White House: Snitch on People Who Oppose Pro-Abortion Health Care Bills
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The White House is not happy with the millions of Americans who oppose the pro-abortion government-run health care plan Congress is considering. In a new post on the White House web site, Obama administration officials ask people to become tattletales on groups and people who oppose the health care bill. In a post titled "Facts Are Stubborn Things" that is quickly generating nationwide controversy, Obama's staff are asking for people to turn in anyone who says anything "fishy" about the pro-abortion health plan. With the abortion funding and insurance mandates for abortion that are in the bill, and the Obama's administration and pro-abortion groups insisting that pro-abortion components are not present, that could wind up at the top of the list. "There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end-of-life care," the White House says. "These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain e-mails or through casual conversation." "Since we can't keep track of all of them here at the White House, we're asking for your help. If you get an e-mail or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov," the Obama web site says. Full story at LifeNews.comAssociated Press Reverses Itself, Admits Health Care Bills Include Abortion Funding
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Two days after LifeNews.com exposed an Associated Press article that mislead its readers on the abortion funding contained in the government-run health care plans, AP has backtracked. The news service is now reporting that the bills Congress is considering will result in taxpayer-funded abortions. AP features a new article today with the headline, "Gov't insurance would allow coverage for abortion." Reporter Ricardo Alonsozaldivar writes, "Health care legislation before Congress would allow a new government-sponsored insurance plan to cover abortions, a decision that would affect millions of women and recast federal policy on the divisive issue." That's a far cry from the weekend story where AP writer Charles Babington wrote a "fact check" that claimed it is "not clear" if abortion funding is included in the legislation. The Babington story was so bad that Douglas Johnson, the legislative director for the National Right to Life Committee, told LifeNews.com, "We respectfully ask that AP retract this distorted" article. While the first AP piece claimed the health care bill "could create a government-run insurance program, or insurance 'exchanges,' that would not involve Medicaid" that could involve abortion funding, the new piece says that is now the case. Full story at LifeNews.com
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Two days after LifeNews.com exposed an Associated Press article that mislead its readers on the abortion funding contained in the government-run health care plans, AP has backtracked. The news service is now reporting that the bills Congress is considering will result in taxpayer-funded abortions. AP features a new article today with the headline, "Gov't insurance would allow coverage for abortion." Reporter Ricardo Alonsozaldivar writes, "Health care legislation before Congress would allow a new government-sponsored insurance plan to cover abortions, a decision that would affect millions of women and recast federal policy on the divisive issue." That's a far cry from the weekend story where AP writer Charles Babington wrote a "fact check" that claimed it is "not clear" if abortion funding is included in the legislation. The Babington story was so bad that Douglas Johnson, the legislative director for the National Right to Life Committee, told LifeNews.com, "We respectfully ask that AP retract this distorted" article. While the first AP piece claimed the health care bill "could create a government-run insurance program, or insurance 'exchanges,' that would not involve Medicaid" that could involve abortion funding, the new piece says that is now the case. Full story at LifeNews.com Medical professionals are on the frontlines of the battle on life issues. From abortion to assisted suicide, we are challenged in the workplace to defend our beliefs and risk our employment. The National Association of Pro-life Nurses has been here for nurses since the beginning. Join with us to protect those voices. |
Obama Vows to Pass Pro-Abortion Health Care Bill, Poll Shows Americans Opposed
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- President Barack Obama on Wednesday vowed to pass a government-run health care bill, although both of the proposals in the House and Senate currently require abortion funding. Despite his pledge, a new poll finds Americans don't support how Obama is handling health care. Obama in Indiana on Wednesday to revive grassroots support for his efforts to have government-run health care. "I promise you, we will pass reform by the end of this year because the American people need it," Obama said. "We're going to have to make it happen." But the American people don't want it, at least not in the fashion that Obama is attempting to get through Congress. As other polls show Obama's approval rating slipping to the lowest levels of his presidency, a new Quinnipiac University poll on Wednesday found 52 percent of voters disapprove of Obama's handling of health care while just 39 percent approve. That was a shift from 46 percent approval against 42 percent disapproval in a July 1 survey form the college's polling institute. Full story at LifeNews.comSenate Confirms Catholic Ambassador to Vatican Who Backed Pro-Abortion Pols
