DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Friday, July 24, 2009

House Opposes Amendment De-Funding Planned Parenthood Abortion Business

by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
July 24, 2009

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The House of Representatives, today, voted 247-183 against an amendment that would stop sending taxpayer funding to the Planned Parenthood abortion business. Rep. Mike Pence, the Indiana Republican behind the amendment, says public funds should not go to a business that does abortions.
The House Rules Committee made the vote in order after denying votes on other pro-life amendments that would have stopped more direct taxpayer funding of abortion.
But when lawmakers voted, not enough Democrats joined with the majority of Republicans to stop taxpayer funds from going to Planned Parenthood, which does more than 25 percent of the abortions in the U.S. every year.

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