[Doug4McCain]

Everyone, and I mean every one, knows that Planned Parenthood is an abortion provider. There aren’t any good natured Congressmen out there who are saying, “Gosh, I didn’t know PPI was an abortion provider who moonlights as a political agitator.”

The Republicans in Congress and President Bush in particular are to blame for our current troubles. Imagine, Planned Parenthood getting money from the government.

Can we get organized already? Our rights are going to disappear and abortion mills will receive government funding in addition to the customer’s paying for the service.

How did we lose so badly?

[papertyger]

How did we lose so badly?

By trying to be both paternalistic AND egalitarian...the two are mutually exclusive.

[hunter112]

How did we lose so badly?

The other side's been able to hold us at stalemate for a very long period of time. Yes, we've been able to whittle at the edges, a few states have parental notification provisions and such, but the basic fact remains: For over thirty-five years now, 99% of abortions have been essentially unimpeded by legal restrictions.

That means we have an entire generation that has grown up with that set of circumstances being a "norm". They have been prevented from making the connection between their fates and that of the unborn siblings that died in the womb. It's human nature to look at someone else's unfortunate situation, and rationalize why that happened to them, and not to you.

[Steve Schulin]

Doug(ashamed)4(supporting)McCain asked "Can we get organized already?" The success of the good folks in Colorado in getting personhood amendment on the ballot there inspired me to work for personhood amendment here in Maryland. We have to get such an amendment passed through the state legislature, however -- there is no provision here for the voters to directly amend our Constitution. So if you're in Maryland, please dial in to the new town-hall-style statewide conference calls for a new party that puts America's principles first -- Maryland Independent Party. Details available here. For other states, check out our national party -- already the third-largest national party, behind only the Democratic and Republican, in terms of numbers of registered voters. Our goal is to raise up a new generation of leaders -- and we're looking to start winning seats in our state house in 2010 election.