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Saturday, October 30, 2010
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• Poll: Pro-Abortion Senate Leader Harry Reid Likely Losing
• Majority of Americans Don t Want Pro-Abortion Barack Obama Re-Elected
• Catholics Swing 34% to Pro-Life GOP, But Priest Says Abortion Not Priority
• Sarah Palin Stumps for Joe Miller in Alaska, Murkowski Write-In Campaign Hit
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• Minnesota Governor Race Sees Pro-Life Tom Emmer Tying Pro-Abortion Dayton
• Colorado: Tom Tancredo Would Tie Hickenlooper Without Dan Maes in Race
• Delaware: Pro-Life Christine O Donnell Cuts Lead Amid Personal Attacks
• Democrats for Life Keeps Trashing Pro-Life Groups on ObamaCare, Abortion
• Texas Parents Retreat, Won t Force Daughter to Have Abortion
• Only Abortion Practitioner in Wyoming Seeks County Coroner Position
• Brazil Voters Should be Careful of Rousseff Abortion Pledge, Pro-Lifer Says
• Manhattan Declaration a Year Later: Half a Million Support Pro-Life Values
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Poll: Pro-Abortion Senate Leader Harry Reid Likely Losing
When voters head to the polls on Tuesday, they appear likely to kick out the number one Democrat in the Senate and the man who sets the agenda for that congressional chamber, pro-abortion Nevada Sen. Harry Reid.
Early in his career, Nevada Sen. Harry Reid took a pro-life position and once issued a defense of adding a human life amendment to protect the rights of unborn children.
But his watering down of his pro-life views to the point of spearheading the effort to pass a government takeover of the health care system that allows for abortion funding and prompts concerns about rationing, may ultimately prove to be his career s undoing.
A new poll shows GOP challenger Sharron Angle heads into Election Day with the potential of pulling off the single biggest upset of the election cycle.
The Mason-Dixon Polling & Research survey shows Angle with the support of 49 percent of Nevada voters compared with 45 percent who say they back Reid. Momentum has moved in Angle s direction as she has expanded her lead from 47-45 percent in the last poll the firm released. Full story at LifeNews.com
Majority of Americans Don t Want Pro-Abortion Barack Obama Re-Elected
As the fever pitch of the 2010 mid-term election campaign hits its zenith, a new poll conducted by U.S. News and World Report indicates a majority of Americans don t want to see pro-abortion President Barack Obama re-elected.
Some 42% approve of the way Obama is performing his job as president, while 57% disapprove.
According to pollster Doug Schoen, half the nation still likes the president personally they still find him to be a likable person who cares. But they disapprove of his job performance in a way that is opposite of the ratings of pro-abortion ex-President Bill Clinton, who voters now find not likable but they think he did a fairly good job as president on the whole.
In fact, the poll finds 48 percent of Americans like Obama, but just 42 percent say he s done a good job as president.
Despite voters feelings toward Obama personally, 56 percent say he does not deserve to be re-elected, while 38 percent say he does deserve to be re-elected president, he notes. Full story at LifeNews.com
Catholics Swing 34% to Pro-Life GOP, But Priest Says Abortion Not Priority
A prominent dissident Catholic priest has launched an assault against Catholic bishops are who are saying pro-life issues are the most important in the upcoming election.
But new polling data of Catholics makes it appear they re not listening to him, as a New York Times/CBS poll shows a shocking 34 point swing of Catholic voters switching from pro-abortion Barack Obama to pro-life Republican candidates.
Father Charles Curran, in a speech on Thursday, attacked the Church s rationale that abortion must be illegal because it is intrinsically evil.
According to Patrick Reilly of the Cardinal Newman Society, Curran claimed that Catholic voters should not give priority to abortion over issues like health care.
Reilly notes that Curran provoked a response from Dallas Bishop Kevin Farrell, who said that on the taking of innocent human life there is no room for ambiguity.
