The GOP has already proven itself extremely weak on pro-Life issues what with their handling of the Terri Shiavo travesty.
what is happening with the GOP base is the thought they had a 1936 or 1964 mandate with the 2004 election results.
So thing that were tolerated in the past arent tolerated by the base today. A sure way to end up in the minority in 2006
I see no evidence from this article that the GOP is abandoning its pro-life position. There have laways been some pro-abortion GOPers.
I live in NJ. Bret who is pro life lost in the primary. I would be hard pressed to vote for Forrester who is pro abortion.
If they play that bluff, they will be sad.
It will not come to that. The Pubbies will not nominate any of these borts. Uh, unless they see the light, real soon.
One wonders who is doing the dreaming, as Arnold is Constitutionally prohibited from running for President, and the feelings of both Rice and Guiliani on certain issues have already been well publicized.
Give me George Allen.
If that is what the GOP thinks, then they had better think again.
I doubt that this premise is true. (that Republicans are bidding farewell to pro-lifers)
They know who voted for them in the last election!
"Of course the GOP knows that if Hillary runs in 08 then "most" "Republican" people will vote for ANYBODY (including pro-aborts like Condi or Rudy) that would run against her."
That's what they THINK, but Perot's third party is how we got Bill Clinton.
The GOP used to be the party of small government, so it wouldn't surprise me to get betrayed on abortion, too.
Ping!
They are not my "dream candidates"- See my tagline-ACU 100% conservative!
IMHO, there is no difference between politicians.
They also lie to the infidels.
I am willing to see what happens with the judges and who they in fact pick to back against Hillary. Except for Condoleeza, if it's a pro-choicer/OR we don't get our judges, I will for the first time in my adult life, stay home for the presidential election. I may also leave the party.
February 08, 2005
Bush Signs Title X Funding Increase for 2005
Planned Parenthood's Abortion Funding Increased
http://www.covenantnews.com/lefemine050208.htm
President George W. Bush and the Republican-majority Congress Increased Title X to record $288.3 million in FY 2005 on 12/8/04
Title X is one of two major federal government funding sources for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the nation's largest chain of abortion centers (murdering over 244,000 unborn human beings per year by surgical abortion alone).
Title X appropriation for FY 2005 (Oct. 2004 to Sept. 2005) was signed into law as part of H.R. 4818 (see bill at http://thomas.loc.gov), the mammoth appropriations bill which contained the huge outlays for the (unconstitutional) Department of Health and Human Services.
Republican-majority U.S. House approved H.R. 4818 by a vote of 344 to 51, on November 20, 2004 (Roll Call Number: 542). [Republicans 183 Yea, 27 Nay; Democrats 160 Yea, 24 Nay; 1 Independent Yea]
Republican-majority U.S. Senate approved H.R. 4818 by a vote of 65 to 30, on November 20, 2004 (Record Vote Number: 215) [Republicans 42 Yea, 6 Nay; Democrats 23 Yea, 23 Nay; 1 Independent Nay]
Republican President signed H.R. 4818 into law, authorizing the highest ever spending level for Title X in the history of the program, on December 8, 2004. It became Public Law No. 108-447.
This FY 2005 Bush administration Title X funding level of $288 million (an estimated $50-$60 million of which will be paid to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, for population control), exceeds by over $30 million, the highest Title X level during the Clinton administration, in FY 2001, of $254 million!
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Note:
The Title X program includes funding for contraceptive birth control; birth control that causes chemical abortions; and birth control for unmarried adolescents, even if their parents object to the federal government giving their children hormonal drugs and devices with which to fornicate.
The Title X program is also one of the principal federal government funding mechanisms for Planned Parenthood Federation of America (founded by Margaret Sanger), the nation's largest chain of child-murder-by-abortion centers.
Information on Title X: http://opa.osophs.dhhs.gov/titlex/ofp.html
Title X funding history since inception in 1971:
From the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Population Affairs website: http://opa.osophs.dhhs.gov/titlex/ofp-funding-history.html
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Pertinent text below, documenting appropriation of $288,283,000 for Title X is shown below, from:
H.R.4818 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate) - Federal HHS Appropriations Bill (FY 2005)
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H.R.4818
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate)
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TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
For carrying out titles II, III, IV, VII, VIII, X, XII, XIX, and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, section 427(a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, title V and sections 1128E, 711, and 1820 of the Social Security Act, the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, as amended, the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988, as amended, the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 2000, section 712 of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, and the Poison Control Center Enhancement and Awareness Act, as amended, $6,856,624,000, of which $484,629,000 shall be available for construction and renovation (including equipment) of health care and other facilities and other health-related activities as specified in the statement of the managers on the conference report accompanying this Act, and of which $39,499,000 from general revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall be available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants program under section 1820 of such Act: Provided, That of the funds made available under this heading, $249,000 shall be available until expended for facilities renovations at the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center: Provided further, That in addition to fees authorized by section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, fees shall be collected for the full disclosure of information under the Act sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the National Practitioner Data Bank, and shall remain available until expended to carry out that Act: Provided further, That fees collected for the full disclosure of information under the `Health Care Fraud and Abuse Data Collection Program', authorized by section 1128E(d)(2) of the Social Security Act, shall be sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the program, and shall remain available until expended to carry out that Act: Provided further, That $31,000,000 of the funding provided for community health centers shall be used for base grant adjustments for existing centers: Provided further, That no more than $100,000 is available until expended for carrying out the provisions of 42 U.S.C. 233(o) including associated administrative expenses: Provided further, That no more than $45,000,000 is available until expended for carrying out the provisions of Public Law 104-73: Provided further, That $9,941,000 is available until expended for the National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Program as described in House Report 108-401: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, $288,283,000 shall be for the program under title X of the Public Health Service Act to provide for voluntary family planning projects: Provided further, That amounts provided to said projects under such title shall not be expended for abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirective, and that such amounts shall not be expended for any activity (including the publication or distribution of literature) that in any way tends to promote public support or opposition to any legislative proposal or candidate for public office: Provided further, That $793,872,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs authorized by section 2616 of the Public Health Service Act: Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, $25,000,000 shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry out Parts A, B, C, and D of title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act to fund section 2691 Special Projects of National Significance: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 502(a)(1) of the Social Security Act, not to exceed $119,158,000 is available for carrying out special projects of regional and national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided, $40,000,000 shall be provided to the Denali Commission as a direct lump payment pursuant to Public Law 106-113, of which $10,000,000 shall be for a psychiatric treatment facility in Bethel, Alaska, $10,000,000 shall be for residential and supportive housing for elders, $2,500,000 shall be for medical and dental equipment for rural clinics, and $5,000,000 shall be for upgrade and construction of shelters for victims of domestic violence and child abuse.
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Instructions to locate this text yourself on-line: Go to: http://thomas.loc.gov
Click on: "Search Bills and Resolutions"
Select: 108th Congress (2003-2004)
Enter Search: H.R.4818
Click on: "Search"
Click on: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate)[H.R.4818.ENR]
H.R.4818 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate) - Federal HHS Appropriations Bill (FY 2005)
[ To see roll call votes in US House and US Senate, click on:
Link to the "Bill Summary & Status" file. ]
Scroll about 40% of the way down the page:
DIVISION F--DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES
Continue scrolling, click on:
TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Under:
Health Resources and Services Administration
Health Resources and Services
"Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, $288,283,000 shall be for the program under title X of the Public Health Service Act to provide for voluntary family planning projects:..."
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803-765-0916
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Columbia, SC
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