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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)  #   
 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)  #   
 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

The Washington Times reports.

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

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
 Friday, July 09, 2010

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)  #   
 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)  #   
 Saturday, June 12, 2010

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)  #   
 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)  #   

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)  #   
 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.

posted on Wednesday, March 03, 2010 11:59:17 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Monday, March 01, 2010

Times Online

 

National Review Online

 

Associated Press

posted on Tuesday, March 02, 2010 12:50:47 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 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)  #   
 Friday, February 12, 2010

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, February 12, 2010 8:54:53 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Friday, February 05, 2010

Daniel Foster explains the irony of a high-ranking Canadian official fleeing to America for medical treatment.  If government-run health care is so great, how come you don’t read about Americans going to Canada for medical procedures?  Jeffrey H. Anderson also comments on this news.

posted on Friday, February 05, 2010 8:16:26 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)  #   
 Friday, January 22, 2010

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)  #   
 Monday, January 18, 2010

The AP reports.  As does Reuters.

 

Bloomberg reports that Senate Democrats are contemplating violating Senate traditions in order to bypass filibuster protections to pass the health care bill.  The AP also reports.

 

Reuters reports on how the outcome of tomorrow’s special Senate election in Massachusetts could affect the health care vote in the Senate.

posted on Monday, January 18, 2010 6:49:22 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)  #   
 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 reports.

posted on Thursday, December 31, 2009 7:35:15 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)  #   
 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)  #   

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)  #   
 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)  #   
 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)  #   
 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)  #   
 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)  #   
 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)  #   
 Monday, October 05, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Tuesday, October 06, 2009 2:13:08 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)  #   
 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)  #   
 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)  #   
 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 2:52:11 AM (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)  #   
 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)  #   
 Monday, August 10, 2009

In response to attacks from the media and liberal interest groups (although there isn’t always a difference between these two) FRC has listed six proofs that abortion funding is in the health care “reform” package in Congress.  They also provide a list of pro-life amendments that were defeated.

 

Kathryn Lopez also explains the abortion funding danger in her column.

posted on Monday, August 10, 2009 8:19:25 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

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)  #   

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)  #   
 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)  #   
 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)  #   
 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)  #   
 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)  #   
 Monday, July 13, 2009

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)  #   

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)  #   
 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)  #   
 Wednesday, July 01, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Thursday, July 02, 2009 12:36:43 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, June 30, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 4:48:01 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

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 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)  #   
 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)  #   
 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)  #   

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 3:49:09 AM (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)  #   
 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)  #   
 Friday, April 10, 2009

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 01, 2009

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)  #   
 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)  #   
 Thursday, March 26, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, March 27, 2009 3:00:18 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, March 23, 2009

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)  #   
 Friday, March 06, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Saturday, March 07, 2009 12:49:13 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, March 04, 2009

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)  #   
 Friday, February 20, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, February 20, 2009 9:01:25 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)  #   
 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)  #   
 Wednesday, February 04, 2009
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)  #   
 Monday, February 02, 2009

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 10:15:57 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)  #   
 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)  #   
 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)  #   
 Tuesday, January 20, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 6:51:42 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, January 14, 2009

LifeNews reports.

posted on Thursday, January 15, 2009 1:53:22 AM (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)  #   
 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)  #   
 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)  #   
 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)  #   
 Monday, December 01, 2008

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)  #   
 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)  #   
 Monday, November 17, 2008

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.

posted on Monday, November 17, 2008 11:33:10 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Friday, November 14, 2008

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, November 14, 2008 6:59:55 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Tuesday, October 07, 2008

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)  #   
 Saturday, October 04, 2008
posted on Sunday, October 05, 2008 1:07:24 AM (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.”

posted on Saturday, July 19, 2008 8:47:57 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)  #   
 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)  #   
 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)  #   
 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)  #   
 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)  #   
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
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)  #   
 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.

posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:20:42 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
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 11, 2008
posted on Monday, February 11, 2008 8:50:32 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Friday, February 08, 2008
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)  #   
posted on Thursday, February 07, 2008 6:24:49 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)  #   
 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)  #   
 Thursday, December 13, 2007
posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 3:31:40 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 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)  #   
 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)  #   
 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
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)  #