Sen. Sessions reaffirms his belief that Roe was “one of the worst, colossally erroneous Supreme Court decisions of all time”

Attorney General nominee, Sen. Jeff Session

The first of President-elect Donald Trump’s many pro-life selections to lead major departments reaffirmed his 100% negative opinion of the disastrous 1973 Roe v. Wade decision in confirmation hearings that began Tuesday.

Senator Jeff Sessions, Mr. Trump’s choice to be the next Attorney General, was asked Monday if he stood by a previous characterization of Roe. At hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, pro-abortion Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Ca.) said to Sessions, “You have referred to Roe v. Wade as, ‘one of the worst, colossally erroneous Supreme Court decisions of all time.’ Is that still your view?”

“It is,” Sessions replied. “It violated the Constitution, and really attempted to set policy and not follow law.”

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Celebs will be busy during inauguration hosting Facebook Live ‘Love-a-Thon’ for Planned Parenthood

As Planned Parenthood’s millions in taxpayer-funded subsidies hang in the balance with the new Congress and incoming Trump administration, celebrity friends of the nation’s biggest abortion business are planning a televised social media event on inauguration day to solicit money for the abortion giant’s coffers.

As the Trump administration is sworn in January 20, celebrities Jane Fonda, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tim Robbins and others will appear on a Facebook Live telethon to raise funds for Planned Parenthood.  According to CNN, the “Love-a-thon” is a Jerry Lewis-style telethon for the digital age.

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Illinois Dems 'digging in' to preserve abortion funding

Illinois lawmakers this week are considering a bill that would open the door to taxpayer funding of abortion, including use of Medicaid funds for that purpose. If passed, House Bill 4013 would allow taxpayer-funded grants to abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood and end the current prohibition against abortion coverage in state employee insurance plans.

The purpose of the bill is to keep funds flowing to Planned Parenthood out of concern Congress will pass an attachment to the reconciliation funding bill to reallocate funds that have been going to the biggest abortion-provider in the state.

House Bill 4013 was originally filed almost two years ago (February 2015) by Democratic Rep. Sara Feigenholtz. It now sits with the House Rules Committee.

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Celebs use Golden Globes to promote Planned Parenthood, attack pro-life House Speaker, trash Trump

Meryl Streep

There was no shortage of irony as Hollywood liberals used Sunday night's Golden Globes to flaunt their pro-abortion, anti-Trump views.

Mozart in the Jungle actress Lola Kirke wore a "F*** Paul Ryan" pin on her dress to show her support of Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider. Ryan has promised to remove its government funding as part of a fast-tracked anti-Obamacare bill.

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Whoopi goes nuts when presented with Planned Parenthood facts

Whoopi Goldberg on The View

Friday morning on ABC’s The View, co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Jedediah Bila fought over Republicans’ plan to defund Planned Parenthood when they repeal Obamacare. While Bila tried to present the pro-life position, Whoopi exploded in anger and frustration every time Bila spoke. Whoopi was all over the place, discounting things she disagreed with without actually making a counter-argument. She also claimed her “religion” taught her to pay for abortions for women who “need” this “service.”

“Do people still not have their facts straight about who’s going to actually be affected by Planned Parenthood’s removal?” Whoopi started the discussion. Joy Behar chimed in, claiming that no tax dollars went towards abortion.

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Top Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway to speak at 2017 March for Life

Kellyanne Conway

Kellyanne Conway, the highest-ranking woman in President-elect Trump's administration and the first woman from either major party to lead a presidential candidate to victory in the general election, will speak at the 43rd annual March for Life on January 27.

Conway will join other notable speakers including Archbishop of New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, former Planned Parenthood Director and founder of And Then There Were None Abby Johnson, Mexican Telenovela star Karyme Lozano, author and radio host Eric Metaxas, Bishop Vincent Matthews of the Church of God in Christ, who advocates for adoption in the African-American community, and more at the March for Life rally on the National Mall on January 27.

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Actress Wants to Donate Golden Globes Jewelry to Planned Parenthood

Tracee Ellis Ross

Hollywood actresses have fans of their own – but that doesn’t mean they don’t know how to be fans themselves. Especially when it comes to places like Planned Parenthood.

At the 2017 Golden Globes Sunday evening, actress Tracee Ellis Ross won Best Actress in a TV comedy series for her role in ABC’s Black-ish. But People magazine focused instead on the 44-year-old’s jewelry.

On the red carpet, Ellis Ross flaunted a large silver ring on each finger. When People asked about her jewelry choice, she joked, “You know what happened? I flew to New York and I had them cover me in snow!”

“I’m hoping to abscond with them and buy a house,” Ellis Ross added. “I think I will hock them and give all the money to Planned Parenthood and the ACLU. It’s that kind of year, folks."

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Pro-Life, Pro-Family Coalition Urges Illinois House to Reject Taxpayer-Funded Abortions

Speak Out Illinois, a coalition of pro-life and pro-family organizations across the state, today urged lawmakers in the Illinois House to reject legislation allowing taxpayer money to be used for abortions.

