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Susan B. Anthony List defends free speech at Supreme Court over Obamacare election ads
LifeSiteNews.com ^ | Wed Apr 23, 2014 11:22 EST | Dustin Siggins

Posted on 04/23/2014 1:02:25 PM PDT by topher

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 23, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) -- One of the nation's largest pro-life groups has defended free speech before America's highest court, arguing that their liberty was inhibited in the 2010 race by an Ohio law restricting speech in election ads.

In 2010, the Susan B. Anthony (SBA) List put together an ad it intended to run against then-Rep. Steve Driehaus, D-OH. The ad said Driehaus, who ran as a pro-life Democrat, had voted to fund abortions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by supporting the law. Driehaus defended his vote, saying that President Obama's Executive Order limiting federal funding for abortion to that which is allowed in the Hyde Amendment -- rape, incest, and life of the mother -- gave him the ability to support the ACA and still be a pro-life politician.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: freespeech; obamacare; ohio; scotus; susanbanthony
Congressman gets state board to get damaging ad off the air -- because it was true...
1 posted on 04/23/2014 1:02:25 PM PDT by topher
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Thanks topher.


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