Crucial Prayer Topics : Sanctity of Life

Governor keeps 'condom education' out of schools
OneNewsNow.com - September 7, 2010

The governor of Minnesota has rejected a federal grant under the new healthcare law that would fund sex education promoting use of contraceptives.    ...[view article]

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Personhood Progress Update
Personhood USA - September 6, 2010

60 days! So much has been done in the last year and a half, and so much is left to do in the next 60 days! In the first year and a half of Personhood USA's existence, 40 states organized to fight for the pre-born child....[view article]

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Stricter regulations in store for VA abortuaries
OneNewsNow.com - September 5, 2010

Virginia's attorney general has issued a legal opinion that would allow greater enforcement of regulations on abortion clinics.  ...[view article]

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Adult Stem Cell Scientists Oppose Government's Request to Lift Federal Judge's Order Enjoining Unlawful Federal Funding of Research Involving the Destruction of Living Human Embryos
Christian Newswire - September 5, 2010

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 /Christian Newswire/ -- Responding to the government's request for an emergency stay pending appeal of federal district court Chief Judge Royce Lamberth's August 23rd decision and preliminary injunction enjoining unlawful federal funding of "research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death," lawyers for adult stem cell scientists this evening timely filed their opposing memorandum of law and evidentiary declarations of Drs. Deisher and...[view article]

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HLI Denounces Eugenicist Professor's Call to Sterilize the 'Unfit'
Christian Newswire - September 3, 2010

FRONT ROYAL, Va., Sept. 2 /Christian Newswire/ -- Monsignor Ignacio Barreiro-Carambula, Interim President of Human Life International (HLI), today denounced comments made recently by British Professor David Marsland in which Marsland called for certain "unfit" members of society to be forcibly sterilized....[view article]

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The Call Sacremento
- September 3, 2010

Ten years ago, four hundred thousand primarily young people, the consecrated ones, the Nazirites, gathered to the Mall in D.C. to fast and pray for America. Now, ten years later, the stakes couldn't be higher. Seismic political, economic, and societal shifts are drastically reshaping California, every state, and the nation. This is the time for a great spiritual outpouring to be unleashed to meet the demand of these times....[view article]

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PFLI Condemns FDA Approval of Chemical Cousin of Abortion Pill Mifepristone (RU 486)
Christian Newswire - August 17, 2010

In many places of employment a gigantic board is posted listing the shortages and outages of essential medications, such as antibiotics, pain relievers, anesthetics and drugs for sedation....[view article]

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U.S. Inspector General Audit Reports Show Improper Billing of Family Planning Services in NJ
Christian Newswire - August 17, 2010

MEDIA ADVISORY, Aug. 16 /Christian Newswire/ -- For weeks, certain NJ lawmakers have been lobbying to restore $7.5M in funds to family planning/Planned Parenthood clinics and to force the state of NJ to apply for a federal waiver which would reimburse these clinics 90% for every Medicaid service they provide.    ...[view article]

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Forty College Students Finish Walking Over 10,000 Miles on Their 3 Simultaneous Pro-Life Walks Across America
Christian Newswire - August 17, 2010

Walking from Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles to Washington, DC -- all three groups meet to pray at the Supreme Court for an end to abortion....[view article]

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Forty College Students Finish Walking Over 10,000 Miles on Their 3 Simultaneous Pro-Life Walks Across America
Christian Newswire - August 13, 2010

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 /Christian Newswire/ -- This Saturday, August 14, over 40 young people from colleges around the country will meet in Washington, D.C. to mark the conclusion of their 3 simultaneous pro-life walks across America. They are walking with a group called Crossroads, who has sponsored these pro-life walks across America every summer since 1995. Passing through 36 states and thousands of towns and cities, they have witnessed the reality that the overwhelming majority of Americans identify themselves...[view article]

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Newly Identified Corporate Supporters of Planned Parenthood Named
Christian Newswire - August 13, 2010

FRONT ROYAL, Va., Aug. 11 /Christian Newswire/ -- Life Decisions International (LDI) has released a revised edition of The Boycott List, which identifies corporations that support of Planned Parenthood, the world's primary abortion-advocacy group....[view article]

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Activists Score Major First Amendment and Pro-Life Victory in Washington, D.C.
Christian Newswire - August 13, 2010

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 /Christian Newswire/ -- The City of Washington, D.C. reverses their position and will allow prayer and free speech activities on the public sidewalk leading up to Planned Parenthood....[view article]

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Judge Walker proves he's “not a neutral referee, he's an activist” by lifting ban on same sex marriages during appeal process. NOM responds.
NationalOrganization for Marriage - August 13, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC - In light of the decision by Judge Vaughn Walker to lift the stay on same sex marriages in California following his ruling to overturn Proposition 8, Brian Brown of the National Organization for Marriage offered the following response:...[view article]

