To view all the undercover videos visit http://www.liveactionfilms.org/.

 

The South Bend Tribune reports.  As does the Indiana pro-family blog Veritas Rex.  Below is a YouTube video showing excerpts from the undercover videos.



posted on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:37:25 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.  Excerpt:

 

"Anyone who has bought into the myth that Obama is 'moderating' his positions should notice that the first section is entitled 'Steps for the First Hundred Days.' Groups that have spent millions supporting pro-abortion members of Congress, including Obama and Biden, aren't in the mood to wait," he writes.

 

"Nowhere is there any of the pre-election rhetoric about 'dialogue' or 'lowering' the number of abortions.

 

Hudson says the proposals would entrench the unlimited abortion policies that currently guide the U.S.

 

"Taken together, the proposed policies would accomplish three things: 1) treat abortion as a health care right, 2) provide funding for abortions by insurance carriers or the government, and 3) put judges and political appointees in place who will protect the abortion and government-funding from future challenges," he explained.

posted on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:26:29 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:22:47 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, December 15, 2008

LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, December 15, 2008 7:30:44 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

The LA Times reports.  The AP also reports as does LifeNews.

posted on Monday, December 15, 2008 7:28:54 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Friday, December 12, 2008
The “office of the president-elect” has unveiled an extensive road map for expanding abortion on demand.  Read the file here.  Make a comment on this agenda here.



UPDATE: The following articles from LifeNews provide more information.

 

Pro-Abortion Groups Issue 55-Page Marching Orders for Barack Obama Admin

 

Abortion Advocates Didn't Expect Obama Transition Team to Publish Memo

posted on Friday, December 12, 2008 9:42:22 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, December 12, 2008 9:36:07 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Jill Stanek explains at WorldNetDaily.  Excerpt:

 

Four times in four years Wichita late-term abortionist George Tiller or Planned Parenthood of Kansas has sued Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline or Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline for investigating them. They have also filed hundreds of pages of ethics complaints, which continue nonstop to this day.

 

Despite a hostile Kansas Supreme Court, the majority of whom were appointed by a hostile governor who gets campaign money from Tiller and who has even hosted a party for him at her mansion, and various other hostile public officials who are on the dole for Tiller and/or Planned Parenthood, nothing has stuck to Kline.

 

Despite every attempted roadblock, the criminal investigations against Planned Parenthood and Tiller continue for allegedly violating state laws prohibiting late-term abortions and mandated reporting of underage abortions.

 

Phill Kline’s work in Kansas is important for upholding the law and also bringing the abuses of Planned Parenthood out into the light of day.  CitizenLink also reports.

posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 8:17:23 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Bobby Schindler (brother of the late Terri Schiavo) explains.

posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 8:15:06 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, December 08, 2008

Chuck Colson explains.  Excerpt:

 

The smartest thing “abortion rights” advocates ever did was to coin the phrase “pro-choice.” That shifted our attention towards the act of choosing and away from what was being chosen—the dismemberment of a human being in utero.

 

Eventually, however, at some point, “choice” has to go from mere rhetoric to an actual deed. Somebody has to actually perform an abortion if “freedom of choice” is to become a reality, as one medical student learned recently.

 

Read full text here.

posted on Monday, December 08, 2008 8:24:19 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, December 03, 2008

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 7:07:30 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 7:04:48 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Tuesday, December 02, 2008

LifeNews reports.

posted on Tuesday, December 02, 2008 10:41:40 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Tuesday, December 02, 2008 10:38:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, December 01, 2008

CNS News reports on yet another (just one of many) important reason Americans should beware the so-called “Freedom of Choice Act.”

posted on Monday, December 01, 2008 9:16:21 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.  An important question for Americans to ask themselves is “Do I want my tax dollars to support this kind of activity?”

posted on Monday, December 01, 2008 9:09:33 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, December 01, 2008 9:07:56 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, December 01, 2008 9:06:10 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Tuesday, November 25, 2008

LifeNews reports.

posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 5:23:32 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 5:21:14 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Thursday, November 20, 2008

LifeNews reports.

posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 9:19:55 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 9:11:17 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Daniel Herbster reporting

Citizens for Community Values of Indiana is one of the many great organizations in our nation fighting to protect family values and to oppose pornography and sexually oriented businesses.  I had the opportunity to interview Patrick Mangan, the Executive Director of CCV of IN, about his work enabling people to take back their communities.

DH:  Patrick, I’ve enjoyed getting to know you and your organization better over the last few months, so it’s a pleasure to introduce you to our readers here at AdvanceUSA Blog.  I’ve seen first-hand how your work affects the state of Indiana and especially my home town of South Bend.  Tell our readers what kinds of issues Citizens for Community Values works on?


PM:
 Well our mission is to protect men, women, and children from the misinformation of sexual activists, and the harms of sexual addictions, sexual predators, sexually oriented businesses, materials harmful to minors, broadcast indecency, and the porn/sex industry in all of its forms, by promoting the principles of the Judeo/Christian ethic which is the foundation of our nation.

Our vision is to empower concerned citizens and community leaders to significantly reduce sexual exploitation, promiscuity, and abuse in Indiana and beyond by:

posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 5:13:12 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Tuesday, November 18, 2008

LifeNews reports.

posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 9:17:57 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, November 17, 2008

The Philadelphia Bulletin reports.  Excerpt:

 

Less than two miles from two main abortion providers in the city, Planned Parenthood and the Philadelphia Women's Clinic, The HOPE Center opened Friday to provide pregnancy support.

 

While 40 percent of state abortions happen in the city, most crisis pregnancy centers are located in the suburbs. Former Philadelphia Eagle, Rev. Herb H. Lusk II opened The HOPE Center through his People for People community outreach organization to counter that statistic and help expecting couples.

 

"I've always been pro-life, but I've been passive about it," Rev. Lusk said. "When I began to consider that the African-American population alone has declined in the past three years across the nation, I realized that we're not procreating our own race; and that is a direct result of abortion in our communities."

 

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, 50 percent of black pregnancies end in abortion in Philadelphia. And between 1973 and 1999, there were over 13 million African-American abortions nationwide.

 

"It breaks my heart to hear that; it makes me cry," Rev. Lusk said of the statistics. "We can do better than that."

 

Read the full story here.

 

HT: Tony Perkins, FRC

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ABC News reports.  This sad story emphasizes the need to prohibit the use of taxpayer dollars to support forced abortion policies overseas.  Hopefully Congress and President Elect Obama will respect the important pro-life executive orders and pro-life riders which prevent this kind of abuse from being supported by tax dollars.

UPDATE:
Fortunately, as the LifeNews articles below report, Chinese authorities have released the woman in this case.

Chinese Woman Who Faced Potential Forced Abortion Released, Keeps Baby

Pro-Life Congressmen Applaud Release of Chinese Woman From Forced Abortion

posted on Monday, November 17, 2008 11:39:20 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Americans United for Life has created a helpful online resource for finding out more information about the terrible and deceptively named “Freedom of Choice Act” which would overturn every abortion restriction in the nation and enshrine the faulty Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision into Federal law.  The website is FightFOCA.com and allows you to sign an online petition against this terrible pro-abortion legislation.

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 Friday, November 14, 2008

LifeNews reports.

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 Tuesday, November 11, 2008

LifeNews explains the likely strategy that will be used by pro-abortionists to eliminate any restrictions on abortions.

posted on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 7:53:30 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

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 Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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 Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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 Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Daniel Herbster reporting

One of the most important causes in our nation today is the campaign to end abortion.  While it is important to wage the legal and political battle so that our laws reflect true justice by recognizing the inalienable rights of the unborn, another crucial facet of this campaign is the battle for the hearts and minds of women.  Pregnancy resource centers, which provide real options for women contemplating an abortion, do amazing work in our nation helping women and families make the choice for life.  Care Net is a nation-wide network that serves pregnancy resource centers, and I’m happy to share with our readers my interview with Kristin Hansen about her work at Care Net and of the importance of pregnancy resource centers.

DH:  As important as the legal/political aspect of the pro-life movement is, why do you think an emphasis on providing real options for women is also so important?

KH: The pregnancy center movement was started in the 1960s by people who were strongly opposed to abortion and also had a deep conviction about personally reaching out to help women find alternatives.  Care Net was founded in 1975 as the Christian Action Council with its primary focus to educate and promote legislative change on abortion.  However, in the 1980s, we found the most immediate path to saving lives was to offer women compassionate support and practical help, one woman at a time.  We changed our name to Care Net and adopted a new mission to promote and grow a national network of pregnancy centers.  Today, we serve 1,100 pregnancy centers across North America. 

A grass roots, community-led movement, pregnancy centers have developed and grown very effective over the years. Today, nine out of ten women who visit a Care Net pregnancy center decide to carry their pregnancy to term. Truly, if it weren’t for pregnancy centers in our country, today’s abortion rate would be much higher.

DH:  What are some of the services provided by pregnancy resource centers?

KH: Pregnancy centers offer a wide range of services depending on community needs.  A pregnancy center in an urban inner city area may have a different focus than one in the suburbs or one adjacent to a college campus.  However, the primary goal of all pregnancy center services is to empower women to make an informed pregnancy decision. All services are free, and that’s important.  It indicates that the pregnancy center doesn’t have a financial interest in their client’s pregnancy decision, unlike abortion providers.  Free services also send a message of grace and forgiveness to a client who feels afraid, alone, and perhaps ashamed.

Pregnancy center services may include: pregnancy tests, peer counseling, abortion risk information, adoption and parenting information, material support, parenting and childbirth classes, fatherhood support programs, and community referrals to other service providers. At pregnancy centers that offer medical services, licensed medical professionals may offer limited ultrasound, prenatal care, and STD/STI testing and treatment.  Many pregnancy centers also run abstinence education programs in local schools, churches, and youth groups.  Finally, pregnancy centers offer services to those in emotional pain because of a past abortion.  Tens of thousands of people have found forgiveness and healing through a pregnancy center post-abortion support program.   

All of these services are offered with the ultimate hope that each client that walks through the doors of a Care Net pregnancy center experiences the love of Jesus Christ.

DH:  How does Care Net serve resource centers?

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 Monday, October 13, 2008
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 Thursday, October 09, 2008
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 Tuesday, October 07, 2008
posted on Tuesday, October 07, 2008 9:28:35 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Thanks to the pro-life rider in federal law know as the Kemp-Kasten provision, the United States foreign aid cannot be used to support organizations that promote forced abortion or forced sterilization policies.  Because of these provisions, taxpayer funding of Marie Stopes International (MSI) has been restricted.

 

This incident is an important reminder of the ways Congress and the president can have a powerful pro-life impact, even while the flawed Roe vs. Wade decision is still in effect. 

 

Electing pro-life leaders is still important, so don’t let anyone tell you that pro-life issues don’t matter as long as Roe vs. Wade is the law of the land.

posted on Tuesday, October 07, 2008 9:27:26 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Doug Johnson of the National Right to Life Committee has a piece at NRO debunking the commonly used “we want to reduce abortion numbers” excuse that pro-abortion politicians often resort to, and he sets the record straight on Barack Obama’s record on abortion.

posted on Tuesday, October 07, 2008 9:25:52 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Saturday, October 04, 2008

Read this touching and powerful op-ed here.

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 Tuesday, September 30, 2008

The Senate on Friday rejected a bill (on a cloture vote) which would have carved out a special drug price kickback for the nation’s largest abortion provider at taxpayer expense.

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If Barack Obama had his way, Gianna Jessen wouldn’t be here today.

 

Ashley Herzog continues in her article at Human Events.

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This New York Times letter to the editor explains why conscience protections for doctors are so important.  Let’s hope HHS produces regulations which will protect these conscience rights.

posted on Wednesday, October 01, 2008 12:24:23 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

MarketWatch reports.  Despite what detractors may claim about abortion not mattering in many political races, this report shows that electing pro-life state legislators can make a real difference for women and the unborn.  LifeNews also reports.

posted on Wednesday, October 01, 2008 12:22:37 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, September 25, 2008

AdvanceUSA has learned that the Senate could soon consider an amendment to H.R. 2638, the Continuing Resolution, which would carve out special benefits for Planned Parenthood at taxpayer expense.  The measure would allow the nation’s number one abortion provider to get special prices on pharmaceuticals at taxpayer expense.

 

Call both your senators and urge them to oppose any effort to allow “university clinics and private birth control clinics” from receiving what is called “nominal drug pricing.”


UPDATE: The RSC has more details here.

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The House passed a Continuing Resolution (a bill which maintains the current budget into the next fiscal year) yesterday which preserves important pro-life riders and also maintains crucial abstinence education funding at current levels.  Hopefully the Continuing Resolution will pass through the Senate without dangerous anti-life or anti-family provisions being added.

posted on Thursday, September 25, 2008 7:25:33 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
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 Tuesday, September 23, 2008

MarketWatch reports on this well-deserved award for some of the most important soldiers on the front lines of the pro-life movement.



posted on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 7:01:02 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

 

For more information on this dangerous legislation check out our interview with Tom McClusky of FRC.



posted on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 6:58:35 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, September 19, 2008
Dr. Michael New explains at NRO his recent research indicating that state laws requiring parental consent or notice (with exceptions for abusive relationships) before a minor teen can obtain an abortion are effective in reducing abortion numbers.  He makes the case that more states should adopt such laws and he encourages the federal government to adopt laws such as the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA) which would strengthen the enforcement of these laws by forbidding taking underage girls across state lines to get around these effective laws.

Many times men who have sexually abused young girls will take them across state lines to avoid parental notifications laws and cover up their crimes through an abortion.  These laws would help combat this practice. 

Incidentally, many of these abuse cover-ups have occurred in the clinics of the nation’s largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood.

LifeNews and MarketWatch also report on Dr. New’s findings.  To read the full report visit frc.org.

posted on Friday, September 19, 2008 7:57:55 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
FRC has a resource available which allows you to encourage the Department of Health and Human Services to adopt proposed guidelines which would protect the rights of doctors and other medical workers to refuse to participate in procedures or treatments which conflict with their religious or ethical beliefs.  These regulations would especially protect doctors from having to participate in abortions or abortion related practices.

