|
In the most closely watched religious liberty case of its current term, the U.S. Supreme Court today dropped a major hint that it might not be content to let the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia result in a 4 – 4 deadlock that would force the Little Sisters of the Poor and other religious entities to choose between violating their consciences and closing up shop. In an extraordinary Order, the Court directs the parties to file supplemental briefs that specifically address how the contraceptive and abortifacient coverage mandated by the Obama Administration might still be obtained by religious objectors’ employees in a way that would not involve the objectors in any way in the process – including submitting the form that is required under the current HHS Mandate and is at the center of the current controversy.
Not only does the Court direct the parties to submit supplemental briefs no later than April 12th, the Court provides a detailed example of a procedure in which the Little Sisters’ moral dilemma would be addressed in a way that (the Court suggests) might be morally acceptable to the Sisters while, at the same time, achieving the government’s stated goal of removing barriers to contraceptive access. The Order does not present the parties with a “take it or leave it” example; instead, the Court invites the parties to come up with “other proposals along similar lines.” (continue reading) As the special House committee created to investigate the selling of baby body parts begins its inquiries, the committee is confronting lies and misrepresentations peddled by big abortion businesses.
The House Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives, chaired by Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn and established pursuant to H. Res. 461, was created in the wake of investigative journalists releasing undercover videos that caught Planned Parenthood officials bartering over aborted baby body parts and bragging about conducting abortions in ways that could maximize their profits. And now many of the lucrative abortion businesses and their university partners subpoenaed by the committee are attempting to impede the House Committee’s mandate. When the Investigative Panel has asked for information about personnel at medical supply companies and other laboratories involved, they have been falsely told that the investigations are endangering peoples’ lives and halting important medical research. (read more) A Missouri State Senator is pursuing action by his colleagues to hold a St. Louis Planned Parenthood official in contempt of the Senate.
Senator Kurt Schaefer of Columbia has filed Senate Resolution 1793, which would formalize contempt proceeding against Mary Kogut, the President of Planned Parenthood of St. Louis. Kogut has refused to honor a subpoena to appear before a special Senate committee that Schaeffer chairs, the Senate Sanctity of Human Life Committee. That committee was convened last summer to investigate allegations that Planned Parenthood officials were engaged in the illegal trafficking of the organs and body parts of aborted preborn children. (read more) April 6, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – Officials with the California Attorney General's office raided David Daleiden's home Wednesday evening and confiscated all his undercover video footage of Planned Parenthood's harvesting and sale of aborted babies' organs and tissue.
Agents raided Daleiden's Orange County apartment around 2 p.m. local time, an individual familiar with the raid told LifeSiteNews yesterday. The “office of Kamala Harris, who was elected with tens of thousands of dollars from taxpayer-funded Planned Parenthood, seized all video footage showing Planned Parenthood's criminal trade in aborted baby parts, in addition to my personal information,” Daleiden said in an official statement. “Ironically, while seizing my First Amendment work product, they ignored documents showing the illicit scheme between StemExpress and Planned Parenthood.” (read full article) |
 Contact your elected officials Senator Josh Hawley 212 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 202-224-6154 www.hawley.senate.gov/contact-senator-hawley Senator Eric Schmitt 260 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 202-224-5721 www.schmitt.senate.gov/contact/ Representative Ann Wagner 2350 Rayburn Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 225-1621 wagner.house.gov/contact Washington Missouri Office 516 Jefferson Street Washington, MO 63090 (636) 231-1001 Click here to find your House Representative
October 2024
|
RSS Feed
