http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/abortion/ en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:33:40 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417939/posts Senator Charles Grassley is confirming the expectation that the conference committee that will meet to reconcile the differences in the congressional health care bills will be dominated by abortion advocates. If so, the Senate language funding abortions may emerge in the final legislation. With the House and Senate approving divergent bills, a conference committee must meet to hammer out the final measure for each chamber to vote on before it can go to President Barack Obama. The Senate measure current funds abortions and paves the way for forcing insurance companies to pay for abortions while the House measure has the... LifeNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417939/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:33:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2417824/posts It is alarming to realize the nonchalance on the part of many concerning abortion. But it is not new. A popular newsmagazine quoted one medical opinion: "Abortion is finding its place as a perfectly acceptable and valid health measure. We no longer think of it as a crime." Allvoices http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2417824/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:28:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417786/posts Pro-Abortion Group Nominates Personhood USA to Abortion “Hall of Shame” Personhood USA Washington , D.C.– The National Abortion Rights Action League has announced its nominees for a 2009 “Hall of Shame” – those who posed the greatest threat to abortion in America . Among a list of noteworthy pro-life individuals  - all politicians – the only pro-life organization nominated is Personhood USA, a grassroots Christian organization founded to establish personhood efforts across America . “We at Personhood USA are honored to be considered one of the top four threats to abortion in America ,” commented Keith Mason, co-founder of Personhood... AIPNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417786/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:32:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417603/posts Are you Pro-Choice (defined as being in favor of killing babies prior to birth)? Are you Pro-Life (defined as being opposed to the killing of unborn babies)? Are you undecided? Does it matter with the new health care bill? It does if you do not want to pay for it with your tax dollars. You see, this is not about the moral and ethical issues of abortion, it is about the fiscal responsibility of health care. TheCypressTimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417603/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:30:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417303/posts LifeNews.com Note: Maria Vitale is an opinion columnist for LifeNews.com. She is the Public Relations Director for the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation and Vitale has written and reported for various broadcast and print media outlets, including National Public Radio, CBS Radio, and AP Radio. It's gotten to the point where I have to turn my head away when I hear the opening bars of music. The haunting melody is the soundtrack for a tear-jerker of a commercial for the Humane Society. Images after images of abused pets appear on the screen. As the joyful owner of a tabby, I find portrait... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417303/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:32:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417297/posts Jerusalem, Israel (LifeNews.com) -- The top two Jewish rabbis in Israel sent a letter on Monday to their colleagues denouncing abortion. They said that abortion kills thousands of Israeli babies a year and delays the coming of the Messiah and they promised to do more to promote pro-life and pregnancy help efforts. Rabbis Yona Metzger and Shlomo Amar sent a letter yesterday to all of the state-employed Jewish rabbis saying they would "strengthen" the efforts of the pro-life council in the rabbinate to help reduce abortions.The letter says "the vast majority of abortions are unnecessary and Halacha severely prohibits... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417297/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:27:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417288/posts Lincoln, NE (LifeNews.com) -- Until his recent sellout on abortion funding, Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson was a darling of the pro-life movement as the lone consistent pro-life Democrat in the Senate. Now, a new poll shows him losing massive support and he would lose by a lopsided margin in his 2012 bid for re-election. A new Rasmussen Reports survey shows Nelson struggling after becoming the 60th and deciding vote for the Senate's pro-abortion health care bill. Should pro-life Republican Governor Dave Heineman challenge Nelson for his Senate seat, a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows he would get 61% of... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417288/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:20:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417213/posts Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The rift between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Catholic Church will likely grow thanks to new comments the abortion advocate made. Pelosi said in a new interview that the "free will" of women wanting abortions outweighs pro-life Catholic teachings. Newsweek's Eleanor Clift conducted a year-end interview with Pelosi. The conversation turned to the topic of abortion and health care and Pelosi blasted the Catholic bishops for their opposition to the pro-abortion bill. She tells Clift it was frustrating that Catholic bishops "were not willing to accept what we know to be a fact" -- that... LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417213/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:08:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2417162/posts In an interview with Newsweek's Eleanor Clift, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi criticized the Church for its position on abortion and gays rights and stated that her Bishop has "tried to change my mind" Pelosi responds to questions about abortion in the health-care bill and her insistence that the original pre-Stupak bill did not fund abortion and says of the Bishops "they are not willing to accept facts." It was reported that you were negotiating with the conference of bishops. I talked to one of the cardinals. I said to him that I believe that what we are doing... CMR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2417162/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:58:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2417038/posts This audio clip is from one of my recent shows, in which a caller wanted (I think) to publicly put me on the spot over why I "de-friended" him on my Facebook page. As you'll hear, the reason was because of something he said to some of the women there about their having had an abortion. The problem was that he branded such women as "murderers" because 1) abortion is murder and 2) they had aborted one or more of their children. His logic is correct, at least in a sense, because abortion is murder. But the way he put... Patrick Madrid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2417038/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:33:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417006/posts Poll: Nelson's Abortion Funding Compromise Costs Him With Nebraska Voters Lincoln, NE -- Until his recent sellout on abortion funding, Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson was a darling of the pro-life movement as the lone consistent pro-life Democrat in the Senate. Now, a new poll shows him losing massive support and he would lose by a lopsided margin in his 2012 bid for re-election. http://www.lifenews.com/state4684.html LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417006/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:42:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416784/posts A death notice has been published in several Spanish daily newspapers for all the "innocent victims" of abortion, where lawmakers earlier this month approved a bill to liberalise the procedure. The notice bearing a black cross for the "boys and girls" who "died in Spain during 2009 victims of abortion" appeared in the obituary pages of right-wing newspapers ABC, El Mundo and La Razon. "Prayers, masses, sacrifices and charity works are requested for the eternal rest of their souls and for the salvation of those who, directly or indirectly, actively or passively, were responsible for these deaths," the notice added.... Nine News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416784/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:46:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416614/posts Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- President Barack Obama promised Americans in a speech to Congress that his version of a government-run health care bill would not contain abortion funding. Now his top spokesman confirms that Obama favors the Senate bill that funds abortions over the House bill that bans abortion funding.In a September nationally-televised speech to Congress, Obama sought to clear up projections from pro-life advocates that his health care plan would fund abortions."One more misunderstanding I want to clear up -- under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions," Obama claimed.Since his speech, the House... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416614/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:28:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416600/posts Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Most of the focus on the Senate last week revolved around the pro-abortion government-run health care bill the chamber passed on Christmas Eve. Meanwhile, Senate Republicans and Democrats squabbled over a pro-abortion nominee President Barack Obama as put forward for a crucial legal position. Dawn Johnsen, a law professor at Indiana University who is a former legal counsel for the pro-abortion group NARAL, is Obama's selection to head the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel.Her nomination has been delayed by Republicans who oppose her because she is strongly pro-abortion -- going as far as saying... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416600/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:07:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416373/posts Me http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416373/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:45:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416348/posts At a huge rally in the capital, Cardinal Antonio Rouco, the leader of Spain's Roman Catholics, told protesters the birth rate in Europe will be depleted unless Christian values are maintained.Catholics attended a huge open air mass beside Real Madrid's Bernabeu stadium.The mass marked the Feast of the Holy Family. But Catholic leaders from across Europe joined their local counterparts and members of the Spanish centre-Right opposition to castigate the socialist government's policies."Europe will be practically without children," warned Cardinal Rouco, 73, the conservative Archbishop of Madrid. "Who denies to defend a human being so innocent and weak, already conceived... Telegragh http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416348/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:08:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416329/posts Obama Prefers Senate Health Care Bill With Abortion Funding Washington, DC -- President Barack Obama promised Americans in a speech to Congress that his version of a government-run health care bill would not contain abortion