Wendy Davis Slams New Texas Law Making Abortion Clinics Bury Aborted Babies Instead of Selling Them

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Wendy Davis Slams New Texas Law Making Abortion Clinics Bury Aborted Babies Instead of Selling Them

State   Steven Ertelt      Washington, DC

Wendy Davis loves abortion. In fact she must love abortion so much that she is slamming a new Texas law making abortion clinics provide proper burials for aborted babies instead of selling their body parts for profit.

New Texas rules requiring a dignified burial of aborted babies’ bodies will go into effect on Dec. 19, state health officials said this week.
The new rules, introduced in July by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, require that abortion facilities, hospitals and other medical centers either cremate or bury the remains of aborted and miscarried babies. State officials said the rules do not apply to miscarriages or abortions that take place at home.
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But Wendy Davis is not happy.

Davis, the former Texas state senator and former gubernatorial candidate whose 13-hour filibuster of the Texas abortion bill garnered national attention in 2013, told ATTN: via email:
“Once again, Governor Abbott and his political appointees are demonstrating a greater interest in scoring cheap political points than they are in governing in the best interests of the state. This rule will no doubt create an undue burden on women seeking abortion in our state, yet another thinly veiled attempt to assert a ‘legitimate state interest’ when the real objective is closing off access to constitutionally protected abortion care.”

Never mid that the rules have nothing to do to access to abortion — they only concern what happens after the abortion has claimed the life of the baby.
John Seago, Legislative Director of Texas Right To Life, previously told LifeNews that the rules are strong attempt to restore the dignity to the victims of abortion. However, he noted that they are just one small step toward the ultimate goal of protecting unborn babies’ lives from abortion.
“Texas Right to Life is in favor of the proposed rules to clarify the manner in which abortion clinics handled the bodies of these victims of abortion,” Seago said. “However, Texas Right to Life strongly believes that the pro-life movement must go far beyond simply regulating the disposition and donation of these bodies after abortion. Texas must take positive steps to stop the horrific injustice of elective abortion instead of just regulating the aftermath.”

Pro-Life Groups Re-Launch Girl Scout Cookie Boycott After Group Honors Pro-Abortion Politician

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Leading pro-life organizations are re-launching a boycott of Girl Scout cookies after the Girl Scout group continued its abortion advocacy by honoring a radically pro-abortion Congresswoman.

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The pro-life movement has been concerned for a number of years about the ties between the Girl Scouts and the Planned Parenthood abortion business. Although the Girl Scout organization maintains that it takes “no position” on the issue of abortion, parents, churches, and pro-life activists have long complained of the pro-abortion slant of the Girl Scouts’ resources, role models, and affiliations.
The Girl Scouts came under a boycott last year due to their extensive ties to the Planned Parenthood abortion business and for generally promoting pro-abortion politicians as role models for young girls. Now, the Girl Scouts are under fire for honoring a pro-abortion member of Congress credited with inventing the slam “war on women” to attack pro-life people as supposedly opposing women’s rights because they want to protect unborn children.
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Two weeks ago the Girl Scouts honored Congresswoman Barbara Lee, who claims to have coined the phrase “war on women,” and angry moms and dads have once more launched a national boycott of Girl Scout cookies.
They are announcing the boycott just in time for National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend when cookie booths will be visible throughout the nation.
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Called “CookieCott 2015,” organizers say the Girl Scouts have made no progress in distancing the organization from leftist politics, most especially from the issue of abortion.
Just a few weeks ago the Girl Scouts honored Congresswoman Barbara Lee. Though written in conjunction with Black History Month, organizers of the boycott say that does not matter given that Lee is such an ardent promoter of abortion rights. In fact, Lee takes credit for the phrase “war on women,” a meme used against conservatives attempting to defund Planned Parenthood, America’s largest abortion provider.
In their tribute to Lee, the Girl Scouts claimed she works “to protect and help the most vulnerable” and called her a “shining example of leadership.”
In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, Christy Volanski, one of the boycott organizers, said, “I have to wonder if the Girls Scouts USA considers the preborn victims of abortion to be included in the ‘most vulnerable’ among us because Congresswoman Lee, an ardent abortion supporter, certainly does not protect the babies in the womb.”
Volanski pointed out that Lee voted in favor of partial birth abortion and N,ARAL Pro-Choice America gives her a 100% rating for supporting abortion legislation.

