Washington, DC (LifeNews.com)
-- Top Obama advisor David Axelrod on Sunday confirmed what pro-life advocates already suspected would happen. He said President Barack Obama will work with congressional Democrats to remove the abortion funding ban the House approved in its version of the government-run health care bill.
Axelrod says that, because the Stupak amendment allegedly goes beyond the status quo under the Hyde amendment (which bans abortion funding under Medicaid), Obama will make sure the amendment is yanked during the conference committee. That's the part of the legislative process that will occur if and when the Senate approves its own health care bill, which will likely start debate with abortion funding.
"The president has said repeatedly, and he said in his speech to Congress, that he doesn't believe that this bill should change the status quo as it relates to the issue of abortion," Axelrod said today on CNN's State of the Union program.
"This shouldn't be a debate about abortion. And he's going to work with Senate and the House to try and ensure that at the end of the day, the status quo is not changed," he added. "I believe that there are discussions ongoing to how to adjust it accordingly."
Axelrod said that an agreement with ruling Democrats in Congress to remove the ban on taxpayer funding of abortions "can and will be worked through before it reaches his desk."
Full story at LifeNews.com
Monday, November 16, 2009
This Obscene Silence
This Obscene Silence
by Jeff Ostrander
Eerie, isn’t it?
This sense of well-being?
This sleepy, dreamy ocean of regularity
that gently laps against our consciousness;
cautioning against extremes, reciting the need for security,
reminding of little jobs to be done around the house;
all in a voice so smooth and steady and faint
that we hear no voice at all.
This tender wooing toward self-absorption
does not deny the reality of bigger principles;
ideas that brave men might swallow death to defend.
No, the quiet voice commends such ideas as marvelous,
acknowledges their defenders to be saints and heroes.
“Amazing people,” it croons, “People of destiny.”
“Worthy of admiration, not the normal sort like us.”
And so our hunger for justice is lost.
Not demolished, but disarmed.
Not attacked, but abstracted beyond use.
Like a highly-polished sword,
glimmering in the museum
while the unprotected city
is slaughtered outside.
“Jesus loves the little children.”
Of course. And here they are,
being dismembered all over town.
Too bad, really. Someone should do something.
Seems like the saints and heroes
would have shown up by now.
It is quiet in the city, quiet in the churches.
We have built a peace that dying children do not disturb.
Funny, isn’t it, how life goes on?
“Deliver those who are drawn toward death,
And hold back those stumbling to the slaughter.
If you say, “Surely we did not know this,”
Does not He who weighs the hearts consider it?
He who keeps your soul, does He not know it?
And will He not render to each man according to his deeds?”
Proverbs 24:11-12
“Defend the poor and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Deliver the poor and needy;
Free them from the hand of the wicked.”
Psalm 82:3-4
by Jeff Ostrander
Eerie, isn’t it?
This sense of well-being?
This sleepy, dreamy ocean of regularity
that gently laps against our consciousness;
cautioning against extremes, reciting the need for security,
reminding of little jobs to be done around the house;
all in a voice so smooth and steady and faint
that we hear no voice at all.
This tender wooing toward self-absorption
does not deny the reality of bigger principles;
ideas that brave men might swallow death to defend.
No, the quiet voice commends such ideas as marvelous,
acknowledges their defenders to be saints and heroes.
“Amazing people,” it croons, “People of destiny.”
“Worthy of admiration, not the normal sort like us.”
And so our hunger for justice is lost.
Not demolished, but disarmed.
Not attacked, but abstracted beyond use.
Like a highly-polished sword,
glimmering in the museum
while the unprotected city
is slaughtered outside.
“Jesus loves the little children.”
Of course. And here they are,
being dismembered all over town.
Too bad, really. Someone should do something.
Seems like the saints and heroes
would have shown up by now.
It is quiet in the city, quiet in the churches.
We have built a peace that dying children do not disturb.
Funny, isn’t it, how life goes on?
“Deliver those who are drawn toward death,
And hold back those stumbling to the slaughter.
If you say, “Surely we did not know this,”
Does not He who weighs the hearts consider it?
He who keeps your soul, does He not know it?
And will He not render to each man according to his deeds?”