The Times poll shows 62% said they were voting Republican in the upcoming midterm elections and 38% said they were voting Democratic, a gap of 24 points much stronger than the 10 point margin Catholics gave to pro-abortion Barack Obama over John McCain in 2008. Full story at LifeNews.com
Sarah Palin Stumps for Joe Miller in Alaska, Murkowski Write-In Campaign Hit
Sarah Palin attended a rally on Thursday night to support the Senate bid of pro-life candidate Joe Miller over pro-abortion Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who is waging a write-in campaign.
Meanwhile, conservative activists in the state have undertaken a last-minute barrage of write-in campaigns designed to hurt Murkowski s efforts.
Let s send Joe Miller to the United States Senate to shake it up, Palin said at the Miller event in Anchorage, the largest city in the state where she served as governor.
I read his resume, I read his accomplishments, I read his passion for America, and I think, Are we even fit to tie his combat boots? Palin said to cheers from the large crowd.
Palin s endorsement, and the abortion issue as well as Miller s support for the parental notification initiative that passed, was critical for Miller defeating Murkowski in the primary. Full story at LifeNews.com
Minnesota Governor Race Sees Pro-Life Tom Emmer Tying Pro-Abortion Dayton
The Minnesota governor s race is a dead heat again as the latest poll finds pro-life Republican Tom Emmer almost tying pro-abortion DFL candidate Mary Dayton.
According to SurveyUSA s final pre-election tracking poll for KSTP-TV in Minneapolis Dayton has 39 percent of the vote to 38 percent for Emmer and Independence Party candidate Tom Horner grabs 13 percent.
Horner complicates any analysis of the race, the firm says. The one point difference between Dayton and Emmer reported here does not have statistical significance. The contest should be reported as even. Each of the two leading candidates has a chance to win.
Independent voters split 37% for Dayton, 37% for Emmer, and 17 % for Horner. Emmer has a slight advantage among men and Dayton has a slight advantage among women. Emmer does better with younger voters, winning the 18-34 and 35-49 demographics, while Dayton wins the 50-up categories. Full story at LifeNews.com
Colorado: Tom Tancredo Would Tie Hickenlooper Without Dan Maes in Race
Tom Tancredo, the pro-life candidate for governor against pro-abortion John Hickenlooper, would be tied with the Denver mayor if not for the presence of candidate Dan Maes.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in Colorado shows Hickenlooper with a 47% to 42% lead over Tancredo, a former GOP congressman.
Maes, the failed Republican candidate whose campaign has died due to scandals and other problems, gets the support of 5 percent of voters just enough to prevent Tancredo from tying Hickenlooper.
The poll found 6 percent of Colorado residents like another candidate in the race, though that figure is not expected to hold up in the final numbers. Another one percent of voters are undecided. Full story at LifeNews.com
Delaware: Pro-Life Christine O Donnell Cuts Lead Amid Personal Attacks
As pro-life Senate candidate Christine O Donnell weathers the latest personal attack, a new poll shows her cutting the gap between herself and pro-abortion candidate Chris Coons, the Democrat.
A new Monmouth University Poll in Delaware finds O Donnell, the Republican, has narrowed Coon s lead from 19 points to 10 points, 51% to 41%. The poll was conducted prior to the publication of a story on O Donnell s personal life that created a backlash of sympathy for her.
The story, about an alleged one-night stand, has drawn strong condemnation including from the pro-abortion feminist group NOW.
While Coons still has the advantage, it has to be uncomfortable knowing that O Donnell was able to shave 9 points off his lead in just two weeks, pollster Patrick Murray said. The interesting thing is that while her vote total has risen, the majority of Delaware voters still say she is unqualified for the post. Full story at LifeNews.com
Democrats for Life Keeps Trashing Pro-Life Groups on ObamaCare, Abortion
In the wake over the defection of pro-life Democrats from voting against the abortion-funding ObamaCare bill, Democrats for Life of America has ruined its reputation within the pro-life community.