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TheCall: Sacramento
- August 12, 2010

"Gather to Me my consecrated ones, who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice . . . call upon Me in the day of trouble and I will deliver you" -Psalm 50:5,15 Ten years ago, four hundred thousand primarily young people, the consecrated ones, the Nazirites, gathered to the Mall in D.C. to fast and pray for America. Now, ten years later, the stakes couldn't be higher. Seismic political, economic, and societal shifts are drastically reshaping California, every state,...[view article]

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They Are Coming for Our Daughters
Friday Fax - August 11, 2010

They are coming for our adolescent daughters... August 11, 2010 Dear Friday Fax Reader, Sorry for this long letter, but I am angry, as angry as I have ever been in this job. Our Friday Fax team of UN watchers has uncovered an alarming new scheme to advance the global abortion movement, a scheme aimed specifically at adolescent girls. The United Nations - especially the notorious United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) - is preparing a massive worldwide campaign...[view article]

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21st Annual Harvest Crusades With Greg Laurie Deliver Message Of Hope To 118,000 Southern Californians Over Weekend
ASSIST News Service - August 10, 2010

ANAHEIM, CA (ANS) -- "Hope" was the central message of the 21st annual Southern California Harvest Crusades with Greg Laurie this past weekend, August 6 - 8, and the theme clearly struck a chord with Southland residents as more than 118,000 people packed out Angel Stadium of Anaheim over three nights, many of whom came seeking spiritual answers....[view article]

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ADF: Selected quotes from the California marriage amendment decision
AllianceAlert.org - August 10, 2010

Selected quotes from the California marriage amendment decision Citations taken directly from federal district court opinion  ...[view article]

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Military abortuaries a possibility
OneNewsNow.com - August 6, 2010

More than 200 military physicians are protesting a Senate bill amendment that would use U.S. military medical facilities as abortion clinics....[view article]

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The cost of Kagan's confirmation
OneNewsNow.com - August 6, 2010

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, making her the fourth female to serve on the nation's highest court. The 50-year-old Harvard Law School graduate is scheduled to be sworn in Saturday (August 7). While Kagan's confirmation isn't a surprise for most, the possible backlash some lawmakers may face as a result of their vote could be....[view article]

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Indiana Planned Parenthood Caught on Tape Giving Fabricated Medical Information
Christian Newswire - July 20, 2010

INDIANAPOLIS, July 20 /Christian Newswire/ -- The youth-led pro-life group Live Action released a new undercover video today showing staff at an Indianapolis Planned Parenthood clinic using manipulative and medically inaccurate counseling to convince a young woman to have an abortion. This is the third undercover video Live Action has released showing abusive counseling practices at Planned Parenthood of Indiana....[view article]

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National Right to Life Reacts to Appointment of Donald Berwick to Head HHS' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Christian Newswire - July 8, 2010

WASHINGTON, July 7 /Christian Newswire/ -- Today, President Obama used the power of the recess appointment to install Donald Berwick as the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), in an attempt to avoid examination, through the pending confirmation process, of Berwick's well-documented support for rationing health care....[view article]

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Maloney Bill: Just Another Effort by Abortion Industry to Shut Down Competition, Care Net Says
Christian Newswire - July 7, 2010

LANSDOWNE, Va., July 7 /Christian Newswire/ -- Care Net, a network of more than 1,100 pregnancy centers, calls a summer attack by the abortion industry and its advocates, "just another attempt to shut down the competition." NARAL, an abortion activist group, has launched an effort to harm pregnancy centers' ability to advertise their services online. In addition, abortion rights proponents in Congress, Rep. Carolyn Maloney and Sen. Robert Menendez, have re-introduced a bill that...[view article]

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Yoest Applauds Jindal, State of Louisiana - 4th State to Opt Out
Christian Newswire - July 7, 2010

WASHINGTON, July 7 /Christian Newswire/ -- Yesterday, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signed H.B. 1247, the "Abortion Insurance Opt-Out Act", a bill that was crafted with the help of Americans United for Life. A similar bill is awaiting the Governor's consideration in Missouri....[view article]

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Susan B. Anthony List Announces Endorsement of 8 More Authentic Pro-Life Women Candidates
Christian Newswire - July 6, 2010

WASHINGTON, July 6 /Christian Newswire/ -- Today the Susan B. Anthony List Candidate Fund, a national pro-life political action committee, announced its endorsement of Anne Marie Buerkle, candidate for NY-25; Renee Ellmers, candidate for NC-02; Kristi Noem candidate for SD-AL, Star Parker, candidate for CA-37; Nikki Haley, candidate for SC-GOV; Jaime Herrera, candidate for WA-03, Rita Myer, candidate for WY-GOV and Diane Black, candidate for TN-06. SBA List Candidate Fund President Marjorie Dannenfelser said of the endorsements:...[view article]

