January 22, 2007
January 22, 2007
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In Washington, Life Marches On
The cold and dreary weather in Washington is a fitting backdrop for the 34th Annual March for Life, an event that has even greater significance this year under the new liberal majority in Congress and a growing list of staunchly pro-abortion presidential hopefuls. Today, as we joined tens of thousands of families who flooded the nation's capital to protest the Supreme Court's ruling in Roe v. Wade, we reaffirmed with each step that every person, no matter how small or old, is endowed by the Creator with certain unalienable rights, the first of which is the right to life, regardless of what the Court may say. Since 1973, America has suffered under the legacy of justices who hijacked our Constitution and invented a woman's so-called right to choose. Now, 45 million casualties later, we face assaults on the sanctity of human life from every front--in clinics, laboratories, classrooms, and the courts. While the war against the unborn sometimes seems insurmountable, today is another reminder that Americans have not forgotten the ugly legacy of Roe. Across the country, the pro-life movement is gaining ground. Five states have introduced bills to join my home state of Louisiana in banning abortion when Roe is overturned. Others are working to pass legislation that would require doctors to tell pregnant women seeking abortions that their unborn child will feel pain. Elsewhere, states are seeking: tighter regulations on abortion clinics, laws enforcing parental consent before a minor seeks an abortion, increased funds for abstinence-only education, and human cloning bans. Here at FRC, we continue to be on the cutting-edge of the life issue as we hosted a Blogs for Life conference today that was packed with attendees who will help us frame the online debate for life. Additional Resources Hillary Clinton: The Candidate of Choice?
After six years of speculation, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) officially threw her hat into the ring for the 2008 presidential election. In the first appearance since making her ambitions public, the former first lady said unflinchingly, "I'm in to win. And that's what I intend to do." Clinton made her announcement on the same weekend that pro-life Americans were observing the 34th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. The timing may not be coincidental; one constituency atwitter over Sen. Clinton's announcement is the PAC Emily's List, a political fundraising organization that helps to elect only pro-abortion women. For the first time ever, Emily's List has endorsed a presidential candidate - Hillary Clinton. Surrounding herself with children for photo-ops, Clinton is borrowing a page from Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Sen. Barbara Boxer's (D-CA) playbook. Clinton is positioning herself as part of the pioneering "Mommy Party," designed to woo votes from American moms by claiming that this country needs a woman's touch on domestic issues like child care, health care, and government entitlement programs. Yesterday Sen. Clinton spoke at a health care clinic about the importance of putting kids first, an idea in direct contradiction to her anti-life platform. During her eight years as first lady and six more as a New York senator, Clinton amassed quite a record on unborn children, including support for the gruesome partial-birth abortion procedure. Planned Parenthood has consistently given her a 100 percent rating. During her brief time on the campaign trail, she's attempting to appear more moderate on social issues like abortion, affirming Sen. Harry Reid's (D-NV) bill to increase funding for "family planning" and dispense more "emergency contraception." She is selling the bill as a cultural "compromise" on life, but critics note that it undermines abstinence education and doubles the funding for Planned Parenthood programs. If Clinton truly wants to find middle ground on abortion, she should endorse legislation that would genuinely protect future mothers and their children, such as parental notification or fetal pain bills. Additional Resources |
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