http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/prolife/ en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 01:41:09 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286223/posts Of all the reactions to Sarah Palin's Friday morning press conference, the most common by far is bafflement followed by gentle and not-so-gentle mockery. Those who've long since deemed Palin a criminally incompetent Lady Macbeth were delighted to see her crash and burn. Sensing some kind of ulterior motive, one emerging narrative is that she is abandoning ship before some messy ethics violation is revealed in an effort to preserve her 2012 presidential viability. One outlandish theory I've toyed with is that she intends to build a new life as an evangelical super-celebrity, the tough-but-loving mother of a large Christian... Forbes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286223/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 01:41:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285886/posts Here's a way for America to cut its spiraling healthcare costs: ice floes. This idea isn't mine. It's President Obama's. Or rather, it's where we're likely to end up if the president prevails on Congress to pass the adventurous healthcare reform proposal currently being discussed, which the Congressional Budget Office estimates will cost about $1 trillion over the next 10 years. That's on top of Medicare's annual $327-billion budget, whose massive deficits, if they continue at the same rate, are predicted to bankrupt the Medicare system by the end of the next decade. In looking for a way to fund... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285886/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 13:23:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286038/posts Two Colorado organizations have launched another petition drive to put a personhood amendment on the 2010 ballot. Colorado Right to Life and Personhood Colorado are joining forces to gather the signatures for the 2010 Colorado Personhood Initiative. Right to Life spokeswoman Leslie Hanks says they are energized for the campaign. "People are really beginning to see that the God-given right to life of the preborn child is something exciting to fight for," she explains, "and we've really stood idly by for too long, allowing horrible human rights abuses to go unchallenged in so many ways in this country." In 2008, Colorado's Personhood Amendment garnered... OneNewsNow http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286038/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 18:59:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286003/posts While liberal Democrats on Capitol Hill are working to pass President Obama's plan to overhaul the nation's health care system, few are talking about this essential issue: Will health care reform force taxpayers to pay for abortions for the first time in 30 years? The short answer is yes, because there is no explicit provision in the bill to: • Prevent taxpayer funding of abortions as part of the health care benefit Congress is considering. It is ironic that taxpayer-funded abortions would be considered a "health care benefit" since the baby gets no health care benefit from abortion. •... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286003/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:39:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285614/posts If Sarah Palin thinks quitting the Alaskan statehouse is going to help a 2012 presidential campaign which some pundits speculate she's mulling, she's mistaken, according to longtime Republican strategist Ed Rollins... CBS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285614/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 21:03:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285522/posts If you're a teen in California, want to know about your "right to privacy" and "reproductive health care"? Do you need your parents' permission to get birth control pills? Can you get a pregnancy test without your parents knowing? These are the messages the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California is giving teens on its Web site - assuring them of their "right" to unbridled sexual "freedom." Yet the consequences of this libertine philosophy are never mentioned. Sexually transmitted diseases are now so rampant, especially among 15- to 24-year-olds, that Los Angeles County just launched a textmessaging program to... Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285522/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 17:35:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285512/posts Planned Parenthood is facing criticism for alleged false advertising. The organization has been running ads in Washington, DC, claiming that 90 percent of its services are preventive and primary care, just like going to a doctor's office. Jim Sedlak of American Life League disagrees. With Obama's healthcare program, Sedlak contends Planned Parenthood is just trying to position itself to be in the mainstream of healthcare. "The problem is that according to its last annual report, Planned Parenthood...primary care patients account for only seven-tenths of one percent of its total number of customers," he says. Sedlak was asked if Planned Parenthood's recent report was... OneNewsNow http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285512/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 17:24:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285472/posts "Palin is running for president, get used to it." Mark Levin Show via National Review "The Corner" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285472/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:15:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2285139/posts We reported earlier on the president’s meeting with the Catholic press and his promise regarding conscience-clause protection. For his exact words on the subject, read on. “I think that the only reason that my position may appear unclear is because it came in the wake of a last-minute, 11th-hour change in conscience clause provisions that were pushed forward by the previous administration that we chose to reverse,” said President Obama. “But my underlying position has always been consistent, which is I’m a believer in conscience clauses. I was a supporter of a robust conscience clause in Illinois for Catholic hospitals... ncr http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2285139/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 23:34:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285060/posts Orlando, FL (LifeNews.com) -- A Florida appeals court has upheld the suspension of the license of late-term abortion practitioner James Pendergraft. He was fined $10,000 and has his licensed revoked for one year over an illegal late-term abortion he did in 2005. The Florida Board of Medicine handed down the decision in December 2007.The board also placed Pendergraft's license on a three year probationary period following the suspension.Pendergraft runs five abortion facilities and his abortion centers in Ocala, Tampa and Fort Lauderdale were shut down for a brief time during an investigation into alleged illegal activities.The illegal abortions occurred... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285060/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 20:45:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285035/posts Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The White House and a pro-life senator who is the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee are debating new papers linking Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor to a pro-abortion group. The papers show Sotomayor set policy for an organization that aggressively backs abortion.The papers could shed light on Sotomayor's judicial approach and her link to the Puerto Rican civil rights group and its pro-abortion position is concerning.Sotomayor served as a board member of the organization and has been described as actively involved in setting policy. It filed six different Supreme Court briefs all saying abortions... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285035/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 19:54:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285029/posts Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Abortion practitioner Alberto Hodari, based in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, has been fined $10,000 by a state board in connection with a woman's botched abortion death. One of Hodari's staff did an abortion on Regina Johnson and, afterwards, suffered respiratory and cardiac arrest. Staff at Hodari's abortion center allegedly failed to help her or call for an ambulance and she was deprived of oxygen for an extended time. She died a short time later at Hodari's Womencare clinic in Lathrup Village. Johnson's death is one of several women to have died over the years under... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285029/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 19:45:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285025/posts Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- In a Thursday afternoon interview with members of various Catholic publications, President Barack Obama defended himself from criticism over his pro-abortion record. He said he supports a conscience clause on abortion but gave a joking response to a question about Notre Dame.According to a National Catholic Register report, Obama talked about his upcoming visit with Pope Benedict XVI and said he looked forward to taking with him about unrelated political issues.Father Owen Kearns, editor in chief and publisher of the Register, said each member of the Catholic press was allowed to ask one question and... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285025/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 19:38:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284929/posts Late term abortionist James Pendergraft has lost his appeal to the 5th District Court of Appeals (Florida). In 2001, he was convicted of Federal extortion and spent 7 months in jail before winning an appeal releasing because of "lack of evidence" per Operation Rescue. He has served jail time for being convicted of Federal extortion, but one cannot call him a convicted felon since the conviction was overturned on appeal. Information about his Federal extortion conviction (and subsequent reversal on appeal) from from Operation Rescue. Link to Operation Rescue article about this: Florida Closes Two Orlando Abortion Mills, Suspends Abortionist... Jill Stanek.com, Operation Rescue, vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284929/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 16:52:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284792/posts The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) received $50 million from the United States government this year, despite its involvement in China, where the government's population program, according to the U.S. State Department, includes a "coercive birth limitation policy" that in some cases results "in forced abortion or forced sterilization." CNSNews.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284792/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:25:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284771/posts At United Nations headquarters this week, the Obama administration continued its push for ever increasing access to legal abortion around the world. The Obama team has introduced language that has thrown a high level negotiation into a roil. The US proposal calls for “universal access” to “sexual and reproductive health services including universal access to family planning.” The document under consideration will culminate in the 2009 Annual Ministerial Review, which convenes next week in Geneva. NewsMax,Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284771/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:52:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284425/posts At virtually any given moment, the news-cycle-driven chattering classes of politics have in the background of their computer screens or the pockets of their briefcases a Big Thumbsucking Magazine Article on a political topic that they read during periods of calm. The Big Article du jour is Todd Purdum's massive profile of Sarah Palin in Vanity Fair.Most of the buzz about the piece deals with a variety of off-the-record snarks about Palin from McCain campaign staff. Indeed, conservative columnist Bill Kristol and McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt have engaged in a public exchange of insults