1. What now? funding for abortions, not to mention the pornographic materials it bills as “comprehensive sex education.”
america currently directly funds abortions that kill children conceived in rape and incest. stupak’s language perpetuates this discriminatory policy and maintains this “status quo.”
the “status quo” perpetuates the fallacy that mothers’
2. Daily News Summary - Wednesday February 10, 2010 ompassion.”
united nations urges nicaragua to legalize abortion
geneva, february 9, 2010 - the united nations' "high commission of human rights" (ohchr) is urging nicaragua to legalize "therapeutic" abortions, as well as abortions in rape and incest cases, according to the mexican government news agency notimex. at a meeting of the periodic universal examination of the ohchr, nicaragua was
3. THE POLITICS OF MAYHEM, MISCHIEF AND MURDER in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, or unless the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest. (emphasis added)
my, oh my, what a weak, watered-down excuse for restricting abortion funding! this language is actually an insult to the founding principles of the pro-life movement.
4. Daily News Summary - Thursday December 10, 2009 be interpreted as a complete support by the church of everything else in the health care reform legislation. for instance, the proposed health bill continues to provide abortion payments in cases of rape and incest and when the life of the mother is threatened. this is contrary to church teachings about the inviolability and dignity of every pre-born human being regardless of the circumstances of the
5. Daily News Summary - Tuesday November 10, 2009 while many pro-life organizations lauded stupak's amendment, some, notably the american life league's judie brown complained that the house bill still allows government-funded abortions in cases of rape and incest, which are allowed under the hyde amendment.
note: referral to web sites not produced by american life league is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an endorseme
6. ALL Associate Newsletter - Vol. 6, No. 31 - Monday August 17, 2009 ns for which abortion is the best option. if a lie is repeated often enough, people begin to accept it as truth. such is the case with the erroneous notion that abortion must be permitted in cases of rape, incest, fetal deformity, or a perceived threat to the mother’s life. a principled commitment to the protection of innocent human life, in all circumstances and at all stages of development, is
7. Daily News Summary - Tuesday July 28, 2009 ico city -- amnesty international on monday called on nicaragua's leftist government to immediately reverse a total ban on abortions, which it said was threatening women's lives, including victims of rape and incest. "amnesty international urges the nicaraguan authorities to immediately repeal the law that bans all forms of abortion," said kate gilmore, the ai executive deputy secretary general, at a
8. MEDIA MADNESS: MEN and ABORTION my view is that douthat ’s premise is flawed, but see for yourself:
the argument for unregulated abortion rests on the idea that where there are exceptions, there cannot be a rule. because rape and incest can lead to pregnancy, because abortion can save women’s lives, because babies can be born into suffering and certain death, there should be no restrictions on abortion whatsoever.
9. Daily News Summary – Tuesday October 21, 2008 oldest pro-life groups, doesn't support this year's initiated abortion ban because of its exceptions. unlike an unsuccessful ban two years ago, the initiated measure this year includes exceptions for rape and incest and the health of a pregnant woman. those exceptions make it impossible for right to life to support the ballot question and maintain its principle that all life deserves protection, said
10. SOUTH DAKOTA'S ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM gment the physician knowingly disregards accepted standards of medical practice. the basis of that judgment shall be specifically identified and documented in the woman's medical records.
section 5. rape of the pregnant woman exception. [emphasis added] that chapter 22-17 be amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
no person may be prosecuted under section 2 of this act if the wo
11. HAVE WE BECOME WHAT WE HATE? used on placing a ballot initiative before the people of south dakota this november. the proposed law contains language that will permit abortion in cases of life of the mother, health of the mother, rape and incest. you can read the language of this initiative at http://www.voteyesforlife.com/docs/petition.pdf .
we are told by proponents of the measure that the requirements attached to these excep
12. Soouth Dakota's Spirit of Despair how sad it was for me to read the following comment in the south dakota voice blog today:
while i believe this tpe of bill ignores the fact that the child conceived in rape/incest is just as sacred as
13. 34 years after Roe: Where are we now? vening 33 years, we have seen growing pro-life support for bills that contain not only exceptions for cases in which the mother’s life is said to be endangered, but also exceptions for cases of rape and incest. we have seen a house divided, bickering about what the polls will accept, what realistic legislation looks like and how politicians need to be comfortable with the requests we make of the
14. SOUTH DAKOTA TWO STEP ntly gleeful when pro-lifers develop a wobbly back bone.
as one news report states, "if the ban is defeated, anti-abortion activists may try again later with a milder version making exceptions for rape and incest, but the outcome would heralded nationally as a major victory for abortion rights."
yes, and far worse than that, the very fact that pro-lifers who have fought so hard and so valiantly to
15. Showdown in South Dakota / 10-6-06 in south dakota. you have a very large part of the state already pro-life (and out here, pro-life means you oppose all abortions....the very fact that the pro-abortion folks out here are arguing the rape and incest exceptions shows that this is a pro-life state), and they are very proud that their state has entered into history as the first state to ban surgical and medical abortions.
however, this
16. South Dakota update in south dakota. you have a very large part of the state already pro-life (and out here, pro-life means you oppose all abortions....the very fact that the pro-abortion folks out here are arguing the rape and incest exceptions shows that this is a pro-life state), and they are very proud that their state has entered into history as the first state to ban surgical and medical abortions.
however, this
17. SOUTH DAKOTA, RAPE and INCEST nce south dakota voters that the state's medical and surgical abortion ban must go, pro-abortion forces are concentrating on the fact that the law does not contain exceptions for abortion in cases of rape and incest.
protrayal of this bill as "too restrictive" sends a callous message to south dakota voters. the pro-abortion "camapign for healthy families" is telling voters that innocent babies shou
18. FUZZY THINKING ... eresting messages in a recent dallas morning news story came from dr. matthew wilson, associate professor of political science at smu. he studies religion and politics, and said that exceptions for rape and incest are “politically defensible because it makes a pro-life position more likely to prevail in the court of public opinion. but it is almost indefensible from a moral or ethical standpoi
19. Communique - Jul. 7, 2006 l and surgical abortion ban brings out the true colors of some in the pro-life movement who accommodate a little bit of abortion. to elizabeth graham, director of texas right to life, "quibbling over rape and incest is ridiculous," because the small number of those cases. "texas has a reputation for passing common sense pro-life legislation that people on both sides of the aisle can support," she said
20. Some murder is OK with us? ering the south dakota law that bans all medical and surgical abortion, the newspaper spoke with texas right to life director elizabeth graham.
she told reporters that “’quibbling over rape and incest is ridiculous’ because the number of such cases is small. limiting access to abortion with those exceptions would stop most abortions.”
strange, isn’t it, that after alm
Pro-Life Story: I've Been Lucky Posted By Isaac K. on Sep, 10 2008 I've been lucky. Sometimes I wish I hadn't been.
I'm one of seven children (Needless to say, my parents pretty much rock). I was home schooled until 7th grade, at which point ... Read