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Federal Court of Appeal Reinstates Case Against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to Stop Federal Funding of Research Involving the Destruction of Living Human Embryos
Christian Newswire - June 25, 2010

WASHINGTON, June 25 /Christian Newswire/ -- Today the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued its decision finding that doctors doing adult stem cell research have 'competitive standing' to sue. Therefore, the court reinstated the doctors' federal lawsuit, filed last summer that seeks to preliminarily enjoin and ultimately overturn the controversial guidelines for public funding of embryonic stem cell research that the National Institutes of Health issued on July 7, 2009. The implementation of these guidelines...[view article]

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Erosion of religious freedom threatens Church and nation, warns Archbishop Wuerl
CNA - June 24, 2010

Washington D.C.- In an exclusive interview obtained by CNA, Dr. John Haas of the National Catholic Bioethics Center asked Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington D.C. about some of the issues facing the Church in the "contemporary context." In his reply, Archbishop Wuerl spoke about the role of and need for religious freedom in society, a role which is dramatically changing....[view article]

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Seniors Are Losing Access to Medicare Docs
AOL News - June 21, 2010

(June 22) -- Last March Washington looked America squarely in the eye and promised the $1 trillion health care overhaul would reduce the deficit and save Medicare. Moreover, our political leaders assured seniors they could keep their physician. Now reality sets in. None of this was true....[view article]

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Planned Parenthood's missing millions
- June 18, 2010

A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on federal tax money funneled into Planned Parenthood and similar organizations raises more questions than it answers about the nation's largest abortion chain....[view article]

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Kagan memos on abortion limits, religious rights
USA TODAY - June 12, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, as a Clinton White House counsel, drafted legal language designed to narrow a proposed ban on a procedure that critics call "partial-birth" abortion.  ...[view article]

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Four Moral Issues Sharply Divide Americans
Gallop.com - May 31, 2010

PRINCETON, NJ -- Americans generally agree about the morality of 12 out of 16 behaviors or social policies that sometimes spark public controversy, with sizable majorities saying each is either "morally acceptable" or "morally wrong." By contrast, views on doctor-assisted suicide, gay and lesbian relations, abortion, and having a baby outside of marriage are closely divided -- the percentage supporting and the percentage opposing are within 15 points of each other....[view article]

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More Americans 'Pro-Life' Than 'Pro-Choice' for First Time
Gallop.com - May 31, 2010

PRINCETON, NJ -- A new Gallup Poll, conducted May 7-10, finds 51% of Americans calling themselves "pro-life" on the issue of abortion and 42% "pro-choice." This is the first time a majority of U.S. adults have identified themselves as pro-life since Gallup began asking this question in 1995....[view article]

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Oklahoma Legislature overrides third abortion veto
NEWSOK - May 26, 2010

Lawmakers have bypassed the governor's veto of a bill that asks women to fill out a detailed questionnaire when seeking an abortion. In a vote of 33-15, the Senate voted to override Gov. Brad Henry's veto of House Bill 3284. A similar veto override measure passed the House on Monday in a vote 84-13. The measure goes into effect Nov. 1....[view article]

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Scientists Create Synthetic Organism
Wall Street Journal - May 21, 2010

Heralding a potential new era in biology, scientists for the first time have created a synthetic cell, completely controlled by man-made genetic instructions, researchers at the private J. Craig Venter Institute announced Thursday....[view article]

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Abortion Opponents Capitalizing on New Health Care Law
AP - Associated Press - May 16, 2010

WASHINGTON -- Abortion opponents fought passage of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul to the bitter end, and now that it's the law, they're using it to limit coverage by private insurers....[view article]

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Strict Oklahoma Abortion Measures Become Law
NPR.org - April 28, 2010

The Oklahoma Senate voted Tuesday to override the governor's veto of two anti-abortion laws that are considered some of the strictest in the country....[view article]

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Rep. Stupak, Under Fire for Health Care Vote, to Retire
AOL News - April 9, 2010

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (April 9) -- Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak, targeted for defeat by tea party activists for his crucial role in securing House approval of the health care overhaul, said today he would retire from Congress this year....[view article]

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The Obama Health Care Rationing Law:
National Right to Life - April 6, 2010

An 18-member "Independent Payment Advisory Board" [Sec. 10320(b)] is given the duty, on January 15, 2015 and every two years thereafter, with regard to private health care, to make "recommendations to slow the growth in national health expenditures . . ....[view article]

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National Pro-life Religious Council: Health Care Battle Just Begun
Christian Newswire - March 22, 2010

WASHINGTON, March 22 /Christian Newswire/ -- Fr. Frank Pavone, President of the National Pro-life Religious Council, stated this morning that the Council, comprised of pro-life groups from many Christian denominations, is calling upon believers to make the next move in the health care debate....[view article]

