February, 2013


Feb 28, 2013 SBA List Endorses Ken Cuccinelli in Virginia nomatterhowsmall Today the Susan B. Anthony List announced its endorsement of Ken Cuccinelli for Governor of Virginia! In announcing the endorsement, SBA List President Marjorie Dannenfelser said: “Ken Cuccinelli’s record of fighting exploitation of the most vulnerable is not just a position that he takes, it is clearly an extension of who he is. Ken’s leadership in defending women against violence on campus and in fighting human trafficking in Virginia is entirely consistent with his stance in favor of...Read More Tags: Ken Cuccinelli, virginia
Feb 27, 2013 13 Women Members of Congress Demand Conscience Protections in Must-Pass Legislation bcody Today, 13 Republican women, led by longtime nurse Rep. Diane Black (R-TN), sent a letter to House GOP Leadership asking for conscience and religious liberty protections to be included in any continuing resolution that funds the government through FY 2013. The letter said: “As fellow Members of Congress committed to protecting the individual’s rights of conscience, we are writing to bring to your attention egregious violations of long-standing civil rights and religious freedoms by the current...Read More Tags: conscience
Feb 26, 2013 Urgent Webcast TONIGHT! MarilynMusgrave The phones should be ringing off the hook – but they are not. I am hearing from my friends on Capitol Hill that Members of Congress are simply not hearing from their constituents about the Obama Administration’s unprecedented attack on the freedom of conscience and religious liberty. This must change – and fast! Register now for TONIGHT’s “Call2Conscience” webcast to learn what you can do to stop this assault. The event will begin promptly at 9 PM ET – Register now!...Read More Tags: abortion pill, conscience, Diane Black, HHS Mandate, webcast
Feb 22, 2013 Remember ex-Rep. Steve Driehaus of Ohio? marjoriedannenfelser He's the former Congressman who filed the outrageous lawsuit against the SBA List for "loss of livelihood" after his vote for pro-abortion Obamacare cost him his seat. The SBA List made sure that the people of Ohio knew about his real record, and he blamed us for ruining his career! And last month, a federal district court judge (who was appointed by President Obama) dismissed Driehaus’s lawsuit, saying that the First Amendment protected our right to educate voters about legislators’ pro-...Read More Tags: Steve Driehaus
Feb 20, 2013 Pro-Life Woman Leads on Bill to Regulate Alabama Abortion Clinics nomatterhowsmall Pro-lifers in Alabama are cheering the 73-23 approval of a bill in the state House of Representatives to require abortionists to have admitting privileges at local hospitals; require clinics to meet ambulatory clinic standards; and to make it a felony for anyone but a doctor to dispense abortion-inducing drugs.These common sense regulations, sponsored by a strong woman leader and friend of the Susan B. Anthony List, Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin, now head to the Alabama Senate. Rep. McClurkin told...Read More Tags: abortion clinic regulations, Alabama
Feb 13, 2013 Survey: New Yorkers Support Common Sense Abortion Restrictions nomatterhowsmall Today our friends at the New York-based Chiaroscuro Foundation released polling data which breaks down New Yorkers' attitudes on abortion and NY Governor Cuomo’s recent proposed changes to abortion laws.Details of the governor's Reproductive Health Act, which would significantly expand abortion in the state, were released today outside City Hall in New York.Although 41% of all pregnancies in New York City end in abortion, the Chiaroscuro Foundation's survey found that "an overwhelming majority...Read More Tags: Chiaroscuro Foundation, new york
Feb 8, 2013 Woman Dies following Late-Term Abortion at Carhart Clinic nomatterhowsmall This morning Operation Rescue and the Maryland Coalition for Life announced that yesterday a woman died from complications after undergoing a late-term, 33-week abortion at the hands of the infamous abortionist, LeRoy Carhart, in Germantown, Maryland.From Operation Rescue's press release:The woman, who came for a third trimester abortion from out-of-state, arrived at GRHC on Sunday and was seen by pro-life activists every day through Wednesday. Witnesses said she appeared “pale and weak.”...Read More Tags: Late-term abortion, LeRoy Carhart
Feb 7, 2013 Action Alert! Obama Administration Announces "Update" to HHS Mandate nomatterhowsmall Last week the Obama Administration proposed a new regulation concerning the HHS mandate forcing religious employers and other groups – even pro-life groups – to cover abortion-inducing drugs in their insurance plans.The Obama Administration and its allies are trying to sell the new regulation as a “compromise.”But the regulation is nothing more than an accounting gimmick, and the truth is that Americans of conscience will still be forced to participate in coverage of abortion-inducing drugs....Read More Tags: conscience, HHS Mandate, Religious liberty
Feb 6, 2013 New Book: What to Expect When No One's Expecting nomatterhowsmall This month, The Weekly Standard writer Jonathan Last is releasing a book entitled "What to Expect When No One's Expecting," about America's growing demographic crisis. Last explains that despite the widespread myth that the planet is becoming overpopulated, population growth worldwide has actually been declining over the last two generations. Startlingly, American women are reproducing at about the same rate as Chinese women who have been suffered coerced and even forced abortions and...Read More Tags: demographics, overpopulation myth