NRLC: Pelosi-Ellsworth ploy means federal funding of abortion

National Right to Life Statement

on latest pro-abortion ploy by U.S. House Democratic Leadership

WASHINGTON (November 4, 2009, 7 PM EST) – The House Democratic leadership today announced that it will propose a "Rule" on the health care bill, H.R. 3962, that will insert language proposed by Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-In.), and exclude a House vote on an amendment proposed by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mi.).  The House is expected to vote on the "rule" late Friday or early Saturday.  The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of right-to-life organizations in all 50 states, supports the Stupak Amendment and opposes the pro-abortion Ellsworth-Waxman-Pelosi language.  NRLC issued the following statement, which may be attributed to NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson.

"Any House member who votes for the Pelosi rule is voting to establish a federal government insurance plan, the public option, that the bill explicitly authorizes to pay for all elective abortions.  When a federal agency pays for abortions, that is federal funding of abortion in reality, whatever contrived labels Speaker Pelosi or her acolytes slap over it.  The Ellsworth language is a political fig leaf made out of cellophane -- it directs the federal Secretary of Health to hire a contractor to deliver to abortion providers the payments for elective abortions, payments that are explicitly authorized by the bill [on page 110].  This is a money-laundering scheme -- a federally funded 'bag man' will deliver government funds to abortionists.  This is federal funding of elective abortion."

NRLC's objections to the abortion-related provisions of H.R. 3962 are explained in detail in a letter sent to House members on November 2, posted here (or in PDF format, here).

Additional documentation is posted at http://www.nrlc.org/ahc

NRLC urges calls to stop Pelosi abortion bill

U.S. House Speaker Pelosi wants to ram the
pro-abortion health care bill through the House

Telephone your representative in the U.S. House today!

WASHINGTON (October 26, 2009) -- This is an urgent congressional alert from the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) in Washington, D.C.  Please act on this alert immediately.  Please forward this e-mail to all pro-life lists (e.g., lists of pro-life groups, pro-life church members, and pro-life family members). Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Ca.) is planning to try to ram the massive health care bill (H.R. 3200) through the House on short notice, without allowing consideration of a critical pro-life amendment.  National Right to Life is urging every pro-life citizen to immediately TELEPHONE the office of his or her representative in the U.S. House of Representatives with a clear and firm message urging a NO vote on the so-called "rule," which is the procedural vote that would allow passage of H.R. 3200 with no amendments allowed, and also to vote against the pro-abortion bill itself. Even if you have already called and written your representatives in Congress about the health care bills, it is critical that you call again now.  This will just take a few minutes.  For guidance on how to make your call, click here, or go to the NRLC Legislative Action Center at http://www.capwiz.com/nrlc/ and click on the "Urgent Congressional Alert." Once you are on the NRLC website, you will see a box labeled "CALL NOW."  Once you enter your zip code in that box, you will be shown the name and phone number of your representative in the U.S. House, along with suggested "talking points" that will help you deliver a crisp, clear message to your representative's staff person in Washington, D.C. You will also see there a simple "feedback" form that you can use, if you wish, to send NRLC a short e-mail report on what your representative's staff person told you about how your representative intends to vote on these matters.  These reports are extremely helpful to NRLC's efforts to prevent enactment of this pro-abortion legislation. Detailed information about the pro-abortion components of the "health care" legislation, including NRLC's most recent letter to U.S. House members and press releases, is posted on the NRLC website at http://www.nrlc.org/ahc For information on how you can directly support NRLC's lobbying efforts on this critical issue, click here.

NRLC - Warns House on Abortion in Public Plan

CRS memo confirms:  The "public plan" will spend federal funds

National Right to Life warns U.S. House on coming vote to set up federal abortion-funding program in "public plan"

WASHINGTON (October 23, 2009) --  The nation's largest pro-life organization has put members of the U.S. House of Representatives on notice that it regards an upcoming procedural vote on the health care legislation as a vote on whether to establish a new federal government program that would directly pay for elective abortions with federal funds.