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World Congress of Families Letter of Solidarity Read at Huge Pro-Life Rally in Madrid
Christian Newswire - March 8, 2010

MEDIA ADVISORY, March 8 /Christian Newswire/ -- Yesterday (March 7), huge pro-life demonstrations took place in over 100 cities to protest Spain's new abortion law, which went into effect on March 5. The new law allows abortion for children as young as 16 without parental consent, provides for abortion on demand up to the 14th week, up to the 22nd week if an abortionist certifies a health risk to the mother, and - in the case of fetal deformity and...[view article]

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African American Leaders Outraged at Attacks on Congressman Franks
Christian Newswire - March 1, 2010

ATLANTA, March 1 /Christian Newswire/ -- When U. S. Congressman Trent Franks spoke about communities where over fifty percent of the abortions performed are on black women, abortion proponents called him a liar, again attempting to divert the attention away from the question of the abortion industry's targeting Blacks for abortion and onto mathematical analysis of whether he correctly divided the numbers. African American leaders are outraged....[view article]

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Full Undercover Video Released of WI Planned Parenthood Covering Up Child Sex Abuse
Christian Newswire - March 1, 2010

MILWAUKEE, March 1 /Christian Newswire/ -- Live Action has made public the full, unedited video from an undercover investigation released last week of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Milwaukee, WI. The footage shows clinic staff counseling a purportedly 14-year-old statutory rape victim not to tell anyone about her 31-year-old "boyfriend" and coaching her how to obtain an abortion without her parents' consent....[view article]

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Judge Lets Rutland Keep License - CA Med Board Asks 'How Many Patients Have to Die Before a Doctor is Shut Down?'
Christian Newswire - February 19, 2010

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Feb. 19 /Christian Newswire/ -- At an emergency hearing yesterday, Judge James Ahler allowed troubled abortionist Andrew Rutland to keep his restricted medical license and indicated that he may continue to do early medical abortions that do not require surgery....[view article]

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Keynote Address at the 58th National Prayer Breakfast
State.gov - February 5, 2010

SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you very much. I have to begin by saying I'm not Bono. (Laughter.) Those of you who were here when he was, I apologize beforehand. (Laughter.) But it is a great pleasure to be with you and to be here with President and Mrs. Obama, to be with Vice President Biden, with Chairman Mullen, with certainly our host today, my former colleagues and friends, Senators Isakson and Amy Klobuchar. And to be with so many...[view article]

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The Center For Bio-Ethical Reform Condemns Randall Terry's Support for Violence Against Abortion Providers
Christian Newswire - February 1, 2010

LAKE FOREST, Calif., Feb.1 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Center For Bio-Ethical Reform (CBR) today condemned Randall Terry's support for violence against abortion providers. CBR also applauded the conviction of Scott Roeder for the murder of abortionist George Tiller and condemned the abortion industry for slaughtering children on a scale which dwarfs every atrocity in all of human history....[view article]

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Pro-Life Leader Grateful for Coakley's Honest Admission that Health Care Reform Will Violate Catholics' Conscience Rights
Christian Newswire - January 16, 2010

FRONT ROYAL, VA, Jan. 15 /Christian Newswire/ -- "Thank you, Martha Coakley!" said Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, president of Human Life International, upon hearing the Massachusetts Attorney General and Democratic US Senate Candidate's frank admission that the health care reform legislation being debated in the US Congress will have no protection for those who refuse to cooperate in anti-life medical procedures....[view article]

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Obama and the Vampire Congress
OneNewsNow.com - January 6, 2010

Meet the Beltway bloodsuckers. They convene in the dead of night, when most ordinary mortals have left work and let their guard down or are lying asleep in bed. Pale-faced and insatiable, the nocturnal thieves do their nefarious business in backrooms and secret chambers. Their primary victims? Taxpayers, the free market, and deliberative democracy....[view article]

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Ten New Reasons Why Obamacare Can Still Be Stopped
Eagle Forum - January 4, 2010

New reasons emerge almost daily as to why Obamacare can and must be defeated. 1. The American people oppose Obamacare by almost 2 to 1 in the latest CNN poll. Other polls show lopsided opposition to passing either the Senate or House health-care bill.  ...[view article]

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'Tyranny Eve': Early Morning Christmas Eve Gathering on Capitol Hill to Protest Health Care Reform Bill
Christian Newswire - December 23, 2009

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 /Christian Newswire/ -- As the Senate prepares to vote on historic health care legislation on Christmas Eve morn, concerned citizens from across America organized through TyrannyEve.com will be gathering on the Capitol steps at 6:00am to peacefully protest the move by lawmakers to assume greater control of the private sector. "Tyranny Eve" -- a term meant to describe what's at stake with tomorrow's health care vote -- was coined by Peter Bradrick, a concerned North Carolina father...[view article]