As LifeNews reports, the many misconceptions in the general public about the conscience rights of doctors suggests that these protections are necessary.

posted on Friday, September 19, 2008 7:55:11 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
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Mona Charen uses facts to conclusively show that babies do indeed sometimes survive abortion attempts, thus showing the need for “Born Alive Infant Protection” legislation on the federal and state levels.

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 Monday, September 15, 2008
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 Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Daniel Herbster reporting

Have you ever wondered how the pro-life cause specifically affects African Americans?  Have you ever wondered if someone was speaking out on the impact of abortion on blacks?  Organizations like the National Black Pro-Life Union are talking those issues head on.  I had the privilege to interview Day Gardner about her work with this organization.

DH:  It’s good to get in touch with you again.  How are things in DC?

DG: Thank you! Things are busy, very busy!  There’s a lot happening here.

DH:  Why did you start the National Black Pro-Life Union?  What is its mission and what are some of the accomplishments you’d like to share with our readers?

DG: Like they say, where there is a need...I realized that most blacks don't know the statistics--the truth about abortion in our community.  Many of us still don't know what an abortion really is or what it looks like.  We also realize that once African Americans are given the facts and see the racism of abortion and Planned Parenthood, they will stand with us to stop the killing.

The National Black Pro-Life Union is an organization founded to serve as a clearing house to coordinate the flow of communications among all African American pro-life organizations and individuals in order to better network and combine resources.  

We realize that if we are to be successful, it is necessary to share information and/or resources as well as “who gets the credit.”  We acknowledge that the real credit for any good thing always goes to GOD–not man.

DH:  What is the greatest killer of African Americans?

DG: ABORTION is the NUMBER ONE KILLER of African American people, killing more blacks than accidents, HIV-AIDS, crime, heart disease, stroke and all other deaths COMBINED!

DH:  Many today are unfamiliar with the racist, eugenicist roots of Planned Parenthood.  Do you consider the nation’s largest abortion provider to be a promoter of or predator to the black community?

posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2008 7:57:02 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
Janice Shaw Crouse shows how to effectively reduce teen pregnancy and abortions.  After explaining some of the pertinent facts of the issue she offers two-part plan consists of…

  1. Supporting Abstinence Programs
  2. Continuing Welfare Reform

Read the full article here.

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LifeNews reports on this all too common occurrence.

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 Monday, September 08, 2008
The AP reports.  Excerpt:

 
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama acknowledged Sunday that he was probably too flip when he said it was "above my pay grade" to answer a question about when is a baby entitled to human rights.

posted on Monday, September 08, 2008 6:24:32 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Daniel Herbster reporting

An Indiana county is considering an ordinance which would, as the Journal Gazette reports, “require all surgeons and doctors that provide outpatient invasive procedures to have ties to a local hospital and have on-call, after-hours staff to handle emergencies.”  Proponents of the measure say the ordinance would protect patient health, especially women’s health.  I interviewed Cathie Humbarger of Allen County Right to Life about the ordinance, particularly concerning its pro-life implications.

DH:  Cathie, thanks for taking to time to inform our readers about the proposed ordinance in Allen County, Indiana.  First of all, what does your work at Allen County Right to Life involve and what kinds of things does ACRL work on?

CH: It’s my pleasure, Dan. Thanks for inviting me.

Just to review: On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court legalized abortion in the United States from conception through the ninth month of pregnancy. Since that date, over 45 million abortions have been performed at the rate of approximately one every 20 seconds. Right here in Fort Wayne approximately fifteen abortions are completed each Thursday at the local abortion clinic.

In response to this situation, the Allen County Right to Life Committee, Inc. was incorporated in March of 1976 and Three Rivers Right to Life Educational Trust Fund, Inc. was founded in December of 1982 to promote respect for innocent life from the moment of fertilization to natural death. We agree with the self-evident truth that every human person is endowed by their Creator with an unalienable right to life that must be defended. This principle leads us to promote a culture of life in our community, which we accomplish through education in the social, religious, legal, medical, scientific and legislative fields. We also believe that abortion, infanticide, and euthanasia are negative, violent and primitive responses to complex social problems that demand genuine compassion and rational, responsible thinking. Further, we denounce fetal stem-cell research and human cloning because they involve the willful destruction of human life. We reject the notion that society may destroy innocent life to solve any problem. Our approach has always been non-violent and legal. One of our goals is to look for every opportunity to influence the legislative and political process with policies that support and protect pre-born babies and their mothers where otherwise they would have no voice.

DH:  What would this ordinance do?

posted on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 7:40:29 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
The Wall Street Journal gives a quick run-down of the recently approved Democrat Party Platform, while LifeNews and William McGurn raise questions about the “abortion plank.”

The AP reports that the Republican platform while likely experience a dramatic cut in length but will probably not include many ideological surprises.

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 Monday, August 25, 2008
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 Saturday, August 23, 2008
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LifeNews reports.  As does NPR.

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 Tuesday, August 19, 2008
National Right to Life responds to allegations by presidential candidate Barack Obama that NRL is lying about his opposition to “Born Alive Infant Protection” legislation while a state senator in Illinois.

posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 5:47:45 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
Saturday night’s presidential forum at Rick Warren’s church provided a clear distinction between the major candidates on various issues, especially on social conservative issues such as abortion, judges, and the rights of faith-based organizations.  To read a transcript of the event click here.  To view the entire broadcast via online video click here.

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 Monday, August 18, 2008
The American Psychological Association has released a report that claims that women who have had an abortion have no greater risk for mental illness.  As CNS News reports, several pro-life leaders disagree with the report’s conclusions.  Also, LifeNews reports that the APA is withholding the full information obtained during the research and also relays Dr. Rachel MacNair’s scientific objections to allegedly faulty and biased research methods used for the APA report.

posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 2:28:40 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
As Time Magazine reports, the two major presidential candidates gave radically different responses when asked about abortion and when life begins.  LifeNews also reports.

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 Thursday, August 14, 2008
posted on Thursday, August 14, 2008 4:46:57 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
CNS reports that the official platform of the Democrat party pledges to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and takes a radically liberal stance on other important marriage and homosexuality issues.  LifeNews reports that the platform has also taken a decidedly leftward turn on abortion issues, even calling for the tax-payer funding of abortion.  And Baptist Press reports that the Democratic National Committee has given $25,000 to stop the California marriage amendment.

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 Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Daniel Herbster reporting

The Freedom of Choice Act may sound like an innovative education bill but it’s anything but.  This legislation if passed would not only enshrine the infamous Roe vs. Wade opinion into federal law, but it would also destroy every sensible limitation on abortion which federal, state, and local governments have ever instituted.  Many pro-choice politicians, including one of the major presidential candidates, support this bill.  My friend and colleague Tom McClusky, who is Vice President at the Family Research Council, recently prepared a paper detailing just what the Freedom of Choice Act would mean for our nation and the pro-life cause.  I recently had the chance to interview Tom about the Freedom of Choice Act and his work at FRC.

DH:  What is the Freedom of Choice Act?

TM: Some of the supporters of the "Freedom of Choice Act" state that it merely codifies Roe v. Wade. This could not be further from the truth.  As the American Civil Liberties Union said in its Reproductive Rights Update from December 20, 1991, "This [FOCA] bill prohibits such restrictions as parental notification and consent, as well as the requirement that all abortions be performed in a hospital, spousal consent, waiting periods ..."

DH:  What kinds of effects would it have on abortion restrictions in our nation?

TM: If FOCA were to pass both chambers of Congress and be signed by a pro-abortion President, it would single-handedly overturn countless laws that have passed in the states in relation to abortion.

DH:  If you had to come up with a different name for this bill (one that more accurately describes its effects and intention), what would it be?

TM: Federal Usurpation of Rights and Abortion on Demand Act (FURADA?)

DH:  What are some of the most surprising or important things you learned about the proposed Freedom of Choice Act as you prepared your research paper?

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 Monday, August 11, 2008
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 Saturday, August 09, 2008
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 Friday, August 01, 2008
LifeSite reports on how this dangerous UN treaty pushes abortion on unwilling nations.  Some pro-abortionists want the United States to be bound by this treaty.

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 Monday, July 28, 2008
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 Thursday, July 24, 2008
The Freedom of Choice Act would overturn every pro-life law on the books and would basically enshrine the Roe vs. Wade decision into federal law.  Our friend Tom McClusky at the Family Research Council has prepared a paper on the Freedom of Choice Act which explains the effects it would have and reveals how the major presidential candidates stand on its passage.

posted on Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:55:15 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Saturday, July 19, 2008
A Senate committee and House subcommittee are threatening the Mexico City Policy (which prevents tax dollars from supporting organizations that promote or provide abortions) and the Kemp-Kasten rider (which allows the president to prohibit funds from organizations that support coerced abortions).  Hopefully, the House and Senate will eliminate the language which threatens these important pro-life riders.  Otherwise, the president has promised to “veto any legislation that weakens current Federal policies and laws on abortion, or that encourages the destruction of human life at any stage.”

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 Thursday, July 17, 2008
The New York Times reports.  Excerpt:

 
The Bush administration wants to require all recipients of aid under federal health programs to certify that they will not refuse to hire nurses and other providers who object to abortion and … certain types of birth control.

posted on Thursday, July 17, 2008 6:43:47 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
CitizenLink reports on this piece of positive news in the otherwise sordid saga of the Kansas abortion scandals.

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 Tuesday, July 15, 2008
William McGurn explains.  Excerpt:

…could not the NAACP work for a society where pregnant African-Americans had two doors open to them? Planned Parenthood's not going anywhere, so the first would still lead to America's largest abortion provider, a business that has already eliminated millions from America's population. But the other would lead to people whose business is of a vastly different order: welcoming these children into the world, and getting their moms the help they need to live lives of purpose and dignity.

 

Then again, that would give women a real choice.

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Last week, members of the House of Representatives held a “special order” to call for the de-funding of the largest abortion provider in the nation.  Many Americans have no idea that their tax dollars subsidize the flag ship of the abortion industry and AdvanceUSA thanks these House members for taking this bold stand.

LifeNews reports.  See the video here.

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 Thursday, July 10, 2008
Visit HelpShapeHistory.com to read more about this pro-life rally in our nation’s capital.  Excerpt:

 
On August 16, we are calling every Christian of every faith tradition, young and old, every race, every pro-life organization, and every individual to gather in Washington D.C. to pray for our nation with a massive focus on the ending of abortion and the healing of our land.

posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 8:01:12 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Janice Shaw Crouse reports at Townhall.com.

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 Monday, July 07, 2008
The AP reports.  Excerpt:

 
A federal appeals court ruled that South Dakota can begin enforcing a law requiring doctors to tell women seeking abortions that the procedure ends a human life.

World Net Daily also reports.

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 Friday, June 27, 2008
The Washington Times reports.  Excerpt:

 
“Hoisting signs declaring "abortion is not a family value," about 60 black demonstrators descended on Democratic and Republican headquarters on Capitol Hill Thursday morning to demand that political candidates refuse funding from Planned Parenthood.”

posted on Friday, June 27, 2008 6:07:31 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, June 26, 2008
Stateline.org reports on the move for laws allowing or requiring the viewing of ultrasound pictures before having an abortion.  AdvanceUSA applauds measures such as this which help emphasize the humanity of the unborn.

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 Tuesday, June 24, 2008
With all the talk about sinister “big corporations” these days, it’s interesting that Planned Parenthood often escapes scrutiny.  As The Wall Street Journal and LifeNews explain, the biggest abortion provider in the nation is drastically expanding its business model.

posted on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 3:14:47 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, June 23, 2008
LifeNews reports.  Excerpt:

 
As it has done in past years, Planned Parenthood abortion businesses in California are willing to shell out some of their abortion profits to make sure they can leave parents in the dark about teen abortions. They are, once again, spending heavily to defeat a parental notification measure.

Planned Parenthood is the biggest profiteer from the abortion industry and is understandably hostile to any measure that would cut into profits, even if this involves helping underage girls get abortions without notifying parents.

posted on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:34:57 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, June 20, 2008
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 Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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 Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Fox News reports.  Amazingly enough, radical pro-abortionists advocate more availability for RU-486 and refuse to seriously investigate its potentially lethal side effects, despite chilling stories like this one.  The BBC also reports.

posted on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:11:56 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, June 10, 2008
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 Thursday, June 05, 2008
Blogger, columnist, and commentator Michelle Malkin explains.

posted on Thursday, June 05, 2008 5:35:33 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
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posted on Thursday, June 05, 2008 5:27:58 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
Although clearly biased toward a pro-choice perspective-using terms such as “abortion rights”-this AP report paints a stark contrast between the two remaining major presidential candidates on abortion.  Excerpt:

 
ABORTION

 

McCain: Opposes abortion rights. Has voted for abortion restrictions permissible under Roe v. Wade, and now says he would seek to overturn that guarantee of abortion rights. Would not seek constitutional amendment to ban abortion.

 

Obama: Favors abortion rights.

 

posted on Thursday, June 05, 2008 5:25:50 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, June 03, 2008
LifeNews reports.  Excerpt:

 
Just one day after South Carolina residents received good news that Choose Life license plates are on the way, Gov. Mark Sanford on Thursday signed a pro-life bill into law. The legislation allows women a chance to see an ultrasound of their unborn child before the abortion.