After a series of articles on the boycott and the Girl Scouts-Planned Parenthood link, that featured the Girl Scouts logo to identify the organization, Brian Crawford, an executive with Girl Scouts USA, wrote LifeNews a scathing letter attempting to intimidate us into stopping our reporting on their link and to no longer use their logo or image to identify them as we bring attention to their support for the nation’s biggest abortion business.

However, the links between the Girl Scouts and Planned Parenthood are longstanding, with a Girl Scouts CEO and individual troops admitting as much.
Fresh on the heels of Girl Scouts USA (GSUSA) sharing a recommendation for pro-abortion Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis as a 2013 Woman of the Year via their official Twitter account, the organization suggested pro-abortion HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as a woman “with courage, confidence, and character.”
Meanwhile, the new national spokeswoman for the Girl Scouts, Kelly Parisi, is the former spokeswoman for a pro-abortion organization — one founded by Gloria Steinem.
The Girl Scouts have been criticized for their involvement in the May, 2013 Women Deliver Conference, an international event that included “safe and legal abortion” among its overarching themes. It documents its role in the planning and facilitating of the December, 2012 Bali Global Youth Forum and the outcome declaration, which demands youth access to abortion.
The ties between the two groups have been questioned ever since former Girl Scouts CEO Kathy Cloninger admitted on NBC’s The Today Show: “We partner with many organizations. We have relationships with…Planned Parenthood organizations across the country.” See the video here.
Then, in a national survey, seventeen Girl Scouts councils admit to partnering with Planned Parenthood; many other councils refuse to answer the survey question. Of the 315 Girl Scout councils in the U.S., 17 councils reported having a relationship with Planned Parenthood and its affiliates, and 49 reported they do not. The other 249 refused to disclose any relationship.
In 2010-2011 Girls Scouts in New York partnered with Planned Parenthood for a sex-ed program, “Real Life. Real Talk.” The program website touts their partners (link has since been removed): “Real Life. Real Talk. is proud to count the following organizations, faith communities and companies as partners: …Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways.”
For fourteen years, the Girls Scouts in Waco, TX co-sponsored a sex ed conference with Planned Parenthood. “It’s Perfectly Normal” a book written by a Planned Parenthood executive was  given to all children in attendance says abortion can be “a positive experience.” And in January 2012, Girl Scouts employee Renise Rodriguez wore a “Pray to End Abortion” t-shirt during off-duty visit to her Tucson Girl Scout office and was ordered to her to turn the shirt inside out or leave.
As LifeNews reported in 2012, the Girl Scouts joined with Planned Parenthood to head a UN conference and LifeNews reported on the investigation the Catholic Church is undertaking into the ties between the Girl Scouts and Planned Parenthood and other pro-abortion groups.

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Several Abortion Clinics Close After Court Enforces Texas Pro-Life Law

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Several Abortion Clinics Close After Court Enforces Texas Pro-Life Law