In a "scorecard advisory" letter sent this week to U.S. House members, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of right-to-life organizations in all 50 states, focused on a key procedural resolution (called "the rule") that the House must approve before it can take up the massive health care bill (H.R. 3200).   The "rule" will specify what amendments to the bill, if any, may be considered on the House floor.

In a story transmitted today (October 23), the Associated Press accurately reported that the House Democratic leadership currently does not intend to allow the House to vote on an amendment sponsored by Congressmen Bart Stupak (D-Mi.) and Joseph Pitts (R-Pa.), and supported by NRLC, which would, as the AP reported, "include the Hyde amendment restrictions in the health overhaul bill."

The AP reported:  "Such an amendment would be almost certain to prevail . . . So Democratic leaders won't let Stupak offer it.  Instead, it appears they may have to take the risk of letting Stupak try to block action on the underlying bill, which he intends to do by assembling 'no' votes on a procedural measure [the "rule"] that needs to pass before debate can begin."

As approved by Democratic-controlled House committees, H.R. 3200 contains at least two major components that implicate abortion policy.  It creates a new program of premium subsidies for health insurance.  The AP story discusses pro-life objections to allowing those subsidies to go to private plans that cover elective abortions.  Oddly, however, the AP story does not mention the other major abortion-related controversy generated by the bill, which centers on the proposed "public plan."

NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson commented:  "The bill explicitly authorizes the public plan, a federal agency program, to pay for elective abortions.  Democratic leaders, including President Obama, have claimed that no federal funds would be used to pay for abortions, but this is a deception, because the public plan will be a federal agency program that can spend only federal funds.  The federal government would pay abortion providers for performing elective abortions -- a sharp break from decades of federal policy."

"The public plan problem and the premium-subsidy problem are really separate and distinct -- the bill would need to be amended to get abortion out of the federal government plan, even if the premium subsidy program did not exist," Johnson said.  "Recent polls show strong public opposition to government funding of abortion and abortion coverage."

NRLC has obtained and today makes publicly available a memorandum prepared for a Member of Congress by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS), which confirms all of the monies spent by the public plan would be federal funds (just as NRLC has previously documented) -- implicitly refuting the claim by Democratic leaders and President Obama that no "federal funds" would be used to pay for abortions.

"The claim by Congressional Democratic leaders that the public plan, a federal agency program, could pay for abortions with 'private' funds, is a brazen deception -- a political hoax," Johnson said.  "The claim is implausible on its face, and it collapses if subjected to anything more than the most superficial scrutiny.  But for months, unfortunately, many journalists have allowed the Democratic leadership, Obama Administration officials, and President Obama himself, to get away with many demonstrably false statements regarding the abortion-related components of the pending bills."

For example, in recent weeks White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has said several times that existing law (the Hyde Amendment) would prevent the programs created by the health bills from funding abortions.  Although this claim, too, is demonstrably false, no mainstream news operation or fact-checking operation has rebuked the White House for these deceptive statements.  Today's AP story does, however, correctly observe that "the Democrats' health overhaul bill would create a new stream of federal funding not covered by the [current abortion] restrictions."

While campaigning for the presidency, Barack Obama committed to Planned Parenthood that he would cover abortion in his health care reform legislation and in its public plan.  "The pending legislation would establish a federal government program that would directly fund elective abortions, just as Obama promised Planned Parenthood," Johnson said.  "President Obama is trying to smuggle into law a federal abortion-funding program behind smokescreens of misleading rhetoric and calculated efforts at misdirection."

NRLC has made available detailed documentation on the abortion-related components of the pending health-care bills, including bills approved by two U.S. Senate committees, on its website at http://www.nrlc.org/ahc.

NRLC spokespersons Douglas Johnson (legislative director) and Susan Muskett (senior legislative counsel) are available for interviews and debates on the abortion-related components of the legislation.

