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• Support Of Health Care Bill Down; Opposition Up

  By Ian Kelly • August 31, 2010 03:00 PM

  Here is some more bad news for those who blatantly dismissed the American taxpayer and voted in favor of Obamacare.

  via Politico:

  A new poll shows that public support for health care reform dropped sharply in August — a dagger in Democrats’ hopes that their landmark legislation will help them in November’s midterm.

  The Kaiser Health Tracking Poll has support for the bill dropping 7 percentage points in August — down to 43 percent — while opposition rose 10 points to 45 percent. That’s the weakest showing since May — and a far cry from the bump proponents had hoped to see as some of the law’s more consumer-friendly provisions kick in.

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• Health Care Revolt: "Citizens Wanted Their Voices To Be Heard"

  By Ian Kelly • August 04, 2010 04:00 PM

  

  First it was a federal judge refusing to dismiss a direct challenge to the constitutionality of Obamacare from Virginia and today we have the people of Missouri making their intentions very clear.

  via stltoday.com:

  Missouri voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a federal mandate to purchase health insurance, rebuking President Barack Obama's administration and giving Republicans their first political victory in a national campaign to overturn the controversial health care law passed by Congress in March.

  "The citizens of the Show-Me State don't want Washington involved in their health care decisions," said Sen. Jane Cunningham, R-Chesterfield, one of the sponsors of the legislation that put Proposition C on the August ballot. She credited a grass-roots campaign involving Tea Party and patriot groups with building support for the anti-Washington proposition.

  With most of the vote counted, Proposition C was winning by a ratio of nearly 3 to 1. The measure, which seeks to exempt Missouri from the insurance mandate in the new health care law, includes a provision that would change how insurance companies that go out of business in Missouri liquidate their assets.

  "I've never seen anything like it," Cunningham said at a campaign gathering at a private home in Town and Country. "Citizens wanted their voices to be heard.

   

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• Obamacare Illustrated

  By Ian Kelly • August 03, 2010 11:45 AM

   

  Have you had a hard time trying to track with the monster which is Obamacare? If, you are like me, you would greatly benefit from seeing this behemoth illustrated.

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• Senate Committee Seeks To Permanently Repeal Mexico City Policy

  By Ian Kelly • August 02, 2010 03:03 PM

  

  Thomas Jefferson once said:

  To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.

  Flash forward to 2009 and President Obama repealing the Mexico City Policy which bans federal money from being used to pay for or promote abortion overseas. The Gallup Poll reported that American's did not take favorably to that idea:

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• Congressman Stark: "The Federal Government Can Do Most Anything in This Country" (Video)

  By Ian Kelly • August 02, 2010 01:25 PM

  

  Thomas Jefferson said, "The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first."

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• Americans Do Not Trust Congress

  By Ian Kelly • July 22, 2010 04:00 PM

  

  There's bad, there's disastrous and then there's this:

  Gallup's 2010 Confidence in Institutions poll finds Congress ranking dead last out of the 16 institutions rated this year. Eleven percent of Americans say they have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in Congress, down from 17% in 2009 and a percentage point lower than the previous low for Congress, recorded in 2008.

  The Gallup poll was conducted July 8-11, shortly before Congress passed a major financial regulatory reform bill, which President Obama signed into law this week.

  Underscoring Congress' image problem, half of Americans now say they have "very little" or no confidence in Congress, up from 38% in 2009 -- and the highest for any institution since Gallup first asked this question in 1973. Previous near-50% readings include 48% found for the presidency in 2008, and 49% for the criminal justice system in 1994.

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• The Gig Is Up: Abortion Funding In Health Care

  By Ian Kelly • July 16, 2010 05:11 PM

  

  A few days ago I wrote about how Obama's Executive Order was a bit of a sham. Here's why:

  Pennsylvania, New Mexico and now Maryland have instituted, in accordance with Obamacare, Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plans [PCIP] or "high-risk pools" for those who cannot obtain individual insurance due to a pre-existing condition.

  These PCIP's are not subject to the Hyde Amendment nor Obama's Executive Order thus abortions are to be covered in these plans which means federally funded abortions.

   

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• It's Not Okay: New Mexico Next State To Receive Federal Funding For Abortion Services

  By Susan Tyrrel • July 15, 2010 11:14 AM

  

  A couple days ago we learned that President Obama authorized taxpayer-funded abortions in Pennsylvania. While we were digesting that load of bad baloney, news came that the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) had discovered he had authorized taxpayer-funded abortion in New Mexico, as well. Two states. Two days. Under an Executive Order he promised would prohibit taxpayer-funded abortion.

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• It's Come To This: New Health Care Plan To Fund Abortions

  By Ian Kelly • July 14, 2010 04:04 PM

  

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  Remember that whole Executive Order fiasco during the Health Care debates debacle? And do you recall Mr. Stupak and Mr. Obama promising that not one abortion would be paid for with taxpayer money because of said Order?...

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• Meet Donald Berwick: The New Medicare/Medicaid Chief

  By Ian Kelly • July 13, 2010 02:40 PM

  No, I'm not saying (yet) that he will be instituting "death panels" or that your grandmother will be euthanized under his leadership. But he is an ideologue who's views imply that government knows best.

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• Mississippi Opts Out Of Health Care Abortion Funding

  By Ian Kelly • May 25, 2010 11:14 AM

  via LifeNews:

  Today, Barbour signed a bill, SB 3214, that takes effect immediately -- well before the abortion provisions in the health care measure come into play.

  "Mississippi continues to be the safest place to be an unborn child in America today," Barbour said. "This bill ensures that taxpayers' money will not fund abortions if the health insurance exchanges are implemented under the federal health care law."

  The state follows Arizona and Tennessee in having such a law on the books. Oklahoma has sent a bill that is the sixth in the nation to its governor, though it, like two others, has not been signed into law.