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Sen. Brownback: Abortion deal is a radical change
POLITICO.com - December 22, 2009

For over 30 years, the Hyde amendment has prevented the expenditure of federal funds on abortion, which so many regard as the taking of an innocent human life. Named after the late Henry Hyde, longtime member of Congress from Illinois and pro-life hero, the Hyde amendment established the principle that taxpayers should not be required to pay for abortions, even if the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade had effectively overturned 50 state laws to legalize the procedure across...[view article]

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Ben Nelson Will Vote for Health Reform
Politics Daily - December 19, 2009

Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) announced Saturday that he will vote for health care reform when it comes up for a cloture vote in the Senate early next week, now that the bill has been changed at his request. As the 60th and final Democrat to signal that he will support the bill, Nelson's decision virtually assures passage of the Democrats' sweeping health care reform....[view article]

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Reid-Nelson Compromise Pays for Abortions
Christian Newswire - December 19, 2009

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 /Christian Newswire/ -- A compromise that won Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson's support for the Reid health care bill today will do what he previously stated he would not support- use federal funds to subsidize abortions....[view article]

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Nelson: Abortion compromise 'isn't sufficient'
USA TODAY - December 18, 2009

Sen. Ben Nelson told a Nebraska radio station today that the compromise language on abortion doesn't go far enough. Speaking on KLIN, Nelson said he received compromise language from Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., who also opposes abortion. However, Nelson said: "As it is right now, without further modifications, it isn't sufficient."  ...[view article]

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D.C. Council approves same-sex marriage bill
The Washington Post - December 16, 2009

The District was on the verge Tuesday of becoming the sixth place in the country to legalize same-sex marriage after the council gave final approval to its bill allowing the unions....[view article]

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"The Shedding of Innocent Blood" - Lou Engle
TheCall.com - December 15, 2009

I. THE CERTAINTY OF BLOOD GUILT A. Prayer that is born out of a burden. . . "And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, "Oh that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!" So God granted him what he requested." (I Chronicles 4:9,10)    ...[view article]

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The Call to Conscience
TheCall.com - December 14, 2009

Join Lou Engle, Tony Perkins, & other leaders for a LIVE nationwide video webcast prayer convocation on December 16th 2009 at 8:30pm EST.   National Healthcare System   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 healthcare system if the senate healthcare bill is passed.   The Threshing Floor   I turned to 1 Chronicles 21 where the destroying angel was standing between heaven and earth with his...[view article]

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By a Vote of 54 to 45, the U.S. Senate Tabled (killed) an Amendment to Remove Elective Abortion
National Right to Life - December 8, 2009

WASHINGTON (December 8, 2009) -- By a vote of 54 to 45, the U.S. Senate today tabled (killed) an amendment to remove elective abortion from the new federal programs that would be created by pending health care legislation. The following statement was issued by the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of right-to-life organizations in all 50 states, and may be attributed to NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson....[view article]

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Bravo to the bishops
The Washington Post - December 7, 2009

Religious leaders are first of all citizens and they enjoy the same rights as any other citizens and civic leaders to engage in public debate on policy questions. Our democracy is strong when people of faith contribute a moral voice to the debate, particularly on behalf of the poor and vulnerable. The halls of Congress are choked with lobbyists paid to defend the wealthy and their powerful interest groups. We desperately need more voices defending the common good....[view article]

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Senate Health Debate Turns to Abortion Fight
The Salt Lake Tribune - December 7, 2009

Washington » The always-contentious issue of abortion is expected to take center stage today as the Senate health reform debate enters its second week....[view article]

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The reality of abortion - YouTube-style
OneNewsNow.com - December 1, 2009

A video describing a first-trimester abortion -- produced by Priests for Life and published on YouTube -- has reached a milestone....[view article]

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Rick Warren Slams Obama's Abortion Stance
Newsmax.com - November 29, 2009

President Barack Obama's stance on abortion amounts to ignoring an American holocaust, says Pastor Rick Warren, author of the best-selling "A Purpose Drive Life/"...[view article]

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Senate Poised to Advance Majority Leader Reid's Anti-Life Bill
Christian Newswire - November 21, 2009

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 /Christian Newswire/ -- At 8:00 p.m. tonight, the Senate is expected to vote on cloture on the Motion to Proceed to debate on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's pro-abortion health care bill. Sixty Senators' votes are needed for the bill to move forward. While this vote has been touted by pro-abortion lawmakers as merely "procedural" in nature, according to the Congressional Research Service, over 97% of bills that require a cloture vote to begin debate ultimately pass...[view article]

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National Religious Leaders Release Historic Declaration on Christian Conscience
DeMossNews.com - November 21, 2009

