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Nancy Keenan’s decision comes as abortion opponents have stepped up attacks. Nancy Keenan, the president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, announced Thursday that she’s stepping down as the head of the nation’s largest abortion rights group at the end of the year.In a statement, the organization said Keenan will stay on until her contract expires. In the meantime, the board will start its search for a successor.“Nancy inspired Americans, from lawmakers to everyday citizens, to proudly proclaim their pro-choice views and act on these values,” said Janet Denlinger, the chairwoman of the organization’s board of directors. Keenan has been in the...

At the end of this year, Nancy Keenan will step down from her post as president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, the country’s oldest abortion-rights advocacy group. The 60-year-old Keenan said she is leaving out of concern for the future of the pro-choice movement — and thinks she could be holding it back. Nancy Keenan will retire as president of NARAL Pro-Choice America at the end of the year. (Sarah L. Voisin - WASHINGTON POST) In recent years, Keenan has worried about an “intensity gap” on abortion rights among millennials, which the group considers to be the generation of Americans born...

NARAL Launches $250,000 Radio Ad Applauding Obama Mandateby Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 2/13/12 11:59 AM One of the biggest pro-abortion groups in the nation is delighted pro-abortion President Barack Obama put a revised mandate in place that forces insurance companies to provide women with free birth control and drugs that may cause abortions. NARAL is so happy that it has purchased $250,000 worth of radio advertising supporting the new mandate. The ads are slated to air in Denver, Colorado; Orlando, Florida; Madison, Wisconsin and the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C. All of the locations are...

Question: What would you pay to have your photo taken with first lady Michelle Obama, she of the ripped arms and healthy diet? If you said 5 grand, well, you’re in the ballpark, because the First Spouse is headed to Boston next month to do a parade of grip-and-grins with local Demmies, Obama-ophiles, fitness freaks, Dougie aficionados and anyone else who can pony up the dough. “I’ve been asked to be on the committee to gather women (men too) to come and hear, see and get a sense of this amazing lady,” wrote Brookline Democratic activist Diane Gallagher in a...

As Mark Steyn notes on the homepage, certain pundits who praise liberal politicians for their purported empathy have derided the Santorums for taking home their infant son Gabriel, who had died two hours after birth. Eugene Robinson, for example, said Rick Santorum is “not a little weird, he’s really weird.” I don’t recall these pundits making any similar comments about Barack Obama’s opposition to the Illinois state version of the Born Alive Infant Protection Act (BAIPA). The act was introduced in the Illinois state legislature to require that babies who survived botched abortions would be provided care in the same...

During a September 2002 meeting with NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts Willard Romney made this implied promise, “You need someone like me in Washington.” Both Willard and the baby killing ghouls of NARAL knew what was being discussed. He was running for Governor of Massachusetts and clearly looking past his anticipated victory to a day when he could stop pretending he cared about pro-life issues and show his true devotion to their “cause” from the White House. Romney made it quite clear that NARAL would have a friend in the State House and eventually in the White House if they helped elect...

Last week’s twist-ups on CNN and Fox left some Republicans wondering whether Herman Cain is really pro-life or functionally pro-choice on abortion. Well, NARAL just stepped in to clear everything up by launching an attack on Cain. Now, NARAL president Nancy Keenan has released an open letter Cain saying she believes he is fully pro-life on abortion and condemns him for taking such a position. “Let’s start with the things we agree on: you are 100 percent opposed to a woman’s right to choose abortion care–even in cases of rape or incest–and have made that position clear on numerous occasions....

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (Pic by US Mission Geneva, via Flickr) At a luncheon hosted by NARAL Pro-Choice America yesterday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius criticized the recent pushback from anti-abortion advocates against a recent decision requiring insurance plans to cover birth control without co-pays.Sebelius has been a key player in the recent decision by the Obama administration to make it easier for women to afford birth control. The new requirement would be implemented through the Affordable Care Act. Sebelius asked that birth control be included in a list of preventative care services to be...

From this website: http://blogs.roanoke.com/politics/2011/10/03/naral-endorsements-include-only-one-timesland-candidate/#more-10256 The NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia PAC released its General Assembly endorsements this afternoon. There’s only one candidate from the Roanoke Times’ coverage area on the list: Virginia Sen. John Edwards. NARAL’s news release and the full list of endorsements follow the jump: NARAL PRO-CHOICE VIRGINIA PAC ANNOUNCES ENDORSEMENTS IN VIRGINIA GENERAL ELECTIONS Endorsements highlight organization’s dedication to preserving women’s health advocates in the Virginia General Assembly (Alexandria, Va) – Tarina Keene, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia, announced that her organization’s political action committee proudly endorsed another group of outstanding pro-choice candidates in Virginia’s 2011 statewide elections....