  The Mississippi House voted 88-25 last month to give final approval to the measure.

  Backers of the bill say they want to make sure none of the money the state would authorize under the health care bill when it goes into effect in 2014 would pay for abortions.

  Senate Appropriations Chair and first district congressional candidate Alan Nunnelee was the main sponsor of the legislation.

  "The Legislature of the State of Mississippi finds that Section 1303 of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, states are explicitly permitted to pass laws prohibiting qualified health plans offered through an exchange in their state from offering abortion cove," the bill says. "It is the purpose of this act to affirmatively opt out of allowing qualified health plans that cover abortions to participate in exchanges within the State of Mississippi."

  Three down, 47 to go.

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• Poll: 63% Favor Repeal Of Health Care Law

  By Ian Kelly • May 24, 2010 01:06 PM

  A firm opposition to Health Care law is continuing to grow. Last polling numbers on this subject showed 58% favored repeal of Health Care law. Today, the numbers have bounced:

  Support for repeal of the new national health care plan has jumped to its highest level ever. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 63% of U.S. voters now favor repeal of the plan passed by congressional Democrats and signed into law by President Obama in March.

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• More Doctors Opting Out Of Medicare

  By Ian Kelly • May 20, 2010 02:56 PM

  The health care fallout continues:

  Texas doctors are opting out of Medicare at alarming rates, frustrated by reimbursement cuts they say make participation in government-funded care of seniors unaffordable.

  Two years after a survey found nearly half of Texas doctors weren't taking some new Medicare patients, new data shows 100 to 200 a year are now ending all involvement with the program. Before 2007, the number of doctors opting out averaged less than a handful a year.

  “This new data shows the Medicare system is beginning to implode,” said Dr. Susan Bailey, president of the Texas Medical Association. “If Congress doesn't fix Medicare soon, there'll be more and more doctors dropping out and Congress' promise to provide medical care to seniors will be broken.”

  The reality: If this trend continues,  President Obama will have to strong-arm doctors into working for a national health care service or there won't be enough doctors to provide care for all the people the President wants covered.

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• Arizona Drops Abortion Funding In Health Care

  By Tiffani Edwards • April 29, 2010 10:50 AM

  On Saturday evening I was so blessed to attend the Center for Arizona Policy Family dinner. The CAP organization has long been fighting for righteous government in Arizona. This year the highlight guest was, Gov. Sarah Palin.
  
  I, personally, love going to these types of events…dressing up, being in a room filled with people who are fighting day in and day out for your same values. I have been to many events of this nature but little did I know that this year it would be one I would never forget.
  
  At the very end of the evening, Arizona’s Governor Jan Brewer and about 40 legislatures from came on the stage. I along with 1600 guests at the dinner witnessed the first bill in the nation to prohibited taxpayers funding of abortion to be signed into law! As I stood there, I knew I was seeing God answer the prayers of the church right before my eyes.

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• Federal Abortion Mandate Opt Out Act

  By Ian Kelly • April 19, 2010 02:47 PM

  Last week, White House officials announced that a new push to defend health care and maintain democratic seats this November is underway:

  Pollsters Geoff Garin and Joel Benenson,and White House aides David Axelrod, Dan Pfeiffer, Phil Schiliro, and Jim Messina addressed the Democratic Policy Committee's regular Thursday lunch in the Mansfield Room to outline the Democratic National Committee's $50-million electoral plan, and to discuss the political calendar and the defense of health care.

  Pfeiffer, the White House communications director, said they expected to announce a very senior, and well known, communications hire for the push on health care messaging, the source said. The messaging will -- as it has -- focus on "deliverables" in the legislation, like a small-business tax credit and other features, Pfeiffer said.

  This fight, however, is probably a losing battle. States are already taking action against Health Care mandates including taxpayer funded abortions through state exchange programs.

  From Americans United for Life:

  The day after the pro-abortion health care bill was signed into law, we were ready: Our brand new model legislation, the Federal Abortion Mandate Opt Out Act, has been requested by supporters in more than 30 states. A provision in the new health care bill allows states to pass laws that prohibit insurance plans in the soon-to-be-created state exchanges from providing abortion coverage. AUL is helping states do exactly that.

  Missouri and Tennessee are moving quickly. Both have bills that are already moving through the legislature. And other states are joining them. California, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, and Oklahoma all plan to introduce new bills or amend pending legislation. The current rules in the Mississippi Senate don’t allow this kind of bill to be introduced at this point in the session, but the Lt. Governor is filing a motion to suspend the rules to allow the bill, they feel so strongly about it.

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• A Run on the Court

  By Matt Lockett • April 19, 2010 01:28 PM

  Many of you have heard about the legal challenges that the Health Care Bill is facing from all around the country. Last Thursday we posted about some comments made by Justice Breyer in a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing with Congress where he alluded that the Health Care Bill might possibly be heard by the Supreme Court in the near future (You can see that here). This news bears repeating because Breyer's reasoning for those statements is most enlightening. The context of his statements has gripped me all over again why it's so important to have sustained prayer for the Court and its shift to defend the life of the pre-born. Not to mention our liberty.

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• Overnite Open Thread For April 15

  By Ian Kelly • April 15, 2010 04:17 PM

  

  It's Tax Day and we're wondering what it all means to you? The TEA Party? The revolutionary ferment in the nation? The steady unpopularity of the Health Care overhaul? Speak your mind.

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• Daily Reads

  By Ian Kelly • April 15, 2010 03:33 PM

  More U.S. Pro-Life Gains on the Horizon with State Opt-Out of Abortion Mandate | LifeSiteNews

  Yeah, the Health Care thing is not going away anytime soon as more states are taking matters into their own hands. Good for them.
  

  Just a piece of tissue, eh, Planned Parenthood? | Fallible Blogma

  How can a rational person think a baby at 25 weeks is just a lump of tissue? It boggles the mind.
  