The National Right to Life Committee, the nation’s largest pro-life group, is a federation of affiliates in all 50 states and 3,000 local chapters nationwide.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS. 100 PRO-ABORTION CATHOLIC POLS

THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, 51 MILLION ABORTIONS SINCE ROE V. WADE; PRO-ABORTION CARDINAL; GAY MARRIAGE  SPREADS...CHURCH SCANDALS!

K of C Cardinal Sean O’Malley, OFM Cap gave Pro-Abortion Ted Kennedy a hero’s funeral on 29/Aug/09. He supported his 6 Caritas Christi hospitals in the state-subsidized CeltiCare plan with abortion referrals to Planned Parenthood ($0, $50, $100 co-pays), effective 1/Jul/09. PP are the USA's biggest abortionists - 305,310 in ’07 (PlannedParenthood.org). In Dec ’05, he let Catholic Charities award Mayor Tom Menino, a Pro-Abortion Catholic who leads the Gay Pride Parade yearly. K of C City Clrs. Michael Flaherty & John Tobin also march. Fr. Walter Cuenin is a K of C homosexual hero. State Deputy Dick Guerriero failed to suspend Pro-Abortion politicians I named, but signed an open letter endorsing Mitt Romney (R), who introduced gay marriage, flipped on abortion! Ray Flynn, K of C, fmr. Vatican Ambassador, voted for Pro-Abortion Hillary Clinton (Boston Herald 6/Feb/08). On 4/May/08, Supreme Advocate (lawyer) Paul Devin, who gave money to Pro-Abortion politicians Ted & Joe Kennedy (OpenSecrets.org), ruled as "unconstitutional" a MA State Convention resolution by GK Joe Craven to suspend Pro-Abortion/Pro-Gay politicians. Disgraced, Devin retired Feb ’09.

The MA Legislature, in joint Constitutional Convention on 14/Jun/07, defeated the efforts of 170,000 signatories to put traditional marriage on the ballot in 2008. At least 16 K of C caused the defeat: Speaker Sal DiMasi, House Maj. Leader John Rogers, Reps Garret Bradley, Bob DeLeo, Stephen DiNatale, Chris Donelan, Chris Fallon (a Mason), Kevin Honan, Paul McMurtry, Charles Murphy, Bob Nyman, Angelo Puppolo (a Mason), Bob Spellane; Senators Michael Knapik (R) (PGK), Tom McGee, Michael Morrissey (Mass.gov). These K of C Reps voted $750K for gay programs in public schools. Senators voted an increase to $850K on 22/May/08. In Jul ’08 they (except Puppolo) repealed a 1913 law, thus allowing same-sex couples from all 50 states to marry in MA. By Jul ’09, 14 K of C politicians had signed in support of an access to all persons “Bathroom Bill” H. 1728. Gay marriage spread to VT, NH, ME, CT, IA in 2 years, partly due to the inaction of MA State Deputies Vin Rumasuglia & Bill Donovan!  Republican politicians (R), all others Democrats.

Ten K of C italicized above have top Planned Parenthood ratings (PPLMvotes.org). Pat Korten, VP for Communications, said that Pro-Abortion K of C members are "irrelevant" (Boston Herald 11/Aug/2007). In Aug 2005, Past Supreme Knight Virgil Dechant told Ken Fisher, President of CRCOA, that  Pro-Abortion politicians will “never” be expelled.  Joe Mauro, Exec. VP Agencies and Marketing ($386,321/yr, retired 2001), said on tape c. 1991: These Pro-Lifers are “real fanatics” and “radicals”. Anderson fails to suspend/expel the Pro-Abortion/Pro-Homosexual members. Bishops fail to excommunicate. Only 11% ($3.4 of $32.3 million) in K of C HQ Charitable Contributions went to Pro-Life, but $3.8m went to the K of C Museum (kofc.org/eb/en/convention_2009/resources/contributions.pdf)!

