September, 2010


Sep 28, 2010 Better in Texas babysavingintern “Everything’s better in Texas!” Texans like to proudly say. Today, even those of us not from Texas can agree that something is, in fact, better in Texas! In Austin, Texas, the Texas State Attorney General has issued two opinions that are important achievements in the fight to successfully protect the health and safety of women who seek abortions from Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. According to Lifenews.com, the Texas State Attorney General, Greg Abbott, has issued two opinions...Read More Tags: planned parenthood, telemed abortion
Sep 28, 2010 SFLA Director: College Campuses the Next Abortion Battleground nomatterhowsmall LifeNews.com has this latest op-ed from Kristan Hawkins, Executive Director of Students for Life of America:As college students went back to school this month across the country, they entered the front lines of a most contentious battleground.College campuses today are the abortion battleground. Forty-six percent of all abortions are performed on college-age women and, on top of this, Planned Parenthood directly targets those youth in order to further its abortion agenda. At the same time...Read More Tags: College Abortions, SFLA
Sep 28, 2010 College Students and Upcoming Elections babysavingintern As the Midterm elections close in, who can truly make this “The Year of the Pro-life Woman?”Simple: Pro-life College Students. College students are notorious for rebelling against the status quo, and advocating for social justice. Abortion has not only been the status quo in the United States for over 37 years, but the pro-abortion politicians in Congress are also becoming the status quo. Now why put so much faith in college voters making a Pro-life difference in the upcoming elections? They...Read More Tags: Students, Year of the Pro-life Woman
Sep 28, 2010 Show 'Em How Its Done! nomatterhowsmall via Daniel Foster at 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 state, a decision Democrats in the legislature countermanded with a bill that cleared the Senate with a 30-10 vote — sufficient to override a veto. But when that veto came and the Democrats scheduled an override vote, Republicans in the legislature backed down, and the measure failed 23-17...Read More Tags: Chris Christie, planned parenthood
Sep 23, 2010 "Pledge to America" Revealed babysavingintern In 1994, when Newt Gingrich, former Republican House Speaker from Georgia, presented the “Contract with America,” he emphatically pronounced it, “the boldest, most decisive, clearest contract in the history of the United States.” Now, as the “Pledge to America” is released today, the inclusion of our pro-life values proposes to make it a bolder, more decisive, and clearer contract—thanks to you! Because of the participation and comments of over 10,000 Americans, both the Republican Party...Read More Tags: Life Speaking Out
Sep 23, 2010 SBA List President Marjorie Dannenfelser comments on House GOP's "Pledge to America" billyvalentine Below is Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser’s response to the House Republican leadership’s “Pledge to America” which includes pro-life legislative priorities called for in the SBA List’s Life Speaking Out Campaign.In the weeks leading up to the release of the Pledge, the Life Speaking Out campaign mobilized more than 10,000 pro-life Americans to petition House GOP leaders to make defending Life a priority should they win back a majority in Congress. These messages and a...Read More Tags: Life Speaking Out
Sep 22, 2010 Pro-abortion Defense Spending Bill Fails to Move Forward babysavingintern Thank you! Thanks to e-mails and phone calls from SBA List activists across the country, the Defense Authorization Bill failed to reach the 60 votes it needed to advance. U.S. Senators heard the message that the American people are resoundingly against any bill that would turn military bases into abortion clinics.Our military hospitals are meant to save lives, not destroy them!The fight is not over. The bill is back to the drawing board, and we'll need all hands on deck to ensure that the...Read More Tags: Congress, Military Abortions, Senate
Sep 22, 2010 For the Next 40 Days... nomatterhowsmall The next 40 Days for Life Campaign begins tomorrow! Did you know that since 2007, there have been 6 coordinated 40 Days for Life Campaigns resulting in 35 abortion workers quitting their jobs, 6 abortion facilities being completely shut down, and hundreds of women, men and unborn children being spared from the tragic violence of abortion.If you're not already signed up to participate in this fall's campaign, consider the opportunity! Learn more at www.40daysforlife.comRead More Tags: 40 Days for Life, planned parenthood
Sep 22, 2010 Momentum for Year of the Pro-life Woman Builds nomatterhowsmall Kelly Ayotte, the former Attorney General of New Hampshire who successfully took on Planned Parenthood all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court in defense of parental rights, and Christine O’Donnell, longtime pro-life activist who has championed the pro-life cause as far and wide as the United Nations, have captured the Republican nominations in both New Hampshire and Delaware and will be on the ballot this November for United States Senate.Kelly and Christine join a stellar line-up of pro-life...Read More Tags: Elections, Mamma Grizzlies, Year of the Pro-life Woman
Sep 2, 2010 Tell the GOP to Protect Life: Speak Out! nomatterhowsmall Remember 1994? The Republican Party released its "Contract with America" six weeks before the mid-term elections and took back Congress with a 54-seat swing on Election Day.Absent from the Contract was any emphasis on policies that protect the unborn. When the new Congress convened, pro-life legislation was not a real priority. Protecting women and unborn babies from the violence of 4,000 abortions per day was put on the back-burner.A detailed analysis of what looks to be the incoming Congress...Read More Tags: Republican Party