  Feminists Rejoice At Idea of Abortion For Convenience | RedState

  The pro-abortion motto, "safe, legal and rare" is bull. And yes, I do mean pro-abortion.

  Abortionist Kills ‘Wrong’ Baby | La Shawn Barber's Corner

  ...and what does he do to correct his "mistake"? He kills the "right" child, of course.

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• Justice Breyer: Supreme Court Will Review Health Care Overhaul

  By Ian Kelly • April 15, 2010 12:23 PM

  Will the massive Health Care overhaul make it's way to the Supreme Court? According to The Washington Post, Justice Breyer seems to think so:

  Justice Stephen Breyer is predicting the Supreme Court will one day pass judgment on this year's health care overhaul.

  Breyer told a congressional panel Thursday that the massive health care law, like most major federal legislation, is a good candidate for high court review.

  Breyer said the court's relatively light caseload in recent years will soon be a thing of the past.

  This only serves to confirm how important the Supreme Court battle this summer is going to be. Remember, whoever is appointed to the Court will shape public policy for decades to come.

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• Poll: 58% Favor Repeal Of Health Care Law

  By Ian Kelly • April 13, 2010 02:24 PM

  I thought people were suppose to grow to love this 2,000 + legislation law once it was passed and the public discovered how much they had been missing all along...

  Not so much, according to these numbers:

  Three weeks after Congress passed its new national health care plan, support for repeal of the measure has risen four points to 58%. That includes 50% of U.S. voters who strongly favor repeal.

  The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters nationwide finds 38% still oppose repeal, including 32% who strongly oppose it.

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• Does She Really Think We're That Ignorant?

  By Ian Kelly • April 08, 2010 01:01 PM

  Speaker Nancy Pelosi, talking about Health Care Reform, said:

  It’s like the back of the refrigerator. You see all these wires and the rest. All you need to know is, you open the door. The light goes on. You open this door, you go through a whole different path, in terms of access to quality, affordable health care for all Americans.

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• Daily Reads

  By Ian Kelly • April 07, 2010 03:25 PM

  Abortion vs. Death Penalty Double Standard | RedState

  This is a great piece about what Nebraska is attempting to do with Fetal Pain and abortion limits. MUST READ.

  Bart Stupak May Retire From Congress After Massive Abortion-Health Care Battle | LifeNews

  Looks like the Health Care fiasco may have been just a bit too much...

  'Where Do We Get the Free Obama Care, and How Do I Sign Up For That?' | JammieWearingFool

  C-O-N-F-U-S-I-O-N

  States Suing Over Obama Care Now Reaches 18 | HotAir

  The number of states moving to sue the federal government keeps growing. Next stop for health care reform: The Supreme Court

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• State Lawmakers Do Battle Over Abortion In Health Care

  By Ian Kelly • April 06, 2010 11:20 AM

  You and I both know that the battle over Health Care is far from over. In fact, the states and starting to "fight back" on a few different fronts.

  CBS news reports:

  Anti-abortion lawmakers were in large part concerned that tax dollars would be used to purchase abortion coverage on the health insurance exchange system the new legislation establishes -- a marketplace where individuals and small businesses can pool together to purchase insurance. The exchange system is state-based -- meaning every state will set up its own exchange and be largely responsible for writing and enforcing rules in the exchange.

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• The Tea Party And The KKK

  By Ian Kelly • April 05, 2010 02:59 PM

  The leaders on Capitol Hill, who are supposedly "in touch" with the needs of us peasants, are shockingly disconnected with the majority of American's.

  According to Rasmussen:

  On major issues, 48% of voters say that the average Tea Party member is closer to their views than President Barack Obama. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 44% hold the opposite view and believe the president's views are closer to their own.

  Not surprisingly, Republicans overwhelmingly feel closer to the Tea Party and most Democrats say that their views are more like Obama's. Among voters not affiliated with either major political party, 50% say they're closer to the Tea Party while 38% side with the President.

  Ouch.

  Basically, there at two scenario's, here: 1.) DC politicians, like this guy, are grossly disconnected from we the people or 2.) A majority of Americans are in the KKK and didn't even know it.

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• Who Needs The Constitution Anyway?

  By Ian Kelly • April 05, 2010 01:54 PM

  Meet Congressman Phil Hare: He does not really worry about the Constitution when it comes to making law.

  This, my friends, is what is wrong with government...

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• Overnite Open Thread For March 25

  By Ian Kelly • March 25, 2010 04:59 PM

  For those of you suffering from Post-Health-Care-Fatigue Syndrome (PHCFS) this may only serve to worsen your condition.

  A CBS News poll released yesterday found that nearly two in three Americans want Republicans in Congress to continue to challenge parts of the health care reform bill…

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• Reality Check

  By Susan Tyrrel • March 25, 2010 03:01 PM

  The majority is not reality. This phrase came out of my mouth in personal prayer the other day and ended up taking on deeper meaning for me in light of our national crisis with abortion and health care.
  
  At the risk of sounding redundant, prayer is so obviously and simply the solution to what ails us as a nation. What’s happening in the heavenly realm is the reality we need guiding us in this time in our nation...

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• Obama To Sign Executive Order Today

  By Ian Kelly • March 24, 2010 11:53 AM

  Today, President Obama is due to sign an Executive Order "reaffirming" restrictions on federal funding of abortion. This was a last minute deal brokered by the White House and Rep. Bart Stupak in order to get the votes needed to pass Health Care.

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• Health Care Battle Goes To The States

  By Ian Kelly • March 23, 2010 12:39 PM

  A jubilant President Obama signed the health care bill into law today, saying health insurance is now a basic right for all Americans, reports The Oval.

  Before the signing, members shouted out an Obama campaign chant: "Fired up! Ready to Go! Fired up! Ready to Go!"

  That's some what humorous because that's exactly what many state attorneys general are saying, too. Why? Because the battle over Health Care now moves to the States!