Proverbs 24:11-12
“Defend the poor and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Deliver the poor and needy;
Free them from the hand of the wicked.”
Psalm 82:3-4
Friday, November 13, 2009
House Approves Stupak-Pitts Amendment
All of your letters and calls paid off!
The U.S. House of Representatives approved the Stupak-Pitts Amendment to H.R. 3962, by a vote of 240 to 194, with 64 Democratic members voting in favor of the amendment to ban federal funding of abortion in the health care bill.
This is a great victory for the pro-life movement and for all SBA List members who so diligently contacted their Representatives leading up to the vote. With the adoption of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment, the House of Representatives made a principled and sound decision to continue our nation’s long-standing policy of protecting taxpayers’ consciences in the area of abortion funding.
In the coming weeks, we will remain vigilant and shift our efforts to the Senate to ensure that these same pro-life protections are included in the Senate bill. We fully expect that pro-abortion leaders will still try to find ways to sneak abortion funding into health care.
For now, though, let's celebrate this great victory for unborn children and women. Thank you for all of your efforts in defense of LIFE. Together we can save countless unborn lives.
The U.S. House of Representatives approved the Stupak-Pitts Amendment to H.R. 3962, by a vote of 240 to 194, with 64 Democratic members voting in favor of the amendment to ban federal funding of abortion in the health care bill.
This is a great victory for the pro-life movement and for all SBA List members who so diligently contacted their Representatives leading up to the vote. With the adoption of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment, the House of Representatives made a principled and sound decision to continue our nation’s long-standing policy of protecting taxpayers’ consciences in the area of abortion funding.
In the coming weeks, we will remain vigilant and shift our efforts to the Senate to ensure that these same pro-life protections are included in the Senate bill. We fully expect that pro-abortion leaders will still try to find ways to sneak abortion funding into health care.
For now, though, let's celebrate this great victory for unborn children and women. Thank you for all of your efforts in defense of LIFE. Together we can save countless unborn lives.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Follow up from Stop the Abortion Mandate Coalition
"Abortion may imperil health bill" screamed the
Washington Post headline this morning -- following
last night's massive "Stop the Abortion Mandate"
webcast that brought over 11,000 pro-lifers together
with only 13 hours' notice.
If you missed the live event, the entire audio
recording has now been posted online at:
http://www.StopTheAbortionMandate.com
During the recording of the live event, you'll hear from nationally respected leaders including:
* REP. CHRIS SMITH, U.S. House of Representatives
* MARJORIE DANNENFELSER, Susan B. Anthony List
* CHARMAINE YOEST, Americans United for Life
* KRISTAN HAWKINS, Students for Life of America
* DAVID BEREIT, 40 Days for Life
* WENDY WRIGHT, Concerned Women for America
* DOUGLAS JOHNSON, National Right to Life Committee
* KRISTEN DAY, Democrats for Life
* DEIRDRE MCQUADE, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
* DR. DAVID STEVENS, Christian Medical & Dental Associations
During the recording, you will:
* Hear the LATEST UPDATES straight from our nation's capital...
* Learn exactly how abortion IS mandated in the proposed health care reform bills...
* ...And discover what YOU can do about it!
Listen now at: http://www.StopTheAbortionMandate.com
Don't stop calling your elected officials! Don't stop e-mailing your representatives! The time is NOW to tell Congress:
"Remove all abortion funding and mandates from health care reform!"
Abortion is NOT health care, and our government should NOT fund it.
In addition to listening to the webcast recording, please also watch and forward this 2-minute video of many of the pro-life leaders you heard from last night talking about how crucial this battle is for the pro-life movement:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RD7hJhwy5g
As you heard last night, if the health care bill passes in its current form, it will be the largest expansion of abortion on demand since Roe v. Wade.
THIS week is CRUCIAL!
If you haven't called your Member of Congress this week, do it now. If you haven't e-mailed your member of Congress this week, do it now.
ACTION ITEMS:
1.) Listen to the Stop the Abortion Mandate webcast recording at: http://www.StopTheAbortionMandate.com
2.) Contact your Representative and two Senators and tell them to remove all abortion funding and mandates from health care reform. Contact your Members here: http://tinyurl.com/yg6jot5
3.) Spread the word about the abortion mandate in health care reform by asking friends, family members, co-workers, and fellow believes to watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RD7hJhwy5g
4.) Pray for our elected officials. Pray that our nation -- founded on the inalienable right to life -- does not allow its government to fund the destruction of human life at its most vulnerable stage.