over alleged leaks to Purdham.... The New Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284425/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:28:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284399/posts Washington, DC -- President Barack Obama has named Douglas Kmiec, the Pepperdine University law professor who has become a key impediment to pro-life Catholics as the ambassador to Malta. The move is sure to spark opposition in Catholic circles given Malta's strongly pro-life stance. LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284399/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:43:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284398/posts London, England (LifeNews.com) -- The British Medical Association reaffirmed its opposition to assisted suicide at its annual conference yesterday. Despite an attempt by MPs to legalize the practice or allow so-called suicide tourism, doctors rejected a call from BMA member Kailash Chand to change its long-held views. Chand hoped to get the BMA to support a position allowing assisted suicide in cases where a patient is terminally ill and has the mental capacity to consent to killing himself. Doctors also rejected calls to support a position against prosecuting physicians who break the law by participating in an assisted suicide. The... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284398/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:42:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284382/posts BOSTON, Mass, July 1, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - General Electric has announced that it will use embryonic stem cells provided by Geron Corporation for the purpose of testing toxic effects of drug treatments.GE issued a statement, attempting to preempt criticism over the decision, saying, "We acknowledge the considerable debate and take very seriously the ethical and societal issues associated with research using stem cells derived from embryonic or fetal tissue.""We conduct our research in an ethically and scientifically responsible manner," the statement said.However, embryonic stem cells have been the center of heated controversy since harvesting the cells requires the destruction... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284382/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:21:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2283826/posts The Susan B Anthony List has informed me that in the current House health care reform bill, Nancy Pelosi and her pro-abortion friends have left the door open for Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and her unelected pro-abortion bureaucrats to define abortion as part of “reproductive care,” just as Hillary Clinton has already done at the State Department. We cannot allow pro-abortion legislators to leave this door open! Freedom News World http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2283826/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 03:26:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283762/posts FAYETTEVILLE - Under Arkansas law, officials now state Ulmer's unborn child will not count as a "person" in this murder investigation. Officials say this means Ricky Ray Anderson will not be charged with the alleged murder of Ulmer's child. According to the state medical examiner's office, Ulmer's unborn baby was 10 weeks old. And Prosecuting Attorney John Threet says since the unborn child still had two weeks to go before Arkansas law recognizes "it" as a person, Anderson cannot be charged with the murder of Ulmer's unborn child. "If the unborn child is less than 12 weeks, then there's not... 5 news (Northwest Arkansas) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283762/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 01:22:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283554/posts MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH Planned Parenthood Shuts Doors on 7 Clinics 'One by one, with hard work and prayer, these facilities are closing down' Posted: June 30, 2009 10:13 pm Eastern By Drew Zahn © 2009 WorldNetDaily Seventy-two years ago Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger visited El Paso, Texas, delivered a speech proclaiming the need for the acceptance of birth control and helped found the city's first family planning clinic. But last week, Analinda Moreno, Planned Parenthood of El Paso's interim executive director, announced all seven of the organization's clinics in the El Paso area would permanently close today.... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283554/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 20:43:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283499/posts Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Today marked the end of federal funding of abstinence education under the Title V Abstinence Education Program and the CBAE (Community Based Abstinence Education). Before he took over the White House, President Barack Obama made it clear he would cut abstinence funding.In Obama's FY 2010 Proposed Budget, the president called for eliminating the funding for abstinence education, which has been successful in helping teenagers make positive decisions.Instead, Obama called for at least $164 million in funding for contraceptive-only education, which will likely go to pro-abortion groups like Planned Parenthood.Leslee Unruh, president of the National Abstinence Clearinghouse,... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283499/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:46:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283493/posts WASHINGTON, July 1, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia, chair of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, wrote to members of the House Appropriations Committee yesterday urging them not to fund abortions in the District of Columbia. Last week the House subcommittee that is considering the Financial Services appropriations bill for 2010 voted to permit direct public funding of abortion in the nation's capital. Cardinal Rigali said that the subcommittee's action "effectively nullifies the Dornan amendment," which for a total of 18 years has prevented public funding of elective abortions in... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283493/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:40:30 GMT