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Miguel Diaz, a Catholic professor President Barack Obama nominated to become the next Vatican ambassador. However, some pro-life advocates opposed Diaz's nomination because he supported Obama and other pro-abortion politicians. Diaz is a professor of theology at the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph, and St. John's University in Collegeville, both in Minnesota and is the first Hispanic named to represent the U.S. to the Holy See. He issued a statement thanking the Senate and Obama "for the confidence he has invested in me." "I am honored to be given the responsibility of representing the people of the United States to the Holy See," he said. "I very much appreciate the support of all those who have reached out to me and to my family with their prayers and best wishes during this process." However, pro-life advocates doubt that Diaz could effectively represent a pro-abortion administration to the Catholic Church, which has longstanding pro-life teachings. They point out that Diaz was a member of Obama's Catholic advisory team during the 2008 presidential campaign and helped cover up his pro-abortion record during the campaign. Full story at LifeNews.comCatholic Bishop of Sponsor of Fake "Common Ground" Abortion Bill Opposes It
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The Catholic bishop of the formerly pro-life congressman who is sponsoring a bill he says is a "common ground" measure on abortion opposes the legislation. Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan has introduced what he calls a pro-life bill that sends more money to the Planned Parenthood abortion business. Persuaded more the effect than the intent of the legislation, Youngstown Bishop George Murry, the leading Catholic official in Ryan's district, says he opposes the measure. “This act is based on the mistaken belief that greater access to contraception reduces abortions and, in addition, some contraceptives may have an abortifacient effect,” Bishop Murry said in a statement the Catholic Key blog released. “Numerous studies as well as life experiences have shown that taxpayer support of contraception does not reduce unintended pregnancies and abortions. For example, a 2006 study by the Alan Guttmacher Institute presents evidence that those States which are aggressive in promoting contraception also have the highest abortion rates," Murry explained. Full story at LifeNews.comCompeting Groups' Ads Target Pro-Abortion, Pro-Life Lawmakers on Health Care
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Competing groups are targeting pro-life and pro-abortion lawmakers for their support or opposition to health care bills that include abortion funding and mandates. The ads follow on the heels of television commercials Family Research Council sponsored exposing the pro-abortion components. The conservative Club for Growth has purchased a $1.2 million ad buy that focuses on members of the House and Senate it believes "may be persuaded to reject a government-run health insurance program." The group says the ads will run throughout the August recess, and they focus on the end-of-life concerns in the bill that they say will lead to government intervention in end-of-life decisions. The ads cite the "socialized system" of medicine in the UK and policy of capping how much can be spent on medical treatment to keep someone alive -- that leads to health care rationing. "Life and death medical decisions should be made by patients and doctors not politicians and bureaucrats," the Club for Growth ads say. Full story at LifeNews.comPro-Life Advocates: UN Treaty on Disabled Doesn't Promote Abortion "Right"
New York, NY (LifeNews.com) -- The pro-life advocates who are the leading lobbyists on abortion issues at the United Nations say a UN treaty on the disabled doesn't confere a right to abortion. One recent editorial from a pro-life advocate smade the case that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities "clearly means access to abortion and abortion rights." But Austin Ruse and Piero A. Tozzi, the leaders of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute, tell LifeNews.com today that the treaty does not confer promote an international abortion right using the term "reproductive health.: "The term has provoked concern among pro-lifers, who worry that it creates an implicit right to abortion. Let us emphatically state: It does not," they say. Ruse and Tozzi say any misstatement is understandable because abortion advocates are good at confusing the meaning of phrases. "There is some confusion about UN documents related to abortion and the proponents of abortion like it that way. Their strategy is to claim that terms like 'reproductive health' mean abortion, and, by dint of repetition, get people to believe that it does," they say. Full story at LifeNews.com
Phoenix, AZ (LifeNews.com) -- As members of the Knights of Columbus, a large Catholic fraternal order, gather in Phoenix for their 127th annual convention, Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson has a message for his colleagues. Anderson urged them to oppose including abortion in the health care bills and to do more to help pregnant women. The Knights of Columbus is no stranger to providing insurance to its 1.78 million members. But when it comes to a government-run health care plan, Anderson draws the line at including abortion funding or insurance mandates requiring abortion coverage. "A health care system designed to save lives on the one hand must not become a vehicle for taking lives through abortion and euthanasia," he said. "Health care reform must be abortion-free." "In our search for common ground," Anderson said, "Let us begin there." Full story at LifeNews.comBritish MP to Propose Bill Prosecuting Suicide Tourism After Debbie Purdy Case