During the recording of the live event, you'll hear from nationally respected leaders including:
* REP. CHRIS SMITH, U.S. House of Representatives
* MARJORIE DANNENFELSER, Susan B. Anthony List
* CHARMAINE YOEST, Americans United for Life
* KRISTAN HAWKINS, Students for Life of America
* DAVID BEREIT, 40 Days for Life
* WENDY WRIGHT, Concerned Women for America
* DOUGLAS JOHNSON, National Right to Life Committee
* KRISTEN DAY, Democrats for Life
* DEIRDRE MCQUADE, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
* DR. DAVID STEVENS, Christian Medical & Dental Associations
During the recording, you will:
* Hear the LATEST UPDATES straight from our nation's capital...
* Learn exactly how abortion IS mandated in the proposed health care reform bills...
* ...And discover what YOU can do about it!
Listen now at: http://www.StopTheAbortionMandate.com
Don't stop calling your elected officials! Don't stop e-mailing your representatives! The time is NOW to tell Congress:
"Remove all abortion funding and mandates from health care reform!"
Abortion is NOT health care, and our government should NOT fund it.
In addition to listening to the webcast recording, please also watch and forward this 2-minute video of many of the pro-life leaders you heard from last night talking about how crucial this battle is for the pro-life movement:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RD7hJhwy5g
As you heard last night, if the health care bill passes in its current form, it will be the largest expansion of abortion on demand since Roe v. Wade.
THIS week is CRUCIAL!
If you haven't called your Member of Congress this week, do it now. If you haven't e-mailed your member of Congress this week, do it now.
ACTION ITEMS:
1.) Listen to the Stop the Abortion Mandate webcast recording at: http://www.StopTheAbortionMandate.com
2.) Contact your Representative and two Senators and tell them to remove all abortion funding and mandates from health care reform. Contact your Members here: http://tinyurl.com/yg6jot5
3.) Spread the word about the abortion mandate in health care reform by asking friends, family members, co-workers, and fellow believes to watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RD7hJhwy5g
4.) Pray for our elected officials. Pray that our nation -- founded on the inalienable right to life -- does not allow its government to fund the destruction of human life at its most vulnerable stage.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
WORLDMag.com: Grassroots Pro-Lifers
ABORTION: A new report examines the role pregnancy centers have played in women’s lives over the last 40 years | by Emily Belz
Door of Hope, Astoria, Ore. (AP/Photo by Rick Bowmer)
WASHINGTON—In the wake of concentrated campaigns against crisis pregnancy centers—which detractors have termed “fake clinics”—a new report details the healthcare service they provide for women.
The Family Research Council, Care Net, Heartbeat International, LIFE International, and The National Institute of Family and Life Advocates commissioned the study over two years ago, one of the first of its kind. It examines the role that 2,300 “pregnancy resource centers” (PRCs) across the country have had since the first center opened in California in 1968. The report describes community-based, faith-based organizations that provide not just medical services but also counseling for 1.9 million women in unintended pregnancies annually.
Read the rest of the story here.
Door of Hope, Astoria, Ore. (AP/Photo by Rick Bowmer)WASHINGTON—In the wake of concentrated campaigns against crisis pregnancy centers—which detractors have termed “fake clinics”—a new report details the healthcare service they provide for women.
The Family Research Council, Care Net, Heartbeat International, LIFE International, and The National Institute of Family and Life Advocates commissioned the study over two years ago, one of the first of its kind. It examines the role that 2,300 “pregnancy resource centers” (PRCs) across the country have had since the first center opened in California in 1968. The report describes community-based, faith-based organizations that provide not just medical services but also counseling for 1.9 million women in unintended pregnancies annually.
Read the rest of the story here.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Anti-abortion activist shot in front of Owosso High School
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Stunning New Video
Thanks to YOU, the pro-life movement is making great
progress in turning up the pressure on President
Obama, abortion industry lobbyists, and their allies
in Congress who are trying to hijack the health care
reform debate to mandate taxpayer funding of abortion
coverage ...