 

House Bill 4013 lifts the current prohibition on state workers' health insurance plans from paying for elective abortions, as well as the prohibition on using public money to pay for elective abortions for Medicaid patients. The legislation also allows taxpayer-funded grants to be distributed to organizations that recommend and perform abortions, such as Planned Parenthood.

 

HB 4013 earlier this month was moved by House leaders into a status that allows it to be voted on at any time. "This legislation is a slap in the face to Illinois taxpayers by forcing them to support abortion no matter their personal beliefs," said John Kirkwood, Co-Director of Speak Out Illinois.

 

Ann Scheidler, Co-Director of the organization, criticized lawmakers for the legislative maneuver. "Lawmakers are not doing the will of the people with such tactics," Scheidler said.

 

Taxpayer funding of Abortion is completely objectionable and should never be considered in any bill.

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Cloaking the spread of PPFA’s disinformation in the disguise of “correcting misinformation”

If you are a member of the Media Establishment and a supporter of Planned Parenthood, there are many ways to disguise the sleazy underside of the largest abortion “provider” in the known galaxy. An especially prevalent (and seedy) tactic is cloaking the spread of PPFA’s disinformation in the disguise of “correcting misinformation.”

Enter “9 Things People Get Wrong About Planned Parenthood,” by Dayna Evans. As Dr. Randall K. O’Bannon, NRL Director of Education, explained to me, nearly all of Evans’ assertions “are straw men — caricatures of beliefs that people actually have, easily knocked down because it’s not what people really thought in the first place.”

Evans’ canards are so transparent, so bogus, even to take the time to debunk them becomes like breaking a butterfly upon a wheel.

The only time people get “things” “wrong” is when they swallow PPFA’s propaganda.

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Speak Out Illinois Rose Dinner – Chicago - January 14th

Join us on Saturday, January 14th, for the first annual Rose Dinner Chicago, as Pro-Life activists come together from all over to break bread and kick off the March for Life weekend. This year along with a wonderful dinner we will be treated to a panel discussion from some of the most critical voices of our generation as they break down where we are now and how we get to an abortion-free America. $65/SEAT – REGISTER HERE

Join SpeakOut Illinois and March for Life-Chicago, as we eavesdrop on Senator Dan McConchie, Representative Peter Breen, Mary Hallan FioRito, and Eric Scheidler. These four leaders will engage one another in an impromptu, honest conversation about the obstacles ahead and the tactics that we must employ for victory.

Cocktail hour from 6 to 7pm, followed by dinner. VALET PARKING IS AVAILABLE for $15. Tables seat 8. REGISTER HERE!

Tickets are limited and will be offered to sponsors before we make them available to the general public. Register early to ensure a seat, we’ll see you there!

When: Saturday, January 14 2017, 6:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Where: 150 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois

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Obamacare Attempt to Force Abortion Coverage enjoined by federal judge

U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor

A judge has enjoined enforcement under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

From the Reuters story:

A federal judge in Texas on Saturday issued a court order barring enforcement of an Obama administration policy seeking to extend anti-discrimination protections under the Affordable Care Act to transgender health and abortion-related services. The decision sides with Texas, seven other states and three Christian-affiliated healthcare groups challenging a rule that, according to the judge, defines sex bias to include “discrimination on the basis of gender identity and termination of pregnancy.”

Denying abortion coverage is sex discrimination? That kind of blatant term redefinitionism (if you will) is one of the Left’s favorite weapons in the culture war they never cease waging.

Had Clinton become POTUS, these efforts to force faith communities to embrace liberal secular values in the operation of their community institutions would have been pursued even more energetically. And once the Supreme Court was in their hands, the cultural hegemons would have prevailed.

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The FINAL Congressional panel Report is in: Planned Parenthood accused of serious abuses

Abuses and possibly criminal violations are occurring in the fetal tissue trade between abortion clinics and tissue harvesters, concluded the special House panel investigating the matter on Wednesday.

“It is my hope that our recommendations will result in some necessary changes within both the abortion and fetal tissue procurement industries,” Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), chair of the House Select Investigative Panel, said upon release of the panel's final report.

“Our hope is that these changes will both protect women and their unborn children, as well as the integrity of scientific research,” she said.

The investigative panel released its 471-page final report Wednesday. This came weeks after Democrats on the panel released their 112-page report claiming that Planned Parenthood was not guilty of any wrongdoing and that the panel's investigations into the fetal tissue trade were hindering positive benefits from research conducted on fetal tissue.

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Pro-Life Rep. Paul Ryan Re-elected Speaker of the House

Paul Ryan with Carol Tobias

Pro-life Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has been overwhelmingly reelected as Speaker of the House. Pro-life Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was unanimously reelected Senate Majority Leader on November 16.

Today’s vote count for the Speaker position was 239 votes for Ryan and 189 votes for pro-abortion Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

Pelosi, who supports abortion on demand, will continue to serve as the minority leader – a clear indication that the Democrats still don’t understand what happened two months ago.

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Trump can roll back pro-abortion rules, says attorney

One action that can be taken, says Anna Paprocki, legal counsel for Americans United for Life, is to defend states that have determined Medicaid dollars won't flow to Planned Parenthood.

