February, 2011


Feb 16, 2011 VIDEO: Rep. McMorris Rodgers Supports Protect Life Act nomatterhowsmall In an email to her constituents, pro-life Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) writes:I just wanted to give you a quick update on our efforts in Congress to restore the 30-year bipartisan consensus that prohibits taxpayer funding of abortion – a consensus that was broken by the passage of last year's Patient Protection Act over the will of the American people.This week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee – on which I sit – reported out of committee "The Protect Life Act." This...Read More Tags: McMorris Rodgers, pro-life women, Protect Life Act
Feb 16, 2011 Amendment on the soon-to-be-voted Budget Bill could defund Planned Parenthood through September, act NOW! worldprolifer The House of Representatives will vote this week on an amendment included in the budget bill that could revoke federal funding for Planned Parenthood and their abortion business. H.R. 1, the Continuing Resolution budget bill that House Republicans are proposing contains fixes for three separate abortion funding problems and restores the ban on taxpayer funding of abortions in the District of Columbia (that President Obama and House Democrats previously overturned in 2009). ...Read More Tags: Pence amendment, planned parenthood, Republican Party
Feb 16, 2011 MoveOn.org and Lisa Edelstein Offer Cover for Planned Parenthood babysavingintern MoveOn.org and actress Lisa Edelstein, best known for her role as Dr. Lisa Cuddy on House, have cut a new ad covering for Planned Parenthood, who has been exposed over the last couple of weeks by Live Action's sting videos.The ad can be found here.Edelstein and MoveOn.org accuse the Republican Party of launching a full assault on women. They accuse Republicans of wanting to push women into unsafe back-alley abortions.How can MoveOn.org and the pro-abortion movement continue to ignore the...Read More Tags: abortion, hypocrisy, moveon.org, planned parenthood
Feb 15, 2011 The Sad Argument Against the Hyde Amendment babysavingintern Ellen Shaffer, Co-Director of the Center for Policy Analysis, offers a troubling piece today calling for the end of the Hyde Amendment, which for decades has worked to prevent federal funding of abortion.The timing of Shaffer's call for an overturn of the Hyde Amendment is particularly disturbing, as Live Action's Planned Parenthood sting videos have shocked and outraged millions of Americans over the last couple of weeks. Shaffer begins her argument with misleading poll numbers,...Read More Tags: feminist, Hyde amendment, pro-abortion
Feb 15, 2011 VIDEO: Dannenfelser Speaks at Vigil for Victims nomatterhowsmall At yesterday's Vigil for Victims at the Planned Parenthood clinic in downtown Washington, DC, SBA List President Marjorie Dannenfelser spoke about Planned Parenthood's eugenicist legacy and demanded Congress end federal funding to America's abortion giant.Read More Tags: human sex trafficking, Planned Parenthood exposed
Feb 14, 2011 Vigil for Victims: Today at Twelve Noon! babysavingintern Today, on Valentine's Day, show your love for women by joining in on the Expose Planned Parenthood Coalition's Vigil for Victims. Thousands of pro-life Americans will be holding one hour vigils outside of more than 150 Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide. These vigils will inform citizens of how Planned Parenthood aids and abets of sex traffickers and is unsafe for women and girls. Together, we will send a pro-life and pro-love message as we continue our efforts to end...Read More Tags: planned parenthood, vigil for victims
Feb 11, 2011 After Release of Planned Parenthood Sex Trafficking Videos, Pro-lifers Plan Valentine's Vigil for Victims ismjmary After a string of appallling videos, in which managers of several Planned Parenthood clinics across states were recorded knowingly assisting sex traffickers in their exploitation of underage sex slaves, the pro-movement has again risen to action. The incident caused a stir in congress and in the media, and this Valentine's Day, ordinary Americans from across the nation will gather at local Planned Parenthood clinics from noon to 1pm. The statement...Read More Tags: planned parenthood, pro-life, sex trafficker, Valentine's
Feb 10, 2011 Those Majority Supported, Fiscally Responsible, Law-Abiding Pro-Lifers Are At It Again voice4themuted Accusations are flying that Republican efforts to pass pro-life legislation are incongruent with campaign promises and intended to appease their socially conservative voting base. Senator Patty Murray said that "Congressional Republicans who vowed to come to Washington and focus like a laser on the economy are instead focusing like a laser on social issues.” Further, Larry Sabato, who heads the University of Virginia's Center for Politics stated that pro-life legislation is...Read More Tags: Larry Sabato, Patty Murray, planned parenthood
Feb 10, 2011 Today: Expose Planned Parenthood Press Conference babysavingintern The Susan B. Anthony List is excited to be holding a joint press conference on Capitol Hill today to call for the passage of the "Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act" to defund Planned Parenthood.SBA will be joining with Live Action, Lila Rose, Rep. Mike Pence, the Pro-Life Women's Caucus, and other pro-life women's groups in the Expose Planned Parenthood coalition effort for defunding in light of the Live Action videos released over the last few weeks.The press conference...Read More Tags: defund, mike pence, planned parenthood, press conference, pro-life women
Feb 9, 2011 Pro-Lifers in Action: Chicago, IL babysavingintern A hospital in Chicago has teamed up with pro-life activists to offer a service that few other hospitals offer: the halting second-trimester abortions.Resurrection Medical Center, the largest hospital in one of Chicago's largest Catholic health care system, will immediately treat women seeking to reverse their second trimester abortion. A second-trimester dilation-and-extraction abortion can take two to three days to perform.An estimated 11% of the nation's abortions are done with this...Read More Tags: abortion, activism, pro-life