... But your help is needed TODAY to keep the momentum moving forward until the abortion mandate is stopped in its tracks!
The largest pro-life coalition against the abortion mandate in health care, www.StopTheAbortionMandate.com just released a stunning new video showcasing many respected pro-life leaders voicing their concerns about President Obama's health care bill.
To see the size and scope of the unified stance against the abortion mandate in Obama's health care reform plans, go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RD7hJhwy5g
We need to send a clear message to President Obama and abortion advocates in Congress that abortion is NOT health care and that Americans do NOT want to pay for taxpayer funded abortions -- or be forced into health plans with mandatory abortion coverage.
Planned Parenthood and the rest of the abortion industry stand to make BILLIONS of dollars if these health care reform proposals pass in their current form -- and they are trying everything possible to make sure abortion is included in health care.
Don't be fooled! Just because President Obama is now saying that they might drop the public option in health care reform, keep in mind that abortion will STILL be covered --unless we all continue to stand up for the unborn and clearly tell our elected officials to keep abortion completely out of health care.
**ACTION ITEMS**
To help Stop the Abortion Mandate, here's what you need to do RIGHT NOW:
1.) Send this video to everyone you know and post it on any web sites or blogs you can: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RD7hJhwy5g
2.) Find out where your Representative and Senators are holding town hall meetings by going to: http://stoptheabortionmandate.com/take-action/townhall
3.) Attend those town hall meetings and respectfully and ask your elected officials if they will oppose any health care bill that mandates taxpayer-funded abortion and forces Americans into health plans that mandate abortion coverage.
4.) Download the Stop the Abortion Mandate August Action Tool Kit to get all the talking points, rebuttal statements, and tips you need: http://www.stoptheabortionmandate.com/actionkit.pdf
5.) Contact your Representative and Senators and request a personal meeting before September 4 to tell them to keep abortion OUT of health care.
For more information and more action items, visit: StopTheAbortionMandate.com
We have a real shot at stopping this abortion mandate if we act swiftly. Will you join us?
--StopTheAbortionMandate.com Coalition
... But your help is needed TODAY to keep the momentum moving forward until the abortion mandate is stopped in its tracks!
The largest pro-life coalition against the abortion mandate in health care, www.StopTheAbortionMandate.com just released a stunning new video showcasing many respected pro-life leaders voicing their concerns about President Obama's health care bill.
To see the size and scope of the unified stance against the abortion mandate in Obama's health care reform plans, go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RD7hJhwy5g
We need to send a clear message to President Obama and abortion advocates in Congress that abortion is NOT health care and that Americans do NOT want to pay for taxpayer funded abortions -- or be forced into health plans with mandatory abortion coverage.
Planned Parenthood and the rest of the abortion industry stand to make BILLIONS of dollars if these health care reform proposals pass in their current form -- and they are trying everything possible to make sure abortion is included in health care.
Don't be fooled! Just because President Obama is now saying that they might drop the public option in health care reform, keep in mind that abortion will STILL be covered --unless we all continue to stand up for the unborn and clearly tell our elected officials to keep abortion completely out of health care.
**ACTION ITEMS**
To help Stop the Abortion Mandate, here's what you need to do RIGHT NOW:
1.) Send this video to everyone you know and post it on any web sites or blogs you can: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RD7hJhwy5g
2.) Find out where your Representative and Senators are holding town hall meetings by going to: http://stoptheabortionmandate.com/take-action/townhall
3.) Attend those town hall meetings and respectfully and ask your elected officials if they will oppose any health care bill that mandates taxpayer-funded abortion and forces Americans into health plans that mandate abortion coverage.
4.) Download the Stop the Abortion Mandate August Action Tool Kit to get all the talking points, rebuttal statements, and tips you need: http://www.stoptheabortionmandate.com/actionkit.pdf
5.) Contact your Representative and Senators and request a personal meeting before September 4 to tell them to keep abortion OUT of health care.
For more information and more action items, visit: StopTheAbortionMandate.com
We have a real shot at stopping this abortion mandate if we act swiftly. Will you join us?
--StopTheAbortionMandate.com Coalition
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