A second regulation from Health and Human Services, citing Title X, forces states to send family planning dollars to abortion providers. That can be reversed, too, she insists.

Congress, too, can respond by reallocating funds for family planning to local health facilities that provide more comprehensive health than the abortion giant.

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So, abortion doesn't harm women's mental health? The stats disagree

A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association says that women who get abortions show no signs of increased mental health problems after having an abortion – and that in fact, it's women who are denied an abortion that suffer more greatly.

But pro-life organizations and other researchers have responded that the study doesn't show the whole picture, and that these findings don't mean that women don't regret their abortions. They also counter that similar studies involving an exorbitantly higher number of women have shown the opposite results, and that everything needs to be taken into account.

Ana-Maria Dumitru, director of Medical Students For Life, told CNA that other studies have come to opposite conclusions. Dumitru pointed to a study by Dr. D Paul Sullins of the Catholic University of America published earlier in 2016 followed more than 8,000 women for over 13 years.

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Abortion challenged in its most prevalent state: NY

Figures from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) show that New York has abortions at 60 percent of its birth rate – making the lethal procedure in the Empire State the highest in the country. However, it is unlikely that this dismal statistic will not improve anytime soon.

New York State Right to Life Chairman Barbara Meara told OneNewsNow that abortion supporters are working with lawmakers to make abortion more available:

“They are focusing on New York, and the bill that they are promoting would not only expand abortion up and throughout the nine months, but it would permit non-doctors, other health professionals, nurses and even pharmacists. We don't know. It doesn't specify in the legislation.”

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Alabama Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Unborn Child

Alabama Supreme Court Justices

The Alabama Supreme Court unanimously ruled Friday in defense of unborn life in a wrongful death lawsuit against an OB/GYN accused of contributing to the death of a woman's unborn child. The court found that the trial court erred in dismissing Alabama resident Kimberly Stinett's claim alleging the wrongful death of her unborn baby and granting summary judgment in favor of Karla Kennedy, M.D., on lack-of-proof-causation grounds.

The Alabama Supreme Court declared that Stinnett v. Kennedy may proceed, stating that unborn children are human beings and are entitled to legal protection. The court largely based its decision on an amendment in Alabama's Homicide Act, which "changed the definition of a 'person' who could be a victim of homicide to include 'an unborn child in utero at any stage of development, regardless of viability.'" Alabama Supreme Court Justice Thomas Parker also wrote a concurring opinion, noting that the "viability" standard in Roe v. Wade is faulty.

Justice Parker wrote, "Unborn children, whether they have reached the ability to survive outside their mother's womb or not, are human beings and thus persons entitled to the protections of the law—both civil and criminal. Members of the judicial branch of Alabama should do all within their power to dutifully ensure that the laws of Alabama are applied equally to protect the most vulnerable members of our society, both born and unborn," Parker said.

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Nike Supports Abortion

Nike funds the Population Council, an international nonprofit organization that supports abortion, according to the Council's website. The Council conducts biomedical, social science, and public health research, plus helps build research capacities in developing countries.

One-third of its research relates to HIV and AIDS. The other major program areas include reproductive health, poverty, youth, and gender. The Population Council "offers policymakers and healthcare providers the evidence they need to help communities implement safer abortion and postabortion care practices, increase positive health-seeking behavior, and reduce stigma."

Plus, Nike is involved with Planned Parenthood. Fortune magazine reported on July 13, 2015, "Nike matches its employees' contributions to the regional Planned Parenthood affiliate in Oregon, but didn't specify the sum."

On the Nike Foundation's 2014 tax form, Nike matches gifts to the Susan G. Komen New York City and Minnesota chapters which fund Planned Parenthood.

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Congressional panel urges prosecution of late-term abortionist for murder

Douglas Karpen

The Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives revealed late Wednesday a new referral letter it has sent to law enforcement urging them to investigate a late-term abortionist for murder. The letter, along with 11 others, hadn't previously been disclosed to the public.

The Select Panel has previously announced that it is urging federal and state law enforcement to investigate various abortion centers and fetal tissue companies in the wake of Planned Parenthood's baby body harvesting scandal. These letters provide new insight into the laws that abortionists, abortion facilities, and fetal tissue companies have allegedly violated.

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Pro-life Kellyanne Conway will serve as counselor to the president in the incoming Trump administration

Donald Trump with Kellyanne Conway

In the midst of a turbulent and, as it turned out pivotal time, Donald Trump turned to Kellyanne Conway to be his new campaign manager. She was widely credited with righting the ship, paving the way for pro-life President-elect Trump’s unexpected victory over pro-abortion Hillary Clinton.

It’s been announced the Conway, who has served as a senior adviser to his transition team and founder and owner of The Polling Company, Inc./WomanTrend, will serve as counselor to the President, a hugely influential position.

“Kellyanne Conway has been a trusted advisor and strategist who played a crucial role in my victory,” Trump said in a statement. “She is a tireless and tenacious advocate of my agenda and has amazing insights on how to effectively communicate our message. I am pleased that she will be part of my senior team in the West Wing.”

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