• Prayer Resumes At Planned Parenthood DC (Video)(Photos)

    By Matt Lockett

    Planned Parenthood wasn't happy today. It was discovered that someone within the organization had been putting a squeeze on the city at the last minute. Something apparently happened between yesterday and today when the Corporation Council for DC and the Attorney General ruled that the sidewalk in front of Planned Parenthood is IN FACT still PUBLIC PROPERTY. There was some last minute discussion and debate between Rev. Pat Mahoney and the Commander on site. However, it was ultimately decided that there would be NO ARRESTS for anyone choosing to enter the once-off-limits property to pray.

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  • UNC Does A U-Turn On Abortion Coverage Mandate

    By Ian Kelly

    It's amazing what a little media coverage can do. A few days ago Students for Life called foul and blew the whistle on the North Carolina Board of Directors:

    ...this fall the North Carolina Board of Governors is requiring all students who are enrolled in a University of North Carolina public institution to have health insurance.

    Students who do not already have private health insurance are required to buy a state selected policy from Pearce & Pearce, Inc. This mandated policy covers up to $500 toward elective abortions and has 80% PPO coverage for elective abortions.

    The Pearce & Pearce policy costs students $744 per year or $375 per semester. The State of North Carolina will not be paying into the policy; rather, the students who are required to purchase the insurance will be required to pay the entire cost.

    As a result, North Carolina students will be forced to pay for elective abortions, regardless of their personal views on the issue.

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  • THIS JUST IN- DC PP Property Declared Public

    By Matt Lockett

    On the eve of the A Time To Stand event here in DC tomorrow Rev. Pat Mahoney has been given some amazing news. Commander Burgon of Special Operations Division of the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department has informed the good Reverend that the Corporation Council of DC and the Attorney General have determined that THE PROPERTY IN FRONT OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD DC IS PUBLICNOT PRIVATE.

    Rev. Mahoney was told that in light of this determination there will be NO ARRESTS at the planned event on Saturday of anyone "crossing the line" to pray inside the contested space.

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  • Daily Reads

    By Ian Kelly

    Senator Patrick Leahy (D - VT) is considering legislation that would allow retired members of the Supreme Court to replace justices who have recused themselves in a particular case.

     

    Jill Stanek muses over the idea of the Hyde Amendment becoming law thank in part to Obamacare.

     

    Yet another win for adult stem cell research -- this time the cells are being used to treat children with a rare and deadly skin disease know as recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.

     

    Lizzy Brew reflects upon how her child, conceived out of rape, "gave purpose to her pain".

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  • Rick Santorum Looking At A Possible White House Bid In 2012

    By Ian Kelly

    For those of you who are more or less "political junkies" and thus have been tracking with the handful of potential candidates for the 2012 elections here is some news for you:

    via Daily Caller:

    In an interview with The Daily Caller, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum said he’s actively cultivating donors, staff and supporters so he’ll be in a position to run for president in 2012 as a Republican if he decides to do so by early next year.

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  • Abortion: Too Liberal For America?

    By Kaitlin Martinez

    Welcome to America. The number one provider of pornography worldwide. The home of Las Vegas, aka Sin City. The creator of reality dating shows that would make Paris Hilton blush. The land where a sex tape launches your career. I’d say we’re pretty liberal. And yet, abortion is somewhat taboo. Everyone wants to be pro-CHOICE but no one wants to be pro-abortion. Even many of those individuals who identify themselves as pro-choice would agree that abortion is a not a good thing. In fact, in 2005 Hillary Clinton said that abortion is a “sad, even tragic choice to many, many women."

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  • Obama's Approval Ratings And The Midterm Elections

    By Ian Kelly

    Rasmussen Polling reports a strong disapproval for President Obama's job performance:

    The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 24% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-six percent (46%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -22...

    These numbers along with similar polling from the likes of Gallup and Quinnipiac point toward an interesting impact that low Presidential job performance has midterm elections.

    Bruce Drake of Politics Daily spells out this piece of historical political trivia nicely:

    If history is a guide to midterm elections, the party that controls the White House usually loses House seats in the off-year contests and the losses are bigger when the president's job approval rating is below 50 percent.

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  • "A Superhero For Choice" (Video)

    By Ian Kelly

    What does Planned Parenthood really think of the pro-life community?

    (video after the jump)

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  • New Louisiana Abortion Laws Challenged In Court

    By Ian Kelly

    Louisiana recently passed two new statutory requirements for women seeking an abortion. The first requirement is that a woman undergo an ultrasound and be given the picture of the ultrasound. The other requirement would exclude elective abortion services from medical malpractice insurance coverage. A group of six Louisiana abortion clinics have joined together to challenge these new requirements in court.

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  • Daily Reads

    By Ian Kelly

    1 in 5 women who have an abortion claim to be evangelical Christians. So the question must be asked: Are young pro-life evangelicals inconsistent in what they believe?

     

    How can anyone justify partial-birth abortion? Good question. Yet, many politicians fight to protect this barbaric practice with the most horrifying logic and utterly twisted reasoning to support. And to top it all off, they get upset when critics actually quote them. Case in Point: Sen. Barbara Boxer.

     

    Job Perks: Forget full dental and 401K programs. Workers at one abortion clinic can now get free abortions as a part of their job packages.

     

    NC is forcing college students to buy abortion coverage. But I'm not sure how much longer this will go on since it's getting so much attention.

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