 

When used in pregnancy centers, such ultrasounds persuade as many as 70-80 percent of women to keep their baby rather than follow through with an abortion.

posted on Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:22:06 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
posted on Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:12:57 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
posted on Wednesday, June 04, 2008 2:39:07 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, May 30, 2008
Denis Boyles unravels the twisted tale of allegations of illegal abortions, investigations, obstruction, cover-up, and other peculiar political circumstances.  This article is well worth the read for any pro-lifer and perhaps could hopefully open many eyes to the corruption and deviousness of Planned Parenthood.  Excerpt:

 
Caleb Stegall, Kline’s lead attorney, saw the case in simple terms. “Laws restricting and governing abortion are worthless if they cannot be enforced,” he said, “and up until today, they have not been enforced. Planned Parenthood wants to keep it that way. So the message being sent by this case as a whole is if you try to enforce these laws, if you even try to talk about enforcing these laws, we will bury you. This overriding message has seeped into our body politic and threatens to corrupt some of our most basic and cherished principles such as freedom of speech and political debate, the rule of law, and the principle of equality before the law.”

posted on Saturday, May 31, 2008 1:44:30 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, May 29, 2008
posted on Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:40:20 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, May 28, 2008
posted on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 6:01:20 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Zenit reports on a new book citing evidence from experts which demonstrates that unborn children can feel pain.  Excerpt from article:

 
The contributions from the large number of experts who contribute to the book agree in affirming that a fetus can feel pain before birth, the two editors explain in their introductory essay. "Recognizing human dignity and human suffering from life in the womb is a clinical duty in the service of better treatment," they declare.

Evidence like this shows the need for the Unborn Children Pain Awareness Act now in Congress (check home page and scroll down for more information on this important pro-life bill).

posted on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 5:24:57 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
posted on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 5:19:03 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, May 23, 2008
posted on Friday, May 23, 2008 7:31:22 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, May 22, 2008
The Editors at National Review Online expose some of the pork squeezed into the Iraq war funding bill, including special goodies for Planned Parenthood which is the largest abortion provider in America and coincidentally under investigation in some states for gross violations of the law. 


Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)
Graphic Source: Washington Post
posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 8:28:05 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Yesterday, we reported that the House of Commons was potentially poised to reduce the abortion restrictions from 24 weeks gestation to 20 or 22.  Unfortunately pro-life Members of Parliament were defeated in their efforts, but it looks as though abortion and other traditional values will be an important issue in future elections.  LifeNews also reports.

As the Telegraph reports, two female Members of Parliament spoke out forcefully for the rights and humanity of the unborn.

posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 6:28:50 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, May 20, 2008
posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 3:41:37 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 3:38:37 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
Unfortunately our pro-life compatriots in Great Britain were unsuccessful in passing a ban on the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos for unethical stem cell research in Parliament (for more details check this BBC report).  However, it looks as though a move to lower the abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 or 20 weeks might prove successful.  It in encouraging to know that pro-lifers are fighting the good fight elsewhere in the world, but the fact that Britain will likely allow the creation of hybrid cloning is a sobering warning that such research could be coming to American shores in the near future (unless legislation like H.R. 5910 and S. 2358 is passed).

The fact that Great Britain even has a gestation limit on abortion illustrates the surprising fact that the United States is among the nations with the most unrestrictive abortion laws in the world.  Many Americans are unaware that the Supreme Court decisions of Roe vs. Wade and Doe vs. Bolton basically mandate that abortion for whatever reason is permissible at almost any stage of prenatal development.

See also: pro-life page, stem cell page

Photo source: roots-travel.co.uk

posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 3:28:11 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, May 13, 2008
The Alliance Defense Fund reports.  Excerpt:

 
A Missouri judge ruled Friday that a state law that enforces health and safety standards for surgical abortion clinics also regulates clinics that dispense the abortion-inducing drug RU-486.

KMOX also reports.

posted on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 4:57:41 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, May 06, 2008
AdvanceUSA was privileged to sign onto a letter, along with other conservative organizations, encouraging President Bush to tighten regulations regarding tax-dollars and Planned Parenthood.  The Hill reports.  Excerpt:

 
“We respectfully ask that you make the necessary changes to the Title X regulations so that U.S. taxpayer funds are not used to promote and facilitate abortion,” the groups wrote in the letter.

 

Title X provides nearly $300 million in federal funds to family planning groups such as Planned Parenthood.

 

Former President Ronald Reagan first issued regulations more than 20 years ago that prohibited family planning organizations from providing advice to help women obtain abortions. The Reagan-era regulations were upheld by the Supreme Court, but were then rescinded soon after former President Bill Clinton took office in 1993.

posted on Tuesday, May 06, 2008 6:43:16 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
Not only has the United Methodist Church recently made progress in recognizing the need to protect the sanctity of traditional marriage and upholding Biblical teaching on sexual morality, but it seems this influential, global organization is moving closer to a position of defending the sanctity of unborn and elderly human life.  At the recent global conference (which occurs every four years) the sanctity of human life was upheld by resolutions in the following ways (source: The Institute on Religion and Democracy):

  • "Affirm and encourage the Church to assist the ministry of crisis pregnancy centers and pregnancy resource centers that compassionately help women find feasible alternatives to abortion."
  • "Respect the sacredness of the life and well-being of the mother and the unborn child."
  • Support for adult "notification and consent" when a minor is seeking an abortion.
  • "Reject euthanasia and pressure upon the dying to end their lives."
  • Delete language from a previous United Methodist statement that had been used to support abortion as a means of back-up birth control.
  • Decrying the international problem of gender- selective abortions, while describing abortion as "violent" and opposing "trivial reasons" for abortion.

LifeNews also reports.  Excerpt:

Mark Tooley, the director of the UMAction Committee of the Institute on Religion and Democracy told LifeNews.com he's pleased with the small steps to move in a pro-life direction.

 

"These incremental steps continue a trend from the last several General Conferences towards an increased acknowledgement of the sanctity of all human life," he said.

 

"The United Methodist Church is slowly moving towards the historic Christian concern for the most vulnerable," he added. "These latest moves continue this positive trend."

posted on Tuesday, May 06, 2008 6:41:29 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, May 05, 2008
CitizenLink reports.  Excerpt:


Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline has charged Planned Parenthood's Kansas City clinic, Comprehensive Health, with 107 criminal charges in district court, including 23 felonies.

 

Planned Parenthood wanted the court to order Kline to return medical records from 30 patients' files. But the court ruled today that Kline has proper legal clearance to be in possession of the abortion records.

 

"It's about time the courts allowed Phill Kline to do his job and conduct this investigation involving serious allegations against Planned Parenthood," said Dawn Vargo…

posted on Monday, May 05, 2008 7:58:41 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, May 01, 2008
posted on Thursday, May 01, 2008 6:21:56 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, April 30, 2008
LifeNews reports.  Let’s hope this speaker can convince this influential organization to respect the sanctity of unborn human life.

posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 7:50:31 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, April 29, 2008
posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 7:21:43 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
AdvanceUSA has learned that the third annual “Wash for Life” will be held on September 13, 2008.  The Wash for Life recruits young people across the country to hold car washes to raise funds for and awareness of pregnancy resource centers in their communities.  Pregnancy resource centers do great work providing real choices for pregnant women, and are worthy causes for support.  Mark your calendars for September 13 so you can get your car washed “for life” or organize your own “Wash for Life.”

Check out washforlife.com to see photos and results from last year’s Wash for Life and keep checking back with AdvanceUSA for more updates on this year’s event.

posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 7:01:05 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, April 28, 2008
posted on Monday, April 28, 2008 7:02:49 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
posted on Monday, April 28, 2008 6:54:41 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, April 25, 2008
posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 8:28:55 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, April 23, 2008
posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 5:47:05 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Cal Thomas comments on the recent Supreme Court ruling upholding the constitutionality of the most common death penalty method and exposes the hypocrisy of those who oppose executing convicted murderers yet support the killing of innocent, unborn human life.

posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 5:33:28 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, April 21, 2008
Despite a veto from Oklahoma’s governor, the OK state legislature overruled the veto and passed a bill strengthening a woman’s right to view an ultrasound of her unborn child before making an abortion decision.  It’s time for so-called proponents of “choice” to actually allow some informed decision making in the abortion process.  Let’s hope other states adopt ultrasound bills which dramatically illustrate the humanity of the unborn and provide crucial information to women.

posted on Monday, April 21, 2008 8:44:35 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, April 16, 2008
posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 2:04:45 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, April 15, 2008
posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 7:13:17 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:53:29 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:52:05 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, April 09, 2008
LifeNews reports.  Let’s hope other states follow suit with this important legislation which seeks to give women complete information of what abortion involves.

posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2008 6:33:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, April 08, 2008
posted on Tuesday, April 08, 2008 5:20:03 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, April 07, 2008
Jeff Jacoby provides some insightful commentary on the disturbing trend toward sex-selection abortion around the world and here in the United States.  This is yet another reminder of the prevalence of the culture of death in our world.  Excerpt from Boston Globe article:

THE UNFETTERED "right to choose" is a progressive value, we are instructed by the abortion lobby - one indispensable to the empowerment of women. But a new study in PNAS (the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) prompts an awkward question: How exactly are American women empowered when abortion is deployed to prevent the existence of American girls?

 

But nothing can excuse such abortions in the United States - nothing except the theology of "choice," which elevates the right to an abortion above all other considerations. You don't have to be a feminist to know that being a girl is not a birth defect, or to be horrified by a practice that lethally reinforces the most benighted forms of sexual discrimination. For what kind of feminist would it be who could contemplate the use of abortion to eliminate ever-greater numbers of girls, and not cry out in horror?

posted on Monday, April 07, 2008 5:17:03 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
posted on Monday, April 07, 2008 5:14:38 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
Operation Rescue has created a helpful timeline of events to help people understand the outrageous abortion scandals involving late-term abortionist George Tiller and Planned Parenthood of Kansas.  This is an important case for the pro-life movement and we are grateful for this helpful resource.

posted on Monday, April 07, 2008 5:12:22 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, April 04, 2008
The House of Representatives has approved a version of PEPFAR anti-AIDS funding that is much improved from the original version which would have mandated abortion funding, drastically cut back abstinence and faithfulness education, and weakened anti-prostitution provisions.  Though significant improvements have been made to the bill, not all conservatives support the measure because of fiscal concerns over massive spending increases and concerns that there is insufficient accountability over how funds are spent.  The bill will now go to the U.S. Senate.

posted on Friday, April 04, 2008 7:03:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
The Houston Chronicle reports.  Events like this are a sad testament to the prevalence of the “culture of death” in our society.

posted on Friday, April 04, 2008 7:01:51 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, April 03, 2008
posted on Thursday, April 03, 2008 3:16:04 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
posted on Thursday, April 03, 2008 1:32:16 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, April 01, 2008
LifeNews reports.  Excerpt:

A leading pro-life member of Congress plans an amendment to a bill on health care for Native Americans that's similar to the language of an amendment the Senate approved last month. Rep. Joe Pitts wants to make sure the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (H.R. 1328) isn't used to fund abortions with public money.

AdvanceUSA thanks Congressman Pitts for proposing this important pro-life amendment, and urges the rest of the Energy and Commerce Committee to support it.  CitizenLink also reports.

You can look up members of the committee here, and find your representative’s contact information here (look them up by name or zip code).


Graphic source: CitizenkLink

posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2008 8:54:28 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
LifeNews reports.  To see AdvanceUSA’s report on this issue from last week click here.

posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2008 8:41:20 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
Ken Connor has a thought provoking piece on the need to protect disabled children from abortion by making sure mothers have accurate information about disabilities.  Excerpt:

Most parents receive the news that they are "expecting" with joy and excitement. For some, however, the good news turns sour when they learn that their unborn or newly born child has Down syndrome or is afflicted with some other disability like cystic fibrosis. What parents are told about their child's future and how they are told it often influences whether that child is born at all. That's why Senators Sam Brownback and Ted Kennedy have co-sponsored the "Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act".

posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2008 8:33:59 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, March 31, 2008
Laura Echevarria chronicles some of the discouraging and encouraging recent developments in the pro-life movement at LifeNews.com.  There is certainly much to mourn over in our society, but there are also signs of hope, and of course, as pro-lifers, we know that truth and righteousness are on our side.

posted on Monday, March 31, 2008 2:13:49 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
Barack Obama referred to being “punished with a baby” when confronted with a pro-life Democrat in Pennsylvania recently.  Obama also disparaged abstinence education at the event.  Politico has the details.

posted on Monday, March 31, 2008 2:12:53 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, March 28, 2008
Planned Parenthood has released its annual report for 2008.  The following points are a few important and outrageous facts AdvanceUSA has been alerted to:

  • An increase in the number of provided abortions from 264,943 in 2005 to 289,650 in 2006.
  • A doubling of “excess of revenue over expenses” funds from $55.7 million in 2005 to $112 million in 2006.
  • Acknowledge receipt of over $336 million in [local, state, and federal] government grants and contracts.

With all the recent controversies regarding potential illegal activity by Planned Parenthood centers across the country, why is Planned Parenthood getting our tax dollars?

To sign the Family Research Council’s petition to withhold federal Title X funding from Planned Parenthood click here.

posted on Friday, March 28, 2008 6:54:47 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, March 17, 2008

LifeNews reports.  We hope other states will take a look at these effective pro-life laws that seek to give women real choice through access to ultrasound information.

posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 3:03:04 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 3:00:57 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, March 14, 2008
Last night the Senate rejected a pro-life amendment proposed by Sen. Wayne Allard (R-CO), which would have covered unborn children under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.  Instead, the Senate passed the Boxer amendment which categorizes pregnant mothers as “children” in order to provide these women with health coverage without committing the liberal sacrilege of insinuating that the unborn are in fact children.

To see the vote results, check the vote box below or AdvanceUSA’s Congress Vote Watch Page.  To see how your senators voted on the Allard amendment click on “Full Results.”

Senate Vote on the Allard Amendment (S.A. 4233) to allow unborn children to receive health coverage under SCHIP
March 13, 2008
Full Results

 

 

Yeas

 

Nays

 

PRES

 

NV

Republican

 

44

 

4

 

 

1

Democratic

 

2

 

47

 

 

1

Independent

 

 

1

 

 

TOTALS

 

46

 

52

 

 

2

posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 4:41:13 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
Sen. Ensign (R-CO) proposed an amendment yesterday which would have set aside money for the enforcement of the Child Custody Protection Act, which prevents minors from being transported across state lines to avoid state abortion laws requiring the consent of the parents.  This common-sense, pro-life legislation failed by a vote of 49-49.

