December, 2010


Dec 30, 2010 Kansas To Consider Bill To Restrict Late-Term Abortions Based On Fetal-Pain Claim babysavingintern Back in April, Nebraska’s governor, George Heineman, signed into law the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, making it illegal to perform abortions when pregnancies were beyond 20 weeks. Nebraska’s state legislature voted overwhelmingly in favor of the bill, 44-5. The law serves as a prototype of which many other states have taken note. The Kansas City Star reports that Lawmakers in Indiana, Iowa, and Kentucky have begun drafting bills similar to Nebraska’s law.Kansas is another state...Read More Tags: Fetal-Pain, Kansas, Late-Term Abortions
Dec 29, 2010 MTV's Tragic "Abortion Special" nomatterhowsmall After getting a bit of heat from pro-aborts in the blogosphere for not including abortion as one of the outcomes of teenage pregnancy, last night, MTV's hit show "16 and Prgenant" took on abortion. The 30-minute special followed Markai, her boyfriend James, and their seven-month-old daughter, Zakaria. After getting pregnant for the first time in high school, Markai was featured on the first season of "16 and Pregnant." Now, pregnant again after missing her birth control shot,...Read More Tags: abortion, MTV, teen pregnancy
Dec 28, 2010 All Candidates Confirmed for Jan. 3 RNC Chair Debate kbrown Current Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Steele has confirmed that he will participate in the January 3 debate to be co-hosted by Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), the Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List) and the Daily Caller, making our debate the first in which all six RNC Chair candidates will face-off.Also confirmed for the debate, Wisconsin Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus, former Michigan Republican Party chairman Saul Anuzis, former RNC political director Gentry...Read More Tags: Ann Wagner, Gentry Collins, Maggie Gallagher, Maria Cino, Marjorie Dannenfelser, Michael Steele, National Organization for Marriage, Reince Priebus, RNC Chair Debate, Saul Anuzis
Dec 23, 2010 RNC Chair Race Interviews with Marjorie babysavingintern If you haven't already, be sure to check out SBA List President Marjorie Dannenfelser's interviews with four candidates in the Republican National Committee Chair Race - Saul Anuzis, Gentry Collins, Reince Priebus, and Ann Wagner.Everyone of these candidates brings a wealth of experience to the table, and each one expresses their pro-life views in these exclusive interviews.The importance of electing a chairman committed to the pro-life cause cannot be overstated. The next chairman will...Read More Tags: politics, pro-life, rnc, rnc chair
Dec 22, 2010 Legislative Victory: Defense Bill Passed With Abortion Ban Intact babysavingintern Pro-lifers scored a major legislative victory today with the Senate passage of H.R. 6523, a Department of Defense funding bill which keeps pro-life provisions in place, including a ban on abortions at military base hospitals.The ban had been threatened by Sen. Roland Burris (D-IL), who attempted to push through an amendment which would allow abortions to be performed at both domestic and overseas military facilities. Democrats had tried twice to push the bill through with the Burris amendment...Read More Tags: legislation, pro-life
Dec 21, 2010 In Belgium: The "right to be aborted?" babysavingintern In a recently released court decision, Belgian Court of Appeals affirmed the “wrongful life” claim of a child born with disabilities that were misdiagnosed during pregnancy. Genethique, a French website focusing on bioethical issues, reported: “The Court ruled that the child, represented by his parents, could claim damages from physicians for the injury of being born disabled. ‘Certainly, the misdiagnosis did not cause the child's disability, which existed before the error and which could not...Read More Tags: Genetic testing
Dec 21, 2010 Two Celebrities Prove Themselves Emphatically Pro-Life babysavingintern What does actor Jim Caviezel (of the Passion of the Christ) and England’s Lord Nicholas Windsor (Son of the Duke of Kent) have in common? I’ll give you a hint: it’s definitely not their accents.Again, recent interviews show that they share more than just fame and fortune.Give up? The correct answer is both Caviezel and Lord Nicholas Windsor believe that abortion is the worst transgression committed in the modern world. In a recent interview in Spain, Jim Caviezel was asked what...Read More Tags: Jim Caviezel, pro-life celebrities
Dec 17, 2010 Tell Apple, Inc. to Reinstate Pro-life App! babysavingintern As the Suzy B Blog mentioned earlier this week, Apple, Inc., the electronics giant and creator of the Mac, iPod, and iPhone, recently removed the pro-life Manhattan Declaration iPhone app from its App Store.Pro-family groups have applauded Apple in the past for the company’s refusal to allow pornography on their apps. But now, Apple has removed an app for the pro-life Manhattan Declaration, which was signed by hundreds of pro-life leaders and over 500,000 Americans.Apple’s reviewers originally...Read More Tags: Manhattan Declaration, pro-abortion activism
Dec 16, 2010 European Court Ruling Violates Ireland’s Pro-Life Laws babysavingintern The European court ruled today that the Irish Republic’s refusal to allow abortion was a violation of human rights in the case of a woman whose pregnancy was considered a serious health risk. The woman in the case had undergone cancer treatment, and while in remission, doctors were concerned that the pregnancy could trigger a recurrence of her cancer. Some doctors recommended that she have an abortion, however, Ireland has a constitutional referendum which grants an unborn child...Read More Tags: constitution, europe, european court, pro-life
Dec 15, 2010 Congratulations Marjorie! babysavingintern Newsweek’s article on the 10 leaders of the “Christian Right” lists Susan B. Anthony List President, Marjorie Dannenfelser, as a member of what it calls a “potent force in American politics.” The 10 leaders include Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins and pro-life Robert George alongside Marjorie Dannenfelser. “Many of the leaders listed are Catholics, reflecting the success of an effort beginning in the 1980s between Catholics and evangelicals to forge ties over shared priorities, like...Read More Tags: Christian Right, Leaders, Marjorie, Newsweek