by Cheryl Sullenger | Austin, TX | LifeNews.com


Two years ago, there were over 40 abortion facilities operating in Texas with very little oversight. Yesterday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling that could result in the immediate closure of 13 abortion facilities, leaving only seven open by this weekend.
A spot-check conducted by Operation Rescue early Friday morning of several facilities that are in known non-compliance with the law shows that some have already shut down while others continue to operate.
The ruling blocks a stay issued by a lower court on enforcement of Texas’ HB2, which provides minimum safety standards for abortion businesses, until the State’s appeal of the lower court’s decision that the law is unconstitutional can be heard.
The ruling allowed the full law to be enforced immediately, including portions that were previously blocked by the lower court that pertained to the requirements that abortionists maintain hospital privileges within 30 miles of their abortion facilities and that those facilities meet Ambulatory Surgical Center standards.
“This is a huge victory and gives us every confidence that all the provisions of HB2 will prevail upon appeal,” said Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue, who has coauthored the new book, Abortion Free, that outlines how to implement strategy to stop abortion, including those used in Texas will soon be responsible for closing 83% of all abortion centers in that state. Previous closures have already caused abortion numbers in Texas to plummet.
The reality is that abortion facilities operate well below accepted medical standards. They are known to cut corners on women’s health and safety in order to maximize profit. Since these business have been largely without oversight, they have been able to get away with subjecting women to unsafe conditions and practices for decades.
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The Texas law ordered abortion facilities to upgrade to medical standards. Instead of cleaning up, they sued. Now, they must close.
“Abortion facilities that cannot ensure the most basic care, such as sanitary facilities, proper drug handling, adequately licensed staff, and hallways that can accommodate a gurney in the event of an emergency are just too dangerous to stay open,” said Newman. “The abortion cartel has worked overtime to try to spin the facts into saying safety rules pose a danger to women’s health. Their propaganda attempts would be laughable if the result of injured or infected women and dead babies wasn’t so tragic.”
In 2010, Operation Rescue conducted an undercover investigation of abortion facilities in Texas and found that violations of health codes, informed consent, waiting periods, and parental notification was rampant. Disturbingly, Operation Rescue discovered that Whole Women’s Health abortion mills in McAllen and Austin were illegally dumping recognizable remains of aborted babies in public dumpsters, which posed a hazard to the general public. They were cited for these violations and heavily fined.
In 2013, Operation Rescue released shocking information and photos obtained by four former employees of Houston abortionist Douglas Karpen, that were evidence that babies were being born alive only to have their heads twisted nearly off their bodies during illegally late abortions. A grand jury mysteriously failed to indict Karpen despite the gruesome photos taken by clinic workers depicting large babies that had been nearly beheaded.
Nevertheless, that evidence prompted Texas Gov. Rick Perry to call a special session of the legislature for the purpose of passing HB2. Today, Karpen is prevented from legally conducting abortions due to the implementation of that law. The Karpen evidence also contributed to the passage of Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Acts in several states as well as the U.S. House.
“Documenting and exposing abortion abuses can serve as the foundation for safety regulations that can shut down substandard abortion mills and save lives. As a result of yesterday’s ruling we expect thousands of women will be spared the trauma and tragedy of abortion and that precious baby boys and girls will grace their lives with blessings,” said Newman. “Protecting the lives of women and their babies is what our work is all about.”
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Why are Pro-Abortion Groups Rebranding? They’re Losing With Young People

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Why are Pro-Abortion Groups Rebranding? They’re Losing With Young People

by Michael New, Ph.D. | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com |
The New York Times ran an interesting article last week about how supporters of legal abortion are backing away from the label “pro-choice.” But supporters of legal abortion redefining themselves is nothing new: The group NARAL started in the late 1960s as the National Association to Repeal the Abortion Laws. Later, they became the National Abortion Rights Action League.
Later still, they became the National Abortion Rights and Reproductive Rights Action League. The most interesting name shift, however, occurred in 2003, when NARAL evidently decided that abortion was playing too prominent a role in its name and they became “NARAL: Pro-Choice America.”
Apparently now even the term “pro-choice” has fallen out of favor.
The New York Times article is consistent with my own observations. As a college professor, I have noticed that campus groups supportive of legal abortion now use the term “reproductive justice” instead of “pro-choice.” I’ve also noticed that supporters of legal abortion are having a difficult time engaging the current generation of young adults. A recent Rasmussen poll confirms that impression, finding that voters under 40 were less likely than other age demographics to find the abortion issue “very important” while voting and more likely to find the issue “not at all important.”
Moreover, there is plenty of survey data which finds that the current generation of young adults is more skeptical about abortion than previous generations. The General Social Survey (GSS) has been collecting opinion data on abortion using the same battery of questions since the 1970s. During the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, respondents between the ages of 18 and 29 were the least sympathetic toward the pro-life position. Yet since 2000, the GSS has consistently found that young adults are actually more comfortable limiting abortion in certain circumstances than are older Americans.
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Other polling data shows that young adults are more likely than other demographic groups to support a 20-week abortion ban and are fairly comfortable with a range of incremental pro-life laws.
The article, in other words, is good news. It is clear that supporters of legal abortion are struggling to find messaging that will engage young voters, while pro-lifers continue to make quiet inroads among young adults.
LifeNews.com Note: Dr. Michael New is a political science professor at the University of Michigan–Dearborn and holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University. He is a fellow at Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, New Jersey.