Not aborting fetuses will soon be a crime in San Francisco.At least that’s what the city government is pushing for in its bizarre new attack on pregnancy counseling centers.Actually, “bizarre” is too mild a word to describe San Francisco’s latest outburst; even from my pro-choice perspective, the city’s attempt to essentially banish any counseling center which doesn’t encourage or perform abortions is simply beyond belief.Yesterday, City Attorney Dennis Herrera and Supervisor Malia Cohen acting on behalf of the municipal government launched a “coordinated attack” on pregnancy counseling centers that didn’t provide or advocate for abortions: San Francisco leaders are launching...

A rally at the Capitol Tuesday sought to pressure Justice David Prosser to take a leave of absence. “In any workplace that I have ever been in, if somebody is accused of such serious allegations – putting a fellow co-worker into a choke hold – they would be expected to be on leave immediately,” said Lisa Subeck is a Madison common council member, and President of NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin. “The alleged physical assault by Justice Prosser is completely unacceptable,” said former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk. “Justice Prosser should step down while the investigation continues.” The Dane County Sheriff’s Department...

Betty Ford said things that first ladies just don't say, even today. And 1970s America loved her for it. According to Mrs. Ford, her young adult children probably had smoked marijuana - and if she were their age, she'd try it, too. She told "60 Minutes" she wouldn't be surprised to learn that her youngest, 18-year-old Susan, was in a sexual relationship (an embarrassed Susan issued a denial).

Betty Fordhas died at the age of 93.

Former NARAL-NY head pleaded guilty to falsely claiming $75,000 in personal luxuries on her expense account were work-related. Kelli Conlin admitted to spending at least $75,000 on clothes, meals, car service, child care -- and $13,000 toward a Hamptons summer renta from 2007-2010. Due to the 18 yr duration of her job, the exact loss was impossible to quantify.

Former Planned Parenthood abortion clinic director promoted to top Democrat role by Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., June 8, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The co-founder and longtime executive director of a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Philadelphia has been tapped for an expanded role heading up the Democrat party’s program for recruiting new members of Congress. Last month it was announced that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) would promote U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz of Pennsylvania to run candidate services in addition to her current role as chairwoman of national recruiting. Schwartz, rated 100% pro-abortion by NARAL Pro-Choice America, is overtaking a...

Awesome! Pro-Lifers Take Over NARAL Site NARAL put out a call for people to send in a pic, a message, a sign of their pro-abort zealotry. They said they wanted to put a face to their cause or some such thing. Here it is: But it would appear that the awesomely awesome Kathleen Gilbert at LifeSiteNews.com noticed it and let pro-lifers know about the Flickr site that would automatically upload messages and pics. Well, by 4:30 p.m. Kathleen wrote that the site was totally filled with pro-life messages and the poor fools at NARAL were working hard to delete them...

UPDATE: A bored staffer at NARAL evidently glanced at the Flickr homepage, choked, and started clicking the delete button. The game is on. Keep posting and more importantly, sharing! Update 2: Need a video tutorial? Here is a step-by-step offered by a kind pro-lifer. Update 3: The enemy fire has been heavy, but during a lull around 4:15 pm, 11 of 12 of the top photos were pro-life - a glimpse at the real proportion of submissions. Awesome! Keep posting and sharing! Update 4: Victory: Pro-lifers officially took over NARAL’s Flickr photostream at about 4:30 pm, when the entire first...

NEW YORK, May 17, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A video recently published by NARAL Pro-Choice New York has revealed a national strategy to network with lawmakers to target pregnancy resource centers (PRC) in urban areas. The strategy would employ a gag rule intended to hamstring the centers’ ministry to abortion-vulnerable women. The video, available on YouTube as of May 10, features council members from New York City and Austin, Texas, slamming pro-life pregnancy resource centers collectively as “an institution with an agenda” that engage in “emotionally bullying” and even “brainwashing” of vulnerable women.“What they tell us is this is a...

"will cover the entire lawn of Planned Parenthood with white sheets, a longtime symbol of the KKK" In a press conference held on Saturday, Christian Defense Coalition Director Rev. Patrick Mahoney — the anti-abortion activist behind last month’s KKK-invoking rally in front of House Speaker Rep. John Boehner’s office — announced that he is starting a national campaign called “Defund ‘Klanned’ Parenthood.” # A press release circulated by Mahoney last week says the group will also stage a protest outside a Planned Parenthood in Washington, D.C., and “as part of their public witness against the racist roots of Planned Parenthood,...

Dear Friend, This Thursday, thousands of pro-choice activists will flood the halls of Congress to help end the War on Women agenda. But, we are still $21,259 away from our goal of $150,000 to fund our efforts. We only have three days left to meet our goal -- please help us with an urgent online contribution today! We are bringing 5,000 citizen activists to Washington, D.C. this Thursday along with our pro-choice coalition partners. We need your support to ensure that we have the resources necessary to fill buses, raise voices, and put people in front of politicians who are...