U.S. Court Halts Obama Admin Stem-Cell Research Guidelines

By Kathleen Gilbert

Published: August 24, 2010

U.S. Court Halts Obama Admin Stem-Cell Research Guidelines  | read this item

WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews.com) — A U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Columbia has intervened to block regulations issued by the Obama administration expanding embryo-destructive research.
Pro-life researchers and Nightlight Christian Adoptions, a group that encourages adoption of frozen embryonic children, filed the suit last year. Judge Royce Lamberth had ruled in June that the [...]

Obama Administration Responds to Backlash on Federal Abortion Funding

By Kathleen Gilbert

Published: July 19, 2010

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews.com) — Abortion advocates are fuming that the Obama administration has moved to implement a “Stupak-style” ban on funding abortions in state high-risk insurance pools under the federal health care law, prompted by the National Right to Life Committee’s (NRLC) exposure of the issue and resulting media attention.
“To our dismay, the Obama administration [...]

Planned Parenthood Dismisses ‘Symbolic’ Executive Order

By Kathleen Gilbert

Published: March 24, 2010

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews.com) – Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards has issued a statement declaring victory after the Senate health care bill’s passage Sunday, noting that the abortion-related executive order Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) agreed to in exchange for pro-life Democrats’ votes was merely a “symbolic gesture.”
Stupak had argued after the vote that, contrary to the [...]

No Mention of Abortion in Health Bill “Fix” Package

By Kathleen Gilbert

Published: March 18, 2010

No Mention of Abortion in Health Bill "Fix" Package  | read this item

WASHINGTON, DC (LifeSiteNews.com) – The health care reconciliation “fix” package, which was posted on the House Rules Committee website Thursday afternoon, makes no mention of abortion, dashing any remaining hopes that the legislation that the House votes on will not include a vast expansion of abortion funding.
Most analysts had predicted that the “fix” bill would [...]

Stupak: It’s Been ‘A Living Hell’

By Kathleen Gilbert

Published: March 18, 2010

Stupak: It's Been 'A Living Hell'  | read this item

WASHINGTON, DC (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) on Thursday was quoted in The Hill as describing the level of pressure upon him and his fellow pro-life Democrats to pass the health care bill as “a living hell.”
“How’s it been? Like a living hell,” Stupak told the newspaper, describing how his district offices have been [...]

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