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Tuesday, April 5, 2011
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• Obama Rejects Republican Short-Term CR Cutting DC Abortion Funds
• New Democratic Chair Called Heroine by Planned Parenthood Prez
• Pro-Abortion Group Announces First 2012 Pro-Life Targets
• Abby Johnson: Planned Parenthood Business Model All About Abortion
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• Family Research Council Ads Back Ban on Tax-Funded Abortions
• Texas Medical Board Investigating Abuses at Abortion Centers
• Dick Scaife is Wrong: Conservatives Should De-Fund Planned Parenthood
• Wrong to Use Prenatal Genetic Testing to Push for Abortion
• Virginia: Vote on Abortion Funding in Obamacare on Wednesday
• Illinois Pharmacists Win Key Victory on Morning After Pill
• Addressing Pro-Life Excuses: I Don t Want to Offend Anyone on Abortion
• Missouri House Supports Pro-Life Bill for Pharmacists Rights
• Montana Gov. Schweitzer Vetoes Bill Stopping Abortion Funding
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Obama Rejects Republican Short-Term CR Cutting DC Abortion Funds
President Barack Obama said today he would not sign a Republican short-term continuing resolution that reinstates a ban on taxpayer funding of abortions in the nation s capital.
At a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room with reporters, Obama said, We ve already done that twice, concerning approving a new short-term resolution. Some sort of bill is needed as the current continuing resolution funding the federal governemnt expires on Friday.
That is not a way to run a government, Obama said. I can t have our agencies making plans based on two-week budgets.
There is no reason why we should not get an agreement, Obama said. At a time when the economy is just beginning to grow, the last thing we need is a disruption that s caused by a government shutdown.
But Republicans and Democrats have not been able to reach an agreement following Senate Democrats voting to defeat a pro-life budget bill House Republicans approved that revokes taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood and includes pro-life riders like the D.C. abortion funding ban. In a statement following the private White House meeting earlier Tuesday, Boehner had said there was no deal and he promised House Republicans will not be put in a box of accepting options they refuse to endorse.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor added, The White House has increased the likelihood of a shutdown.
In the short-term bill Obama rejected, House Republicans included language that would put the ban back in place that prohibits taxpayer funding of abortions in the nation s capital. Full story at LifeNews.com
New Democratic Chair Called Heroine by Planned Parenthood Prez
With current national Democratic Party chairman Tim Kaine stepping down to mount a bid for the U.S. Senate from Virginia, pro-abortion President Barack Obama named Florida Rep. Wasserman-Schultz as the new party leader.
Wasserman-Schultz is a longtime abortion advocate who has represented a Florida congressional district since 2005 from the Miami-Fort Lauderdale. Before that she held a post in the Florida state House. After raising over $17 million in campaign contributions for her Democratic colleagues the third most of any member of the House party leaders chose her to become the Chief Deputy Whip.
Naming Wasserman-Schultz as the new chairman of the Democratic Party will go over well with top pro-abortion activists, who have developed a very close relationship with the lawmaker who has repeatedly taken to the House floor to defend taxpayer funding of abortions and the Planned Parenthood abortion business. Last month, Cecile Richards, the president of the national Planned Parenthood abortion business attended a ceremony with pro-abortion First Lady Michelle Obama for an International Women of Courage Awards gala at the State Department. Richards attended the event with Wasserman Schultz and talked about it on Twitter.
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of International Women s Day at the White House with First Lady Michelle Obama, Richards tweeted. And with two of my heroines for women [pro-abortion] Congresswomen Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Nita Lowey you are amazing.
Immediately after bnews broke on the aboriton advocate s becoming the head of the Democrats nationally, the pro-abortion group Emily s List tweeted: Huge congratulations to EMILY s List alum Debbie Wasserman Schultz. So proud of Wasserman Schultz becoming Chair of the DNC she ll be an incredible leader. Full story at LifeNews.com
Pro-Abortion Group Announces First 2012 Pro-Life Targets
The pro-abortion group Emily s List, one of the biggest liberal political organizations that funnels millions of dollars to pro-abortion candidates, has announced its first set of targets for the 2012 election.
