http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/proaborts/ en-us Mon, 1 Dec 2008 18:26:09 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2140923/posts Washington, DC -- The Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) may have been a Christian group at one point, but the organization has abandoned that view by supporting abortion. Now, the YWCA is going further and says it would be fine if Barack Obama signed the so-called Freedom of Choice Act. That's the Congressional legislation that would make unlimited abortions throughout pregnancy for any reason the national law. Full story: http://www.LifeNews.com/nat4620.html ACTION: Contact the YWCA with your complaints about its pro-abortion position at YWCA, 1015 18th Street, NW, Suite 1100 - Washington, DC 20036, call 202-467-0801, fax 202-467-0802, or email info@ywca.org LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2140923/posts#comment Mon, 1 Dec 2008 18:26:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139324/posts WASHINGTON (CNS) -- About the only thing everyone with a stake in it is likely to agree on about the Freedom of Choice Act is that the legislation has languished in Congress for 20 years, only once rising -- just barely -- above the fate of hundreds of bills that are introduced each session and never heard from again. What's harder to nail down is whether the bill, known as FOCA, is going anywhere under the 111th Congress that begins in January. Although there was no effort in the 110th Congress to move the bill along, pro-life organizations have... CNS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139324/posts#comment Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:44:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138273/posts Washington, DC -- Continuing his quest to put abortion advocates in key places where they could advance a radical pro-abortion agenda, Barack Obama has named a former Planned Parenthood staff as one of his top domestic advisors. Obama named Melody Barnes as his director of the Domestic Policy Council. LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138273/posts#comment Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:39:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2136726/posts Catholics and, for the love of God, everybody else, please FReep this poll. http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/1548/t/286/survey.jsp?survey_KEY=179 Catholics United is the front group that organized Catholics for Obama. The organizers, Chris Korzen and James Salt, are veterans of Catholics for Kerry, and literally never saw a pro-abort Catholic they didn't try to paint haloes and auras around. They make very clever use of Catholic symbols, documents and God-talk to promote their Kmiec-style deviationism. In this poll I'm asking you to FReep, they want feedback on what their lobbying priorities ought to be. Check "common-ground ways to reduce abortions." What they mean by that?... Catholics United Against Catholicism http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2136726/posts#comment Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:56:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136657/posts WASHINGTON - Barack Obama has named Ellen Moran to be his director of communications at the White House. Basically, she will be in charge of getting Obama's message out. She is currently executive director of the Washington group EMILY's List - a group that backs female candidates who support abortion rights. She also has worked for the AFL-CIO. onenewsnow http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136657/posts#comment Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:02:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135730/posts In light of further actual and rumored appointments, Obama's future presidential administration is steadily emerging as a regime ominously packed with Obama insiders who promise to help roll out the carpet for the President-elect's radical anti-life and anti-family agenda. Media outlets recently named Arizona governor Janet Napolitano as Obama's probable choice for secretary of Homeland Security. An early Obama supporter and campaigner, Napolitano firmly established herself as an extreme abortion supporter by vetoing the partial birth abortion ban, and in one month she vetoed four anti-abortion bills. In 2005 NARAL warmly praised the governor for vetoing a bill that would... Catholic Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135730/posts#comment Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:08:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135597/posts Boston, MA (LifeNews.com) -- It's no surprise that Catholic Church officials take pro-abortion politicians or groups to task for saying they are out of step with pro-life Catholic teachings. Now, a Planned parenthood CEO in Massachusetts is turning the tables and claiming Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston is out of step with his membership. After the presidential election, O'Malley told the Boston Globe that he is worried about the election of Barack Obama because of his pro-abortion views. The concern come despite his pleasure that the nation turned a corner in electing the first African-American president. "My joy, however, is... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135597/posts#comment Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:38:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134893/posts Republicans in New Jersey shouldn’t run on family values......You can’t be perceived as mean-spirited. We must be serious but not mean-spirited. …We do not want to be deemed as a party that mixes religion and government. If people perceived us as moderate on social issues and good managers, we could win.”   http://www.politickernj.com/max/25474/bramnick-backs-christie-governor-urges-gop-use-lance-model     Republican Assemblyman John Bramnick's district includes Millburn in Essex County.  In Union County, it includes the towns of Berkeley Heights, Cranford, Garwood, Mounctainside, New Providence, Roselle Park, Springfield,Summit and Westfield.  In Somerset County, it includes the towns of Warren and Watchung, In Morris County, the towns... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134893/posts#comment Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:14:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134932/posts Anti-abortion forces are hotting up for a fight. The new president has been given a 0% score by the National Right to Life Committee, which indicates that as far as they are concerned Obama is unambiguously............ All News Web http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134932/posts#comment Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:33:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134596/posts During a July 17, 2007, speech before the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, then Sen. Barack Obama pledged: "The first thing I'd do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act." That is a bizarre way "to bring us together," another goal of his as president. When Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., reintroduced the FOCA in 2007, her press release triumphantly explained that this draconian definition of "Freedom of Choice" would mean: "Women would have the absolute right to choose whether to continue or terminate their pregnancies before fetal viability, and that right would be protected by this legislation. The Freedom... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134596/posts#comment Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:09:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2131549/posts Ed Morissey at Hot Air tells us how serious the bishops are about not allowing Catholic Hospitals to be forced into performing abortions under FOCA: [The bishops will] shut them down and take the losses in order to prevent their use as abortion clinics. To do otherwise, the bishops stated, would be to cooperate in the evil of abortions. What kind of impact would that have? The Catholic Church is one of the nation’s biggest health-care providers. In 2007, they ran 557 hospitals that serviced over 83 million patients. The church also had 417 clinics that saw over seven... American Papist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2131549/posts#comment Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:51:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131010/posts Fresh off of his election victory, President-elect Barack Obama is already facing a fight from another opponent – the Catholic Church – on the issue of abortion. "Anytime someone like him, someone with his position [on abortion] is elected to a major office, it increases the difficulty for us," Ed Mechmann, of the NY Archdiocese, said. Mechmann says that at their annual meeting this week, the nation's Catholic bishops are discussing how to tackle Obama's support of the Freedom of Choice Act. That act, which currently stands before Congress, seeks to overturn the 2003 legislation signed by President Bush that... CBS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131010/posts#comment Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:34:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130997/posts The Vatican has fired a warning shot over the bows of Barack Obama in response to the President-elect's intention to lift the US ban on embryonic stem cell research. Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan of Mexico, who acts as the Vatican health minister, said that stem cells taken from human embryos and involving the destruction of the embryos "serve no purpose". Asked whether the Vatican was concerned about reports that Mr Obama might reverse the Bush Administration's ban, the cardinal said that embryonic stem cell research had not resulted in any significant health cure so far and was "good for nothing".... TimesOnline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130997/posts#comment Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:11:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130505/posts BALTIMORE - America's Roman Catholic bishops, long one of the leading political forces against abortion, vowed on Tuesday to accept no compromise for the sake of unity until there is legal protection for the unborn. About 300 prelates gathered here for their national meeting adopted a formal blessing for a child in the womb and advised Chicago's Cardinal Francis George as he drafted a post-election letter to America's Catholics. The moves were meant to tell the incoming Obama administration, which supports keeping abortion legal, that the nation's Catholic bishops are stepping up their opposition to abortion. "This is not a... Chicago Tribune on-line http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130505/posts#comment Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:58:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130136/posts The head of the U.S. Catholic bishops' group said on Monday that Barack Obama's election as president should be celebrated but he made it clear the church would not compromise its strict stand against abortion. Obama won solid support from Catholics in last week's election, exit polls indicated, even though the church opposes the view, supported by the Illinois Democratic senator, that a woman has the right to choose whether to have an abortion. The U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 legalized abortion. Obama's election "is a moment that touches more than our history when a country... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130136/posts#comment Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:39:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130409/posts WASHINGTON, November 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - I received the following message on my blog (http://www.priestsforlife.org/blog ) the day after the elections: “IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR FATHER FRANK PAVONE“I am predicting that there will be more anti-abortion terror because of this election. I AM ALSO PREDICTING THAT THIS TIME IT WILL BE ANSWERED IN KIND BY PRO-CHOICE COUNTERTERRORISTS, who will mount similar terrorist attacks against well-known right-to-lifers. FATHER FRANK will be a natural target for pro-choice counterterrorists.“I therefore advise you, Fr Frank, if you read that there has been another abortion-clinic shooting or bombing, get out of town immediately. Take a... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130409/posts#comment Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:58:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130404/posts A roomful of academics erupted in angry boos Tuesday morning after political analyst Michael Barone said journalists trashed Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republicans' vice presidential nominee, because "she did not abort her Down syndrome baby." Barone said in an e-mail that he "was attempting to be humorous and ... went over the line." Barone was speaking at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago, to the 121st annual meeting of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, which calls itself the nation’s oldest higher-education association. “The liberal media attacked Sarah Palin because she did not abort her... POLITICO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130404/posts#comment Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:48:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129256/posts Voters in three states did the right thing last week by defeating dangerous anti-abortion measures on their ballots. In Colorado, an overwhelming vote of 73 percent to 27 percent rejected a wild initiative that would have amended the state’s Constitution to bestow on fertilized eggs, prior to implantation in the womb, the same legal rights and protections that apply to people once they are born. In addition to ending abortion rights, this doozy threatened to ban widely used forms of contraception, curtail medical research involving embryos, shutter fertility clinics, and criminalize necessary medical care. In South Dakota, 55 percent of... NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129256/posts#comment Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:32:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129228/posts The leading abortion rights organizations in America say they are confident that Barack Obama will push for the full abortion agenda, including the Freedom of Choice Act, comprehensive sex ed and “reproductive rights” that include “affordable birth control.” Planned Parenthood, NARAL (National Abortion Rights Action League) Pro-Choice America, and the Center for Reproductive Rights have each publicly congratulated the new president-elect for his victory. “NARAL Pro-Choice America worked hard for our slate of pro-choice candidates across the country, including pro-choice Sen. Barack Obama, and that hard work resulted in the reaffirmation of our commitment to the values of freedom and... Cybercast News Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129228/posts#comment Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:19:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129158/posts Washington, DC -- Members of the team Barack Obama has put together confirmed over the weekend that the incoming president will immediately overturn executive orders President Bush put in place as soon as possible after he takes office. The Bush orders have protected taxpayers on key pro-life issues. Obama would overturn a Bush policy that prevents forcing taxpayers to fund groups that perform or promote abortions in other countries. Obama would also overturn President Bush's policy against funding any new embryonic stem cell research. LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129158/posts#comment Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:41:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129049/posts Preparing for the Obama EraBush Officials and President-Elect Working Together On Pressing Issues By Robert Barnes, Dan Eggen and Anne E. Kornblut Washington Post Staff Writers Sunday, November 9, 2008; A01 Faced with one of the most important transfers of presidential power in American history -- amid wars on two fronts, the looming threat of terrorism at home and a full-blown economic crisis -- the outgoing Bush administration and the incoming Obama team have responded with exceptional cooperation on those issues, aides and outside experts say. **SNIP** The Obama team has begun submitting names to the FBI for expedited security... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129049/posts#comment Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:21:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129022/posts WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 /Christian Newswire/ -- On Sunday, transition advisors to the President-elect have revealed a potential list of executive orders that Mr. Obama would reverse once he became President. They include reversing a provision barring international organizations that receive American aid from counseling about the availability of abortions and reversing President Bush's ban of federal funds for embryonic stem cell research. The Christian Defense Coalition, along with other faith organizations, warned that if Barack Obama were elected he would be the "most radical pro-abortion President" in American history. The reversing of these executive orders would offend millions of Americans... Christian News Wire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129022/posts#comment Sun, 9 Nov 2008 23:16:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2128017/posts CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Billy Graham's work as a pastor to presidents is coming to an end, but he is praying for Barack Obama as the nation's next leader begins his work, Graham's son said Friday on the aging evangelist's 90th birthday. Franklin Graham said in an interview that his father's mind remains sharp even as his body continues to fail. But the preacher who has counseled every president beginning with Eisenhower is not in line to mentor Obama. "My father feels like his time and day for that is over," Franklin Graham said. "But he would certainly like to... BREITBART http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2128017/posts#comment Fri, 7 Nov 2008 18:33:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127954/posts Washington, DC -- When the time comes for Barack Obama to make his first selection for the Supreme Court, Harold Hongju Koh, the dean of Yale Law School, is one of the people on his short list. A Koh nomination would be a severe blow to the pro-life movement as he would assuredly vote to uphold Roe v. Wade. LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127954/posts#comment Fri, 7 Nov 2008 17:12:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128240/posts The United States’ relationship with the United Nations faces a major change under the next administration. Those advocating greater U.S. engagement with the world body are lining up with advice for President-elect Barack Obama. On a range of issues, from membership of the much-criticized Human Rights Council to abortion-related funding, activists are anticipating, or urging, a significant change in direction. Reproductive rights advocates expect that Obama to make among his first priorities next January a reinstatement of funding to the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA), which has lost some $240 million since 2002 because of its links with China’s controversial population... CNS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128240/posts#comment Fri, 7 Nov 2008 23:36:25 GMT