Posted by lynne | Mar 18th, 2010

Abortion is Not Health Care

Women in the US can terminate their pregnancy at any time during the usual nine months of fetal development–for any reason–or no reason at all. Often, pro-choice proponents say that abortion must be kept legal because of all the cases where the mother’s life is in danger. But did you know, according to Planned Parenthood’s own statistics, only 6% of the 1.37 million abortions occurring annually in...

Posted by lynne | Mar 12th, 2010

Are you following the healthcare reform debate regarding tax payer funded abortions?

Pro choice Democrats are claiming that pro life Democrats like Bart Stupak, are making a straw man claim about tax payer funded abortion. Pro choice Dems are insisting that the current health care reform bill will not allow any federal funds to go toward abortion (whether in abortion services or insurance policies that cover abortion) and therefore, the Stupak Amendment (which would ensure this) is completely...

Posted by lynne | Mar 6th, 2010

Tax-payer funded abortion: Setting the record straight on the Stupak Amendment

As usual, there is a lot of misinformation flying around about the Stupak Amendment, so I went straight to the source to find out what the amendment actually says and does. Here are direct quotes from Rep. Stupak: “Under the amendment, individuals receiving federal subsidies for health care coverage are prohibited from using those subsidies to pay for abortions or to purchase insurance policies that cover...