I was in the top third as a K of C insurance agent: Lancer E. Division Report, y-t-d June 1999. General Agent Rodney Shropshire, showing great hostility towards my Pro-Life work, reassigned me to a small poor territory.  Months later, he terminated my contract as a “failure”. VP Agencies, Tom Smith ($379,680/yr), countersigned his lie. Letters to then Supreme Knight Virgil Dechant ($2,164,805 in 2000, on retirement) and SK Carl Anderson ($1,146,183/yr) are unanswered. Supreme Treasurer Deacon Ken Ryan ($208,181/yr) wrote lies, then claimed his signed letter wasn’t his!  State Deputy Tom Ledbetter suspended my membership.  My appeal was rejected as "late" by Supreme Advocate Paul Devin ($387,130/yr), and by the Supreme Board of Directors at a show trial held without my knowledge. Both lied.

EWTN, March for Life, and Sisters of Life  betray the unborn when they give prominence to K of C leadership who harbor Pro-Abortion politicians in exchange for tax exemption.  To ensure no conflict of interest, insist your politicians treat K of C councils as tax-free and K of C Home Office as a taxable insurance company.  Do not cancel your valuable K of C policies in protest. If you need more life insurance buy it elsewhere.  Write/sign below & mail. E-Mail:  BenedictXVI@Vatican.va, Carl.Anderson@KOFC.org,

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Dear Mr. Anderson: Your refusal to expel Pro-Abortion/Pro-Homosexual politicians and members, 51 million surgical abortions since Roe v. Wade, requires your resignation as Supreme Knight. A vow to protect unborn children must be a membership condition. With $14 billion in assets, the K of C - the strong right arm of the Church - must forgive “Church Loans” of $124 million, lent at 5.5% interest, and help needy dioceses & Pro-Life groups.

SIGN:_____________________________PRINT:_______________________________
ADDRESS:______________________________________________________________
Mail: John O’Gorman, 30 Myrtle Ave., Winthrop, MA 02152, USA for forwarding.

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100/158 (63%) CATHOLICS IN CONGRESS ARE PRO-ABORTION - JESUIT ALUMNAE AS BAD! *

CATHOLICS, 22% OF THE POPULATION, HAVE 30% OF SEATS IN CONGRESS

83 (53%) OF CATHOLICS HAVE NRLC VOTING RECORDS OF 0%: AK..Sen Mark Begich. AZ..Reps Raul Grijalva, Ed Pastor. CA..Reps Joe Baca, Xavier Becerra, Dennis Cardoza, Jim Costa, Anna Eshoo, Jerry McNerney, George Miller, Grace Napolitano, Nancy Pelosi (Speaker), Lucille Roybal-Allard,  Linda Sanchez,  Loretta Sanchez, Jackie Speier, Mike Thompson, Diane Watson. CO..Rep John Salazar. CT..Reps Joe Courtney, Rosa DeLauro, John Larson; Sen Chris Dodd. DE..Rep Michael Castle (R); Sen Ted Kaufman. IA..Sen Tom Harkin.  IL..Reps Luis Gutierrez, Phil Hare, Mike Quigley; Sen Dick Durbin (Asst. Maj. Leader).  IN..Rep Peter Visclosky. MA..Reps Mike Capuano, Bill Delahunt, Stephen Lynch, Ed Markey, Jim McGovern, Richard Neal. MD..Sen Barbara Mikulski.  ME..Rep Michael Michaud. MN..Rep Betty McCollum.  MO..Rep William Clay; Sen Claire McCaskill. NH..Rep Carol Shea-Porter. NJ..Reps Frank Pallone, Bill Pascrell, Albio Sires; Sen Bob Menendez.  NM..Rep Ben Lujan.  NY..Reps Mike Arcuri, Tim Bishop, Joe Crowley, John Hall, Brian Higgins, Maurice Hinchey, Dan Maffei, Carolyn McCarthy, Mike McMahon, Charles Rangel, Jose Serrano, Paul Tonko, Nydia Velazquez; Sen Kirsten Gillibrand.  OH..Reps Mary Jo Kilroy, Tim Ryan.  OR..Rep Peter DeFazio. PA..Reps Bob Brady, Patrick Murphy, Joe Sestak. RI..Reps Patrick Kennedy, Jim Langevin; Sen Jack Reed.  TX..Reps Charles Gonzalez, Ruben Hinojosa, Silvestre Reyes, Ciro Rodriguez.  VA..Reps Gerry Connolly, Jim Moran, Tom Perriello.  VT..Rep Peter Welch; Sen Pat Leahy.  WA..Sens Maria Cantwell, Patty Murray.  WI..Rep David Obey. 
17 (11%) HAVE RECORDS OF 10% TO 33%: AZ..Reps Ann Kirkpatrick 33%, Harry Mitchell 10%. MA..Sen John Kerry 10%. ME..Sen Susan Collins (R) 10%.  MI..Reps John Dingell 10%, Dale Kildee 30%.  NJ..Rep Leonard Lance (R) 33%.  OH..Reps John Boccieri 33%, Steve Driehaus 33%, Dennis Kucinich 10%. PA..Reps Jason Altmire 30%, Chris Carney 20%, Mike Doyle 10%, Paul Kanjorski 20%, John Murtha 20%, Tim Holden 25%. TX..Rep Henry Cuellar 10%.  Republicans: (R), all others are Democrats.

