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by JivinJ

If assisted suicide, or even euthanasia, are legally considered forms of "end of life care" in a particular state - as it is now in Oregon, Washington, and Montana - it seems to me that the area's community health insurance option would be required to provide "access" to it under this clause. How else can the provision be read? And because it would have been passed later in time, this clause could be construed to subsume existing federal law that prevents federal funds from being used in assisted suicide.

"We have looked at the language," Nelson told The Hill. "That language is not language that I would prefer."

"I think you need to have it eminently clear that no dollars that are federal tax dollars, directly or indirectly, are used to pay for abortions and it needs to be totally clear. [It's] not clear enough, I don't think," Nelson said.

Continue reading "Jivin J's Life Links 11-20-09"

Before I get to the story, the healthcare debate has stirred interesting stats re: black women:

Ok, where was I? Oh, yes, a story on pro-abortion Jesse Jackson's meeting Wednesday with the overwhelmingly pro-abortion Congressional Black Caucus to promote pro-abortion socialized healthcare, per The Hill:

The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL) for voting against the Democrats' signature healthcare bill.

"We even have blacks voting against the healthcare bill from Alabama," Jackson said at a reception Wednesday night. "You can't vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man."

The remark stirred a murmur at the reception, held by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation....

"The poorest people need healthcare protection," Jackson said. "They have the highest infant mortality and the lowest life expectancy. They're dying from lack of access."...

If Rev. Jackson is truly interested in mortality rate and life expectancy, he should look at abortion, which not only directly kills members of his community but indirectly kills them by aftershocks.

[Photo of black preemie via BET.com; photo of African American woman via News One for Black America; graphic of African-American abortion rate via Guttmacher; photo of Jackson via CBS News]

Two points to pull from this morning's RedState.com alert:

1) We must call senators today, because we can't tomorrow, a Saturday.

2) The message must be that a vote for cloture, to begin debate, is a vote for the bill. Members must vote "NO" tomorrow.

I'm surprised Roll Call issued this study...

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by JivinJ

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid last night unveiled a health care bill which provides for an unprecedented expansion of federally-funded abortion. The bill includes pro-abortion language and mirrors the false compromise Capps Amendment from the House debate -- it allows the public option to include abortion coverage and provides federal subsidies for private plans which cover abortion....

Continue reading "Jivin J's Life Links 11-19-09"

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On November 16, CNN published a story stating pro-life Democrat Sen. Ben Nelson was backing away from full support of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment in the Senate's socialized healthcare bill.

Subsequently, Democrats for Life president Kristen Day informed me this wasn't true.

Yesterday I requested a statement of clarification from Sen. Nelson and have received the following from his communication's office:

"To earn my support, the final bill must not use taxpayers' dollars to fund abortions. My preference is to see Stupak-like language in the final bill. Having said that, I won't rule out other solutions that could incorporate the principles of Hyde and would ensure no premium subsidies would pay for abortions," said Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska.

Key terminology is "ensure no premium subsidies would pay for abortion," which is a point about which I specifically requested clarification. Sen. Nelson was reiterating his opposition to language permitting private insurance companies to pay for abortions that would receive federal subsidies.

As yet unclear is whether Sen. Nelson will vote against cloture this weekend. I've requested an answer from his office on that.

All you need to know is in the headlines, really...

Read National Right to Life's statement outlining just some of the problems with Reid's bill, unveiled last night.

Then keep making calls, which are having an impact. I tried calling Sen. Ben Nelson's office yesterday and simply couldn't get through to his DC office. I thought the line was out of order. My calls to 3 of his NE offices wouldn't go through either. Finally I reached someone who said they've been slammed with calls re: the healthcare bill. Like I said, keep it up.

These senators are our targets...

Continue reading "Senate healthcare bill unveiled: Stupak amendment OUT"

It has been 2 days since Newsweek unveiled its obviously sexist cover of Sarah Palin, and, no surprise, liberal feminists remain silent.

While RH Reality Check managed to spot a pro-life website calling Palin "rogue" on the life issue, it missed Newsweek's cover pick of a photo of Palin in running shorts, originally taken for the August 2009 issue of Runner's World magazine.

Incidentally, that photo was featured on RW's back page and was used by Newsweek without permission. (Watch for a lawsuit.) Here's a photo from the same shoot Newsweek passed by. Wonder why...