The initial set of targets for defeat include five House Republicans believed to be vulnerable in 2012 who reside in competitive congressional districts. They include four lawmakers who have voted pro-life: Minnesota Rep. Chip Cravaack, Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar, Nevada Rep. Joe Heck and Florida Rep. Allen West.
But the list also includes Rep. Charles Bass of New Hampshire, who had a mixed voting record on abortion issues when he was in Congress the first time and only has a 50 percent record this time around. While Bass pleased pro-life organizations with his vote to repeal the Obamacare law that contains abortion-funding provisions and rationing concerns, he voted against the Pence Amendment to revoke taxpayer funding for the Planned Parenthood abortion business.
Emily s List talked about why these five members are the first up for defeat: First, despite short tenures, they ve already amassed appallingly anti-woman, anti-family records. And second, there is major Democratic female talent waiting in the wings. Voters are feeling major buyers remorse.
In New Hampshire, 2010 candidate Ann McLane Kuster will challenge Bass again next year. West Palm Beach Mayor Lois Frankel will run against West a second time around in 2012, and former Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick will take on Gosar in a rematch. All three of the candidates are extremely pro-abortion in keeping with Emily s List s requirements that all supported candidates be Democratic women who oppose any limits on abortions including stopping taxpayer funding or limiting late-term abortions. Full story at LifeNews.com
Abby Johnson: Planned Parenthood Business Model All About Abortion
Myths about Planned Parenthood are spreading like grassfire. Thanks to a perfect storm of events, the abortion provider is scrambling to cauterize the biggest PR hit it has ever sustained. November s election of an overwhelmingly pro-life Congress, revelation of numerous violations by its staff and repeated calls for its defunding by social and fiscal conservatives alike have put Planned Parenthood s lifeblood on the line.
Planned Parenthood s bottom line is numbers. And, with abortion as its primary money-maker, that means implementing a quota. I know this is true because I worked at one of their Texas clinics for 8 years, two as the clinic director.
Though 98 percent of Planned Parenthood s services to pregnant women are abortion, Planned Parenthood and its political allies have sworn up and down that taxpayer dollars do not to pay for abortion. But of course they do. Planned Parenthood gets one-third of its entire budget from taxpayer funding and performed more than 650,000 abortions between 2008 and 2009. An abortion is expensive. Its cost includes pay for the doctor, supporting medical staff, their health benefits packages and malpractice insurance. As clinic director, I saw how money affiliate clinics receive from several sources is combined into one pot, not set aside for specific services.
Planned Parenthood s claim that abortions make up just 3 percent of its services is also a gimmick. That number is actually closer to 12 percent, but strategically skewed by unbundling family planning services so that each patient shows anywhere from five to 20 visits per appointment (i.e., 12 packs of birth control equals 12 visits) and doing the opposite with abortion visits, bundling them together so that each appointment equals one visit. The resulting difference between family planning and abortion visits is striking. Full story at LifeNews.com
Family Research Council Ads Back Ban on Tax-Funded Abortions
The Family Research Council has launched a set of radio ads in eight congressional districts today calling on Republican members of the House to vote for a bill that stops all federal funding of abortions.
The ads from FRC s political action committee urge lawmakers to vote for H.R. 3, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, that recently received the support from a congressional committee. The bill would apply an indefinite ban on abortion funding throughout the federal government, making it so lawmakers don t have to annually approve several different provisions to stop abortion funding in various departments and programs.
FRC says the bill, co-sponsored by pro-life Republican Chris Smith of New Jersey and Democratic Rep. Dan Lipinski of Illinois, is important because, This legislation would wipe the slate clean of government projects that force Americans to pay for abortions and abortion coverage.