Senate Vote on the Ensign Amendment (S.A. 4335) to provide funds for the vigorous enforcement of the Child Custody Protection Act
March 13, 2008
Full Results

 

Yeas

 

Nays

 

PRES

 

NV

Republican

 

44

 

3

 

 

1

Democratic

 

5

 

45

 

 

1

Independent

 

 

1

 

 

TOTALS

 

49

 

49

 

 

2

posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 4:37:52 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, March 07, 2008
LifeNews reports.  Excerpt:

"Recently, my niece gave birth to her first baby. It should have been a joyful moment for the entire family, but as I stood looking at her cradling her newborn, I felt tears pricking at my eyes," Woodgate wrote in a London Daily Mail column.

 

"All of a sudden, I found myself being transported back in time almost 40 years, to the day that I was admitted to a small cottage hospital in Leicester for a termination," she added.

 

Her memories of the abortion were so vivid that she can still smell the disinfectant and see the "disapproving" looks on the faces of the staff at the facility.

posted on Friday, March 07, 2008 9:26:36 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
LifeNews reports.  Excerpt:

A pro-life organization for Republicans is calling on John McCain, who has captured enough delegates to be the party's presidential nominee, to keep the GOP platform pro-life on abortion. The Republican Party currently supports a human life amendment to the Constitution to offer legal protection to unborn children.

 

Delegates to the Republican convention in Minneapolis this summer will reconsider the party's 93-page platform that opposes abortion and supports President Bush's policy against using tax dollars to fund embryonic stem cell research.

posted on Friday, March 07, 2008 9:19:23 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
posted on Friday, March 07, 2008 9:07:44 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Tuesday, March 04, 2008
LifeNews reports.  Excerpt:

A Johnson County grand jury has failed to issue an indictment against a Planned Parenthood abortion center near Kansas City. The verdict of "no true bill" comes after several allegations that the grand jury process had been distorted by a judge who sided with the abortion business in limiting the panel's access to abortion records.

The Washington Post also reports.

posted on Tuesday, March 04, 2008 9:45:16 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, March 03, 2008
LifeNews reports.  Ultrasound bills are important steps toward fostering a “culture of life” in our nation.  Let’s hope even more states take a look at these effective pro-life laws.

posted on Monday, March 03, 2008 8:51:07 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
LifeNews reports on this touching story.

posted on Monday, March 03, 2008 8:49:48 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Thursday, February 28, 2008
The Virginia Senate has voted to prohibit funds for Planned Parenthood because they advocate for and perform abortions.  Let’s hope other states and the federal government begin to follow their example.  It is a travesty that the largest company in the abortion industry receives millions of dollars in tax dollars.

posted on Thursday, February 28, 2008 9:20:51 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
posted on Thursday, February 28, 2008 9:09:49 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
LifeNews reports.  Furthermore, our friends in the House tell us that abstinence and faithfulness education will still be supported, and they are convinced that language allowing abortion promoting organizations to receive taxpayer dollars has been fully eliminated.

Our thanks to all who made their voice heard on this issue.  Also, special thanks to Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the House Pro-Life Caucus, for his tireless efforts to address the pro-life and pro-family concerns with PEPFAR.


Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ)

posted on Thursday, February 28, 2008 9:07:02 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, February 27, 2008
LifeNews has some helpful commentary on Phill Kline, the Kansas district attorney and former Attorney General who dared to hold Planned Parenthood accountable to the law.  Kline has been unfairly maligned and this piece helps shed the light of truth on the case.

District Attorney Phill Kline
Graphic source: LifeNews

posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 8:12:55 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
Michelle Malkin discusses the recent tragedy of the lady in Britain who committed suicide after abortion her twins.  Hopefully, more women will hear this message through the mainstream culture’s incessant drumbeat about the benefits of abortion.

posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 8:10:30 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
Congressman Scott Garrett tells the truth about the problems with PEPFAR in his piece at Townhall.  Check back with AdvanceUSA to find out how today’s committee markup went.

posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 8:08:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
The bi-partisan PEFAR anti-AIDS funding legislation is being marked up right now.  To watch the hearings via live streaming check the website of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and click on the “Live Webcast” link in the lower right margin or click here.

Listening in around 11:30 one could hear Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) give an excellent defense of abstinence and faithfulness education for combating the global spread of AIDS.  Let’s hope that no tax dollars will go to support abortions under this bill.

posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 4:41:16 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Tuesday, February 26, 2008
AdvanceUSA is happy to report that the Vitter amendment passed this morning by a vote of 52 - 42.  Now Americans can rest assured that their tax dollars will not be used to fund abortions under the Indian Health Services bill (click here for more information).  For full vote results and to see how your senators voted on this important pro-life amendment check the vote box below (or click here).

AdvanceUSA thanks all those who called their senators concerning this pro-life matter.  The voice of ordinary Americans can make a powerful difference in Washington when people exercise their rights to petition their government and to express their political opinions.

Also, AdvanceUSA thanks Senator David Vitter (R-LA) for proposing and defending this important legislation.

UPDATE: LifeNews reports.

Senate Vote on the Vitter Amendment (S.A. 3896) to codify the pro-life Hyde amendment in the Indian Health Services bill
February 26, 2008

Full Results | News Story

 


Yeas


Nays

 

PRES


NV

Republican


43

 

3

 

 

3

Democratic


9

 

38


 

3

Independent



1



TOTALS


52


42


 

6

See other important Congressional vote results on the Congress Vote Watch page.

posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 4:47:37 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, February 25, 2008
Our friends in the Senate tell us that the pro-life Vitter amendment (# 3896) will be considered tomorrow.  The Vitter amendment would prevent taxpayer dollars from supporting abortions under the Indian Health Services bill.

Call both your senators today and urge them to vote “Yes” on the pro-life Vitter amendment (# 3896)!

posted on Monday, February 25, 2008 9:41:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
The Telegraph (UK) reports on this tragic case of post-abortion anguish.

posted on Monday, February 25, 2008 9:36:53 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
Grove City College offers some helpful resources contemplating abortion, the anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, and the effects of abortion on civilization.

On Morality, Abortion, and Empires
By Dr. Andrew Harvey

The Twisted Relativism of Abortion
By Dr. Paul Kengor

posted on Monday, February 25, 2008 9:33:54 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Friday, February 22, 2008
LifeNews relays Chuck Colson’s piece on the dangers in the current PEPFAR bill.

posted on Friday, February 22, 2008 5:35:02 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Thursday, February 21, 2008
Conservatives are often told that abortion really shouldn’t be an important issue when selecting a president because “all he can do is appoint judges.”  Our friend Joe Carter at Evangelical Outpost clearly explains today why this is not the case.  He shows just how much power a president has to help or hinder the pro-life movement.

He lists five specific areas and explains each:

  1. Preserving the Pro-Life Riders
  2. Filing of amicus briefs in cases before the judiciary
  3. Issuance of executive orders
  4. Selection of political appointments
  5. Using the "bully pulpit"

He mentions the presidential veto when discussing pro-life riders.  This important constitutional power of the presidency can hardly be overstated, especially when Congress is controlled by pro-abortion leadership.

Excerpt:

Christians have an obligation to the most vulnerable members of our society to elect politicians who have both a robust view of human dignity and the temerity to govern accordingly. We betray this duty when we downplay the role the executive branch in advancing the pro-life cause. Judges and legislators matter; but presidents matter too.

To read the full post click here.

AdvanceUSA is grateful to Joe for citing us as a source when discussing the pro-life riders, and hope others will find our site a helpful resource as well.

posted on Thursday, February 21, 2008 4:10:08 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, February 20, 2008
The House Foreign Affairs Committee will vote on PEPFAR anti-AIDS funding reauthorization on Thursday, February 28.  Call your representative today (especially if they serve on this committee) and urge him or her to vote against the PEPFAR legislation unless pro-abortion code words like “family panning” and “reproductive health” are removed and abstinence education and anti-prostitution language is maintained.  LifeNews reports on the abortion funding aspect while the AP reports on President Bush’s statements urging lawmakers to preserve crucial abstinence and faithfulness funding.

Click here for more information on PEPFAR or check the AdvanceUSA home page.

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AdvanceUSA has learned that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has filed cloture on the Indian Health Services bill, and a vote on the essential pro-life Vitter amendment is expected on Monday or Tuesday (25th or 26th).  Call both your senators and urge them to support the Vitter Amendment (# 3896) to the Indian Health Services bill!

Click here for more information on the imporant Vitter amendment.

posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:07:32 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, February 18, 2008
LifeNews reports.  This is even more evidence of why the United States should never sign the CEDAW treaty.

posted on Monday, February 18, 2008 8:55:20 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
How would you respond to the following statement?

"In my opinion, the moral thing for older mothers to do is to have amniocentesis, as soon during pregnancy as is safe for the fetus, test whether placental cells have a third chromosome #21, and abort the fetus if it does. The brain is the last organ to become functional."

LifeNews and the News Observer have the full story.

posted on Monday, February 18, 2008 8:51:31 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Thursday, February 14, 2008
LifeNews and LifeSite report.

posted on Thursday, February 14, 2008 6:03:50 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, February 13, 2008
AdvanceUSA has learned from friends in the House of Representatives that the Foreign Affairs Committee hearings on PEPFAR have been postponed until the “week of February 25.”

posted on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 6:00:41 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Annie Murphy Paul has an eye-opening and even-handed piece in the New York Times today entitled “The First Ache” which extensively documents the medical evidence that unborn children are capable of feeling pain.  As noted in the piece, this knowledge has enabled pro-lifers to promote “unborn pain awareness” legislation aimed at humanizing unborn children and attempting to foster a “culture of life” and a culture of concern for the unborn.

Excerpt:

New evidence, however, has persuaded him [Dr. Kanwaljeet Anand] that fetuses can feel pain by 20 weeks gestation (that is, halfway through a full-term pregnancy) and possibly earlier. As Anand raised awareness about pain in infants, he is now bringing attention to what he calls “signals from the beginnings of pain.”

Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) and Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) have proposed legislation, on the federal level, to inform women seeking abortions that their unborn child is likely to experience pain.  For more information on the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act check the AdvanceUSA home page or pro-life page.

Consider contacting your representative and both your senators and urging them to support the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act (S. 356 / H.R. 3442).  Also consider writing an op-ed piece in your local newspaper to inform people about the pain unborn children experience during an abortion.

posted on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 8:17:23 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, February 11, 2008
AdvanceUSA has learned that Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA) passed away this morning from lung cancer complications.  AdvanceUSA expresses its condolences to the family of Congressman Lantos, and is thankful for his willingness to serve his nation in Congress.  The House Foreign Affairs Committee (which Lantos chaired) will likely postpone Thursday's hearing on PEPFAR until leadership and membership changes are made to the committee.

 

AdvanceUSA will continue to monitor the PEPFAR issue, and is encouraged that President Bush has indicated his opposition to the bill until the abortion and abstinence policy changes are removed.

posted on Monday, February 11, 2008 9:15:20 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
The closing of five Planned Parenthood “clinics” is great news for pro-lifers.  LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, February 11, 2008 9:04:44 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
LifeNews reports on a recent press conference held on Capitol Hill to oppose the current PEPFAR anti-AIDS legislation which contains anti-life measures.  Bishop Harry Jackson, who attended the press conference, writes about it in his weekly column entitled “Let’s Keep Our Eye on the Ball.”

posted on Monday, February 11, 2008 8:55:57 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Friday, February 08, 2008
posted on Friday, February 08, 2008 6:34:32 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
As the AP reports, proposed changes to PEPFAR funding would side-step the crucial Mexico City Policy allowing tax dollars to support overseas abortions.  The AP report also mentions that the Lantos bill would undermine ant-prostitution regulations and withhold funding from successful abstinence and faithfulness anti-AIDS education.

The Foreign Affairs Committee will likely vote on PEPFAR on Thursday, February 14.  Be sure to contact members of this committee and urge them to preserve the crucial pro-life and pro-morality provisions PEPFAR.

posted on Friday, February 08, 2008 5:49:02 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Thursday, February 07, 2008

AIDS Orphan Uganda.jpg

The House Foreign Affairs Committee markup for PEPFAR originally scheduled today has been postponed to next week.  As currently written, the legislation undermines effective abstinence programs and mandates taxpayer support of overseas abortions.  FRC has provided a helpful list of committee members.  If your representative is in this list, be sure to encourage him or her to oppose any provisions which undermine the Mexico City Policy, allow tax dollars to support overseas abortion providers or proponents, undermine anti-prostitution regulations, or weakens support for successful abstinence and faithfulness education programs. If these concerns are not met, your representative should be encouraged to oppose the underlying bill.  For more information on this issue check the PEPFAR blurb.

Liberals in Congress should stop endangering critical AIDS funding with attempts to advance their anti-life, liberal social agenda.

posted on Thursday, February 07, 2008 6:43:42 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
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 Wednesday, February 06, 2008
LifeNews reports on this touching pro-life story.

posted on Wednesday, February 06, 2008 7:00:23 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Tuesday, February 05, 2008

AIDS Orphan Uganda.jpgThe President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which was begun in 2003, has bipartisan support on Capitol Hill and will be up for renewal this year.  Unfortunately, there is an aggressive push by liberals to disregard current stipulations that mandate funding for the “AB” (“abstinence” and “be faithful”) portion of “ABC” education (“C” = condoms). The new efforts would allow funding for “reproductive health” (a.k.a “abortion”) and ease the regulations that require groups receiving PEPFAR funds to pledge opposition to prostitution.  The liberals claim to want only to fund “what works” despite the mounting evidence that teaching abstinence and faithfulness (as is done in Uganda) and taking a strong stance against prostitution are the most effective ways to combat the spread of the dreaded AIDS virus.  Also, Americans should not have to subsidize overseas abortions with their tax dollars so Congress should be wary of allowing funds for “reproductive health” purposes as this is a broad term used by liberals to promote abortion.

