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Editorial: Senate Must Filibuster "Public Option"
Senate Republicans need to stick together in opposing political favors that make it easier to pass the ObamaCare abomination.

Too Good For Their Own Taxes
Once again, another tax cheat is brought forth in the Obama Administration.

The Wire: Atlas Shrugs
Today the wire covers industry during the recession, Obama's Afghanistan decision, and offshore drilling.

ALG in the News: ACORN Stole NY-23
Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson is quoted on the new developments in New York's 23rd Congressional district.

November 23^rd, 2009, Fairfax, VA—Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson today issued the following statement:

"On Saturday, the Senate voted 60-39 to proceed to the so-called 'public option,' legislation that will cost more than $2 trillion over ten years when fully implemented, ration health care away from seniors, raise the cost of premiums, drive the American people off of private health options, and bankrupt the Treasury. 

"This vote, however, is completely out of step with public sentiment about the legislation.  In a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Saturday and Sunday, a full 56 percent of likely voters say they oppose this legislation.  Only 38 percent support it.

"And yet the Senate is moving rapidly to enact this legislation in direct defiance of the American people's express wishes.  They are defying representative government, raising the question: If not the people, who do they represent?"

The Stupak-Pitts Amendment

An update from the National Right to Life Committee

Federal Legislation Department

November 10, 2009

http://www.nrlc.org/

During the November 7 House floor debate on the Stupak-Pitts amendment, Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) said that the amendment "puts new restrictions on women's access to abortion coverage in the private health insurance market even when they would pay premiums with their own money." PolitiFact.com corrected has rated this comment as "FALSE," here.  However, there have been similar mischaracterizations of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment in many news stories in recent days.

For additional information on what the Stupak-Pitts Amendment does and does not do, please see this analysis by National Public Radio.

PolitiFact.com also reviewed a November 8 statement by Planned Parenthood, "President Obama campaigned on a promise to put reproductive health care at the center of his reform plan," which PolitiFact.com rated as "TRUE," here.  A short video clip of Obama making the promise can be viewed on an NRLC site here.  NRLC's latest comment on President Obama's activity on this matter is found here.

Additional documentation on these matters is available on the NRLC website at http://www.nrlc.org/ahc

or by calling NRLC at 202-626-8820

The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the nation’s largest pro-life group, is a federation of affiliates in all 50 states and 3,000 local chapters nationwide.  National Right to Life works through legislation and education to protect those threatened by abortion, infanticide, euthanasia and assisted suicide.

For further information:
National Right to Life Committee

Federal Legislation Department

http://www.nrlc.org/ahc

WASHINGTON (Nov. 9, 2009, 7 PM EST) -- ABC News reports the following comments by President Obama today regarding the Stupak-Pitts Amendment that was added to the health care bill by the House of Representatives on November 7:

"I laid out a very simple principle, which is this is a health care bill, not an abortion bill," President Obama said. "And we're not looking to change what is the principle that has been in place for a very long time, which is federal dollars are not used to subsidize abortions." Saying the bill cannot change the status quo regarding the ban on federally funding abortions, the President said "there are strong feelings on both sides" about an amendment passed on Saturday and added to the legislation, "and what that tells me is that there needs to be some more work before we get to the point where we're not changing the status quo."

Regarding the president's remarks, the following comment may be attributed to Douglas Johnson, legislative director for the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC):  "The only thing that will prevent the health care bill from being 'an abortion bill' is precisely the Stupak-Pitts Amendment, as the House of  Representatives recognized by a 46-vote margin.  The phoniness of Obama's claim that he has been trying to preserve the 'status quo' on abortion policy should be evident to any observer by now.  In reality, the White House and top Democratic congressional leaders have been working hard to create a national federal government health plan that would fund abortion on demand, just as Obama promised Planned Parenthood."

In an alert distributed on Sunday, November 8, the Planned Parenthood Action Fund said, "President Obama campaigned on a promise to put reproductive health care at the center of his reform plan."  The alert urged Planned Parenthood supporters to send Obama emails saying, "Now it's time for you to make good on that commitment."

To see a short video clip of Obama making that promise, before the Planned Parenthood Action Fund on July 17, 2007, click here.  On that occasion, Obama said: 

"Well, look, in my mind reproductive care is essential care. It is basic care.  And so it is at the center and at the heart of the plan that I propose. . . . Essentially, what we're doing is to say that we're going to set up a public plan that all persons and all women can access if they don't have health insurance.  It'll be a plan that will provide all essential services, including reproductive services."

To view a September 11, 2009 examination by PolitiFact.com on the meaning of Obama's 2007 statement, click here.  Today, PolitiFact.com reviewed a November 7 claim by U.S. House pro-abortion leader Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) that the Stupak-Pitts Amendment "puts new restrictions on women's access to abortion coverage in the private health insurance market even when they would pay premiums with their own money," and concluded that Lowey's claim is "FALSE."  Read it here.

An archive of NRLC letters to Congress and other documents regarding the abortion-related components of the health care legislation are posted here.

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. 

Evansville, Indiana, Courier-Press

November 6, 2009

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http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/nov/06/ellsworth-angers-abortion-foes/

Article Highlights

• An amendment by Rep. Brad Ellsworth to the health care reform bill has sparked a furious backlash among national, state and local anti-abortion groups

"None of us really objected to the Ellsworth language. In fact, we think he did a good job." -- Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus and chairwoman of the House Rules Committee

Health care amendment centers on use of federal funds

By Thomas B. Langhorne

Friday, November 6, 2009

Eighth District U.S. Rep. Brad Ellsworth, D-Ind., might have expected that his amendment to the health care reform bill, which he says will ensure no federal funds are used to provide elective abortions, would be opposed by Planned Parenthood.

The abortion rights group weighed in with a statement of opposition on Tuesday.

But the Ellsworth amendment, which House leaders have said they may incorporate into the bill, also has sparked a furious backlash among national, state and local anti-abortion groups who typically support Ellsworth.[…]

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