Continue reading "The Palin photo Newsweek passed by; Feminists silent on obvious sexism"

Despite the topic, this animated satire on last week's Supernews!, a show found on Al Gore's sinking Current TV channel, was pretty funny - particularly Nurse Biden and Dr. "House" Pelosi...

[HT: Troy Newman at Operation Rescue]

by Kelli

Spotlighting important information gleaned from other pro-life blogs...

Continue reading "(Prolifer)ations 11-18-09"

by JivinJ

A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Wednesday morning indicates that 61% of the public opposes using public money for abortions for women who can not afford the procedure, with 37% in favor of allowing the use of federal funds.

And by a 51% to 45% margin, those questioned in the survey think that women who get abortions should pay the full costs out of their own pocket, even if they have private health insurance and no federal funds are involved. The 6-point difference is within the poll's sampling error....

Continue reading "Jivin J's Life Links 11-18-09"

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[HT: Commenter Susan Allen]

Contrary to a CNN story yesterday, pro-life Dem. Sen. Ben Nelson's position on the Stupak-Pitts pro-life amendment "has not changed," wrote Democrats for Life president Kristen Day in an email to me this morning.

In fact, "both he and Senator [Bob] Casey are committed to removing abortion funding," added Day.

Subsequent to reading the CNN report that Nelson was back pedaling on his stand to keep public funding for abortion out of any socialized healthcare bill, Day contacted both senators' offices, having personally been in close contact with them for months on this.

Day told me in a follow-up call staff did not know how the rumor got started, whether by malfeasance or sloppy journalism, but it's simply not true.

For 6 weeks, and behind closed doors, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Democrats have been crafting their own version of a socialized health-care bill.

With the House's passage of its bill, Reid is ready to pull the trigger, now only awaiting a cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office on two new tax increases his side has proposed to help contain their behemoth.

The CBO report could come at any moment, perhaps before this column is published.

After getting the CBO report, Reid will file cloture (i.e., closure on debate) on a motion to proceed on a "shell," or empty health-care bill.

Right. There will still be no language to see. Reid will introduce a shell bill simply to get the parliamentary wheels in motion.

According to Senate rules, the cloture vote Reid wants can come no sooner than 30 hours after he has introduced his shell bill, as early as Friday. Sixty votes will be required.

This is the first and very important choke point to stop the Senate's health-care bill from proceeding....

Continue reading my column today, "Pro-life need-to-knows on health care in Senate," at WorldNetDaily.com.

by Dan Gilgoff at US News & World Report, this article just posted includes a quote from yours truly...

As abortion rights groups slam Democrats for allowing a strict prohibition on federally subsidized abortion coverage in the House healthcare bill, antiabortion groups find themselves in an usual position, given Democratic control in Washington: They're cautiously optimistic about a victory on healthcare.

"The momentum is in the pro-life direction," says Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the antiabortion group Susan B. Anthony List.

Sizing up chances of the House's antiabortion language surviving in a final version of a healthcare overhaul, she says, "This is now a doable project."...

Continue reading ""Abortion foes cautiously optimistic about healthcare win""

by JivinJ

Although the bill has stirred passions on both sides of the abortion-rights debate - which are likely to be echoed when the Senate takes up its version - the practical effect of the restrictions will be limited, statistics suggest and some experts in family-planning issues say....

Continue reading "Jivin J's Life Links 11-17-09"

Doug Johnson, Legislative Director of the National Right to Life Committee, has just issued this alert:

In an essay posted today on RHrealitycheck.org (a nexus for pro-abortion activist groups), Rachel Laser - a career pro-abortion activist who now works for the influential "messaging" group Third Way - attempts to resurrect the Ellsworth Amendment.

Even though there is hardly paragraph in Laser's piece that does not contain some substantial distortion, Laser's initiative is not to be taken lightly, partly because she and her group have close connections with White House staff....

Continue reading "Pro-aborts resurrecting phony pro-life amendments to healthcare"

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[HT: Commenter Mark R.]

I know TMZ was sensationalizing a headline to attract attention to the following story today, but in this case "brutal murder" was an honest portrayal of the crime:

Continue reading "Shock: TMZ calls preborn's killing a "brutal murder""