9 (6%) HAVE MIXED RECORDS OF 34% TO 67%:  AK..Sen Lisa Murkowski (R) 50%.  CA..Rep Brian Bilbray (R) 60%. FL..Rep Ginny Brown-Waite (R) 60%. LA..Rep Charlie Melancon 60%; Sen Mary Landrieu 50%.  MI..Rep Bart Stupak 60%.  MN..Rep James Oberstar 60%.  OH..Rep Marcy Kaptur 40%.  PA..Sen Bob Casey 60% - who endorsed Pro-Abortion Barack Obama for President! 

12 (8%) HAVE RECORDS OF 68% TO 90%:  FL..Connie Mack (R) 70%.  GA..Rep Jim Marshall 89%.  IL..Reps Jerry Costello 90%, Dan Lipinski 70%. IN..Reps Joe Donnelly 80%, Brad Ellsworth 90%.  MS..Rep Gene Taylor 90%.  NC..Rep Walter Jones (R) 90%. NJ..Reps Frank LoBiondo (R) 90%, Chris Smith (R) 90%. NY..Rep John McHugh (R) 75%. OH..Rep Charlie Wilson 70%.      
35 (22%) HAVE RECORDS OF 100%:  CA..Reps Dan Lungren (R), Devin Nunes (R), George Radanovich (R), Ed Royce (R). FL..Reps Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R), Mario Diaz-Balart (R), Tom Rooney (R); GA..Rep Phil Gingrey (R).  IA..Rep Steve King (R).  ID..Sen Jim Risch (R).  KS..Sen Sam Brownback (R) - who endorsed Pro-Abortion Kathleen Sebelius for Secretary of Health & Human Services! KY..Sen Jim Bunning (R).  LA..Reps Anh “Joseph” Cao (R), Steve Scalise (R); Sen David Vitter (R). MI..Reps Dave Camp (R), Thaddeus McCotter (R).  MO..Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R). NC..Reps Virginia Foxx (R), Patrick McHenry (R).  NE..Rep Jeff Fortenberry (R); Sen Mike Johanns (R).  NY..Rep Peter King (R). OH..Reps Steve Austria (R), John Boehner (R) (House Minority Leader), Bob Latta (R), Jean Schmidt (R), Patrick Tiberi (R); Sen George Voinovich (R). OK..Rep John Sullivan (R). PA..Reps Kathy Dahlkemper, Tim Murphy (R). TX..Reps Kevin Brady (R), Michael McCaul (R). WI..Rep Paul Ryan (R). 

2 NEW: George LeMieux (R) replaced FL Sen Mel Martinez, Republican, (100% NRLC record) on 10/Sep/09. Paul Kirk replaced MA Sen Ted Kennedy on 25/Sep/09.