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• The Cadence Of Justice

  By Ian Kelly • March 22, 2010 03:52 PM

  

  Last night, Congress passed the Health Care legislation 219-212. To be sure, there are some good things in the bill and some bad. Regardless, the question being asked by the readers of this blog as well as the pro-life community is: What now?

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• Debacle Of Democracy

  By Susan Tyrrel • March 22, 2010 02:00 PM

  The debacle of democracy that was carried out as Christians celebrated the Lord’s day Sunday had us waking up to religious freedom and going to sleep to liberties denied. There’s little I can say that will give anyone any new political commentary or analysis over this situation. I am not a political pundit or a media marvel. What I am is a Christian in all seasons. I am a Christian when things go my way and a Christian when they don’t. I serve one Lord, and I serve Him even if the law tells me not to. And as I write this, that’s, indeed, what’s happened

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• Rep. Bart Stupak Could Vote Yes On Health Care Bill

  By Ian Kelly • March 21, 2010 02:06 PM

  

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  The rumors are flying! Apparently, Rep. Bart Stupak has been in talks with the White House about an Executive Order concerning abortion language in the health care bill...

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• Can Pro-LIFE Democrats Hold The Line?

  By Ian Kelly • March 20, 2010 06:17 PM

  Do House Democratic leaders have enough votes to pass the bill? Can pro-life Democrats, once again, determine the outcome of Health Care legislation?

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• Links On Healh Care For 3/19/10

  By Ian Kelly • March 19, 2010 08:58 AM

  

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• Circus Of Distortion

  By Susan Tyrrel • March 18, 2010 04:21 PM

  As the health care debate progresses, it seems that some who like to call themselves pro-life are looking into those funky funhouse mirrors and seeing distortion as reality...

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• Countdown To Health Care Vote

  By Ian Kelly • March 18, 2010 03:01 PM

  

  You ever get the feeling the government isn't listening?!

  Since the beginning of last November, support for the plan has ranged from a low of 38% to a high of 47%. Opposition has ranged from 49% to 58%. Those who Strongly Oppose the plan have consistently far outnumbered those who Strongly Favor it.

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• Video: Obama Health Care Interview

  By Ian Kelly • March 18, 2010 08:36 AM

  The president sits down with FNC's Bret Baier to discuss the health care reform bill.

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• Where We're At With Health Care

  By Ian Kelly • March 17, 2010 05:26 PM

  For those of you just joining us, this is where we're at with health care legislation:

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• Pray For These Four

  By Ian Kelly • March 16, 2010 04:05 PM

  Word just came in that four Democratic Congressmen that were "no" votes on the health care bill have now switched to a "yes" vote.  

  We need you to flood their offices with phone calls, faxes and if local, go by their offices. Especially target Rep. Altmire from Pennsylvannia....

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• Emphasis Given

  By Susan Tyrrel • March 16, 2010 02:42 PM

  Bound4LIFE director Matt Lockett wrote this blog Sunday to make us aware of what’s happening in the ever-changing health care process which includes abortion funding with tax dollars. He emphasized,

  “I SINCERELY DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THIS WEEK ISN'T THE MAKE-IT-OR-BREAK-IT WEEK.”

  I was struck by Matt’s emphasis. There’s a good reason for it, and even as I read his statement and the rest of the blog, which you need to read completely if you support LIFE and want to be informed, I was enlightened on an important spiritual point as well.

  One of the number one rules of writing is to know your audience. So why does the director of a pro-life organization need to emphasize anything so strongly to readers of a pro-life blog? Because the enemy of our souls is also the author of confusion...

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• Preventing The "Slaughter Solution"

  By Ian Kelly • March 16, 2010 12:59 PM

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  To sum it up: Speaker Pelosi wants her colleagues to pass a bill that "fixes" the Senate's bill. In passing this so called fix bill, the House would "deem" the Senate's bill passed without even voting on it. Did you catch that? The House would pass the health care bill without even voting on it!

  Republicans have responded to this crazy scenario:

  House Republicans will look to force a vote on a resolution that would force a vote on the Senate bill and not a rule that would deem that bill as having been passed.

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• Deem And Pass

  By Ian Kelly • March 16, 2010 08:39 AM

  The tactic -- known as a "self-executing rule" or a "deem and pass" -- has been commonly used, although never to pass legislation as momentous as the $875 billion health-care bill. It is one of three options that Pelosi said she is considering for a late-week House vote, but she added that she prefers it because it would politically protect lawmakers who are reluctant to publicly support the measure.

  "It's more insider and process-oriented than most people want to know," the speaker said in a roundtable discussion with bloggers Monday. "But I like it," she said, "because people don't have to vote on the Senate bill."

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• Overnite Open Thread For March 15

  By Ian Kelly • March 15, 2010 05:20 PM

  Bob Schieffer: White House May Have to Waterboard Dems to Pass Health Care...

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• Remember America

  By Christina Martin • March 15, 2010 04:53 PM

  This health care bill will change the face of America. Some may welcome this change, believing it will be a benefit to our nation. They assume it will get us closer to our goals of reaching the needy and providing for the poor. Perhaps in a measure this is true. I am not saying there can be absolutely no potential benefit from this bill. However, I will say this; I do believe time will prove this bill is more damaging to America than we will ever know. A bill that is being paraded as helpful is in reality, destructive to the core of who we are as a nation...

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• As Close To Martial Law As You'll Ever Get

  By Ian Kelly • March 15, 2010 02:32 PM

  In the Slaughter Solution, the rule would declare that the House "deems" the Senate version of Obamacare to have been passed by the House. House members would still have to vote on whether to accept the rule, but they would then be able to say they only voted for a rule, not for the bill itself.
  

  Thus, Slaughter is preparing a rule that would consider the Senate bill "passed" once the House approves a corrections bill that would make changes. Democrats would thereby avoid a direct vote on the health care bill while allowing it to become law!
  