Our friends in Congress tell us that PEPFAR will likely be considered by the House Foreign Affairs Committee on February 7.  If your representative sits on this committee call him or her today and encourage them to be sure to 1. attend the February 7 hearings, 2. voice their support for abstinence funding and anti-prostitution efforts, 3. oppose taxpayer funded “reproductive health” (abortion), and 4. vote against any amendments which would weaken these crucial provisions.

posted on Tuesday, February 05, 2008 5:18:47 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
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 Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Most Americans don’t fully understand the true impact and implications of the Roe vs. Wade decision.  Do you think you know more about Roe than most of your fellow citizens?  Take this test and find out!

Excerpt from Roe IQ Test website:

In spite of its impact, true understanding of Roe and what it accomplished remains relatively vague in the public consciousness.

 

We can expect both sides in the abortion debate to ratchet up arguments in the coming months as we mark this anniversary. It is imperative that we, as citizens, understand the facts about what Roe does and does not do.

We have created the Roe IQ Test to measure the current awareness of Roe and its effects, as well as to provide detailed information about the ruling. It only takes a few minutes to complete the test. Your answers and results will remain 100% confidential.

To take the Roe IQ Test click here.

posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 10:05:05 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
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 Monday, January 28, 2008

Researchers in Britain have found that babies can feel pain even before the 24 week window when abortions are allowed in the UK.  This research illustrates the need for the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act (now stalled in the U.S. House and Senate) which requires women to be informed of the extreme pain their unborn child is likely to experience during an abortion.  For more information on demonstrating the humanity of the unborn check the pro-life page.

posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 9:16:14 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Friday, January 25, 2008
posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 7:32:18 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
Our friends at FRC have released a new poll that shows that Americans oppose having their tax dollars pay for abortions under a “universal health care plan.”  Their results contain some interesting findings.  Excerpts:

  • Independent voters of all ages and sex would be less likely to vote for a candidate that proposed a national health care plan with universal coverage of abortion at taxpayer expense.
  • Although a majority of Democrats would support a candidate that proposed a national health care plan with universal coverage of abortion at taxpayer expense, the support is soft at best (51%).
  • Resistance to abortion coverage is consistent between both sexes and all ages. Women aged 55 or older are the most opposed to such coverage (59% are less likely to vote for a candidate endorsing it), men of all ages follow in opposition (57% less likely to vote for a candidate endorsing it), and the majority of (51%) of women aged 18-54 are less likely to support such a candidates.
  • Widespread disapproval of candidates who support taxpayer-funded abortion coverage spans all but one region of the United States —New England.

For full results check out FRC’s blog.

posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 7:30:26 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, January 23, 2008
As if we needed any more reminders that the 2008 elections will be important, LifeNews reports that Planned Parenthood is publically seeking to raise $10 million to advance their pro-death, pro-promiscuity agenda.  With these kinds of political contributions it’s no wonder that Planned Parenthood manages to get its hands on millions of taxpayer dollars.

posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 10:26:13 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

From the President: To read President Bush’s statements to marchers at the White House click here.

Good Reporting: Mark Hemingway from National Review Online has some great photos and excellent reporting of the march in a recent article.

Encouraging News: Barna says that evangelical Christians consider abortion their top concern (94% list it as an important issue).

More Resources: For more March for Life coverage from other bloggers check the FRC Blog.

UPDATE: The Washington Post has a great article today about the March For Life entitled “A Youthful Throng Marches Against Abortion.”  Let’s hope other mainstream media outlets report this important event with the coverage it deserves.

posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 6:15:14 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
It is truly impressive to see the huge crowds of ordinary Americans marching in the streets of our nation’s capital, to expose the world to the injustice of abortion and to proclaim that the pro-life cause has not been abandoned.  Here are some photos of yesterday’s March for Life event taken by AdvanceUSA DC staff member Daniel Herbster:


Praying for the end of Roe and the end of abortion

Massive crowds gathered in the shadow of the Capitol to hear pro-life speakers on the National Mall.



The spires of the Smithsonian look down on the gathering crowds.


More photos below. Click "Read More" to view the rest.

posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 6:05:25 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
We expect a vote on the Vitter amendment soon.  Call both your senators today and urge them to vote “Yes” on Sen. Vitter’s amendment to the Indian Health Services bill (S. 1200) and ensure that your tax dollars are not spent to provide abortions.  We will post Senate vote results when they become available.

For more information on this crucial pro-life legislation click here.

posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:48:49 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Our friends at FRC were generous enough to host many conservative bloggers to hear a wonderful selection of pro-life activists, thinkers, and politicians.


Staying warm in the lovely facilities at FRC

Michael Illions shares the story of his son Cole who he and his wife decided to have despite incredible pressure to simply abort their child late in the pregnancy due to potentially severe health concerns.  Mr. Illions and his wife do not regret their decision to “choose life.”


Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS), pro-life and pro-family champion of the Senate.

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the House Pro-Life Caucus and a strong pro-life leader.

Photos by Daniel Herbster


posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 3:49:50 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
Daniel Herbster (AdvanceUSA DC staff member) posting:

At the conservative blogger luncheon I was privileged to attend, we again heard from Johnson County (Kansas) District Attorney Phil Kline about his efforts to investigate Planned Parenthood for serious breaches of the law.

We then heard from Hadley Arkes again who mentioned the importance of selecting a pro-life president.  He said that a president can sometimes err by being “all action and no talk.”  His point is that a president should lead the charge in articulating a pro-life philosophy and spearhead real efforts to restrict abortion and foster a culture of life (not just do the bare minimum to be considered pro-life).  Turning his attention to the current presidential primary, Arkes encouraged the Republican Party to not abandon the classic balance of social, economic, and defense conservatism and warned that three of the five major GOP candidates (this was before news of Fred Thompson’s withdrawal became public) would fracture this important coalition.

After the blogger conference I traipsed over to the National Mall to survey the massive crowds, take in a few pro-life speeches, take some photos of the crowds from the Capitol, and take in the events being held in front of the Supreme Court building.

I hope to get some of my photos up soon.

posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 3:46:02 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Daniel Herbster (AdvanceUSA DC staff member) posting:

Earlier this morning Kansas prosecuting attorney (and former KS Attorney General) Phil Kline chronicled his dealings with the notorious abortion pusher Planned Parenthood in his home state and demonstrated how the mainstream media's pro-abortion bias clouds their judgment and observations (some times almost humorously).  It was great to see, in person, this pro-life crusader who is attempting to expose the abuses of Planned Parenthood and bring them to justice.

Next, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) reiterated the need to examine Planned Parenthood and do everything possible to insure that they do not receive taxpayer dollars.  He referenced a recent speech he gave on the House floor called "time to take a second look at child abuse incorporated" which you can read for yourself here.

Now I'm listening to Hadley P. Arkes (one of our friends from FRC) who is emphasizing that judicial nominations are not the only means for promoting the "culture of life."  Too often pro-lifers think that overturning Roe is the only thing we can do (as good as that would be) and are too easily mollified by politicians who promise us "good judges."

Next I'll be attending a luncheon for conservative bloggers, and then I hope to venture out into the cold and observe some of the March for Life myself.

Check back with AdvanceUSA Blog for photos of today's events
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posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 7:06:49 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

To view the March for Life event live check out their website. To view live streaming of the Blogs for Life event at FRC check FRC's blog.

For more coverage of today's pro-life events be sure to check back with AdvanceUSA Blog!

posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 4:36:14 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   

Daniel Herbster (AdvanceUSA DC staff member) posting:

Though the weather outside is frigid, I got to spend the morning in the warm confiness of the Family Research Center in downtown Washington , DC.

Today is the "March for Life" and I am covering the "Blogs for Life" event here at FRC. We've heard from several special speakers about the pro-life movement and harnesing technology in that effort.

Michael Illions told the story of his son Cole. Late in his wife's pregnancy doctors told the couple that their unborn son had irreparable brain defects and encouraged the couple to have an abortion. Though the couple experienced much pressure to abort the child they were determined to give their son a chance at life. Now they are glad they chose life as their son Cole, despite serious health challenges, has the prospects of a fairly normal life. The Illions' inspiring story is a stirring challenge for us to respect all human life, despite serious challenges.

We next heard from Sen. Sam Brownback, who has long been a champion of the pro-life and pro-family cause. He reminded us of the wonderful history behind the march for life and warned us that despite the massive crowds that would gather today in the nation's capital, the mainstream media would most likely minimize the significance of the March for Life. The Senator reminded our gathering that we are "fighting for life" and not against people, activists, women, or doctors. What we are fighting against, he said, is "death, fear, and despair."

Many great speakers (including: Michael New, Phil Kline, Rep. Chris Smith, and others) are coming up!

Check back later for more special reports. Hopefully, I will be posting some photos of the March and of some of today's speakers later today or tomorrow.

posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 4:31:36 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, January 21, 2008
January 22, 2008 marks the 35th anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision in which the Supreme Court usurped the will of the people, ignored the authority of representative government, and erroneously declared a constitutional right to kill unborn children in the womb.  The verdict opened the door to abortion on demand and, as Cal Thomas points out, devastatingly damaged our culture and society.

For years, in our nation’s capital and across the country, the March for Life has taken place on this somber anniversary, and this year’s events will be especially important.  AdvanceUSA will be blogging the events in Washington, DC live and anticipates supplying first-hand reporting on our website and blog.

posted on Monday, January 21, 2008 11:33:21 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
CitizenLink reports on this disturbing fact.

The drastic misconceptions about Roe vs. Wade among average Americans (even conservative ones) did not happen by accident.  They are due in large part to intentional media distortion of the facts and concrete implications of the wrongly decided case.  In his important pro-life book The Party of Death, conservative author and journalist Ramesh Ponnuru documents the media distortion of Roe and thoroughly and accessibly corrects the record, making the case for respecting the inalienable “right to life” of the unborn.

posted on Monday, January 21, 2008 10:44:07 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Friday, January 18, 2008
The way Federal Title X (title ten) funds are spent in this country is in drastic need of reform.  Title X funds are supposed to support family planning services but are often given to abortion providers like Planned Parenthood.  Under President Ronald Reagan and the first President Bush, federal regulations were clearly written to prevent recipients of Title X funds from referring for abortions or combining family planning services with abortion services (ex: working at the same location).  AdvanceUSA encourages the current Bush administration to issue Title X regulations which do two things:
 
  1. reestablish prohibitions against family planning services co-locating with abortion providers
  2. rescind regulations for family planning services which require them to refer for abortions

AdvanceUSA also supports legislation aimed at preventing taxpayers’ Title X funds from supporting groups like Planned Parenthood (especially since Planned Parenthood is under investigation for serious allegations of law-breaking and ethical malfeasance).  American’s tax dollars should not be used to support abortion, and we hope Congress and the President will act accordingly.

Check the pro-life page for more pro-life news.

posted on Friday, January 18, 2008 10:59:57 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
Do you want your tax dollars used to fund abortions within the United States?  Currently the Hyde Amendment prohibits taxpayer-funding of abortion in most of the United States, but the sovereign territories of Indian nations within the U.S. are exempt from this provision.  AdvanceUSA has learned that Senator David Vitter (R-LA) intends to propose an amendment to the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (S. 1200) which would codify a longstanding policy against funding abortions with taxpayer-funds from the federal Indian Health Services (IHS).  The amendment would prohibit federal funding for abortions except to save the life of the mother or in cases of rape or incest of a minor.  The Vitter amendment could be considered immediately when the Senate reconvenes on January 22, which is interestingly enough the date for the March for Life and the 35th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade.

Call both your senators today and urge them to support the Vitter amendment to S. 1200!

Excerpt from LifeNews story:

According to Douglas Johnson, the director of legislation for the National Right to Life Committee, the IHS is funded through the separate Interior appropriations bill. As a result, it has never carried the Hyde amendment and the bill funded abortions well after the Hyde amendment was first enacted in 1976.

 

The Reagan Administration curbed the practice administratively in 1982, as a temporary fix, Johnson said. In 1988, Congress said that the Hyde amendment would apply to the IHS bill.

 

Johnson said the Vitter amendment is important to make sure that the abortion funding limits become federal law.

 

Should a pro-abortion president occupy the White House and abortion advocates control Congress, there is nothing that could stop them from changing the current regulations unless a federal law prohibiting the funding is in place.

posted on Friday, January 18, 2008 3:21:51 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Thursday, January 17, 2008
Conservative author and columnist Cal Thomas gives us an important reminder of why Roe vs. Wade must be overturned.  Excerpt:

After 35 years of slaughtering our young, isn't it time to stop? That child born in 1973 could be a parent now. There are children who could have been born today. Thirty-five years of killing has diminished and corrupted us all. Let's summon the moral courage to stop it for our sake and for theirs.

Note: Next Tuesday (January 22) will be the 35th anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision.  March for Life events will be going on here in Washington, DC that day and AdvanceUSA hopes to provide some highlights from the various programs.

posted on Thursday, January 17, 2008 9:47:09 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
Though any information that comes from the Guttmacher Institute (the propaganda arm of Planned Parenthood) should be taken with a grain of salt, we are encouraged to consider that the abortion rate might be dropping.  While liberals will predictably call for more “comprehensive” sex education and free birth control, the real answer to continuing to decrease the abortion rate is more responsible sex education (especially abstinence education), cultivating a culture of life, and providing viable alternatives to pregnant women who do not wish to be mothers (like Rep. Michelle Bachman’s new bill).

Despite the apparent progress in protecting unborn lives, we as a nation must continue to fight abortion in the public policy realm because the abortion issue is fundamentally a justice issue.  It is inherently unjust that an entire category of people (the unborn) can be deprived of their fundamental right to life, and we must continue the pro-life battle to make our country a more just nation.

Check the AdvanceUSA pro-life page.

posted on Thursday, January 17, 2008 9:36:08 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, January 16, 2008
LifeNews reports on this effort to ensure that pregnant women receive practical help in choosing life.  To read the text of Rep. Michele Bachman’s (R-MN) proposed Positive Alternatives Act click here.