The pro-life group informed LifeNews.com that the one week ad buy will run on both news/talk and Christian radio stations in the districts of GOP House members, including Judy Biggert (R-IL), Robert Dold (R-IL), Charlie Bass (R-NH), Charlie Dent (R-PA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Dean Heller (R-NV), Dave Reichert (R-WA), and Mary Bono Mack (R-CA). The members are some of the less conservative Republicans considered those who need to hear from their constituents to ensure they support the legislation. Full story at LifeNews.com
Texas Medical Board Investigating Abuses at Abortion Centers
The Texas Medical Board has notified Operation Rescue that it is conducting an investigation into the wide ranging abuses the pro-life organization found when it conducted an undercover probe of several abortion businesses in the state.
The complaints were filed after a three-month undercover investigation of abortion clinics across Texas revealed numerous violations, including illegal dumping of private patient medical records and biohazardous waste, a disregard for informed consent and 24-hour waiting period laws, mishandling of drugs and prescription forms, and a willingness to help minors evade parental notification laws.
This represents a mammoth investigation of the abortion industry in Texas, Troy Newman, the head of the group, told LifeNews.com today.
Based on our investigation, we have no doubt that these abortionists are playing fast and loose with the health, safety, and privacy of women and that makes them a danger to the public. We pray that the Medical Board looks carefully into these serious allegations and takes appropriate disciplinary action, he said.
The Texas Medical Board indicated in letters to Newman dated March 31 that cases have been placed with a senior investigator and that Operation Rescue will be sent a status letter on each case every 90 days. Full story at LifeNews.com
Dick Scaife is Wrong: Conservatives Should De-Fund Planned Parenthood
I came across an interesting advertisement on page A13 of The Wall Street Journal Monday. At the top it states, From the Desk of Richard M. Scaife An Open Letter to Fellow Conservatives: Why Conservatives Should Oppose Efforts to Defund Planned Parenthood. This ad was originally published as an op-ed in the Pittsburgh-Tribune Review, a paper owned by Mr. Scaife s parent company.
First, Scaife uses ironically appropriate language stating Republicans and conservatives are dead wrong because they voted to defund Planned Parenthood. The Republican led U.S. House of Representatives urged on by conservatives who oppose abortion has voted to defund Planned Parenthood. On this issue, Republicans and conservatives are dead wrong.
He says this twice. I wonder if he carefully chose the word dead, or was it a fitting colloquialism? All that comes to mind are the dead babies, the millions killed over the years, the 332,278 dead in 2009 alone who suffered at the hands of Planned Parenthood.
Scaife goes on to tout the virtues of eugenicist Margaret Sanger respect[ing] her dedication to making health-care and birth-control services available especially to those with low incomes, no insurance and no other recourse to medical services. Yes, Sanger desired to reduce the number of unfit in American society and what better way to do that than to make sure they were never born? Full story at LifeNews.com
Wrong to Use Prenatal Genetic Testing to Push for Abortion
In a January Nature Magazine article the head of Stanford s Center for Law and Biosciences, Hank Greeley, said that within five years, genetic testing kits will be available over the counter that will predict not only whether a preborn baby has Down Syndrome, Cystic Fibrosis, or Tay Sachs disease, but also the baby s sex and eye color. Full story at LieNews.com
Virginia: Vote on Abortion Funding in Obamacare on Wednesday
Senate Bill 1744 received the support of a committee in the state Senate today and now has just one more committee to go before heading to the state Senate floor for a debate and vote. Full story at LifeNews.com
Illinois Pharmacists Win Key Victory on Morning After Pill
The American Center for Law and Justice today secured a sweeping victory for pro-life pharmacy owners in Illinois after a legal battle lasting six years. Full story at LifeNews.com
Addressing Pro-Life Excuses: I Don t Want to Offend Anyone on Abortion
There is a bill in the California state legislature that pro-life advocates should be concerned about and contact their legislators. Full story at LifeNews.com
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Missouri House Supports Pro-Life Bill for Pharmacists Rights
The Missouri state House gave initial approval today to a bill that would allow pharmacists to refuse to sell the morning after pill, which can sometimes cause an abortion. Full story at LifeNews.com
Montana Gov. Schweitzer Vetoes Bill Stopping Abortion Funding
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer vetoed a bill yesterday that would protect taxpayers from having to pay for abortions with their tax dollars under the Obamacare health care law. Full story at LifeNews.com
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