funding. Now his top spokesman confirms that Obama favors the Senate bill that funds abortions over the House bill that bans abortion funding. http://www.LifeNews.com/nat5820.html LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416329/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:44:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416239/posts (snip) On abortion and religion ROMNEY: I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. I have since the time that my mom took that position when she ran in 1970 as a US Senate candidate. I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years we should sustain and support it. . . . I think the low point of this race was when my opponent and their family decided to make religion an issue in this campaign. Brought it out, attacked me for it. I think that's a mistake. I think... The Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416239/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:37:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415521/posts She was dragged into a room to be forcibly aborted with “hundreds of pregnant moms Â… just like pigs in the slaughterhouse,” Wujian, a Chinese student in the US, told a congressional human rights commission in Washington on Nov. 10. “He must speak up for us, for our lives, for our human rights. He must speak now,” she pleaded. He — US President Barack Obama — was in Beijing this week for talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao (胡錦濤) and other senior Chinese officials. Coming on the heels of US Secretary of State Hillary ClintonÂ’s infamous remark made en route... Taipeit Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415521/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:00:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415149/posts The democrat's Supreme Court ruled abortion was legal throughout the United States despite state laws regulating individually by "inventing" (re-defining) a patient's "right to privacy" in medical terms. That is, by re-defining the natural "right to privacy" for matters between a doctor and patient as a reason for REMOVING a specific specially-selected form of medical treatment (abortion) from state regulation in Roe vs Wade by a narrow 5-4 vote on ideological lines, the socialists/democrats on the Supreme Court moved medicine from state control to national control. Well, more accurately, they moved it from state control into national "illegal to control"... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415149/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:17:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2415109/posts A non-partisan, black, *CHRISTIAN* woman publicly repents for voting for Obama despite his pro-abortion record. She explains why she was deceived and reaffirms her committment to putting Christ first. Before race. Before politics. You Tube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2415109/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:11:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415023/posts When the Senate and House agree on a health care bill and if our tax money pays for ana portion directly or indirectly, I will revolt by not paying my personal taxes. I will prefer going to prison than have even one cent of my income pay for an abortion. I have been praying about this and other issues that affect my pro-life principles. If I call myself pro-life, then I must act on these principles in a way that will change my comfort level to the point of suffering. How many of us have fought with money and time... Dayton Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415023/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:44:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414917/posts Washington (CNSNews.com) – Six senators, including former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), when asked if it is morally right to take tax dollars from pro-life Americans to pay for health insurance plans that cover abortion, did not answer the question directly, but instead expressed their thoughts about the Senate health-care legislation. The Senate health-care bill at present mandates that the Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary make certain that at least one health-care plan in the government exchanges -- where people will use tax money to buy health insurance -- covers elective abortions. At the U.S. Capitol, CNSNews.com... CNSNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414917/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:15:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414910/posts In 1897, a cute little girl, Virginia O'Hanlon - age eight - wrote to the New York Sun, a now defunct newspaper owned by two men who were sons of a Baptist minister. Needless to say, newspaper publishers made more of a religious impact back then than the NY Times - the Atheists Bible - does today. Virginia simply asked the NY Sun's editors to tell her if there was "really a Santa Claus?" The Sun's answer is not bad, but mine, I think, is better: Dear Jenny, I know that you have been wondering whether there is a Santa... JoeClarke.Net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414910/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:44:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414834/posts Senator Bob Casey Jr. (D - PA), who came to office as a pro-life Democrat in 2006 under the banner that he would continue his father's fight in pro-life causes has turned out to be pretty disappointing. When asked by the Washington Times on Tuesday what he thought his father, the late Bob Casey Sr., former governor of Pennsylvania from 1987 to 1995, would think of the abortion issue in the health care bill.: "I have no way of knowing. We’re dealing with something here which is unusual and unprecedented. We’ve had year to year appropriation bills where the Hyde... Water Cooler/Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414834/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:08:30 GMT