Texas Republican Primary Runoff Recommendations ‏

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Texas Republican Primary Runoff Recommendations ‏

The Texas runoff elections will occur on May 27th, with early
voting taking place from May 19th through May 23rd. There are three
Republican contests that are particularly important. In this
report, I'm going to share my endorsements in these three
races.  First, however, it's important to note that no
candidate is perfect. All three of the men I'm endorsing are
only human, and there are elements in each of their records that
some of us could quibble with. However, none of the three have
anything in their past that could be considered a deal breaker,
while the same cannot be said of some of their opponents.  All
three are excellent candidates who deserve our wholehearted support
in the May 27th runoff.

In the GOP runoff for Lt. Governor, the three-term incumbent, David
Dewhurst, is running against Dan Patrick, the well-known state
Senator from Houston.  Dan Patrick is the clear choice in this
race.  While David Dewhurst is no wild-eyed liberal, in his dozen
years as Lt. Governor he hasn't exactly compiled a track record
that demonstrates a strong commitment to conservative principles.
On the contrary, he has been repeatedly praised by liberal media
outlets for his "moderation" and "bipartisanship", and his
willingness to "reach across party lines." Of course, those are
exactly the same kinds of things the mainstream media said about
John McCain when he was running for the GOP presidential nomination
back in 2008. When mainstream media types talk this way about a
Republican, they're saying that the candidate is their kind of
conservative - one who might talk a good game, but can be counted
on not to put up much of a fight against the liberal agenda.

In contrast, we never hear any liberals praising Dan Patrick for
bipartisanship, moderation, or his willingness to play footsie with
the Democrats.  Instead, they attack him for being too
conservative, not willing to compromise at the drop of a hat, and
generally just being too "far right." He has been
consistently pro-life throughout his career, and he's also a
strong fiscal conservative who can be counted on to lead the fight
to curtail government spending in Austin. He also understands what
a grave threat illegal immigration is to our traditional way of
life in Texas, and has voted accordingly. He opposes in-state
reduced tuition for illegal aliens, and he has been calling for a
crackdown on border security for years, while David Dewhurst has
been missing in action in this area. Dan Patrick is the far better
choice for Lt. Governor.

Another runoff is for the Republican nomination for Agriculture
Commissioner, pitting Tommy Merritt against Sid Miller. Tommy
Merritt is a politician with a history of big spending and working
against conservative causes, while Sid Miller has a better track
record.  Sid Miller authored the law that requires abortionists to
perform a sonogram on the unborn baby at least 24 hours before
performing an abortion, which has no doubt led to countless women
changing their minds and letting their babies live. Liberals
despise this law, and they have never forgiven Sid Miller for
writing and introducing it.  That's one reason there are a lot
of attacks being made against him, even though the office of
Agriculture Commissioner has nothing to do with abortion. Left-
wingers believe that a man who believes strongly in the sanctity of
human life is unfit for any office, period.

Sid Miller's opponent in the runoff, Tommy Merritt, is a
completely different story. A former member of the Texas House,
Merritt was declared the most liberal of all Republican House
members in 2010.  This isn't simply a nickname he was given by
a few conservative groups on the basis of some minor disagreements,
as some of his supporters like to spin it.  On the contrary, Mark
P. Jones, head of the Rice University Political Science department,
made the statement.  He studied the voting records of all House
members in 2010, and in an article published in the Houston
Chronicle he wrote that Tommy Merritt was "the most liberal
Republican" in the House. That pretty well tells us all we
need to know about Tommy Merritt. We need to support Sid Miller for
Ag Commissioner.