 

Excerpt:

 

A new bill in Congress would give states greater authority to help find positive solutions to unplanned pregnancies instead of abortion. Rep. Michele Bachmann has introduced the Positive Alternatives Act that puts into law prior Bush administration regulations allowing states to use the TANF program to help pregnant women.

 

Current federal regulations allow states to fund abortion alternatives, and Bachmann's bill, the “Positive Alternatives Act” (H.R. 4852) codifies the current state option.

 

It allows states to fund programs that provide information or counseling that assists women in making decisions about parenting and adoption.

 

For more information on pro-life issues check our pro-life page.

posted on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 7:50:14 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, January 09, 2008
As CitizenLink reports, “Nearly 50 pro-family groups [including AdvanceUSA] are asking President Bush to pull federal funding from abortion providers.”  AdvanceUSA was happy to partner with other conservative groups to encourage the administration to prohibit tax-payer dollars from supporting abortion providers under the guise of “family planning services.”

posted on Wednesday, January 09, 2008 9:33:13 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Thursday, December 20, 2007
LifeNews reports. Excerpt:

Both the House and Senate have approved resolutions honoring former Congressman Henry Hyde, a pro-life champion known for making sure thousands of abortions annually were not financed with taxpayer funds. The Congressional chambers approved the motions on a voice vote.

posted on Thursday, December 20, 2007 10:04:02 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, December 19, 2007
posted on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 9:44:29 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Tuesday, December 18, 2007
AdvanceUSA is happy to report that the crucial Mexico City Policy is safe for now (this policy prevents taxpayer dollars from supporting overseas abortions).  The massive omnibus spending bill facing Congress does not hinder or undermine this crucial pro-life policy.  LifeNews reports here.

Also, our friends at Heritage Foundation have created an online blog resource that tracks all the spending, earmarks, and budget issues contained in the omnibus bill.  Check it out at www.Omnibusting.com.

posted on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 8:46:20 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Friday, December 14, 2007
Matt Barber today takes a closer look at the landmark Roe vs. Wade decision.  Even many pro-lifers don’t fully comprehend its implications.  Excerpt:

It's not at all surprising that what public support there is for Roe v. Wade is typically rooted in a lack of knowledge. Ignorance is bliss, and blissful ignorance relative to Roe is by design. It's intentionally fueled through obfuscation and disinformation, fostered by pro-abortion activists and other like-minded leftists. Polls show conclusively that the more people learn about Roe v. Wade, the less likely they are to support it.

We applaud Barber for this article and encourage our readers to make sure they know the truth about Roe so they can inform their fellow citizens.

posted on Friday, December 14, 2007 9:06:13 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Thursday, December 13, 2007
As the Washington Times reports, Students for Life obtained video of a speech by Dr. Alberto Hodari at Wayne State University in Michigan.  His lecture was sponsored by the group Medical Students for Choice and was titled "Why I Am An Abortion Provider."

In the video (linked below) Hodari brags “I have great satisfaction of what I do, and I never feel bad or worried about doing abortions.”  Later in the video the abortion doctor confesses that he rarely washes his hands between abortions and tells the students they have “a right to lie” when it comes to abortion.

To see the full video click here.  LifeNews reports on this appalling story as well.  Excerpt:

Hodari also spoke about how little he washed between abortions because it chafed his hands, even though his doing so puts women's health at risk.

 

Most upsetting to SFLA director Kristan Hawkins is Hodari's claim that being an abortion practitioner gives him "license to lie" to women who seek him out for abortions.


HT: Students for Life of America

posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 9:11:14 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 9:08:57 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
LifeNews editor Steven Ertelt shares his thoughts on the role the abortion issue will play in the upcoming presidential elections and why he thinks Rudy Giuliani won’t win the Republican nomination.

posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 3:36:07 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
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 Friday, December 07, 2007
The Washington Times reports on the latest Planned Parenthood scandal in Kansas.  A grand jury will investigate allegations that Planned Parenthood broke state law regarding the age of girls receiving abortions as well as alleged cover-ups of sexual abuse.  Excerpts:

An unprecedented investigation into abortion-clinic practices will commence soon in Kansas now that the state Supreme Court has cleared the way for a grand jury with subpoena powers to be convened.

And…

Planned Parenthood receives millions of dollars in government funding each year. "They should have to answer these criminal charges before they get another dime of our tax dollars," she [Jennifer Giroux, director of Women Influencing the Nation, a Cincinnati group that is active in pro-life issues] said.

This story provides more evidence for Rep. Mike Pence’s (R-IN) proposed amendment to prohibit tax-payer dollars from going to support organizations that promote or perform abortions, like Planned Parenthood.

posted on Friday, December 07, 2007 2:38:51 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, December 03, 2007
An important pro-life, pro-women piece in the National Review Online.  Excerpt:

A nationally recognized organization may be intentionally distributing false information while protecting rapists and child predators. And the federal government has given them $3.9 billion since 1987 in taxpayer funds.

Planned Parenthood has been caught in a tangled web. The spotlight is finally being shed on this organization, which has failed to legally report the pregnancies of a 16-year-old who was raped by her father, of an 11-year-old girl who was impregnated by her stepfather, and of a 15-year-old who was sexually assaulted and impregnated by her stepfather’s friend.

 

Believe it or not, it gets worse.

posted on Monday, December 03, 2007 9:47:28 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Thursday, November 29, 2007

Early this morning one of the greatest pro-life champions in modern American history Rep. Henry Hyde, former Congressman from Illinois, passed away.  The National Right to Life Committee said he was “long considered the premier pro-life champion in the United States Congress.”  President Bush recently awarded him the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor the president can bestow.  His most notable achievement, the “Hyde Amendment,” to this day prevents federal tax dollars from supporting abortion in the United States.  As the National Review reported today:

The National Right to Life Committee has estimated, conservatively, that the Hyde Amendment has prevented at least one million abortions. That’s one million Americans who are alive today because of Henry Hyde.

Rep. Hyde also helped institute the Mexico City Policy and served as a House manager during the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton.  Even though Hyde was an unapologetic conservative he was respected and well-liked by members of both parties for his friendliness and impressive knowledge of American history and constitutional law.  Pray the Lord will raise up strong, principled leaders in our nation like Henry Hyde.

posted on Thursday, November 29, 2007 10:33:54 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
posted on Thursday, November 29, 2007 9:38:57 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Channel 11 (local news station for VA and TN area) reports on this heartwarming example of a mother who “chose life” despite the costs.  See the video report here.  Excerpt from article:

Lori Vance went against the doctors' wishes and saw her pregnancy through to birth.

Now on her daughter's sweet sixteenth birthday, the family is celebrating her triumphant life.

The Vance family told News Channel 11 that a fatal disorder isn't always a death sentence.

LifeNews reports here.

posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 2:04:29 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, November 19, 2007
posted on Monday, November 19, 2007 10:56:22 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
So says Dr. Alveda King, the niece of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, November 19, 2007 10:55:40 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
In what is either an example of scientific ignorance or intentional distortion, the main stream media seems intent on portraying Colorado’s proposed ballot initiative as seeking to give rights to “human eggs” or “fertilized eggs.”  As the New York Times reports (distorts):

A proposed amendment to the Colorado Constitution that would give legal rights to fertilized human eggs may be headed for the ballot next year, raising the prospect of a heated local debate over abortion…

And from the Associated Press:

The Colorado Supreme Court cleared the way Tuesday for an anti-abortion group to collect signatures for a ballot measure that would define a fertilized egg as a person.

What the New York Times and other media outlets apparently fail to understand is that when a human egg is fertilized (naturally or in a lab) what results is no longer an egg but an individual human embryo (a zygote to be scientifically specific).  This embryo is a separate human life which should benefit from all inalienable human rights, and that is exactly what the proposed Colorado constitutional amendment would do.  To call an embryo a “fertilized egg” is like calling a newborn child a “fetus outside the womb.”

It seems very ironic that even though religious conservatives are accused of being scientifically ignorant, it is actually the media that gets its science wrong.

For more information on stem cells, human cloning, and the amazing results coming from ethical adult stem cell research check AdvanceUSA.org.

posted on Monday, November 19, 2007 5:07:20 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Friday, November 16, 2007
Congressman Paul Broun (R-GA) is one of the newest members of Congress and the latest member to propose legislation declaring that human life begins at conception thus threatening the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision which legalized abortion on demand.  Excerpt from LifeNews:

"From a medical and scientific basis, there is no doubt that human life begins at fertilization," the lawmaker added. "My legislation would ensure that, as a matter of law, unborn children are correctly determined to be ‘persons’ and are provided Constitutional protections under the 14th Amendment.”

 

Under his legislation, “the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being, and is the paramount and most fundamental right of a person."

 

The bill is an attempt to legislatively overturn Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruling that permits abortion, and would make obtaining an abortion "illegal or incredibly difficult," Broun's spokesman John Kennedy said.

posted on Friday, November 16, 2007 10:15:18 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
Colorado voters could decide on whether to support a frontal assault on Roe vs. Wade on next year’s ballot.

posted on Friday, November 16, 2007 9:02:10 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Tuesday, November 13, 2007
LifeNews reports.  Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) is championing similar legislation in the House.

posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 5:27:51 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Friday, November 09, 2007
In a victory for religious liberty and freedom of conscience, the AP reports:

A federal judge has suspended Washington state's requirement that pharmacists sell "morning-after" birth control pills, a victory for druggists who claim their moral objections to the drug are being bulldozed by the government.

The “morning after pill” (Plan B) can act as an abortifacients (abortion-causing drug) and has serious unaddressed health concerns.

posted on Friday, November 09, 2007 7:08:55 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Jon Sanders at Townhall reports on the baby boy in the UK who survived a failed abortion attempt.  Sanders uses the story to expose troubling anti-life laws in some states in the U.S. and to bolster the case for the humanity of the unborn.  The BBC and LifeSite also reported on this story.

Photo source: Daily Mail (UK)

posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 8:06:46 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Thursday, November 01, 2007

The House Foreign Affairs Committee held hearings yesterday on the Mexico City Policy which prohibits taxpayer dollars from going to international organizations that either provide or support abortions.  It appears likely that these hearings were called as an excuse to challenge the Mexico City Policy and provide justification for overturning it in stalled appropriations bills.  The policy is THE pro-life battle of this session of Congress!

To see a video of yesterday’s hearings CLICK HERE or visit the Committee’s website, go to the “testimony & transcripts” section, and click on the video link for the hearings on October 31.

AdvanceUSA monitored much of yesterday’s hearings.  Continue reading for some notes:

posted on Thursday, November 01, 2007 7:53:59 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Rep. Henry Hyde was a pro-life champion during his long career in Congress, and an important provision in federal law “which has prevented federal tax dollars from being used to fund almost all abortions since 1976” bears his name (the Hyde Amendment).  As LifeNews reports, retired Congressman Henry Hyde will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Monday at a ceremony at the White House.

posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 9:35:56 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
Kathryn Jean Lopez encourages Republicans to take a closer look at abortion stances when selecting a presidential candidate to support while challenging the candidates to take strong, clear stances on the issue.

The recent meetings between Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Senator Sam Brownback drew criticism from some pro-lifers who suspected a compromise of principles on the part of pro-life Brownback was in the works since Giuliani is admittedly pro-choice.  The National Right to Life Committee has come to Sen. Brownback’s defense.

Also, the LA Times debunks the myth that advocating increased adoptions should count as a pro-life position and while beneficial adoptions have not shown a tendency to decrease abortion.

Here’s hoping that abortion continues to be an important concern for voters in 2008.

posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 9:33:38 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
To watch this morning’s hearing on the important, pro-life Mexico City Policy (which prohibits taxpayer dollars from going to international organizations that either provide or support abortions) in the House Foreign Affairs Committee click here.  Then click on the “live WEBCAST” button in the lower right-hand corner.  The hearings are scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

Committee website: http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/

UPDATE (10:39 a.m.): The Committee has heard some excellent testimony from pro-life advocates.  It is now in recess until after some House votes take place.

posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 1:19:39 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, October 30, 2007
AdvanceUSA has learned that pro-abortion activists and politicians have the Mexico City Policy in their sites.  The Mexico City Policy (first instituted by Ronald Reagan) prohibits taxpayer dollars from going to international organizations that either provide or support abortions.  Hearings on this important pro-life policy will be held tomorrow morning in the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.  AdvanceUSA Blog will work to provide you with the most up-to-date information on the efforts to preserve this crucial pro-life provision.

Some important things to remember concerning the Mexico City Policy:

  • Pro-abortionists are willing to sacrifice important foreign policy funds in an attempt to funnel more taxpayer dollars to radical pro-abortion organizations.
  • Despite claims that abortion could improve health care in developing countries, it must be remembered that there is no such thing as a safe abortion (it hurts mothers in many ways and is always harmful for the unborn child).
  • The Mexico City Policy currently draws a helpful distinction between “abortion” and “family planning.”
  • The problem of maternal mortality (women dying because of childbirth) should be addressed through life-affirming health policies.

CitizenLink reports on the upcoming Mexico City Policy hearings here.

posted on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 9:09:24 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, October 26, 2007
As LifeNews reports the latest version of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) does not codify important language that ensures unborn children receive medical care under SCHIP.  It is important that this language be codified into law so that future administrations cannot deny health coverage to the unborn.

For more information on SCHIP click here or here.

posted on Friday, October 26, 2007 9:53:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, October 25, 2007
Robert Novak’s column today shows how Planned Parenthood in “bleeding Kansas” is the new front in the abortion wars.  Excerpt:

National antiabortion leaders put the finishing touches yesterday on a letter to be sent to all members of Congress, urging suspension of more than $300 million in federal funding of Planned Parenthood until a massive criminal case brought in Kansas against the abortion rights organization is settled. That launches an attack against the nation's largest purveyor of "reproductive health care" -- including abortions.

