Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The bus tour the Susan B. Anthony List is sponsoring through the Midwest to highlight the way in which some "pro-life" Democrats voted for the pro-abortion health care bill is raising the ire of the House members from Indiana and Ohio. They are responding to the criticism with assertions pro-life groups aren't pro-life.
The SBA List is today continuing a 23-city bus tour, “Votes Have Consequences,” in the districts of six congressional Democrats who say they are pro-life but voted for a bill that virtually every pro-life group agrees will ultimately result in abortion funding. read more Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The Senate today approved President Barack Obama's nomination of pro-abortion activist Elena Kagan to replace retiring pro-abortion Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court. Kagan joins four other justices who support unlimited abortions allowed under Roe v. Wade.
Senators voted 63-37 for Kagan, with Nebraska Democrat Ben Nelson joining most Republicans in opposing Kagan's confirmation. The total for Kagan's confirmation is one of the lowest levels of support for a Supreme Court nominee in a quarter century. Five Republicans joined the rest of the Democrats in the Senate in supporting her nomination, including three who normally vote pro-life, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, and Dick Lugar of Indiana. Two pro-abortion GOP senators, Olympia Snow and Susan Collins of Maine, also voted for Kagan. Reacting to the confirmation vote in the Senate, pro-life advocates predicted she would become one of the most ardent abortion advocates on the high court. read more Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Leading pro-life organizations responded swiftly to the Senate voteconfirming pro-abortion Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. They said the hearings and Kagan's extensive pro-abortion record make it clear she will be no friend of women and unborn children.
Wendy Wright, the president of Concerned Women for America, responded: “We expect that Elena Kagan will continue her life-long practice of using her position to place her opinion as the final authority over the law, treat the Constitution as optional, and re-write the facts to fit her agenda, all to the detriment of our country." "Kagan’s presence at the Supreme Court will be a constant reminder to conservatives of the clear and present danger we face if we are not engaged in the political process to ensure only qualified people of character are in key positions," she said. “As a White House official, Miss Kagan re-wrote the statement of a medical organization regarding partial-birth abortion in order to manipulate legislators and the courts," Wright complained. read more Prop C- The Health Care Freedom Act passes with 71.1% of the people in Missouri voting "Yes."
link to complete, state-wide election results (Prop. C at bottom of page) Jefferson City, MO (LifeNews.com) -- The pro-abortion health care bill President Barack Obama signed received a major blow on Tuesday from voters in Missouri. They voted overwhelmingly to reject a federal mandate to purchase health insurance -- important because some of the plans in the program will pay for abortions with federal funds.
Proposition C passed by almost a 3-1 ratio as Show Me State residents voted to exempt Missouri from the insurance mandate in the new health care law. Sen. Jane Cunningham, a Republican who was one of the prime sponsors of the measure, lauded the vote afterwards. "The citizens of the Show-Me State don't want Washington involved in their health care decisions," she said, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "I've never seen anything like it. Citizens wanted their voices to be heard." Missouri was the first of four states seeking to opt out of the insurance purchase mandate portion of the health care law Obama pushed and the vote on Tuesday could prompt others to move forward. read more |
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