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WASHINGTON (AP) -- After stunning colleagues by recalling that she once had an abortion, Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier of California made clear Friday that the procedure was not something she welcomed and was done because the baby was not going to survive. Speier, first elected in 2008, took to the House floor on Thursday evening during a debate over stripping funding to Planned Parenthood.

Pelosi hoping to fundraise off GOP's 'extreme' anti-abortion agenda By Andrew Restuccia - 02/12/11 11:33 AM ET House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is using Republicans’ anti-abortion agenda do some serious fundraising. In an e-mail to supporters Saturday morning, Pelosi solicited donations for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s “Women’s Health Rapid Response Fund.” Pelosi said she’s hoping to raise $100,000 for the fund “so we can hold the Republicans accountable.” Pelosi blasted Republicans’ “extreme agenda,” arguing that it would “punish women and businesses by increasing their taxes if their health insurance covers the full range of reproductive health care.” “We...

... it is men like him who have borne the heat of the day. He is, to borrow the nickname of heavyweight boxer Evander Holyfield, the "real deal." He was unafraid to suffer for our youngest neighbors to the point of enduring unjust imprisonment. I hired him in the early nineties while he was under "house arrest" with an ankle bracelet and I was the Executive Director of the ACLJ... He told me of this State senate hearing called in response to the case of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, the West Philadelphia abortionist criminally charged for the commission of eight murders....

Judge Declares Pro-Abortion ObamaCare Unconstitutional A federal judge in Florida has issued a new ruling in what is the largest lawsuit filed against the Obamacare health care law. U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson says the individual mandate is unconstitutional and, therefore, the entire law is as well. Leading pro-life groups have opposed the Obamcare law because it allows massive abortion funding and prompts concerns about rationing of health care. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/01/31/judge-declares-pro-abortion-obamacare-unconstitutional

Obama Picks Pro-Abortion Activist to Lead Global Health Initiative Washington, DC -- President Barack Obama has selected a pro-abortion activist from Minnesota to lead the multibillion dollar Global Health Initiative the State Department is sponsoring. The move adds to the pro-abortion record Obama has crafted since taking over the White House in January 2009. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/01/27/obama-picks-pro-abortion-activist-to-lead-global-health-initiative/

Look out, Sarah Palin: America's mayor is coming for you. The New York Post reports that former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani has called up his top political advisers and is preparing for a foray into New Hampshire in advance of the 2012 presidential election. Anonymous sources told the Post Giuliani "thinks the Republican race will be populated with far-right candidates like Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, and Mike Huckabee, and there's opportunity for a moderate candidate with a background in national security." His best friends don't necessarily agree. "Even Rudy loyalists" think the idea of another run is "crazy."...

The historic marriage of Episcopal Divinity School, dean and president, the Very Reverend Katherine Hancock Ragsdale and Mally Lloyd, Canon to the Ordinary, took place today at the Cathedral Church of St Paul in Boston.The Episcopalian bishop of Massachusetts began 2011 by solemnizing the first lesbian marriage - of two senior Episcopalian clergy - at Boston's St Paul's Cathedral Saturday (January 1). The marriage of Episcopal Divinity School, dean and president, the Very Reverend Katherine Hancock Ragsdale and Mally Lloyd, Canon to the Ordinary, was the first lesbian marriage solemnized by the Right Reverend M Thomas Shaw SSJE, Bishop Diocesan...

GOP Chair Candidate Cino Explains Helping Pro-Abortion Group Washington, DC - Republican Party chairman candidate Maria Cino became the final candidate for the national party chairman position to interview with the Susan B. Anthony List, a pro-life political group. http://www.lifenews.com/2010/12/31/gop-chair-candidate-cino-explains-helping-pro-abortion-group/

This video, "Peace, Joy, & Choice Meets Caritas, Veritas, & Aequitas," came to us via e-mail from Randall Terry with the following message:"Hello Pro-life Friend. Merry Christmas to you and yours. You may have seen the powerful video of our Pro-life Warriors who recently preached at a "Holiday Party" for child-killers. Well, they did it again at a child-killing fundraiser! This fundraiser was held by a bunch of white people to raise money to kill black and Hispanic babies. It was disgusting. YouTube pulled down the video, so if you didn't get a chance to see it, we re-posted it...