A Weekly Standard article entitled “Planned Parenthood's Unseemly Empire” takes a comprehensive look at the abortion provider while debunking many of the common assertions by Planned Parenthood defenders.  The story catalogues many of the instances when cases of sexual abuse were ignored by Planned Parenthood staff and shows how the organization profits from promiscuity.

The Intellectual Conservative highlights the cover-up of sexual abuse issue in a recent post entitled “How to Cover Up Statutory Rape.”  LifeNews also reports on the illegal Kansas late-term abortion scandal and the efforts of pro-life groups to initiate official investigations of Planned Parenthood.

For more information check the Planned Parenthood category here at AdvanceUSA Blog.

posted on Thursday, October 25, 2007 9:44:21 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
Paul Kengor at NRO makes the case that Rudy Giuliani winning the GOP nomination would be a disaster for the pro-life movement.  He uses quotes from the idolized conservative role model Ronald Reagan to illustrate just how important a pro-life president is to advancing the culture of life and to taking practical steps to contain and eventually roll back abortion.  Kengor’s views seem to be shared by many in the social conservative movement.

Daniel Henninger at the WSJ takes a different view arguing that social conservatives and Giuliani need to come together like mature adults and not let differences put Hillary Clinton in the White House.  Henninger would seem to have his own supporters in the social conservative movement who see vacancies on the Supreme Court as the defining issue.

“I believe no challenge is more important to the character of America than restoring the right to life to all human beings.”

—Ronald Reagan, January 1984

posted on Thursday, October 25, 2007 9:40:08 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Brent Bozell provides a thought-provoking and eye-opening expose on the nation’s largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood.  The more Americans know about this gruesome company the better.

Excerpt:

As much as liberals decry major corporations that act as if they're above the law, there's always quiet when the subject is Planned Parenthood, America's No. 1 corporate provider of abortions. During its 2005-2006 fiscal year, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America performed a record 264,943 abortions, reported a tidy profit of $55.8 million -- and received a record high in taxpayer funding of $305.3 million.

 

This is one corporation the media hold in the highest regard. They're not "merchants of death." That would be the tobacco companies, or gun manufacturers, or hamburger joints. These are the heroic "providers" of "a woman's right to choose."

Bozell goes on to chronicle recent specific scandals involving local Planned Parenthood branches.  Read the full article here.

posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 6:26:10 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, October 22, 2007

On Thursday night the U.S. Senate defeated an amendment by Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) which would have “prohibit[ed] the provision of funds to grantees who perform abortions.” Unfortunately, this amendment failed by a vote of 41 to 52 (vote results here). 

The Hyde Amendment, passed by Congress in 1976, forbids federal funding for abortion except in cases of rape, incest, and danger to the life of the woman.  However organizations like Planned Parenthood often accept federal dollars and claim to use the funds for activities not related to abortions.  This amendment would have broadened current law and prevented any money from going to organizations that perform abortions (except hospitals). 

This was an important pro-life amendment and Sen. Vitter deserves our thanks for proposing it. 

posted on Monday, October 22, 2007 9:29:43 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Is it really any surprise that abortion profiteers want to get a hold of our tax dollars to advance their radical “culture of death” agenda?  LifeNews reports.

posted on Monday, October 22, 2007 9:25:50 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports that many evangelicals are willing to vote for a third party candidate rather than compromise on abortion.

posted on Monday, October 22, 2007 9:15:46 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Excerpt from MSNBC article:

"These documents show the reckless and politicized nature of the FDA's decision to approve the abortion pill," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. "The FDA certainly has a lot of explaining to do. For starters, why has the FDA previously refused to disclose the Chinese connection and the related safety issues? And why did the FDA allow the abortion lobby to participate in the clinical trial process? The American people deserve answers."

posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 8:38:51 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Kathryn Jean Lopez reports at NRO’s “Bench Memos” that the radical pro-abortion group NARAL believes that a pro-choice candidate winning the Republican nomination “would help” the pro-abortion movement.

posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 11:58:26 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, October 12, 2007

The Guttmacher Institute is the research/propaganda arm of Planned Parenthood and has recently been caught distorting data to advance its radical pro-abortion agenda around the globe.

posted on Friday, October 12, 2007 9:46:51 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Baptist Press reports that Gov. Matt Blunt has signed legislation that prohibits Planned Parenthood from teaching sex education in Missouri public schools.  Planned Parenthood has a clear conflict of interest as the nation’s number one abortion provider and has a history of promoting promiscuity over abstinence.  Hopefully other states will begin to take this common sense measure.

posted on Friday, October 12, 2007 8:27:55 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, October 10, 2007

LifeNews combats the pro-choice propaganda with hard scientific statistics and biological facts.

posted on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 9:22:39 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, October 08, 2007

CNS reports on a new study which shows that abortion is statistically the best predictor of breast cancer

posted on Monday, October 08, 2007 9:50:19 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, October 04, 2007
As LifeNews reports Regent University will be conducting important research on how abortion and euthanasia are particular threats to the disabled.

posted on Thursday, October 04, 2007 9:55:01 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, September 28, 2007

In an in-depth interview for “60 Minutes” Clarence Thomas recounts that the reason his nomination received such vitriolic opposition was his strong pro-life stance on abortion.  The interview will air this Sunday night on CBS at 7:00pm Eastern.  Justice Thomas is also promoting his new autobiographical book entitled “My Grandfather’s Son.”

posted on Friday, September 28, 2007 7:44:19 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews excerpt:

An attorney for a woman victimized by an abortion is appealing the decision of the New Jersey Supreme Court, which determined that an abortion practitioner didn't mislead her. Rosa Acuna says she was incorrectly told by abortion practitioner Sheldon Turkish that she was not aborting a human life when she had an abortion in 1996.

The case could eventually come before the U.S. Supreme Court.

posted on Friday, September 28, 2007 7:38:14 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, September 26, 2007
posted on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 9:44:33 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, September 21, 2007
Senator Brownback (R-KS) has proposed a bill which would require women seeking an abortion to have the opportunity to see an ultrasound of their unborn baby before going through with the procedure.  The bill does not force women to view the ultrasound but simply requires that she be able to see it.  AdvanceUSA applauds this attempt to foster a culture of life by providing women with important information about the unborn human lives within the womb.

posted on Friday, September 21, 2007 6:22:27 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, September 14, 2007

LifeNews gives a helpful preview of pro-life concerns when the SCHIP bills passed by the House and Senate go to conference soon.  If the House language is adopted tax-payer dollars could end up supporting abortions.

posted on Friday, September 14, 2007 7:06:46 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, September 13, 2007

In its unanimous decision, the New Jersey court ruled that, contrary to what the woman’s lawyer had argued, her doctor had “no legal duty” to tell her that her six-to-eight-week-old embryo was “a complete, separate, unique and irreplaceable human being.”

Source: New York Times article

The Jurist provides helpful commentary and resources on this story.

posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 7:36:05 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

As LifeNews reports self-described “pro-life Democrat” Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) cast some very confusing votes on amendments related to the pro-life Mexico City Policy.  The senator voted for an amendment that upheld the policy (which prohibits tax-payer dollars from supporting international organizations that provide or promote abortion as a method of family planning) and then also voted for an amendment which overturned the important pro-life policy.  Casey later changed his vote on the pro-life Brownback amendment to reflect his support for overturning the Mexico City Policy.  The National Review thoughtfully asks whether this is indeed behavior becoming of a true pro-lifer.


Sen. Bob Casey, Jr. (D-PA)

posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 3:50:33 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, September 12, 2007

The Kemp-Kasten amendment allows the President to restrict federal funds from international organizations deemed to support forced abortion policies.  Thankfully, as reported recently by AdvanceUSA, the Brownback amendment to protect this language passed, albeit by a shockingly close margin.  Since the Kemp-Kasten language was protected President Bush was recently able to prohibit tax-payer dollars from supporting the UNFPA which supports China’s brutal one-child policy.

posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 6:16:13 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, September 07, 2007

LifeSite relays a touching story about how one person can make a huge difference for good.  Little Maria (pictured below) would have been killed at an abortion clinic if not for the providential intervention of a kind stranger.

posted on Friday, September 07, 2007 7:13:19 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Last night the U.S. Senate voted on 3 amendments to the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act relating to the Mexico City Policy and the Kemp-Kasten amendment. 

The Kemp-Kasten Amendment prevents funding from going to international organizations which support or participate in a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.  The Mexico City Policy, first enacted by Ronald Reagan and later reinstituted by George W. Bush, prohibits USAID (foreign aid) money from going to any organizations that promote or perform elective abortions.

A Brownback amendment (Kemp-Kasten, S.A. 2707) to prevent tax-payer funds from supporting overseas organization which support coercive abortions (like China’s brutal one-child policy) passed.  Unfortunately, (unless the President’s promised veto is sustained) tax-payer funds can now be given to international organizations which promote or provide elective abortions because the Boxer amendment (S.A. 2719) passed and another Brownback amendment (S.A. 2708) was defeated.  To see how your senators voted on these important pro-life amendments check the Congress Vote Watch page or the vote charts below.  Fortunately President Bush has promised to veto the underlying bill if it overturns the Mexico City Policy.

UPDATE: Amanda Carpenter at TownHall.com offers further insight on the recent Senate votes to allow overseas abortion funding with tax-payer dollars.

For more information on important pro-life riders click here.

posted on Friday, September 07, 2007 1:20:25 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, August 20, 2007

On Saturday, September 15 young people across the nation will arm themselves with scrub brushes, soap suds, and hoses and do battle for the pro-life cause.  The second annual Wash for Life recruits young people to hold car washes around the country.  The funds raised from the car washes will go to local crisis pregnancy centers which do such great work lovingly supporting pregnant women contemplating an abortion and helping them make the choice for life.  Help activate the next generation of pro-lifers and show your support for pregnancy centers by getting your car washed at a Wash for Life car wash on September 15 or by organizing a Wash for Life in your area. 

For more information check the Wash for Life website.  If you would like help organizing a car wash near you, contact the Wash for Life staff at info@washforlife.org or you can call (703) 405-5783 or (704) 241-7171.

Please participate in this important pro-life endeavor!  With a small investment of time or money you can help activate the next generation of pro-lifers and help stop abortion one life at a time by providing pregnant mothers with the resources and encouragement to choose life.

What you can do:

  1. Get your car washed by a Wash for Life car wash team.
  2. Help organize a Wash for Life car wash in your neighborhood.
  3. Recruit young people to wash cars on September 15.
posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 8:25:03 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports on the serious errors and shortcomings of a recent study that incorrectly claims the abortion drug RU-486 is safe for women to use.

For more news on RU-486 check the AdvanceUSA pro-life page.

posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 5:13:54 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, August 15, 2007

AdvanceUSA staff had the opportunity last night to attend a reception for an exciting pro-life organization.

Students for Life of America is doing excellent work across the country recruiting and training the next generation of pro-lifers.  Here’s an excerpt from their website:

A pro-life, student-run, non-profit organization since 1987, Students for Life of America is the nation's oldest pro-life organization wholly devoted to educating college students about the medical and ethical issues of abortion, euthanasia, and infanticide.


Formerly known as American Collegians for Life, SFL's commitment to facilitating the pro-life movement on American college campuses has remained strong since its founding. SFL has worked to develop a nationwide network of prolife students. Now connecting hundreds of college campuses in the largest national directory of its kind, Students for Life will continue to serve pro-life champions in every college and university in America.

At last night’s reception pro-life activists were introduced to the Students for Life regional recruiters who after this week’s training will fan out across the country working with college students and groups for the cause of life.

For more information on Students for Life, check their website.

posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 8:37:54 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, August 14, 2007

The Boston Globe reports that, in order to get around the partial-birth abortion ban recently upheld by the Supreme Court, some doctors are resorting to lethal injection to abort unborn children during the later stages of pregnancy.

posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 7:14:42 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, August 13, 2007

A bill in the House of Representatives could determine just that.  H.R. 733 would grant “home rule” to the District of Columbia allowing the district to directly manage the funds received from Congress (via American tax-payers), but unless the bill is amended, it would also allow the District to fund abortions with tax-payer dollars.  Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) has proposed an amendment to fix this huge pro-life loophole, but the amendment was not considered before Congresses recessed.  This will no doubt be an important pro-life issue when Congress returns in September.

posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 6:43:32 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, August 08, 2007
posted on Wednesday, August 08, 2007 7:21:46 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
posted on Wednesday, August 08, 2007 7:17:22 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Pro-life Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) has reintroduced the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act (H.R. 3442) in the House of Representatives.  The bill would require mothers seeking abortion to be notified of the excruciating pain their unborn child (if it has reached the 20th week of development) is likely to suffer during the abortion process.  Laws like this highlight the humanity of the unborn and are small but important steps toward fostering a “culture of life” in this country.

Pro-life Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) introduced this bill (S. 356) in the Senate in January of this year.

For more pro-life news check the AdvanceUSA pro-life page.

posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2007 9:26:04 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, July 30, 2007

Washington Post-ABC News poll results (scroll down to #44), July 23, 2007

LifeNews.com reports:

“A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds that a majority of Americans backed the Supreme Court's decision earlier this year to uphold a national ban on partial-birth abortions. The poll is consistent with other surveys showing Americans strongly opposing the gruesome abortion procedure.”

For more information on partial-birth abortion visit the AdvanceUSA pro-life page.

posted on Monday, July 30, 2007 6:53:50 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Some pro-lifers have been rather pessimistic about the benefits of the recent Supreme Court decision upholding the federal partial-birth abortion ban.  This article at the Center Blog (which links to other helpful resources) should bring great encouragement to pro-lifers.  Even using conservative estimates, it seems that since the Court’s decision there have been “582 averted partial-birth abortions and NO women harmed.”  Not only are unborn children being saved from a grizzly death, but because the ban highlights the humanity of the unborn the pro-abortion cause is also losing ground.

posted on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 8:38:38 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, July 23, 2007

The Chicago Tribune insightfully analyses the challenges Democrat presidential candidates face in winning over pro-life voters.

