Category Archives: Abortion

“A Battle the President Can’t Win “

Writing in this weekend’s Wall Street journal, former Reagan speech writer and current opinion columnist , Peggy Noonan, drops a rhetorical bombshell when she says that the Dept. of Health and Human Service’s Sec’y Kathleen Sibilius’ administrative ruling that Catholic Hospitals and other institutions must offer health care plans that offer abortion and contraceptive products [...]

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“Michele Bachmann assails Mitt Romney”

By ALEXANDER BURNS In a statement released this afternoon, Michele Bachmann takes the Susan B. Anthony List’s anti-abortion pledge as an opportunity to throw the flip-flopper label at Mitt Romney: “It is distressing that Governor Romney refuses to sign the SBA Pledge, even while claiming to be pro-life. The excuses for not signing clearly continue [...]

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Anti-Abortion Billboards Targeting Latinos in Los Angeles Removed Under Pressure

An anti-abortion group says that an advertising company bowed to pressure by removing jumbo billboards in Los Angeles that portray abortion as a form of genocide in the Hispanic community – a sequel to a billboard campaign that targeted the black community in New York and Georgia. “The most dangerous place for a Latino is [...]

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National Right to Life Letter to Members of the U.S. House of Representatives

  The following letter was sent by National Right to Life to members of the U.S. House of Representatives on May 3, 2011.      May 3, 2011            RE:  No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 3)   Dear Member of Congress:   The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the nationwide federation of right-to-life [...]

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Five Truths about Planned Parenthood

CHARMAINE YOEST Anyone who believes PP is primarily concerned with the health of women and girls needs to look at the record. As the 2012 budget battles began, Clare Coleman, CEO of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, took to the pages of the Washington Post. In a piece called “Five Myths about [...]

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House votes to defund Planned Parenthood

Mike Pence’s amendment to defund Planned Parenthood passed 240-185 in the House. By DAVID NATHER & KATE NOCERA The House just approved Rep. Mike Pence’s amendment to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood, checking off a hot-button social issue even as it set up a bigger showdown over defunding the health care law. The vote [...]

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Groups unite vs. Planned Parenthood

By SARAH KLIFF POLITICO Anti-abortion groups will launch today an aggressive campaign aiming to strip Planned Parenthood of its federal funding. A new website, Expose Planned Parenthood, went live late Tuesday backed by a coalition of national and local anti-abortion groups. The website, previewed exclusively to POLITICO, will serve as a hub for the movement’s [...]

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Lewis Vows to Stop Abortion Money

Appropriations chair hopeful Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) is lobbying fellow members who oppose abortion, promising he’ll prevent government funding for abortions if he gets the gavel. Lewis told members of the Pro-Life Caucus in a letter late last week that he wants to pass a law that prevents any government funds from going to abortions. [...]

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Christie Veto Shuts Down Abortion Clinics in NJ

Ya’ gotta love this guy.  Gov. Chris Cristie is rapidly becoming an up to now unsung hero of the conservative resurgence. That is changing very rapidly. ~~John Cronin~~ NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE Part of Gov. Chris Christie’s belt-tightening plan for New Jersey was the termination of $7.5 million in public funding for Planned Parenthood clinics in the [...]

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GOP Legislative Agenda for 2010

FOXNEWS Rank-and-file House Republicans get their first glimpse at the GOP legislative agenda tonight, one day before the leadership team showcases the plan during a press conference and small business roundtable at a lumber warehouse in suburban Virginia. The game plan is culled from the Republicans’ “America Speaking Out” initiative, which solicited the online input [...]

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