In the GOP runoff for Attorney General, Ken Paxton is facing Dan
Branch. This could well be the most important of the three
contests. Greg Abbott, the sitting AG, often says this about his
job description:

"I go to the office, I sue the federal government, and then I
go home."

While he's obviously exaggerating, there's a lot of truth
in his quip, as he has sued the feds over two dozen times while in
office. Burdensome federal regulations and other unconstitutional
violations of states' rights by Washington, D.C. are bad enough
now; in the future, they're likely to become even more numerous
and more intrusive. We're going to need an Attorney General who
will fight for our rights as Texans against the federal regime that
is constantly seeking to trample those rights.

Dan Branch is not the man for the job. Far from being a reliable
conservative, he's one of Joe Straus's cronies. Dan Branch
is also a big spender - in  2007 he earned a D- on the Texans for
Fiscal Responsibility Index. In 2013, they gave him an F. In the
past, NARAL Pro Choice-America, the most rabidly pro-abortion
advocacy group in the country, commended Branch for authoring a
legislative amendment that would have increased the number of
third-trimester abortions in Texas. Naturally, the media loves a
RINO like Dan Branch; the Houston Chronicle recently described him
as "respected", "moderate", and
"pragmatic", and took him to task for trying to falsely
portray himself as a staunch conservative.

Ken Paxton is the man we need in the office of Attorney General.
His record in the Legislature makes it clear he won't back down
from a fight.  While Dan Branch was content to be Joe Straus's
lackey, Ken Paxton actually challenged Straus for the position of
the Speaker of the House.  Make no mistake - it takes a lot of
courage to mount a challenge to an incumbent House Speaker. Ken
Paxton knew he would pay a price for his challenge, but he did it
because of his commitment to conservative principles. That's
exactly the kind of Attorney General Texas needs. Here's what
Senator Ted Cruz said about the candidate:

"Ken Paxton is a tireless conservative warrior. Ken Paxton
stands and fights, whether it's against Obamacare, whether
it's fighting for voter ID, or whether it's fighting to
defend our religious liberty. And I'm proud to say Ken Paxton
is my friend who fights hard in the state of Texas."

Like Sid Miller and Dan Patrick, Ken also has the support of many
conservative advocacy groups across the state. He's the hands
down choice for Attorney General.

Runoffs tend to have low turnouts compared to general elections and
primaries.  Conservatives can't afford to neglect this one, as
the stakes at the ballot box are higher than they've ever been.
I urge everyone to vote for Dan Patrick for Lt. Governor, Sid
Miller for Ag Commissioner, and Ken Paxton for Attorney General.

Remember that politics is often choosing between the lesser of two
evils, especially in runoff elections where you only have two
candidates.  These are my recommendations, but the choice of a
candidate does not entail a blanket endorsement of the individual,
just my view that they are the least worst choice from the two we
have.

Early voting for runoff: May 19th - May 23rd.
Runoff election date: May 27th

Please forward this report on to other conservatives who are likely
to go vote! Also, please like the report on facebook to help spread
the word!

The Peter Morrison Report

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Sources:
http://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2010/07/how-liberal-or-conservative-is-your-texas-state-representative/
http://www.texasobserver.org/the-great-spectacle-returns/
http://www.redstate.com/diary/wosg/2014/03/04/texas-gop-primary-good-night-conservatives/
http://www.empowertexans.com/features/profile-of-lackey-ism-tommy-merritt/
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/21/us/texas-attorney-general-invites-new-yorkers-to-bring-their-guns.html
http://www.empowertexans.com/representative/branch-dan/
http://www.danpatrick.org/dan-patrick-candidate-lt-governor-oppose-state-tuition-illegal-aliens/
http://www.redstate.com/diary/erick/2012/07/26/is-david-dewhurst-a-conservative-of-course-not/
http://www.empowertexans.com/features/dan-patrick-for-lt-gov/
http://www.prochoicetexas.org/in-our-state/2005legislativeguide_rep07-12.shtml
http://www.chron.com/default/article/Fight-for-the-right-5059787.php
http://www.redstate.com/2014/02/18/ken-paxton-for-texas-attorney-general/