London, England (LifeNews.com) -- Now that the British House of Lords has sided with Debbie Purdy in her case to make sure her husband isn't prosecuted for taking her to Switzerland to kill herself, an MP plans a bill to limit suicide tourism. Last week, the House of Lords said Purdy can avoid the national law. That law, which has rarely been enforced, makes it so anyone assisting in a suicide could receive as much as 14 years in prison for doing so. British law covers a person who "aids, abets, counsels or procures" the suicide of another person -- which would theoretically include anyone who takes someone to another country for an assisted suicide. Following the ruling, Tory MP Nadine Dorries said she would file a bill to stop "creeping euthanasia by the back door." Dorries plans a private member's bill she will introduce later this year to fight both legislation and attempts by prosecutors to overlook the assisted suicide law. The Crown Prosecution Service said yesterday that it would draft guidelines showing when someone can escape the law. . Full story at LifeNews.comIRS Backs Down, Approves New NonProfit Tax Status for Iowa Pro-Life Group
Cedar Rapids, IA (LifeNews.com) -- The Internal revenue Service has backed down after a legal threat from pro-life advocates following it targeting a pro-life Iowa group that acts in part as a watchdog over the Planned Parenthood abortion business. The IRS had refused to grant nonprofit tax status to the Coalition for Life of Iowa unless it agreed to limit its "picketing" and "protesting" of Planned Parenthood. In papers to the group, the IRS questioned the "educational" nature of the Coalition's materials, prayer meetings, talks and other pro-life activities. IRS officials had also demanded that every member of the board of directors of the group sign a statement, under penalty of perjury, that they will not picket or protest or organize others to picket or protest outside of Planned Parenthood. Responding to what it considered threats, attorneys with the Thomas More Society in Chicago came to the defense of the pro-life group and told LifeNews.com today that the IRS has relented. Full story at LifeNews.com
Cedar Rapids, IA (LifeNews.com) -- The Internal revenue Service has backed down after a legal threat from pro-life advocates following it targeting a pro-life Iowa group that acts in part as a watchdog over the Planned Parenthood abortion business. The IRS had refused to grant nonprofit tax status to the Coalition for Life of Iowa unless it agreed to limit its "picketing" and "protesting" of Planned Parenthood. In papers to the group, the IRS questioned the "educational" nature of the Coalition's materials, prayer meetings, talks and other pro-life activities. IRS officials had also demanded that every member of the board of directors of the group sign a statement, under penalty of perjury, that they will not picket or protest or organize others to picket or protest outside of Planned Parenthood. Responding to what it considered threats, attorneys with the Thomas More Society in Chicago came to the defense of the pro-life group and told LifeNews.com today that the IRS has relented. Full story at LifeNews.comColorado Abortion-Personhood Amdt Gets OK to Move Ahead by Title Board
Denver, CO (LifeNews.com) -- A second effort to get residents of Colorado to endorse a measure that would grant legal personhood to unborn children has received a go-ahead from state officials. Three state lawmakers voted to allow the state ballot proposal to move forward despite complaints from abortion advocates. Pro-abortion groups had claimed the personhood amendment does not meet the required single subject rule and that the language of the measure is misleading. The offices of the Colorado Attorney General, The Secretary of State, and Legislative Legal Services voted 3-0 against both claims today. Leslie Hanks, a pro-life advocate who is behind the measure, explained that this year's version differs from the 2008 proposal, Amendment 48, that Colorado voters strongly rejected last November on a 3-1 margin."Our decision to use the words 'the beginning of biological development of a human being' as opposed to 'the moment of fertilization' allows us to protect all human beings, even those originating from asexual forms of reproduction," Hanks said. Full story at LifeNews.com
Denver, CO (LifeNews.com) -- A second effort to get residents of Colorado to endorse a measure that would grant legal personhood to unborn children has received a go-ahead from state officials. Three state lawmakers voted to allow the state ballot proposal to move forward despite complaints from abortion advocates. Pro-abortion groups had claimed the personhood amendment does not meet the required single subject rule and that the language of the measure is misleading. The offices of the Colorado Attorney General, The Secretary of State, and Legislative Legal Services voted 3-0 against both claims today. Leslie Hanks, a pro-life advocate who is behind the measure, explained that this year's version differs from the 2008 proposal, Amendment 48, that Colorado voters strongly rejected last November on a 3-1 margin."Our decision to use the words 'the beginning of biological development of a human being' as opposed to 'the moment of fertilization' allows us to protect all human beings, even those originating from asexual forms of reproduction," Hanks said. Full story at LifeNews.comEncourage Friends to Sign Up for Free Pro-Life News From LifeNews.com