  Constitutional attorney Mark R. Levin asks, "They're going to present a rule, issued by her committee as chairman, that says that the House already adopted the Senate bill when we know it didn't?"
  

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• Dystopia

  By Susan Tyrrel • March 12, 2010 03:41 PM

  Dystopia is the opposite of utopia. In literature, dystopian communities are those where everyone supposedly lives equally and is treated fairly, but when we look behind the curtain, we see only one wizard controlling the show. In actuality, the perceived utopia (ideal place) becomes a dark and despairing pit where only the select few have any rights. Does this sound like the current discussion about the health care plan that calls itself equal coverage for citizens under the guise of democracy?

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• REP. STUPAK: DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP ADMITTED THEY WANT TO FUND ABORTION

  By Ian Kelly • March 12, 2010 10:33 AM

  This is a shocking confession from democratic house leaders about funding abortion:

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• House Leaders Abandon Abortion Compromise

  By Ian Kelly • March 12, 2010 09:10 AM

  House Democratic leaders Thursday abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming as early as next week...

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• The Lottery

  By Susan Tyrrel • March 11, 2010 04:08 PM

  For years, I have taught a classic short story by Shirley Jackson called “The Lottery.” Students who read it for the first time are horrified by the culmination of the story. The town fertility ritual includes the annual stoning to death of a randomly selected innocent citizen, and even the victim’s young son is seen picking up pebbles to throw at Mommy, while Mommy screams how it’s not fair as the townspeople pounce...

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• "There Is No Guarantees"

  By Ian Kelly • March 11, 2010 03:03 PM

  The Daily Caller reports:

  Two pro-life House Democrats did not sound optimistic Thursday about the prospects for reaching a compromise on abortion language in the health care bill.
  

  Rep. Bart Stupak, mobbed by reporters on his way into a meeting of House Democrats to examine parts of the bill, was asked if he will require a guarantee that the Senate fix the language if the House passes it.
  

  “There is no guarantees in this town,” Stupak said.
  

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• Stupak: There Is No Deal

  By Ian Kelly • March 10, 2010 08:31 AM

  This led to speculation that Rep. Bart Stupak  - who has been a spokesperson for a group of democrats opposed to current abortion language in the health care legislation - may be ready to compromise on the language of the bill and cut a deal.

  Yesterday, The Weekly Standard reported this:

  Michigan Democrat Bart Stupak said yesterday at a townhall in his home state, "I'm more optimistic than I was a week ago" that a deal could be reached to pass a health care bill that bans public funding of abortion. Some speculated that this meant Stupak was ready to cave. "Obviously they don’t know me," Stupak said in an interview this afternoon with THE WEEKLY STANDARD. "If I didn’t" cave in November, "why would I do it now after all the crap I’ve been through?"

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• Overnite Open Thread For March 9

  By Ian Kelly • March 09, 2010 05:02 PM

  

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• Health Care, Spiritual Powers And Prayer

  By Ian Kelly • March 09, 2010 08:15 AM

  “We’re getting a lot of pressure not to say anything, to try to compromise this principle or belief,” Stupak said. “[T]hat’s just not us. We’re not going to do that. Members who voted for the Stupak language in the House – especially the Democrats, 64 Democrats that voted for it – feel very strongly about it. It’s been part of who we are, part of our make up. It’s the principle belief that we have. We are not just going to abandon it in the name of health care.”

  Yes, Stupak is getting pressure from leadership in his party to keep his mouth shut and even compromise, but it is vital to remember that we battle not with flesh and blood but with principalities and powers in heavenly places (Eph. 6:12). Folks we are waging war against spiritual wickedness. And the enemy is not taking any of it lying down...

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• VIDEO: All You Need To Know About The Health Care Debate

  By Ian Kelly • March 05, 2010 09:01 AM

  The numbers don't lie, right?
  

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• What Are Democratic Senators Saying About "Reconciliation"?

  By Ian Kelly • March 04, 2010 05:07 PM

  Wanna talk bipartisan support? Looks like Republicans and Democrats agree: Using reconciliation to pass health care is a bad idea!

   

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• Dems Ready To Oppose Health Care Bill Over Abortion

  By Ian Kelly • March 04, 2010 10:59 AM

  As I previously wrote about here, the abortion issue, if left unresolved, could mean lights out health care.

  MSNBC reports:

  A congressman who has played a key role in the long-running health care bill debate says he and 11 other Democrats will vote against the overhaul bill unless a provision subsidizing abortion is removed.
  
  Rep. Bart Stupak argued Thursday that the provision in the Senate-passed version has language that would permit the federal government to "directly subsidize abortions."

  Rep. Stupak continued his discussion of this topic with Fox News:

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• Obama: Dems Should Not Pass Health Care With A 50-Plus-1 Strategy

  By Ian Kelly • March 03, 2010 02:14 PM

  Health Care legislation will only be passed with a 50-plus-1 vote. And the President is all for it...

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• Abortion Could Spell Doom For Health Care

  By Ian Kelly • March 03, 2010 12:11 PM

  This is a follow up to this morning's Health Care Is Going Nuclear post.

  Via The Daily Caller - Republicans on Capitol Hill said Tuesday evening they are confident that a key bloc of pro-life House Democrats who voted for President Obama’s health-care reform last fall will vote against it now, as the White House tries to push a bill across the finish line.
  
  Such resistance from even a few of about a dozen committed pro-life Democrats would almost certainly doom a health-care bill. It is not the only challenge complicating Obama’s attempt to pass a bill, but could be the biggest.

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• Health Care Is Going Nuclear

  By Ian Kelly • March 03, 2010 08:27 AM

  

  "During the 111th congress, opponents of Democratic legislative initiatives incorrectly began to refer to the budget reconciliation process as the nuclear option."