(Photo: AFP, source: smh.com.au)

posted on Monday, July 23, 2007 4:24:41 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, July 19, 2007

Several pro-life amendments have been proposed to the Labor/Health and Human Services appropriations bill in the House of Representatives.

  • AdvanceUSA blog reported on the important amendment proposed by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), a staunch pro-life ally, and Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL) which brings the funding of the National Cord Blood Inventory program to the full $15 million originally allocated for the program.  AdvanceUSA is happy to report that this amendment passed in committee by a voice vote.  Under the original bill the program would have been drastically under-funded so Congressmen Smith and Davis deserve great credit for supporting this promising and ethical medical program.
  • Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) has proposed an amendment which would prevent tax dollars under Title X (family planning provisions in U.S. law) from going to Planned Parenthood or any of its affiliates.  As recently mentioned on this blog, Planned Parenthood is a major force for the evil of abortion in our nation, and any effort to prevent tax-payer dollars from supporting it should be applauded.
  • Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) proposed an amendment which forbids any of the funds relating to the Labor/HHS bill from being used to enforce mandatory HPV vaccinations, and it was approved by voice vote yesterday.  The concern is that when state governments force parents to vaccinate their children for a malady that is spread by sexual content it usurps parental control over their children’s health care and could undermine parental teaching on sexual activity.
  • Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) proposed an amendment which would have denied funds for recipients of Title X money if they do not abide by state reporting requirements in regard to child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest.  There have been numerous cases of alleged abuse coverup by Planned Parenthood (also see here and here*), and efforts to bring real accountability to this organization are commendable.  Unfortunately, the Schmidt amendment was ruled “non-germane” and was subsequently withdrawn. 

* A story archived at the Cincinnati Enquirer’s website entitled “Planned Parenthood looked the other way, Mason rape victim says” by Peter Bronson also chronicles another outrageous Planned Parenthood alleged coverup in Ohio.  This article is not free but can be purchased at Cincinnati.com.

UPDATE: Unfortunately the Pence amendment to prevent federal funds from supporting Planned Parenthood failed last night by a vote of 189-231.  To see how your representative voted on this important pro-life amendment click here.

posted on Thursday, July 19, 2007 9:05:20 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Blogger Nathanael Blake adds important information on taxpayer-funded Planned Parenthood supplementing Kathryn Jean Lopez’s piece at NRO cataloging troubling facts about the abortion industry’s biggest practitioner.  Planned Parenthood is an evil institution and the truth about what it does with Americans’ tax dollars needs to be heard.

posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 3:04:10 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, July 16, 2007

Do you want your tax dollars to fund China’s forced abortion and sterilization policies?  The Senate’s “State, Foreign Operations Appropriations” bill, as currently written, would not include the important Kemp-Kasten provision which prohibits U.S. funds from supporting an organization that “supports or participates in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.”  In fact the legislation was intentionally changed in order to allow federal funds to go to groups such as the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) which is directly involved in helping to enforce China’s brutal one-child policy.

 

For more information on this and other important pro-life riders click here.

posted on Monday, July 16, 2007 8:25:56 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Louisiana has become the first state to ban the gory and medically unnecessary partial-birth abortion procedure.  It is encouraging to see a state legislature emboldened after the recent Supreme Court ruling upholding the constitutionality of partial-birth abortion bans.  "This places a statute in law that gives Louisiana the right to prosecute and not wait on a federal prosecutor," said the state senator who sponsored the ban.  Hopefully more states will follow Louisiana’s example and help cultivate a “culture of life” across the country.

For more information on partial-birth abortion check the information on the AdvanceUSA pro-life page or home page.

posted on Monday, July 16, 2007 8:14:59 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, July 02, 2007

In the battle to protect unborn human lives, New Hampshire recently made a shameful retreat.

posted on Monday, July 02, 2007 9:54:39 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, June 25, 2007

Colleen Carroll Campbell writes a touching article about parents in difficult situations making the deliberate decision to protect life.  Infertile couples taking fertility drugs occasionally find themselves expecting numerous babies (ex: septuplets).  In these circumstances doctors often encourage parents to “selectively abort” one or more “fetuses” in an attempt to assure the health of the others, often arbitrarily choosing the healthiest or most desirable (ex: boy or girl, etc.) to be spared.  The parents in this heartwarming article bucked this standard practice and chose to give all their unborn children a chance for life.

posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 4:16:36 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, June 22, 2007

Last night while considering a spending bill the House of Representatives defeated the Smith/Stupak Amendment which would have preserved the Mexico City Policy preventing taxpayer support for overseas abortion providers or promoters.  Though this is a setback for the pro-life cause we are encouraged that the President has promised to veto any legislation overturning pro-life riders, and the vote tally suggests his veto would be sustained.

Check the AdvanceUSA website to
see how your representative voted on this important amendment and to find more news.  For more information on the Mexico City Policy and other pro-life riders click here.

 

UPDATE: This article by Kathryn Jean Lopez from National Review provides more helpful information.

posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 4:27:06 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Liberals have grown increasingly frustrated and disenchanted with the apparent inability of the Democrat majority in Congress to advance “abortion rights” with their new-found power according to a recent article in Women’s E-News.

How will we ever restrain our sympathy and concern?

posted on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 8:51:07 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, June 19, 2007

John Lott writes an eye-opening piece in the Wall Street Journal in which he analyzes the increases in social problems since abortion on demand became widespread.  He particularly mentions the dramatic increase in illegitimacy rates since the Roe vs. Wade decision.

posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 10:36:21 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, June 18, 2007

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) are working on an amendment to the State-Foreign Operations appropriations bill which would protect the important Mexico City Policy and prevent tax dollars from supporting overseas abortion providers or promoters. Let’s hope their valiant efforts succeed.

posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 1:32:18 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, June 14, 2007
A bill proposed by Rep. Nina Lowey (D-NY) has emerged from the House Appropriations Committee still posing a threat to important pro-life measures.  The Mexico City Policy, which prohibits taxpayer dollars from funding overseas organizations which support abortion, would be overturned by the bill as it now stands.  This bill should be amended to protect this provision.

posted on Thursday, June 14, 2007 9:47:48 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Planned Parenthood (the largest abortion provider in the world) released reports that revealed that in fiscal year 2005-2006 it performed almost 265,000 abortions yet did not report even one adoption referral.  Planned Parenthood is the biggest profiteer from the abortion industry, and it is outrageous that it received $305 million in tax dollars in the latest fiscal year.

posted on Thursday, June 14, 2007 9:44:45 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, June 13, 2007

In another encouraging sign that the culture could be shifting in a pro-life direction, an organization that supports pro-abortion women candidates is experiencing fundraising problems.

posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 9:49:45 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, June 12, 2007

The Mexico City Policy keeps taxpayer dollars from supporting overseas organizations that provide or promote abortions.  Legislation in the House Appropriations Committee could render this provision worthless and allow our tax dollars to support pro-abortion groups around the world.  The Mexico City Policy was originally instituted by President Reagan, discarded by President Clinton, and then reinstituted by President Bush.

For more information on these
important pro-life riders check the AdvacneUSA home page.

UPDATE:

The bill proposed by Rep. Nina Lowey (D-NY) has emerged from the House Appropriations Committee still posing a threat to important pro-life measures.  This bill should be amended to protect the Mexico City Policy, or it will be strongly opposed by pro-life groups and concerned citizens.

posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 12:23:16 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, June 08, 2007

The House has begun working on yearly appropriations provisions which provide liberals in Congress opportunities to assault existing pro-life federal law.  One bill under consideration would overturn current pro-life provisions that require all organizations receiving federal money to promise not to promote abortion.

For more information on the important pro-life “riders” in appropriations legislation click here.

posted on Friday, June 08, 2007 6:19:04 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
Fox News reports on the recent court ruling that allows victims of government mandated forced abortion policies (like those in China) to receive asylum in the United States.

posted on Friday, June 08, 2007 3:19:13 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, June 05, 2007
While the recent Supreme Court partial birth abortion ruling was not a total reversal of Roe vs. Wade, it was an important step in the right direction for the pro-life cause.  This LifeNews column seeks to defend the ruling from pro-lifers upset with its limits.

posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2007 11:10:21 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
John Piper has asks an intriguing question about partial birth abortion and legalised abortion.  WARNING: He describes explicit abortion procedures.

posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2007 10:57:35 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
New research by British doctors confirms what pro-lifers have long suspected: undergoing abortions can be extremely traumatic for women.  Of course, let’s not think about how traumatic it is for the unborn child.

posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2007 10:52:22 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, May 31, 2007
A parental custody case of sorts could have drastic effects abortion law.  After producing three embryos through IVF, the parents of the embryos divorced.  The father wants the embryos destroyed or frozen indefinitely, and the mother wants to have the embryos implanted into her womb to give the children a chance to be born.  Now the courts must decide if the embryos are "people" or "property."  America will be watching.

posted on Thursday, May 31, 2007 8:25:38 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, May 30, 2007

New information reveals that abortion rates in Scotland continue to rise despite the widespread availability of the “morning after” pill (Plan B).

posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 1:47:23 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Tom McClusky from FRC in this telling article on Planned Parenthood's real agenda reminds American citizens that they unwittingly support the abortion industry through their tax dollars.  Planned Parenthood is the biggest abortion provider in the world and should not be supported with federal, state, or local tax dollars.



posted on Tuesday, May 29, 2007 9:08:28 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
A new study finds that the "morning after pill" (Plan B) can sometimes cause abortions.  LifeNews reports here.

For more information on the dangers of Plan B check the pro-life page.

posted on Tuesday, May 29, 2007 8:54:50 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

The Cannes Film Festival awarded it's top prize to director Cristian Mungiu for his low-budget film that advocates "abortion rights" by dramatizing a botched abortion in the old Soviet Union.  This is yet another example of the media trying to desensitize society to abortion by emphasizing emotionally charged scenarios that distract from the seldom-mentioned needs and rights of unborn children.  Story here.

posted on Tuesday, May 29, 2007 8:18:33 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, May 25, 2007
Within the last week very strong pro-life bills have become law in both Missouri (Gov. Blunt has not yet signed the bill, but said he will) and Oklahoma. As the New York Times noted earlier this week, these incremental victories spell trouble for nationwide abortion on demand.

posted on Friday, May 25, 2007 8:42:17 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, May 24, 2007
It appears that some national and state pro-life leaders didn't share Dr. James Dobson's pleasure with the recent Supreme Court ruling upholding the Partial Birth Abortion Ban. In fact they took out a full-page ad in Colorado Springs' The Gazette calling for him to "repent" for his statements claiming the ban will protect children.

Hmmm...

posted on Thursday, May 24, 2007 8:31:40 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
Jill Stanek recaps the pro-life victories won during the recent passage of the Defense Dept. funding bill in the House of Representatives.

posted on Thursday, May 24, 2007 8:18:33 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, May 22, 2007
The recent Supreme Court decision upholding the partial-birth abortion ban has raised some eyebrows for what some of the justices cited in the majority opinion. For over a decade conservatives have been passing legislation that "chips away" at Roe on both the federal and state level by noting how abortion affects... women, and the New York Times is paying attention! Read their analysis.

posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 9:32:10 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
Almost three-fourths of Americans think partial-birth abortion (PBA) should be illegal. This video gives the breakdown of the Gallup poll.

posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 9:18:13 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, May 21, 2007
Parents who utilize IVF (in vitro fertilization) must make a difficult decision if they choose to implant multiple fertilized embryos- which developing baby (or babies) do they keep and which do they abort? This Washington Post article from Sunday explores the ethical dilemmas and reactions of both parents and healthcare professionals.

posted on Monday, May 21, 2007 9:10:18 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
Should stillborn babies be given only death certificates? In many states that is all they receive. Yet pro-abortion activists fear issuing birth certificates for stillbirths because pro-lifers might "hijack" the language and argue for the personhood of the "fetus." Kinda makes you scratch your head. Seven states are currently debating the issue in their legislatures.


posted on Monday, May 21, 2007 8:59:52 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, May 17, 2007

Pro-Lifers often have polls thrown in their faces that suggest that most of the American public opposes overturning Roe v. Wade.  As recent poll results show that could be because of how misinformed the public really is about what the famous Supreme Court decision actually does.  LifeNews.com reports on the poll results here.

The poll was sponsored by and the Ethics and Public Policy Center and the Judicial Confirmation Network who both produced informative memos that fully explain the poll results (read them here, here, and here).

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posted on Thursday, May 17, 2007 5:37:49 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Ken Connor highlights adoption as an important alternative to abortion.

posted on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 6:25:39 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, May 14, 2007

This LifeNews.com article responds to a recent Op-Ed piece in which two parents tried to justify abortion two of their unborn babies because they were more likely to be disabled.  Human beings should not be considered expendable or less valuable just because they are disabled.  Disability should not be a capitol offense.

posted on Monday, May 14, 2007 8:11:04 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, May 11, 2007

LifeNews.com reports that the Defense Department funding bill does not contain measures that use American's tax dollars to fund abortions.  However, look out for bad amendments to be offered for this bill on the House floor.

For more information on how to prevent tax dollars from supporting abortions click here.

posted on Friday, May 11, 2007 9:00:14 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, May 08, 2007

As if Amnesty International needed more ways of diminishing their credibility, they now officially support abortion "rights."

posted on Tuesday, May 08, 2007 9:12:47 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, April 19, 2007

The Supreme Court, in a 5 - 4 ruling, recently upheld the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban of 2003.  This is encouraging news for the pro-life movement though much more progress must be made.  Though this ruling is just a "step in the right direction" pro-lifers should be encouraged to continue the fight for life.  For a news story on the ruling click here.

posted on Thursday, April 19, 2007 7:23:11 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, April 12, 2007

The ruling this federal court makes could have powerful implications for the pro-life cause. Hopefully the court’s decision will support and not undercut the recognition of the humanity of the unborn.

posted on Thursday, April 12, 2007 7:55:44 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, April 11, 2007

A woman in Massachusetts is suing her doctors because her abortion failed and she must now care for her newborn daughter.

posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 7:52:02 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #