Defunding Guttmacher
The Government Accounting Office (GAO) just put out a report on Planned Parenthood and other organizations that support legal abortion, and the report has been getting a lot of attention from conservative and Christian media outlets. It should be getting attention from other media outlets, too: The fact that the GAO can account for only $657.1 million out of $2.3 billion in federal funds that were appropriated to Planned Parenthood is astonishing, ideology aside. Overall, Planned Parenthood receives precious little scrutiny from the mainstream media, and it was very shrewd of 31 Republican Congressman to request for a GAO audit. Conservatives and pro-lifers should do everything they can to widely publicize this report, and conservatives should use this as an argument for defunding Planned Parenthood if Republicans take control of Congress after the midterm elections.
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New Jersey Assembly Restores 'Family Planning' Funds
At a time when the Democrat-controlled New Jersey Assembly is being forced to accept fiscal discipline – and Republican Gov. Chris Christie's budget cuts – it drew the line with cuts to family planning programs.
Decrying Christie's decision to cut funding to 58 family planning centers – Planned Parenthood operates nearly half of them –Democrats immediately went on the offensive.
By Monday afternoon, the $7.5 million funds were restored by a vote of 30-10 in the Senate and 42-22 in the Assembly.
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Sign ban shows signs of content-based restriction
Alliance Defense Fund has filed a lawsuit over a ban against a pro-life effort in Stayton, Oregon.
Frederick "Caleb" Pearson was demonstrating on a street corner with a sign showing images of aborted babies. While returning to his vehicle, a police officer approached him and told him he was violating an advertising ordinance. ADF attorney Jonathan Scruggs tells OneNewsNow that several weeks later, Pearson returned with a simple sign that read "Respect Life," but this time he was not stopped.
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Lawsuit Against Obama's Embryonic Stem Cell Policy Reinstated
A lawsuit against public funding of embryonic stem cell research was revitalized Friday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit that contends the Obama administration's embryonic stem cell research policy violates federal law. The court found that the plaintiffs have "competitive standing" to sue. "Although private-sector funding of embryonic stem cell research has been practically unlimited, it has failed to produce results," said Alliance Defense Fund Senior Legal Counsel Steven H. Aden, in a statement.
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Methodist Church of Great Britain to Clarify Position on Abortion Issues
The Methodist Church of Great Britain's annual Conference voted in favor of a new briefing to clarify its position on issues related to abortion. The vote comes one week after the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists published a review stating that fetuses in the womb could not feel pain before 24 weeks, therefore making it unnecessary to reduce the time limit for abortions. The briefing, to be produced by the Joint Public Issues Team over the coming months, will seek to explain the Methodist position on abortion "in modern language" and "place this in the context of modern law and science."
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Kagan revealing extreme view on abortion
During her ongoing confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan has been misleading on the abortion issue -- that's the view of Americans United for Life.
AUL attorney Anna Franzonello tells OneNewsNow that Kagan's view of abortion is contrary to the view of a majority of Americans who do see the need for some limits on abortion.
"She essentially confirmed her belief [in] Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton -- the cases from 1973 that essentially constitutionalized this 'right' to abortion -- with an expansive no regulations allowed," says Franzonello.
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The Government Accounting Office (GAO) just put out a report on Planned Parenthood and other organizations that support legal abortion, and the report has been getting a lot of attention from conservative and Christian media outlets. It should be getting attention from other media outlets, too: The fact that the GAO can account for only $657.1 million out of $2.3 billion in federal funds that were appropriated to Planned Parenthood is astonishing, ideology aside. Overall, Planned Parenthood receives precious little scrutiny from the mainstream media, and it was very shrewd of 31 Republican Congressman to request for a GAO audit. Conservatives and pro-lifers should do everything they can to widely publicize this report, and conservatives should use this as an argument for defunding Planned Parenthood if Republicans take control of Congress after the midterm elections.
Click here for the entire article.
New Jersey Assembly Restores 'Family Planning' Funds
At a time when the Democrat-controlled New Jersey Assembly is being forced to accept fiscal discipline – and Republican Gov. Chris Christie's budget cuts – it drew the line with cuts to family planning programs.
Decrying Christie's decision to cut funding to 58 family planning centers – Planned Parenthood operates nearly half of them –Democrats immediately went on the offensive.
By Monday afternoon, the $7.5 million funds were restored by a vote of 30-10 in the Senate and 42-22 in the Assembly.
Click here for the entire article.
Sign ban shows signs of content-based restriction
Alliance Defense Fund has filed a lawsuit over a ban against a pro-life effort in Stayton, Oregon.
Frederick "Caleb" Pearson was demonstrating on a street corner with a sign showing images of aborted babies. While returning to his vehicle, a police officer approached him and told him he was violating an advertising ordinance. ADF attorney Jonathan Scruggs tells OneNewsNow that several weeks later, Pearson returned with a simple sign that read "Respect Life," but this time he was not stopped.
Click here for the entire article.
Lawsuit Against Obama's Embryonic Stem Cell Policy Reinstated
A lawsuit against public funding of embryonic stem cell research was revitalized Friday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit that contends the Obama administration's embryonic stem cell research policy violates federal law. The court found that the plaintiffs have "competitive standing" to sue. "Although private-sector funding of embryonic stem cell research has been practically unlimited, it has failed to produce results," said Alliance Defense Fund Senior Legal Counsel Steven H. Aden, in a statement.
Click here for the entire article.
Methodist Church of Great Britain to Clarify Position on Abortion Issues
The Methodist Church of Great Britain's annual Conference voted in favor of a new briefing to clarify its position on issues related to abortion. The vote comes one week after the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists published a review stating that fetuses in the womb could not feel pain before 24 weeks, therefore making it unnecessary to reduce the time limit for abortions. The briefing, to be produced by the Joint Public Issues Team over the coming months, will seek to explain the Methodist position on abortion "in modern language" and "place this in the context of modern law and science."
Click here for the entire article.
Kagan revealing extreme view on abortion
During her ongoing confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan has been misleading on the abortion issue -- that's the view of Americans United for Life.
AUL attorney Anna Franzonello tells OneNewsNow that Kagan's view of abortion is contrary to the view of a majority of Americans who do see the need for some limits on abortion.
"She essentially confirmed her belief [in] Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton -- the cases from 1973 that essentially constitutionalized this 'right' to abortion -- with an expansive no regulations allowed," says Franzonello.
Click here for the entire article.
