National Right to Life News Today 11/13/13

Topics for November 13, 2013

Obama Falsely Claims that Forced Cancellations Will Mean Better Plans in the Exchanges By Jennifer Popik, JD, Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics Public frustration and anger over Obamacare is mounting. Despite numerous and repeated assurances from President Obama that if you liked your insurance plan you could keep it,   ObamaCare Key to Planned Parenthood Expansion By Randall K. O'Bannon, Ph.D. NRL-ETF Director of Education & Research They were in on it from the beginning, so it is hardly surprising to see Planned Parenthood now not just promoting, but standing poised to reap the financial benefits Two stories from New York Magazine unintentionally reinforce the pro-life case against abortion By Dave Andrusko I try always to give credit where credit is due. In the space of less than a week New York magazine (by no means in our corner) has published two hugely revealing stories about abortion.   Tiny number of people have enrolled through Healthcare.gov By Dave Andrusko It was like pulling teeth, only harder, but the Obama Administration today reported on the number of people who enrolled in the new health-insurance plans that are offered through the Healthcare.gov website. Disapproval of Obama continues to grow, less and less confidence in his capabilities as leader, Gallup poll finds By Dave Andrusko Granted, it's only one more point, but President Obama's disapproval ratings have inched up yet again, reaching 54% [!] , according to Gallup. What makes the number even more significant is that there is nothing in sight   Pro-life supporters launch campaign to pass "Amendment 1" to Tennessee Constitution One year ahead of election day November 2014, pro-life advocates in Tennessee are kicking off efforts to pass an amendment to the Tennessee Constitution, a pro-life amendment which would nullify a 2000 decision by the Tennessee Supreme Court which wrongly "Autos for Life" races towards the end of 2013! By David N. O'Steen, Jr. With Thanksgiving and the Christmas season almost upon us, it brings to mind that the end of the year is almost in sight.   CBS, ABC Point Out ‘Very Troubled' HealthCare.gov is ‘Far Short' of Sign-Up Goal; NBC Punts By Matthew Balan ABC's Good Morning America and CBS This Morning on Tuesday both picked up the Wall Street Journal's Monday revelation about the HealthCare.gov website – that "fewer than 50,000 people had successfully navigated the troubled federal health-care website ‘Embrace Grace' founder Amy Ford tells of moms changed and babies saved on "Life Today" By Christina Martin Amy Ford grew up in a loving Christian home with supportive parents. In her teenage years Amy began dating a cute guy named Ryan. To the young couples shock and dismay, one day Amy found out she   New European group launched to halt ‘growing threat' of state-sanctioned euthanasia By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor's note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and is CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. Paying attention to the message beneath the words By Dave Andrusko Why do some people readily hear our message of love and compassion for mother and unborn child while to others it is not so much rejected as it comes across as unimportant or "background noise"?   Many Elderly Patients Do Not Receive Needed Pain Relief By Liz Townsend Editor's note. This story appeared in the July 8, 1998, issue of National Right to Life News. It's part of our year-long "Roe at 40" series, where we are bringing you stories from NRL News       Check out the full stories and more at: nationalrighttolifenews.org

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