  We have been talking about "reconciliation" for some time now. And while it has only been rumored that Senate democrats will use this method to push through health care legislation, I think everyone saw this coming.

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• Beyond Disturbing: Abortion Clinic Shut Down In Philadelphia Pt. 2

  By Ian Kelly • March 02, 2010 11:04 AM

  Here's an update on the PA. abortion clinic fiasco. You can read Pt. 1 of this story here. But just to refresh our memories: the clinic was shut down due to blood on the floors and decade old fetus' in jars.
  
  Take note of the doctor's chilling thoughts:

  A Philadelphia doctor whose medical license was suspended because of conditions at his Philadelphia abortion clinic says that he provides "the very best of responsive care."

  Dr. Kermit Gosnell tells WTXF-TV that he offers "the same care that I would want my daughter to receive."

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• Weekend Open Thread

  By Ian Kelly • February 26, 2010 05:24 PM

  Starting next week, Democratic leaders are looking to ram health reform through the Senate using a parliamentary tactic called reconciliation. And despite what some are saying, the bill's language - already approved by the Senate - does include funding for abortion.

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• Now You See It - Now You Don't

  By Matt Lockett • February 26, 2010 02:49 PM

  In yesterday's Health Care Summit, pretty much everyone avoided the 800 pound gorilla in the room–ABORTION. Towards the end House Minority Leader John Boehner did bring up the issue of abortion which President Obama quickly dismissed as talking points and untrue. In her closing statements, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also took the opportunity to go after Boehner's abortion statement claiming that the White House's health care bill does not fund abortion.

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• A Few Thoughts From Today's Silent Siege

  By Ian Kelly • February 25, 2010 05:55 PM

  I wanted to give you just a few thoughts from today's Siege of the Health Care Summit. We saw between 60 - 70 people show up for the Silent Siege and because of the limitations of the location the police allowed us to stand in we looked like a much bigger number. We were around 200 feet away from the Blair House which is where the Summit was going on.
  
  We were asked to move several times because of the need for security but were always allowed to come back to our "spot". The moving was a bit distracting but we took it in stride as we simply stood on the adjacent street corner and continued to pray. But enough about logistics -- let's get down to the nitty-gritty...

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• Abortion Is NOT Health Care. Period.

  By Matt Lockett • February 25, 2010 08:36 AM

  Today is the Health Care Summit. It is scheduled to be broadcast live on C-SPAN beginning at 10:00 AM ET.  Bound4LIFE teams from all over the region have travelled in to DC to take a prayerful stand outside the Blair House where the debate will take place. And it's supposed to snow!

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• Rep. Bart Stupak: Current Abortion Language Is Unacceptable

  By Ian Kelly • February 23, 2010 12:19 PM

  Rep. Bart Stupak has released a statement concerning the President's Health Care plan:

  ”I was pleased to see that President Obama’s health care proposal did not include several of the sweetheart deals provided to select states in the Senate bill.  Unfortunately, the President's proposal encompasses the Senate language allowing public funding of abortion...

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• White Houses Releases New Healthcare Plan

  By Ian Kelly • February 22, 2010 11:14 AM

  As was rumored, President Obama has released his own Heath Care plan ahead of the Health Care Summit this Thursday. The plan went live on the White House website at 10 am and can read here.

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• Thoughts on the Health Care Summit

  By Matt Lockett • February 19, 2010 10:42 AM

  President Obama is pressing onward with his top domestic priority–Health Care Reform. The question remains: Is funding abortion also one of his top domestic priorities?

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• Special Silent Siege for Health Care Summit

  By Matt Lockett • February 18, 2010 05:12 PM

  The Bound4LIFE team based in Washington, DC is organizing a special 7-day Silent Siege in preparation for the Health Care Summit scheduled for Thursday, February 25. Currently the plans are for President Obama to preside over a gathering with a select bi-partisan representation of Congress at the Blair House which is directly across the street from the White House.

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• Fewer Abortions Could Mean Better Healthcare For Women

  By Ian Kelly • February 05, 2010 02:53 PM

  Well now here is something to think about. One of the major arguments that pro-abortion folk use is: Abortion lowers the maternal fatality rate. Or to say it another way -- abortion is good for women's health.

  However, data out of Poland seems to totally undermine that assertion.

  Why has Poland made such strides in improving both maternal and infant health? Certainly not by spending a lot of money on “reproductive health services,” to use the preferred euphemism. Poland is a poor country, much poorer than either Canada or its immediate European neighbours. The money simply isn’t there for any lavish program to improve maternal and infant health. The only change that could have produced such a dramatic improvement is the documented decline in the induced abortion rate.

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• Weekend Open Thread

  By Ian Kelly • January 29, 2010 04:45 PM

  Let's talk about the state of Health Care and the State of The Union speech. We want to hear your thoughts about either one.

  Discuss in the comments.

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• Chris Matthews Tears Into Reconciliation

  By Ian Kelly • January 26, 2010 02:21 PM

  With election of Scott Brown (R - MA.) the senate democratic leadership no longer have a filibuster proof majority with which to pass their Health Care legislation. To combat that inconvenient truth, a number of ideas have been floated, including a parliamentary move called, "reconciliation".

  Well, to my surprise HardBall host, Chris Matthews, served up the cold hard reality of reconciliation!

  Folks, I don't know what to say here... I'm a little stunned. But also grateful.

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• Where Are We in the Process?

  By Matt Lockett • December 21, 2009 11:24 AM

  "So...what does this mean?"

  That has been the-most-asked-question at every single stage of the process as this health care bill moves through Congress. Every step has been a great opportunity to pray for the protection of the unborn. The legislative process is lost on most Americans leaving them confused and frustrated. If you fancy yourself an aficionado on procedure, then you should probably be in DC. Otherwise most folks are limited to what they learned watching Schoolhouse Rock.