DEMOCRATS: 97 (87%) Pro-Abortion Catholics and 8 (7%) Pro-Life: 12 to 1     (6 Mixed, 1 New, Total 112)

REPUBLICANS: 3 (7%) Pro-Abortion Catholics and 39 (85%) Pro-Life:  1 to 13 (3 Mixed, 1 New, Total 46)

* SUMMARY:  100 (63%) PRO-ABORTION CATHOLICS OUTNUMBER THE 47 (30%) PRO-LIFE: 2 to 1. 

* JESUIT CATHOLIC ALUMNAE (ITALICISED): 20 (63%) PRO-ABORTION OUTNUMBER THE 10 (31%) PRO-LIFE 2 TO 1.

SOURCES: AMERICAN LIFE LEAGUE - ALL.ORG,  NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE - NRLC.ORG,  JESUITS - ACJUNET.EDU

OTHER PRO-ABORTION, PRO-GAY CATHOLIC POLS
OBAMA’S PRO-ABORTION TEAM:  VP Joe Biden, Sec. of Health & Human Services Kathleen Sibelius (was KS Gov), Sec. of the Interior Ken Salazar (was CO Sen),  Sec. of Labor Hilda Solis (was CA Rep), Sec. of Agriculture Tom Vilsack (IA).
CA: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) is pro-abortion, pro gay marriage; San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom champions gay marriage. CO: Gov. Bill Ritter is pro-abortion. MA: Lt. Gov. Tim Murray is for gay marriage. State Sen. Pres. Therese Murray; Sens Brian Joyce, Steven Tolman (AOH), have top Planned Parenthood ratings, and voted to defeat the measure to put traditional marriage on the '08 ballot;

AG Martha Coakley is pro-abortion, pro-gay. NM: Gov. Bill Richardson is pro-abortion. UT: Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon is pro-abortion, pro-gay. VA: Gov. Tim Kaine, the Democratic National Committee Chairman, is pro-abortion.

JOHN F. KENNEDY, A CELEBRATED K OF C; SENATOR EDWARD KENNEDY

JFK, pro-contraceptives, said in his 1960 Houston Speech, that he would not take directions from the Catholic Church, that he was opposed to public funding of church schools, and opposed to establishing diplomatic relations with the Vatican (JFKLibrary.org). Sen Edward Kennedy, pro-abortion, pro-gay, had an NRLC voting record of 14% in 2007-2008. His record is 4% from 1997 to 2008.

ISSUED BY JOHN O’GORMAN, 30 MYRTLE AVE., WINTHROP, MA 02152.

DSCC - NH Political Report: Ayotte takes check from Santorum

“Unlike abortion today, in most states even the slaveholder did not have the unlimited right to kill his slave.”

-Rick Santorum, It Takes a Family p 241.

NH Political Report: Ayotte takes check from Santorum

James Pindell

October 21, 2009

http://nhpoliticalreport.com/component/content/article/8-for-granite/723-exclusive-ayotte-takes-check-from-santorum

Inside Kelly Ayotte's first ever campaign finance report there is a $1,000 donation from a political action committee controlled by former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, a strong conservative who has made some controversial remarks about homosexuals in the past.

While the Santorum donation will certainly set off liberals and provide fodder for a Democratic opponent in the general election, it might actually help her with the Republican base as Ayotte prepares for a Republican primary.

In 2006, Santorum was defeated for re-election by the largest percentage for any incumbent Senator in 26 years.

He became a national story in 2003 for this quote,"Every society in the history of man has upheld the institution of marriage as a bond between a man and a woman. Why? Because society is based on one thing: that society is based on the future of the society. And that's what? Children. Monogamous relationships. In every society, the definition of marriage has not ever to my knowledge included homosexuality. That's not to pick on homosexuality. It's not, you know, man on child, man on dog, or whatever the case may be. It is one thing. And when you destroy that you have a dramatic impact on the quality"

Santorum is reportedly to be exploring a presidential run. He visited Iowa earlier this month.