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2009-Friday a group of prominent Christian clergy, ministry leaders and scholars released the Manhattan Declaration, which addresses the sanctity of life, traditional marriage and religious liberty. The 4,700-word declaration issues a clarion call to Christians to adhere to their convictions and informs civil authorities that the signers will not - under any circumstance - abandon their Christian consciences. Drafted by Dr. Robert George, Dr. Timothy George and Chuck Colson and signed by more than 125...[view article]

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ReidCare: What's Not to Dislike?
Family Research Council - November 20, 2009

After six long weeks, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) finally unveiled the Senate Majority's version of health care reform. But one look at the mammoth 2,074 page bill and most agree: the legislation was hardly worth waiting for....[view article]

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National Right to Life Committee Rejects Reid Abortion Funding Language as 'Completely Unacceptable,' Calls for Enactment of Stupak-Pitts Amendment
National Right to Life - November 19, 2009

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 /Christian Newswire/ -- The following statement was issued by the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of right-to-life organizations in all 50 states, and may be attributed to NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson....[view article]

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Time for Senator Reid to Back Up his Words with Action by Including Pro-Life Protections in Senate Health Care Bill
Christian Newswire - November 11, 2009

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 /Christian Newswire/ -- Yesterday Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) told Roll Call he expects language excluding abortion to be included in the Senate version of health care reform. Reid said, "I expect that the bill that will be brought to the floor will ensure that no federal funds are used for abortion and that the rights of providers, health care facilities, like Catholic hospitals, will be protected, so I believe we can work that out,...[view article]

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NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE RESPONDS TO OBAMA STATEMENT ON STUPAK-PITTS AMENDMENT
National Right to Life - November 10, 2009

WASHINGTON (7 PM EST) -- ABC News reports the following comments by President Obama today regarding the Stupak-Pitts Amendment that was added to the health care bill by the House of Representatives on November 7:...[view article]

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URGENT PRAYER ALERT: Health Care Takeover Could be Decided Today
Family Research Council - November 7, 2009

Dear Friends, Last night, believers from across the nation gathered via telephone conference to cry out to God, asking Him to intervene to stop the federal health care takeover. Tony Perkins joined Lou Engle, Ron Luce, Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kans.), Tom Minnery and others to lead a time of focused prayer with thousands joining in agreement. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Democrat Leaders have worked around the clock to pass their radical 1900+ page bill that...[view article]

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How the Health Bill Funds Abortions - PDF
Family Research Council - November 7, 2009

CAPPS-Ellsworth Amendment Authorizes Public Option to Pay for Elective Abortion...[view article]

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Judge Allows Constitutional Challenge to Human Gene Patents
Law.com - November 5, 2009

Opponents of patenting human gene sequences were handed a rare court victory Monday, when a federal judge refused to dismiss a suit challenging patents for two genes tied to cancers in women....[view article]

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Planned Parenthood director finds proof in pictures
OneNewsNow.com - November 5, 2009

The director of Planned Parenthood in Bryan, Texas, has resigned after a spiritual experience. Abby Johnson spoke with local television station KBTX and said she threw in the towel after viewing a sonogram of an unborn baby in September. It was that moment that brought the former director to a realization. "I can't do this anymore," she remembers thinking. "It was just like a flash that hit me, and I thought, 'That's it.'"...[view article]

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40 Days for Life Pro-Life Campaign Concludes With 2,000 Abortions Prevented
LifeNews.com - November 3, 2009

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The latest 40 Days for Life campaign has concluded and it reached an important milestone at the same time. Organizers of the national event, which sees pro-life advocates pray and help women heading to abortion centers find positive alternatives, has now helped prevent 2,000 abortions....[view article]

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Back to Google News Court rejects Pa. buffer law on abortion clinics
AP - Associated Press - November 3, 2009

PITTSBURGH - A federal appeals court has struck down an ordinance that created two types of buffer zones around medical facilities after a Christian legal group challenged the law on behalf of a nurse who protests abortions....[view article]

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New Health Bill Posted - 2000 page document
docs.house.gov - October 30, 2009

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Obama Told House Democrat He Wasn't Talking about House Health Bill When He Told Congress 'Our Plan' Doesn't Fund Abortion
CNS News - October 26, 2009

(CNSNews.com) - Rep. Bart Stupak (D.-Mich.) told CNSNews.com that President Barack Obama told him in a telephone conversation that when he said in his Sept. 9 speech to a joint session of Congress that "under our plan no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions" he was not talking about the actual bill drafted in the House but about the president's own health care plan-which has never been written....[view article]

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Congressman Says He Now Has ‘About 40 Likeminded Democrats’ Who Will Vote to Kill Health Bill if He Doesn’t Get Floor Vote on Pro-Life Amendment
CNS News - October 26, 2009