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• Webcast Tomorrow Night: Crisis On The Senate Floor

  By Ian Kelly • December 15, 2009 04:55 PM

  National Healthcare System

  Recently, I sent an E-Blast with Tony Perkins, President of Family Research Council, calling the nation to join an urgent national webcast prayer convocation to ask God to restrain federally funded abortion in the health care system. On that E-Blast I wrote:

  On Friday, December 4th, I was awakened early in the morning with a burden to pray, as I considered the consequences of abortion being mainstreamed into the national health care system if the senate health care bill is passed as it is right now.
  
  I turned to 1 Chronicles 21 where the destroying angel had come to the threshing floor of Ornan. God, in his heart of mercy, restrained the angel of death, saying, “Enough! Restrain your hand.” The angel of death still hovered between heaven and earth with its sword drawn. Even with God’s restraint, the verdict was still in the balance as to whether or not the death march would continue. An earth being, namely David, had to agree with God’s restraint through repentance, paying the full price, and offering up the atoning blood. When David went up to the threshing floor in repentance and erected the altar and offered the sacrifice, God heeded the prayers and the angel of death sheathed its sword.

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• Surprising Opposition

  By Susan Tyrrel • December 10, 2009 11:49 AM

  While we have known that some Christian denominations have swayed to a liberal side on issues such as abortion, even the United Methodists have now joined the ranks of publicly petitioning against the very amendment we cry out to God and to our nation’s leaders to support. This letter to the Senate appeared Monday and is a disturbing reflection of a tolerant religious spirit that is sweeping across Christianity. The amendment, once again, doesn’t even take away abortion; it simply means we don’t have to pay for it. Some people within the streams of Christianity now feel that we should not limit abortion at all:

  The groups say their position is that there is a "social and moral obligation to ensure access to" abortions "at every stage in an individual’s life."
  

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• Abortion Clinic Employee Attacks Pregnant Pro-life Volunteer

  By Ian Kelly • November 20, 2009 02:28 PM

  An abortion clinic employee attacked a pregnant pro-life volunteer outside the Central Family Medicine abortion clinic in Kansas City, Kansas, while she was engaged in peaceful, First Amendment activity.

  On November 14, 2009, an unidentified abortion clinic employee came out of the Central Family Medicine abortion clinic and began to taunt the pro-lifers. Her verbal abuse escalated into violence as she rammed her shoulder into sidewalk counselor Jennifer McCoy, who is noticeably six months pregnant. A photograph taken by protest leader Mark Gietzen of the Kansas Coalition for Life shows McCoy recoiling and bracing for the hard impact that occurred a split second later.

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• Cold-Hearted And Unreasonable?

  By Ian Kelly • November 13, 2009 03:03 PM

  I'm stumped. It wasn't but a week ago that people who opposed health care legislation, because of abortion funding, were being called ignorant, cold-hearted and unreasonable.

  The attacks basically had the same tone to them. We were unreasonable because we could not set aside our difference of opinion on abortion and think of the greater good. We were told to consider not only abortion but the millions of uninsured people who are struggling without health care. We were the bad guys. How dare we oppose such legislation. Of course, that was when everything was going according to plan.

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• Our Action Plan

  By Susan Tyrrel • November 11, 2009 11:12 AM

  While we rejoice over the victory of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment which would create a ban on public abortion funding under the proposed national health care plan, a Planned Parenthood leader is seething. Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, sent out this letter to her mailing list Sunday afternoon. Some of the things she said struck me, not only for obvious reasons but because of the parallel we as Christians should be noting. We could actually learn a lot from them.

  “At Planned Parenthood, we fought together with you until the bitter end (thank you), and once we lost the vote on women's health, we started to do what we do best — gear up for our next fight.” - Richards

  The warrior attitude Richards is portraying should be our attitude as we battle in the heavenlies for the lives of the unborn. Jesus makes a striking point when the Pharisees accuse Him of being of Satan when He casts out demons. He says:

  "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand. And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? ... Or how can someone enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his house. Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. (Mat 12:25-26, 29-30)

  We want the “goods”—the ending of abortion in America. This isn’t the time to cry, “Democrat!” “Republican!” It’s the time to cry, “JESUS!”

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• "This Is A Health Care Bill, Not An Abortion Bill"

  By Ian Kelly • November 10, 2009 04:02 PM

  President Obama tells Jake Tapper that Congress needs to change abortion-related language in the health care bill passed by the House of Representatives this weekend.

  "I laid out a very simple principle, which is this is a health care bill, not an abortion bill," Obama said. "And we're not looking to change what is the principle that has been in place for a very long time, which is federal dollars are not used to subsidize abortions.

  What the President is getting at is that the Stupak amendment went to far in preventing taxpayer funded abortions. Basically, that "very simple principle" is a bit tricky.

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• The Call Crisis from Lou Engle: Urgent Call to Prayer & Conference Call

  By Matt Lockett • November 06, 2009 12:03 PM

  Bound4LIFE is coordinating along with Lou Engle for an urgent conference call tonight to pray concerning HR-3962 (known as PelosiCare). Please do whatever is necessary to participate in this call. For those of you that have corporate prayer meetings scheduled for this evening I strongly encourage you to patch this call into your meetings to join in corporately.
  

  For LIFE,
  

  
Matt Lockett
  

  
Bound4LIFE Director

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• Planned Parenthood Leader Resigns After Watching Ultrasound of Abortion Procedure

  By Ian Kelly • November 02, 2009 02:19 PM

  This former Planned Parenthood employee was told to get more abortions in the door in light of the poor economy. (Now that's health care you can trust!) And to think members of Congress are trying to fuel this kind of complete and utter disregard of ethics not to mention women's health care, by mandating taxpayer money to fund abortion clinics just like this one... if not this one directly!