Senate May Vote Today on Defense Bill With Pro-Abortion Language Washington, DC -- The Senate may vote as early today on the 2011 defense authorization bill that contains language turning military base hospitals into abortion facilities. The legislation contains the Burris amendment which would overturn longstanding pro-life law prohibiting the performance of abortions at taxpayer-funded military bases. http://LifeNews.com/nat-6916

Women lawmakers made zero gains in Congress in this cycle--they will still make up about 17 percent of those chosen by voters to come to Washington. Two notable losses were Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln and Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin of South Dakota, both moderate Democrats. This palpable lack of progress was mourned as many gathered together at American University to discuss the "year of the woman" that never came to pass--despite or because of one Sarah Palin, a Republican who governed Alaska for about 15 minutes? That was a question. Here's an answer: the woman from Alaska does other women...

Monday November 1, 2010 1,000 Rabbis Joins Vatican Cardinal in Prohibiting Voting for Anti-Life Candidates NEW YORK, November 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Rabbi Yehuda Levin, spokesman for the Rabbinical Alliance of America, which represents more than 1000 Rabbis, has on behalf of his organization welcomed and endorsed the recent election-themed statements by American Cardinal-designate, Raymond L. Burke, Prefect of the Catholic Church's highest court.  In a 25-minute video interview with Catholic Action for Faith and Family, which was broadcast last week on EWTN and other networks, Archbishop Burke stated: “You can never vote for someone who favors absolutely the right to...

Thursday October 28, 2010 Catholics Can't Vote for Pro-Abort Politicians: Cardinal-Designate Burke By John Jalsevac and Kathleen GilbertSan Diego, October 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As Americans approach the eve of election week, Cardinal-designate Raymond Burke has said in a new interview that they must recognize their solemn obligation to defend their unborn brothers and sisters when approaching the voting booth. “You can never vote for someone who favors absolutely the right to choice of a woman to destroy a human life in her womb or the right to a procured abortion,” the archbishop told Thomas McKenna, President of Catholic...

Poll: Pro-Abortion Senate Leader Likely Harry Reid Likely Losing Carson City, NV -- When voters head to the polls on Tuesday, they appear likely to kick out the number one Democrat in the Senate and the man who sets the agenda for that congressional chamber, pro-abortion Nevada Sen. Harry Reid. http://LifeNews.com/state-5623

...A man that had been verbally harassing pro-lifers outside a late-term abortion mill in Albuquerque for days, escalated his abuse to violence yesterday by driving his large paneled delivery truck up on a curb and striking the large pro-life sign being held by Bud Shaver. Shaver was unhurt in the incident but his sign showing an image of an aborted baby was damaged. Shaver jumped into the Truth Truck and was able to get the license plate number of the vehicle that hit him. He reported the incident to the police. "We just explained our concern [to the police] that...

Obama Approval Hits Now Low, Voters Say He's Wrong Kind of Change Washington, DC -- In an election that is turning out to be focused on the liberal, pro-abortion agenda of the Obama administration, a new Gallup poll shows Americans give President Barack Obama the lowest approval ratings of his presidency. http://LifeNews.com/nat6785.html

“Man Arrested After Threatening to Gun Down Pro-life Activists at Late-Term Abortion Clinic”... When one supports the brutal, painful, dismembering murder of healthy, innocent, defenseless and beautiful human babies can respect for life in general be expected? Consider some stats, with a little Richard Dawkins thrown in, at this link.

Today marks “Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity” and it is all the more important and relevant today since as of late we hear someone say, “While abortion is safe anyway, the earlier it's done, the safer it is.” The question is, “‘Safer’ for whom?” how can it ever be safe or safer when the very point is to murder a human being? And who said it? Vicki Saporta who is the President of the National Abortion Federation—and the abortion money machine rolls on.... For various considerations of abortion—including the New Atheist’s misanthropy and the spiritualist feminists darkest pit—see: Death resides...

The use of birth control has been an issue debated by ethicists in the United States for over a century. Until now, it’s been a moral issue, and few mainstream voices ever advocated the use of birth control for environmental reasons. On Scientific American’s website, an Oct. 11 article by David Biello argues that if we were able to lower the growth of the world’s population, the amount of carbon that is expected to be emitted into the atmosphere would significantly diminish. He cited a study from the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research that explained demographic ties to the...

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