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Mitt Romney Defended Pro-Life Conscience Rights as Governor

Steven Ertelt — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:08:36 +0000

Yesterday a number of people forwarded me this op-ed from Terry Jeffrey of CNS News, claiming that, as governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney “decided Catholic hospitals would be required under his interpretation of a new state law to give rape victims a drug that can induce abortions.” The claim is salient in part because of [...]

University of Hawaii May Fund Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz

Steven Ertelt — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:47:09 +0000

The University of Hawaii is considering whether to provide funding for the Planned Parenthood abortion business to start doing abortions at Kauai inside the Mahelona Memorial Hospital in Kapa’a. Aloha Life Advocates (formerly Hawaii Right to Life) tells LifeNews that local pro-life advocates on the Garden Island of Kauai are asking for help as Planned [...]

Planned Parenthood Sues Tennessee for Cutting Taxpayer Funds

Steven Ertelt — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:27:09 +0000

The Planned Parenthood abortion business in Tennessee is suing the state for cutting off taxpayer funding for grants totaling $150,000 — in what is the latest case it has filed against state officials. Last year, Planned Parenthood abortion business lost its battle to keep a $397,000 taxpayer-funded contract in Memphis, Tennessee after pro-life advocates contacted [...]

Marco Rubio Gives Amazingly Powerful Pro-Life Speech

Steven Ertelt — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:52:32 +0000

Lost in the massive debate over Komen and Planned Parenthood, pro-life Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has given what many attendees of the Wednesday night Susan B. Anthony List dinner call the best pro-life speech of the year. Rubio rallied pro-life supporters at the SBA List’s fifth annual Campaign for Life Gala in Washington, D.C., saying [...]

Biden Story on Rejecting Komen Over Planned Parenthood Not True

Steven Ertelt — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:26:25 +0000

Numerous news agencies, including LifeNews, were misled into believing pro-abortion Vice President Joe Biden was upset over the original decision by Komen to cut Planned Parenthood funding. Turns out that wasn’t the case. As US News and World Report reported today: “Washington Whispers published in error a story stating that Vice President Joe Biden’s wife, [...]

Top Pro-Lifers Following Komen Story: Stop Supporting Komen

Steven Ertelt — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:50:00 +0000

Austin Ruse is a leading pro-life Catholic who has been working in Washington, D.C. following the Komen-Planned Parenthood funding story more closely than anyone else. Ruse’s relationships with Komen and Komen officials were such that he became the leading pro-life advocate helping the majority of Americans who oppose abortion to understand what the breast cancer [...]