The organization has mounted a vigorous defense of Congressman Bart Stupak and the Democrats who ran as pro-life but shirked their views to support a bill that contains virtually no limits on taxpayer funding of abortions.
DFLA began with a criticism of the National Right to Life Committee, accusing the organization of promoting violence. Later it went against the Susan B. Anthony List and joined the effort of Ohio Rep. Steve Driehaus to subject its president to fines and potential jail time for holding him accountable for his pro-ObamaCare vote.
Now DFLA director Kristen Day has accused pro-life groups of not caring about the unborn by making abortion merely a campaign issue, not wanting pro-life Democrats to play a role within the Democratic Party, and claiming they are in league with the abortion industry. Full story at LifeNews.com
Texas Parents Retreat, Won t Force Daughter to Have Abortion
The parents of a 16-year-old girl have backed down and are retreating from their attempt to force their daughter to have an abortion.
They signed a court order Wednesday agreeing to not force their daughter to have an abortion against her will after she obtained legal help from the Alliance Defense Fund pro-life legal group.
Their decision came a week after ADF s allied attorneys in Texas secured a temporary restraining order a Texas court to block the parents from making their daughter go to an abortion facility to terminate the life of their pre-born grandchild.
The teenager s mother forcefully brought her on two occasions to local abortion facilities, demanding that her daughter terminate the life of her child. Though she refused, and the child s father also does not want an abortion, her parents insisted that she have the abortion. Full story at LifeNews.com
Only Abortion Practitioner in Wyoming Seeks County Coroner Position
The only abortion practitioner in the state of Wyoming is seeking the officer of county coroner in Teton County, amid speculation he may be attempting to cover up irregularities at his abortion business.
Brent Blue, a Democratic contender in the general election, runs the Emerg-A-Care abortion business. Located in this liberal tourist town in the northwest corner of the state, it is the only abortion center in Wyoming.
That makes his Republican opponent, pro-life candidate Kiley Campbell, wonder why he is seeking the position a personal vendetta against his father, who beat him twice before in successful races for the post, or because he wants to cover up problems in the abortion business.
For reasons not known by me, Dr. Blue really wants the Coroner s Office and has uses bad-mouth tactics to try and win, twice with my father and now with me, he told LifeNews.com in an exclusive interview.Full story at LifeNews.com
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Brazilian voters get their final say in what has become a contention presidential election over the issue of abortion when they head to the polls on Sunday.The race has seen candidates battle over who will really uphold the current pro-life law that prohibits virtually all abortions.
Runnoff elections are scheduled for Sunday pitting centrist candidate Jose Serra against Dilma Rousseff of the ruling Workers Party. Over the last two weeks, they have battled over the current abortion law, which protects unborn children from abortion and only allows it in the cases of rape or to save the life of the mother.
Pope Benedict XVI has told Brazil s bishops to emphasize the Catholic Church s opposition to abortion. he said yesterday that priests should remind their congregations to use their votes to uphold the respect of human life and that democracy itself is undermined and betrayed at its very roots when abortion is allowed.Full story at LifeNews.com
Manhattan Declaration a Year Later: Half a Million Support Pro-Life Values
The authors penned their declaration a year ago not knowing it would spur an international movement.
Now, nearly a half million backers have signed the Manhattan Declaration, a call of Christian conscience originally spurred by concern that U.S. leaders had lost sight of the meaning of religious freedom. In the months since, the declaration has not only reaffirmed Christian values, but has spawned similar movements on two other continents and an unprecedented display of ecumenical unity.
It was President Obama s description of religious freedom as a right to worship privately as opposed to freedom of religion that particularly worried the authors, says Robert George, one of three men who formed the declaration s drafting committee. The three agreed that religious freedom should include a robust right to witness to their Christian faith in public, and set about drafting a declaration that reaffirms the Christian understanding of life, religious liberty, and marriage. Full story at LifeNews.com
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