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House Pro-Life Members Muzzled by Pelosi's Pro-Abortion Leadership
House Narrowly Passes Legislation to Allow Taxpayer-Funded Abortion in the District of Columbia
Today the president of the Susan B. Anthony List commented on today's House passage of H.R. 3170, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, by a vote of 219 to 208.
"Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to expand taxpayer funding for abortion in our nation's capitol, but it didn't come easily for Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her abortion allies like Planned Parenthood," said Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser. "Pro-life leaders from both sides of the aisle used every tool at their disposal to allow an up-or-down vote on the measure. President Obama's decision to force American taxpayers to foot the bill for abortions in the District of Columbia will cause the deaths of at least 1,000 more unborn children each year. Instead of continuing the long tradition of open and fair debate on appropriations bills, Speaker Pelosi muzzled not just Republicans, but even members of her own caucus. President Obama and Speaker Pelosi are on a collision course with broad public opposition to taxpayer-funding for abortion. Today's battle will only be the first of many, as more Representatives strive to better represent the views of pro-life America by passing laws that will truly save lives."
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Rep. Pitts To Offer Amendment Excluding Abortion Coverage From House Health Care Bill
Rep. Joe Pitts (R-Pa.) said he plans to introduce an amendment to the House health care overhaul bill (HR 3200) that would prohibit insurers from being required to cover abortion, unless the woman's life is at risk or the pregnancy is a result of rape or incest, CQ Today reports. Pitts said he will offer the amendment Thursday at the first House Energy and Commerce Committee mark-up session.
The House bill would authorize the Obama administration to craft minimum benefit standards for health insurance plans, CQ Today reports. President Obama has said that he considers reproductive health care an essential service.
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ACLU Targets Phoenix Sheriff Over Inmates' `Ride' to Abortion Clinics
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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is facing another legal battle. The ACLU filed a motion in Maricopa Superior Court last week to stop the sheriff from requiring inmates who ask for abortions to pay up front for transportation costs to the procedure. "He can't ask people to pre-pay to receive these medical services," ACLU Executive Director Alessandra Solar Meetze said. The ACLU's action stems from a December 2008 incident.
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Clinton Withholds Sotomayor Files
Although Obama chastised Bill Clinton during the presidential primary for withholding crucial files from Hillary's disastrous healthcare task force, he supports the former commander-in-chief's decision to withhold hundreds of documents relating to Sonia Sotomayor's 1990s appeals court confirmation battle. Responding to a Freedom of Information Act request from various media outlets, the Clinton Presidential Library recently posted thousands of documents relating to the 1997 nomination of Judge Sotomayor to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, but crucial files were purposely excluded. Click here for the documents.
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Pro-Life Group Protests Outside Vegas Clinic
Dozens of pro-lifers visiting Las Vegas for a national convention have gathered outside a women's clinic for a protest. As many as 50 people were outside the A-Z Women's Clinic on Thursday. They chanted at passers-by and held up posters. Operation Save America, an anti-abortion group, is in Las Vegas this week for a national convention. The group plans to stage events throughout the Las Vegas area through Wednesday, including protests outside six abortion clinics.
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'Extraordinary' Arizona legislative session witnesses pro-life victories
Characterizing the legislative session, which ended July 1, as "one of the most unusual and bitter legislative sessions in memory," Ron Johnson of the Arizona Catholic Conference (ACC) listed legislative achievements in a "wrap-up" announcement.
Johnson said the ACC was "especially grateful" that Governor Jan Brewer signed into law the Abortion Consent Bill, which requires informed consent and a 24-hour waiting period before abortions, tightens parental consent requirements. The new laws also specify that non-physicians cannot perform surgical abortions and they provide conscience protections for health care workers and pharmacists.
According to Johnson, the provisions barring non-physicians from performing abortions were added because new information showed that nurse practitioners performed more abortions than previously thought.
A state ban on partial-birth abortions was also enacted, while an end-of-life measure preserves food and fluids for certain patients with guardians.
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