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Democrats Fail to Stop Filibuster Against DISCLOSE Act Pro-Life Groups Oppose
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Democrats failed on Tuesday to get enough votes to stop a Republican filibuster against the DISCLOSE Act. That's the campaign finance reform bill pro-life groups oppose because they say it would place stringent limits on their ability to communicate to the public about legislation and elections.
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Congressman Tells Hearing on MDGs Abortion Doesn't Lower Maternal Mortality
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A prominent congressman who monitors international issues told a hearing today in the nation's capital that, as international observers monitor attaining the Millennium Development Goals, they need to remember that abortion does not lower maternal mortality for women.
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Pro-Life Champion Chris Smith to Get Wilberforce Award From Students for Life
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Congressman Chris Smith, who has led the pro-life battles in the House of Representatives for decades, will receive the Wilberforce Leadership Award on Thursday from Students for Life of America. The award will be presented at SFLA's third annual Summer Social in Washington.
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Small Steps To Justice: Review of Clark Forsythes Politics for the Greatest Good
In the beginning of the book Forsythe discusses the philosophy of prudence.
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Kansas Board May Discipline Late-term Abortion Associate of George Tiller
Topeka, KS (LifeNews.com) -- The Kansas State Board of Healing Arts has filed an eleven-count recommendation that late-term abortion practitioner Ann Kristin Neuhaus be disciplined. Neuhaus allegedly violated the Healing Arts Act concerning abortion referrals she made to late abortion practitioner George Tiller.
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University of Alabama-Birmingham Arrests Pro-Life Advocates Protesting Abortion
Birmingham, AL (LifeNews.com) -- Officials at the University of Alabama-Birmingham are coming under fire for arresting pro-life young adults hoping to share the pro-life perspective with students on campus. Members of the pro-life group Survivors returned to the streets of Birmingham last Thursday to participate in a series of pro-life events.
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House Democrats Refuse Hearing on Pro-Rationing Obama Czar Donald Berwick
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Like their counterparts in the Senate, House Democrats are refusing to hold a hearing on the recess appointment of rationing advocate Donald Berwick, whom President Barack Obama named to become the director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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Mothers to Show Congress Babies Saved From Abortions to Help Pregnancy Centers
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Mothers who are glad they went to a pregnancy center and were given assistance in choosing abortion alternatives are headed to Congress. They want elected officials to know that these centers are providing both practical support and counseling that pregnant women need.
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Pro-Life Women's Group Launches $100K Hispanic Effort to Help Carly Fiorina
Sacramento, CA (LifeNews.com) -- A national pro-life women's group told LifeNews.com today it has launched a new $100,000 effort to reach Hispanics in California on behalf of pro-life Senate candidate Carly Fiorina. The Susan B. Anthony List's education campaign is in conjunction with a $1 million effort headed by the Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles.
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Pro-Life News: Embryo Adoption, Family Guy, Sarah Palin, Abortion, Colorado, Canada
Knoxville, TN -- Couples who have gone through fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), often have excess embryos cryopreserved or frozen for future family building. When these couples complete their families and embryos remain, they are faced with the daunting task of deciding what to do with their embryos.
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Massachusetts Citizens for Life Releases New Statement on Cahill Endorsement
Boston, MA (LifeNews.com) -- After the dustup in the wake of its endorsement of independent gubernatorial candidate Tim Cahill, Massachusetts Citizens for Life has released a further statement helping pro-life voters understand its decision-making. The group says it is not re-evaluating its decision to back Cahill and that his opponents are clearly pro-abortion.
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Wisconsin Governor Candidate Barrett to Benefit From Pro-Abortion Fundraisers
Madison, WI (LifeNews.com) -- Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett will benefit from two pro-abortion fundraisers this week featuring Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion business. On Wednesday and Thursday, Richards will be the keynote speaker at two Barrett events.
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Pro-Life Groups Seek Probe on Kagan and Partial-Birth Abortion Before Vote
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A coalition of 30 pro-life organizations sent a letter to members of the Senate today asking for a thorough investigation of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. They are calling for a probe into her comments about partial-birth abortion and say she may have misled lawmakers.
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Organizers: Pro-Life Freedom Ride a Success Despite Pro-Abortion Opposition
Atlanta, GA (LifeNews.com) -- The first Pro-Life Freedom Ride was a resounding success, despite the fact that more than 150 Freedom Riders were turned away Saturday from the King Center in Atlanta, where they had planned a prayer vigil at the Tomb of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Pennsylvania Officials Must Work to Ensure Obama Admin Doesn't Fund Abortions
How did the Pennsylvania Insurance Department find itself in the firestorm of the national abortion debate, and what must be done to keep federal money from being used in the commonwealth to pay for abortions on demand?
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Pro-Life Orgs Hope Senate Will Defeat DISCLOSE Act in Tuesday Voting
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- When the Senate votes on Tuesday on the DISCLOSE Act campaign finance reform bill, pro-life groups hope senators will oppose the legislation. The National Right to Life Committee has been lobbying against the bill and the Family Research Council joins it.
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Alaska Abortion Advocates Spending Big to Stop Parental Notification Vote
Juneau, AK (LifeNews.com) -- Planned Parenthood is bringing in the big bucks in its campaign to persuade Alaska voters that they should not support a ballot measure in August that would allow parents to know when their minor daughters are considering an abortion. Jim Minnery, the chairman of Alaskans for Parental Rights, is battling back.
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Hundreds of People Participate in Rally Launching Pro-Life Freedom Rides
Birmingham, AL (LifeNews.com) -- More than 700 people found it hard to stay in their seats Friday night at the opening rally for Priests for Life's Pro-Life Freedom Rides in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Election 2010 Heats Up For Pro-Life Groups, 100 Days Until November Elections
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- There are now officially less than 100 days left until Americans head to the polls in what appears likely to become a significant victory for the pro-life community. Polling data has shown that allies of President Barack Obama, the pro-abortion Democrats who currently control Congress, losing numerous seats.
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Americans Favor Repeal of Pro-Abortion Health Care, But Say It's Unlikely
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Americans favor repeal of the new law President Barack Obama signed that contains massive taxpayer funding of abortion and they believe doing so would be beneficial for the economy. However, a new Rasmussen Reports poll shows they don't think it is likely to happen.
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