(CNSNews.com) - Rep. Bart Stupak (D.-Mich.) told CNSNews.com yesterday that he has organized a group of "about 40 likeminded Democrats" who will vote to kill the health-care bill if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) does not allow a floor vote on his amendment to prohibit federal funds from going to insurance plans that cover abortion....[view article]

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Silence Will Rock Thousands of Campuses Tomorrow While Students Protest Abortion as Part of the 6th Annual Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity
Christian Newswire - October 19, 2009

MEDIA ADVISORY, Oct. 19 /Christian Newswire/ -- Tomorrow morning students from thousands of schools around the world will refuse to speak as a protest against the killing innocent children....[view article]

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Personhood USA
Personhood USA - October 19, 2009

Personhood USA is a grassroots Christian organization founded to establish personhood efforts across America to create protection for every child by love and by law....[view article]

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Small Group Now Leads Closed Negotiations on Health-Care Bill
The Washington Post - October 19, 2009

Three months before he was elected president, Barack Obama vowed not only to reform health care but also to pass the legislation in an unprecedented way....[view article]

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Homosexuals give Obama standing ovation
OneNewsNow.com - October 11, 2009

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama was given a hero's welcome last night as he addressed the nation's most powerful homosexual group.WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama was given a hero's welcome last night as he addressed the nation's most powerful homosexual group....[view article]

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Is the Pill in Control of Your Romance?
ABC News - October 8, 2009

Science tells us that humans have evolved over the years to make better decisions about whom to choose as a spouse, but a growing body of research suggests that women could undo all that evolution with a simple pill many are already taking....[view article]

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White House Engaged in 'Smuggling Operation' on Abortion in Health Care
Christian Newswire - October 8, 2009

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 /Christian Newswire/ -- A spokesman for the nation's major pro-life organization said that remarks by the White House press secretary on October 7, "once again demonstrated that the White House is a partner in an ongoing smuggling operation, which if successful will result in funding of abortion on demand by the federal government."...[view article]

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Senator Grassley Exposes Stealth Changes by Democrats in Obamacare Bill
Christian Coalition of America - October 8, 2009

Earlier this week, the ranking member of the Senate Financial Services Committee which debated its version of Obamacare last month -- the Democrats' socialized medicine scheme, a $829 billion monstrosity -- Senator Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, accused the Democrats of making changes which are bad for America's seniors, veterans and workers....[view article]

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Young Life Asks You to Please Join Them for a Day of Prayer
Dave Kubal - October 6, 2009

Young Life Asks You to Please Join Them for a Day of Prayer  Dear Partners in ministry, Sorry I am late in sending this to you as many are already in early afternoon. But wanted to highlight our call to today's prayer day throughout YL and am just returning from a week long trip myself. The mission of Young Life was founded upon, and grew upon, the prayers of saints, from the ladies of the front porch in...[view article]

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Poll: Abortion opposition grows
USA TODAY - October 5, 2009

More than four in 10 Americans favor making an abortion more difficult to have, up 6 percentage points from 2007, according to a poll released today by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. The poll found that 45% of Americans favor making abortion illegal in most or all cases, up 4 percentage points from last year....[view article]

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IAM71.org: Growing Movement Against Tax Funded Abortion Prompts New Website
Christian Newswire - October 5, 2009

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 /Christian Newswire/ -- Pro-life groups have joined together to launch IAM71.org, a website where the people can post photos of themselves with the number 71 to remind President Obama and Congress that 71% of Americans oppose taxpayer funded abortions. "We plan make sure that President Obama and every member of Congress is sent a link to these photos so they can put faces on the 71% figure that represents ...[view article]

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Americans Don't Want Government-Funded Abortions In Health Reform
Fox News - October 5, 2009

If the president's plan goes forward, checks will be written to abortionists and to health insurers covering abortions. Those checks will draw funds from one place: the treasury of the United States of America. Yet over half of Americans (women included) say it is wrong for the government to pay for abortions....[view article]

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Illegal Abortion Accomplices Sentenced
Christian Newswire - September 25, 2009

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 25 /Christian Newswire/ -- Two accomplices of convicted illegal abortionist Bertha Bugarin have been sentenced in San Diego County for their part in Bugarin's illegal abortion scheme at her clinic in Chula Vista, CA. According to the San Diego County District Attorney's office Luz Catalina-Gomez and Paloma Yonna Solorzano-Rodriguez reached a sentencing agreement with San Diego Superior Court Judge Ted Wethers for probation and community service. "The People (DA's office) did not take part in...[view article]

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White House, Congressional Democratic Leaders push for votes on pro-abortion health care bills!
National Right to Life - September 24, 2009

WASHINGTON - Both houses of Congress are pushing towards votes on sweeping "health care reform" bills that currently contain far-reaching pro-abortion provisions. Despite public statements by President Obama that "no federal dollars will be used to fund abortion," all of the major bills under consideration would put the federal government into the business of subsidizing elective abortion on a huge scale -- which would be a drastic break from longstanding federal policy....[view article]

