NRLC Says Baucus Bill Would Fund Abortions
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 2:30 PM
Sen. Max Baucus (Reuters)
The summary of the health-care reform bill that Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., will submit next week to his committee contains language that purports to prevent federal funding of abortion.
Not true, according to this press release the National Right to Life Committee e-mailed to the Daily Blog a few minutes ago:
WASHINGTON—The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC),... READ MORE
Filed under abortion, health care reform, sen. max baucus
Senate to Drop Abortion Funding From Health Reform?
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 9:50 AM
Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., speaks yesterday to reporters about health-care reform. (Reuters)
CNN reported yesterday that the Senate Finance Committee, which is negotiating the Senate version of the health-care reform bill, is considering the inclusion of language specifying that the provisions of the bill are prohibited from funding abortion services.
The House version of the bill, according to pro-life analysts, is drafted in a manner that will allow funding of abortion services to be... READ MORE
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Response to Murder: Pro-Lifers Didn’t Blame Abortion Lobby
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, September 14, 2009 10:20 AM
Kerry Picket blogs at The Washington Times about the very different response of the nation’s leading pro-life and pro-abortion groups immediately after the recent murders of pro-life activist James Pouillon and late-term abortion George Tiller.
Pouillon was murdered Friday across the street from a high school in Owosso, Mich., where he was standing on a sidewalk carrying a sign with “LIFE”... READ MORE
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Pro-Life Advocate Shot in Michigan
Posted by Tim Drake
Friday, September 11, 2009 11:10 AM
The The Flint Journal is reporting that longtime pro-life advocate James Pouillon was shot and killed in front of Owosso High School this morning.
“We do not know the motive yet. But this is a time to console one another, and to renew our determination to organize peaceful protests,” said Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life. “It is no time for fear. And I am waiting to... READ MORE
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U.S. Bishops Applaud Obama's Abortion Promise
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, September 11, 2009 8:52 AM
Kristan Hawkins, executive director of Students for Life, voids a mock check during a Sept. 10 news conference on Capitol Hill against the inclusion of abortion in any health-care reform proposal. (CNS)
No one is yet certain what was meant by President Barack Obama’s promise on Wednesday to Congress that “under our [health-care reform] plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions.”
It could mean Obama is clinging to the false claim, repudiated by all key pro-life leaders, that the current version of the health-reform bill before the House of Representatives doesn’t allow for... READ MORE
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More on ObamaCare and Abortion
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, September 10, 2009 2:13 PM
Rep. Chris Smith speaks at today's pro-life press conference. (CNS)
Some commentators have pointed out that President Barack Obama’s speech regarding health-care reform last night was more about his vision of health-care reform than it was about the specific health-care reform bills that are now before Congress.
Consequently, these commentators suggest, perhaps Obama’s claim yesterday that “under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund... READ MORE
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Daily Blog Truth Squad: ObamaCare Will Fund Abortion
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, September 10, 2009 1:23 PM
President Obama speaks to Congress on health care reform. (CNS/Reuters)
This title of this blog entry is a poke at CNN, which has posted a “CNN Truth Squad” analysis of the validity of various claims made about President Barack Obama’s health-care reform plan.
Curiously, CNN has neglected to assess the truth of Obama’s disputed claim that abortions will not be federally funded under the terms of his health-care reform plan — a claim he repeated in last... READ MORE
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