   

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• Dems Looking To Codify Hyde Amendment For Health Bill

  By Ian Kelly • October 28, 2009 12:13 PM

  
  "We're working very closely with Bart Stupak (D-MIch.) and that coalition of Democrats to write a the bill in a way that makes it absolutely clear that no public dollars can go to funding abortions as part of the health reform bill," Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), the assistant to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), said during an appearance on Fox News this morning.

  "We're trying to codify the Hyde amendment as part of the health care reform bill," Van Hollen explained.

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• Stop Hiding Behind Hyde

  By Ian Kelly • October 07, 2009 01:46 PM

  If the current Health Care legislation is not completely payed for out of these funds, then Hyde does NOT cover it. Again, if the money does not come from the HHS Appropriations Bill, Hyde offers us no protections. Thus tax-payer money CAN and WILL go to paying for abortions. We need legislation that explicitly says federal dollars will not pay for abortions anything less is a blank check from the Treasury Department to the Abortion Industry... of course with yours and my name on it.

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• School Sex Clinics?!

  By Tyler Vaughn • October 06, 2009 01:33 PM

  If you aren’t fully convinced that there is an agenda for abortion behind the Health Care Reform bill, then maybe you should check this video and article out.  Not only is abortion simply about killing, (as if that was ever a simple matter) but it is about the systematic dismantling of the family -- and that is what is being pushed through in this bill.     

  Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., went before the House and stated that the Health Care Reform bill would allow school “sex clinics” to be established and would keep parents from ever knowing about the care and treatments there child undergoes.

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• Senate Panel Rejects Abortion Amendments

  By Ian Kelly • September 30, 2009 01:09 PM

  So much for President Obama's claim that federal dollars won't pay for abortion in health care reform.

  The Hill - The Senate Finance Committee rejected an amendment to its health care bill Wednesday that would have required women to purchase a separate, supplemental insurance plan to cover abortion services.
  
  Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) proposed the amendment with the goal of making existing laws against federal money being used to pay for abortions, and the language in the health care bill, ironclad.
  
  "All I'm asking -- my gosh -- is for specific language in the bill that prohibits federal dollars from being used to fund abortions," Hatch said.

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• Why We Need An Amendment

  By Ian Kelly • September 17, 2009 04:27 PM

  Some think the debate over whether or not Health Care reform will pave the way for tax-payer funded abortion to be a pointless idea. While others believe that the Hyde Amendment bans federal money from paying for abortions. This however is only partly true.

  I want to quickly give the reason why we need an amendment that clearly states that no money will be used to pay for abortions in anyway.

  Simply put, the Hyde Amendment will not do the trick!

  The Hyde Amendment is a "rider" bill -- meaning it is "limitation amendment" of sorts. The Hyde amendment restricts funding of abortions by creating rules for the appropriation of funds within Medicaid.

   

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• Pawlenty And Sebelius On Abortion In Healthcare

  By Ian Kelly • September 16, 2009 04:01 PM

  GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Another controversy the President brought up -- he said no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions, and this is connected to the public option, Governor Pawlenty, because many supporters of the pro-life movement, the anti-abortion activists have said "No, that's not true" -- that the public option that is being considered right now in the House will actually fund abortions.
  
  TIM PAWLENTY: Well, there's an easy way to resolve this. There's a dispute, so just be clear in the bill. If the President is embracing the idea that public monies in public systems won't be used to fund abortions, then we should say that.
  
  The pro-life perspective on this has been viewed by both FactCheck.Org and The AP as having merit. So this is not something people are just making up. There's a legitimate concern about it, but it can and should be clarified.

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• So Which One Is It?

  By Ian Kelly • September 11, 2009 05:49 PM

  “And one more misunderstanding I want to clear up – under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions, and federal conscience laws will remain in place.” ~ President Obama

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• Obama Speech: Abortion Not In Healthcare?

  By Ian Kelly • September 10, 2009 01:44 PM

  ...The reality is that the Obama-backed House bill would explicitly authorize the federal government insurance plan to pay for elective abortions and would explicitly authorize subsidies for private abortion insurance - and all with federal dollars, which are the only kind of dollars that the federal government can spend.

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• Greedy Hands

  By Ian Kelly • August 12, 2009 02:25 PM

  Another Planned Parenthood affiliate has been caught defrauding taxpayers of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
  
  An audit recently conducted by Washington state’s Department of Social and Health Services revealed the Spokane abortion business overcharged the state Medicaid program by at least $629,142.88 from 2004 to 2007.

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• Moral "Outcry" or "Outrage"?

  By Matt Lockett • August 04, 2009 12:08 PM

  It might be hard to distinguish a difference between the two in the days ahead judging from the many handheld videos popping up on the internet of town hall meetings all across the nation that are exploding in public outburst. I recently sat in a meeting in which a Senator asked a specialist, "Are people really as angry as they seem?" The room went totally silent at his response,"Senator...they're twice as mad as you think."

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• Abortion Is Not Healthcare

  By Matt Lockett • July 28, 2009 12:29 PM

  My team and I have been "prayer walking" the House office buildings in the morning this week. First thing today it was reported from House Majority Leader Hoyer and Speaker Pelosi that it had been decided to postpone a vote on the current Health Care Bill until after Labor Day. This comes as a specific answer to prayer to slow this process down. I feel as though our prayers have been sand in the gears for what seemed impossible to stop not many days ago.

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• Congress Has Obliged

  By Ian Kelly • July 20, 2009 04:57 PM

  For decades the District of Columbia has prohibited using public dollars for abortions, but President Barack Obama inserted a measure to reverse the ban in his new federal budget request and Congress has obliged. The president also inserted language in the new law to legalize marijuana for "medical purposes."

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• Hatch Leaves 'Em Speechless

  By Ian Kelly • July 13, 2009 03:59 PM

  ...the cat got Mikulski’s tongue yesterday during a Senate Health Committee hearing after she introduced a murky amendment that caught the eye of Sen. Orrin Hatch (R- UT ).

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