By Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D., National Right to Life Director of Education & Research Over the past few weeks, following a House vote to cut off federal funds to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and 102 named affiliates, PPFA has kicked into overdrive a campaign to hone its image. Take fiscal responsibility. In an …
Continue reading "From Planned Parenthood’s Own Reports: More Funding, More Abortion"By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. The following first appeared at Today’s News & Views in January. We run it here as a companion to the excellent analysis of CDC abortion data provided by Dr. Randall K. O’Bannon (“CDC Abortion Report Offers Valuable Demographic Data”). If ever the devil is in the details, it’s in the …
Continue reading "Behind the Guttmacher Abortion Numbers"By Rose Mimms and Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D. Editor’s note. This appeared in the March 13 edition of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Planned Parenthood, the Tyrannosaurus Rex of the abortion industry, has been wounded with the passage of the Pence Amendment supported by all of Arkansas’ U.S. House delegation and U.S. Senator John Boozman. If …
Continue reading "De-Fund Planned Parenthood Now"By Dave Andrusko So asks TIME magazine’s Katy Steinmetz today. In “More States Aggressively Moving Pro-Life Legislation,” we’ll update you about the latest progress in the states, but, first, what does explain the surge of pro-life legislation all over the country? Steinmetz offers a “perfect storm” political climate. I agree with her trio of developments, …
Continue reading "“What’s Behind the Surge of Abortion Bills?”"By Dave Andrusko “Although Democrats insisted that the ACA [ObamaCare] would become more popular once the congressional debate ended and the benefits started to kick in, the reverse has actually happened. According to a Kaiser Health Tracking poll released Friday, 46 percent of the public opposes the law, up from 40 percent a year ago. …
Continue reading "Pro-ObamaCare Democrats: On the Wrong Side of History"By Dave Andrusko Two days ago I wrote about a Washington Post column– “The Fact Checker—The Truth Behind the Rhetoric,” by Glenn Kessler–that roasted what Kessler described as the “false or exaggerated” claims House Democrats made for and about ObamaCare (www.nrlc.org/News_and_Views/March11/nv032111part2.html). Yesterday Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) wrote …
Continue reading "ObamaCare: Awful a Year ago, Increasingly on the Defensive Today"By Dave Andrusko Round One: The House votes to cut off federal funds to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and 102 named PPFA affiliates. That it is only Round One does not make this 240-185 victory any the less sweet. The strongly affirmative vote is a testimony to the dogged persistence of a …
Continue reading "Congratulations! You Made the House Vote to Cut off Funds to Planned Parenthood Possible"By David N. O’Steen, Jr. Since its inception several years ago, Autos for Life has always received an outstanding variety of donated vehicles that have helped the NRLC Educational Trust Fund further its life-saving work. We have received everything from classic and luxury cars, to boats, economy cars, trucks, vans, jet skis, and everything in …
Continue reading "Autos for Life, All donations Do Good!"Good evening and thanks for being part of the discussion. Part Two is a smorgasbord of pro-life stories. Part Three is an essay from the one and only Nat Hentoff. Part Four is an amazing except from the Philadelphia Grand Jury that investigated abortionist Kermit Gosnell. Part Five is an encouraging word from “Autos for …
Continue reading "Planned Parenthood Hides Abortion’s Massive Contribution to PPFA’s Bottom Line"There is so much going on that the only way we can address some/most of it is to include a post that briefly mentions a number of items. · Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell is not scheduled to be arraigned until March 2 on eight counts of murder. But yesterday pro-life Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett announced …
Continue reading "An Update on Multiple Pro-Life Issues"