Posts Tagged ‘ Barack Obama ’

Senate Votes to Proceed with Abortion Funded Health Care

Nov 22nd, 2009 | By Marcus French | Category: Law & Politics, News

On November 21st, the U.S. Senate voted to proceed to Senator Harry Reid’s version of a government health care bill. The bill includes government funding for elective abortion. Family Research Council President Tony Perkins weighed in with the following:
“Forcing Americans to buy government approved health care insurance is arguably unconstitutional. Forcing Americans to fund [...]



Pro-Life Amendments Discussed in Senate For Baucus Bill

Sep 22nd, 2009 | By Marcus French | Category: Law & Politics, News

Discussion on the abortion ramifications of the Senate’s Baucus health care bill is underway. From LifeNews:
The Senate Finance Committee today started its debate on the new Baucus health care bill that contains massive abortion subsidies and mandates. During the opening statements, Sen. Chuck Grassley said the bill funds abortions and that it must [...]



Call To Dismiss Harry Knox From President’s Council

May 13th, 2009 | By Marcus French | Category: Culture, News

Harry Knox, Director of the Religion and Faith Program at the Human Rights Campaign (watch a debate between Dr. Brown and Harry Knox here), is in hot water after comments he made against the Catholic Church.
In 2007, Knox said in reference to an outspoken lesbian Wyoming couple being refused communion at a Catholic church (an [...]



Be Heard Project: Protect Pro-Life Doctors

Mar 31st, 2009 | By Marcus French | Category: Law & Politics, News

The American Center for Law & Justice is encouraging people to sign a petition to protect the Conscience Clause, which allows doctors and other medical personnel to abstain from performing services (most notably abortion) which are against their beliefs and convictions.  The petition can be found at BeHeardProject.com:

President Obama: Respect My Pro-Life Convictions
You have strong [...]



Obama Lifts Restrictions on Stem Cell Research

Mar 9th, 2009 | By Bethany French | Category: News, Revolution & Justice

President Obama has overturned the restrictions on the federal funding of stem-cell research that were set in place by the Bush administration in August 2001, when President Bush limited funding because of “fundamental questions about the beginnings of life and the ends of science.” [...]



FOCA & Partial-Birth Abortion

Jan 29th, 2009 | By Marcus French | Category: Law & Politics, News

As the debate over FOCA continues, let’s take a look at one of the key elements of the bill. According to NARAL Pro-Choice America president Nancy Keenan: “The Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) would effectively repeal the Bush-backed Federal Abortion Ban.”  What is the “Bush-backed Federal Abortion Ban?” It is the 2003 Partial-Birth Abortion Ban [...]