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  • The Social Footprints of Contraception

    The Church's teaching on sexuality that lies behind its teaching that contraception is intrinsically immoral is dazzlingly beautiful.

    Many people whose understanding has been clouded by the corruption of our culture have difficulty understanding it.

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    Planned Parenthood, the billion dollar corporate abortion mill, has taken indecency to a whole new level and is using your taxpayer dollars to do so.

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  • Johnny's Got a New Girl

    The risk John McCain took last Friday is comparable to the 72-year-old ex-fighter pilot knocking back two shots and flying his A-4 under the Golden Gate Bridge.

    McCain's choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his co-pilot was the biggest gamble in presidential history. As of now, it is paying off, big-time.

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  • A Chicken in Every Pot and the Pill on Every Nightstand

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    09/ 02/08
  • Who is Govenor Sarah Palin?

    Women and Men across America are cheering the VP pick of John McCain. Here a look at who she is...

    08/ 31/08
  • PELOSI DENIES CATHOLICISM OPPOSES ABORTION

    When asked about when life begins Pelosi answered "...what I know is, over the centuries, the doctors of the Church have not been able to make that definition.”

    08/ 26/08
  • Planned Parenthood Abortion Center Closes Instead of Following New Law

    Monday was the first day that Planned Parenthood, which operates the only abortion business in South Dakota, had to comply with a new state law telling women the truth about abortion. Rather than tell women abortion kills children and has numerous risks, Planned Parenthood closed its doors.

    07/ 22/08
  • Planned Parenthood Needs More Scrutiny

    Last year, Planned Parenthood performed more than 250,000 abortions, which account for about 1 in 5 of our country's total. Of all abortions, those performed for black women accounted for about a third of the procedures. It's also worth noting that a majority of Planned Parenthood's clinics are in minority neighborhoods.

    07/ 15/08
  • Black pro-lifers to ask NAACP to oppose taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood

    Day Gardner: Planned Parenthood has basically bought off Barack Obama

    07/ 15/08
  • Black Pro-Lifers Demand Parties Refuse Planned Parenthood Funding

    Democratic and Republican candidates must reject donations from Planned Parenthood this election year, and Congress should end all federal funding for the abortion provider, according to black pro-life leaders who held two press conferences last week in Washington, D.C., at Democratic and Republican Party Committee headquarters.

    07/ 03/08
  • Your Tax Money at Work Funding Abortions

    For the last few decades, evangelicals repeatedly have mobilized and demonstrated to oppose the operation of abortion clinics. Over the years, many have believed that being anti-abortion had become a litmus test for their support of politicians and policies, which vie for evangelical votes.

    07/ 03/08
  • Inconvenient Truth for MSM: Black Ministers March Against Planned Parenthood

    Exit poll after exit poll in election after election shows the Democratic Party is staunchly supported by an overwhelming majority of African-American voters, many of whom are much more socially conservative on issues like abortion than their party leadership.

    07/ 03/08
  • Candidates warned against Planned Parenthood money

    Corporation's willingness to accept race-based contributions cited

    07/ 02/08
  • From our friends at KFL

    Press release from Kansas for Life

    06/ 27/08
  • Planned Parenthood: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?

    During the last few years, everyone in the nation has come to understand that things are not always the way they appear with individuals or organizations. While all of us struggle to live up to our ideals, some groups live permanently in the land of personal or professional compromise.

    06/ 23/08

By

For Immediate Release         
April 1, 2008
Contact: Joel DiGrado (202) 224-4623                                                                                                                                                                         Garrette Silverman (202) 224-7784
Becky Ogilvie (202) 228-2107
Senators Introduce Bill to Protect Pregnant Women
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sens. David Vitter, George Voinovich and Sam Brownback this week introduced the Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act, which would require physicians who perform abortions to hold admitting privileges at a hospital that the physician can travel to in one hour or less under average travel conditions.

"This legislation is so important because it provides common sense qualifications for abortion providers," said Vitter, the primary author of the bill.  "As with all medical procedures, abortions carry a risk, and doctors who provide them should, at the least, hold admitting privileges at a hospital in close vicinity to the abortion clinic."

The bill also requires that physicians notify patients as to the location of a hospital where they can receive follow-up care from the physician in the event that complications arise.  Further, the bill requires that any abortion clinic that receives federal funding be licensed and comply with current requirements relating to ambulatory surgery centers.

The bill also provides that any physician who does not hold clinical privileges may only perform or induce an abortion in order to avert the imminent death of the pregnant woman.

"Patients need to be aware of the possibility of complications arising from abortions," Vitter said.  "This bill requires abortion providers to make sure that a woman is aware of the location of the hospital at which she can receive treatment for any complications.  It is time that we took the appropriate steps to provide for the safety of the women who undergo abortions."

"We must do all that we can to restore our nation's once cherished culture of life," Voinovich said. "I have always said if I had a magic wand the first thing I would do is reconstitute the American family. We will never be able to do that until we respect life - especially the lives of the most vulnerable among us."

Brownback said, "While we are working toward the day when every unborn child is welcomed and loved, we are unfortunately not there yet.  The Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act will provide oversight of the abortion industry, which is badly in need of improved supervision.  Too many abortions are performed under unsafe conditions, and too many women's lives are at risk.  As a compassionate society, we must work to ensure that women are adequately cared for."

"The impetus of this bill stems from the tragic circumstances of so many women who have experienced significant health issues following abortions," said Vitter. "Thousands of women have these stories to tell - stories like that of Cynthia Collins, who suffered through a botched abortion at home, after being sent away from an abortion clinic by a doctor who offered no advice, no comfort, and no further care."

Collins now serves as the executive director of the Crisis Pregnancy Help Center and is the Louisiana state director of Operation Outcry, which provides assistance to women and men who have experienced the trauma caused by abortion.
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