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Yesterday the Department of Health and Human Services issued its final rule for establishing state health care exchanges under Obamacare.
As expected, the rule provides for taxpayer funding of insurance coverage that includes elective abortion.
Let me back up. I spent some time talking to friends in the House this morning to understand and explain this.
Mar.13, 2012 11:53 am | Health care, Obama 25 Comments
Payback begins: Pro-life group to target three Democrats for pro-Planned Parenthood vote
Read backstory here. The Susan B. Anthony List is certainly wasting no time, bless their pro-abort pickin’ hearts. This morning SBAL announced  it will immediately begin targeting  3 vulnerable Democrat US senators who yesterday voted to continue funding Planned Parenthood. SBAL is launching radio ads featuring former Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson aimed at this […]
Apr.15, 2011 12:06 pm | Political anti-life bias 14 Comments
Latest on defunding Planned Parenthood votes/chatter
UPDATE 4/15, 12:27p: Here were the tallies for yesterday’s votes to defund Planned Parenthood and Obamacare, fyi: House roll call vote on the Black/Roby resolution to defund PP: Passed 241-185-1.  231 Republicans voted FOR the resolution and 7 voted AGAINST the resolution (Bass, Biggert, Bono Mack, Dent, Dold, Frelinghuysen, Hanna).  1 Republican voted present (Amash).  […]
Apr.14, 2011 12:19 pm | Political anti-life bias 28 Comments
Under the bus: The Planned Parenthood concession Obama and Reid did make
UPDATE 4/12, 8:52a: It has also occurred to me that this concession by Obama and the Democrats demonstrates their bond with Planned Parenthood is not impermeable. I’m sure PP was not at all happy about this. But apparently Obama/Democrats felt forced to give Republicans a bone on PP. 4/11, 1:20p: While pro-lifers lament Planned Parenthood wasn’t defunded […]
Apr.11, 2011 1:20 pm | Political anti-life bias 38 Comments
The upside of Kagan’s confirmation
UPDATE, 7:35a: More good observations in Politico today. One excerpt: Analysts see a slew of factors behind the increasingly narrow votes on Supreme Court nominees. The Senate as a whole has become more polarized, in part because of the rise of partisan media outlets and the Internet. The courts themselves have become a greater focus […]
Aug.06, 2010 5:33 am | The Courts 19 Comments
Planned Parenthood’s CEO Cecile Richards: Military abortion clinics “a sign of the times”?
Jun.17, 2010 9:33 am | Industry watch 71 Comments
Senate committee passes amendment repealing ban against privately funded abortions on military bases
Yesterday behind closed doors pro-abort US Sen. Roland Burris (D–IL, who took Obama’s place) offered an amendment in the Senate Armed Services Committee to strike a 14-yr-old ban against privately funded abortions at both domestic and overseas military facilities. The ban has been in place since Congress overturned President Clinton’s 1993 authorization in 1996. Public […]
May.28, 2010 4:17 pm | Health care 9 Comments
Planned Parenthood: Healthcare passage will “significantly increase access to reproductive health care”; exec order “a symbolic gesture”
Now it all comes out. It didn’t take long for Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards to revel in PP’s financial gain from passage of healthcare in a
Mar.22, 2010 12:08 am | Health care 37 Comments
Who Is Jill Stanek?
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.