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Seek Facts before Calling People Racist Says Dr. Alveda King
Christian Newswire - September 21, 2009

ATLANTA, Sept. 21 /Christian Newswire/ -- Dr. Alveda King, Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., today addressed the charge that opposition to the health care plan backed by President Obama is racist in nature. "Congressman Joe Wilson's breach of etiquette was definitely wrong, but to call it racist is to cry wolf," said Dr. King. "What really is racist is singling out minorities, who now receive about two-thirds of the...[view article]

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Latest Obama-czar outrage: Embryos are merely this ...
WorldNetDaily - September 14, 2009

TEL AVIV – There is no moral concern regarding cloning human beings since human embryos, which develop into a baby, are "only a handful of cells," argued President Obama's newly confirmed regulatory czar, Cass Sunstein. ...[view article]

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Pro-Life Advocate Murdered Outside Michigan School While Protesting Abortion
LifeNews.com - September 11, 2009

Owosso, MI (LifeNews.com) -- Local officials and state police are confirming that a pro-life advocate was shot and killed outside a high school in this Michigan town. The person, who is described as well-known ...[view article]

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Shocking Allegations by Ex-Abortion Workers Prompt Meeting with NE Attorney General
Christian Newswire - September 2, 2009

Shocking Allegations by Ex-Abortion Workers Prompt Meeting with NE Attorney General Pro-life groups will hold press conference after the meeting to discuss the next steps in efforts to enforce the law at LeRoy Carhart's seedy abortion businessLINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 2 /Christian Newswire/ -- Representatives from Operation Rescue, Nebraskans United for Life, Rescue the Heartland, and other pro-life groups are scheduled to meet with Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning on Thursday, September 3, 2009, to submit and discuss...[view article]

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Federal suit challenges stem cell funding guidelines
Baptist Press News - August 28, 2009

WASHINGTON (BP) -- The Obama administration's guidelines for federal funding of stem cell research that results in the destruction of human embryos have been challenged in court, and a lawyer behind the suit says he thinks its "chances are very good."...[view article]

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Synthetic Life By the Year's End? Yes, Proclaims Craig Venter.
Discover Magazine - August 27, 2009

Although scientists may not have come close to cataloging all the different kinds of life on the planet, genetics pioneer Craig Venter is pressing ahead with his plans to create biology version 2.0. Venter is at the forefront of the new field of synthetic biology, in which scientists try to create all new organisms out of their component genetic parts: "We're moving from reading the genetic code to writing it" [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette], Venter has said. Now, he and his colleagues...[view article]

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Abortion: Which Side Is Fabricating?
FactCheck.org - August 25, 2009

Despite what Obama said, the House bill would allow abortions to be covered by a federal plan and by federally subsidized private plans....[view article]

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Obama Says "Government Funding of Abortion" is "Fabrication," But the White House-Backed House Bill Explicitly Authorizes It
National Right to Life - August 19, 2009

WASHINGTON -- In a conference call with supporters this afternoon, President Obama said that it is a "fabrication" to say that the legislation backed by the White House would result in "government funding of abortions," and that this is "untrue."...[view article]

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FDA Delays Geron's Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Trials, Seeks Data
LifeNews.com - August 18, 2009

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The Food and Drug Administration is delaying a bid by biotech company Geron to become the first to conduct human trials with embryonic stem cells. The move is drawing applause from pro-life advocates who oppose the use of the cells because they involve the destruction of human life to obtain....[view article]

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Health Takeover, Abortion Funding, Marriage, AIDS & Abstinence
Family Research Council - July 29, 2009

Dear Praying Friends, The greatest threat to America is not our terrorist enemies around the world, rogue dictators, or the specter of another arms race. Our greatest threat is our nation's own evil choices and a Church that refuses to bear prophetic witness to the reality of sin and the hope of the Gospel. Americans have voted to affirm policies and elect policymakers who are leading America into wholesale acts of disobedience, flagrant evils that...[view article]

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Obama's Science Czar Considered Forced Abortions, Sterilization as Population Growth Solutions
Fox News - July 21, 2009

John Holdren, director of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy, considered compulsory abortions and other Draconian measures to shrink the human population in a 1977 science textbook.  ...[view article]

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Biologist Venter aims to create life from scratch
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - June 29, 2009

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Biologist J. Craig Venter once raced the U.S. government to complete the decoding of the human genome. Now, after a maverick career studying the code of life, Dr. Venter has a new goal: life itself....[view article]

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Obama To Loosen Stem Cell Funding
The Washington Post - March 7, 2009

President Obama's decision to lift restrictions on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, scheduled to be announced Monday, is expected to provide a major boost to one of the most promising but controversial fields of biomedical research in generations....[view article]

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