Gosnell Movie Raises $2.1 Million to Tell Story of Abortionist Who Killed Babies Born Alive

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Gosnell Movie Raises $2.1 Million to Tell Story of Abortionist Who Killed Babies Born Alive

by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com |
They did it. The producers of the Gosnell movie have raised the $2.1 million they needed to make the Hollywood-style film that will tell the story of the gruesome abortion practitioner.
The campaign reached its goal four days ahead of schedule thanks to a unified effort by pro-life advocates and almost 24,000 people who agreed to fund the movie. Proving its grassroots appeal, most of the 23,471 donors contributed $100 or less while only 72 people claimed the perks from donating over $1,000.
He is the abortion practitioner who killed babies in live-birth abortions that were more akin to infanticide than abortion. The media virtually ignored Kermit Gosnell until the pro-life movement launched a concerned effort to call them out on their bias during the early stages of his trial for murder.
Now, Gosnell is prison, having been convicted of murder in the deaths of multiple babies,though he was accused of killing thousands of viable babies. Still, one report from Gallup showed a large percentage of Americans still have no idea who Gosnell is and what he did. A new crowd-funded campaign for a Gosnell movie hopes to change that.
Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer, the directors behind Not Evil Just Wrong and Fracknation are behind the Gosnell movie project. Their made-for TV movie is based on real life Grand Jury testimony with actors to tell the Gosnell story.
In an email to LifeNews, they thanked supporters of the movie for their donations:
“The Gosnell Movie has raised $2.1m and will be made! We are so incredibly grateful to you for getting us here. It’s been a long road and it was your ongoing support that carried us through,” they said.
“We are delighted, but not done working just yet! The campaign is open until midnight on Monday the 12th. We’ve got the minimum money we needed, but we would still like more people to join in. So we’re announcing a stretch goal – we want at least 30,000 people to become part of this historic project. They don’t need to donate much, even a dollar will do. And needless to say, all these dollars will go towards hiring better talent to make this movie even greater,” they added.
They launched a historic crowd-sourcing campaign to fund the film, Gosnell, through Indiegogo that was successful thanks to the help of some notable pro-life celebrities like Kevin Sorbo and despite the fact that Kickstarter initially kicked the movie off ts web site.
As the directors say:

Dr. Kermit Gosnell is the most prolific serial killer in American History, but almost no one knows who he is.
The Grand Jury investigating Kermit Gosnell’s horrific crimes said this:
          This case is about a doctor who killed babies … What we mean is that he regularly and illegally delivered live, viable, babies in the third trimester of pregnancy – and then murdered these newborns by severing their spinal cords with scissors …. Over the years, many people came to know that something was going on here. But no one put a stop to it.   (Report of the Grand Jury)
Gosnell is serving several life sentences but the media basically ignored his crimes and his trial. They ignored the facts that emerged from the trial, like the fact that the babies he murdered suffered terribly. Here is what a neonatologist told the Grand Jury:
          The neonatologist testified… If a baby moves, it is alive. Equally troubling, it feels a “tremendous amount of pain” when its spinal cord is severed. So, the fact that Baby Boy A. continued to move after his spinal cord was cut with scissors means that he did not die instantly. Maybe the cord was not completely severed. In any case, his few moments of life were spent in excruciating pain.   (Report of the Grand Jury) 
The mainstream media or Hollywood don’t think this is a story. Even though Gosnell killed more people than Gary Ridgeway, John Wayne Gacey, The Zodiac Killer and Ted Bundy combined. In a 30 year killing spree, it is thought he killed 1000s of babies. And that wasn’t a national story?

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow’s Show Calls Abortion Practitioners Heroes

An interesting story from www.lifenews.com about the pro-abortion bias of a mainstream media reporter. This follows this post about the Girl Scouts and their Planned Parenthood link. For more that you can do to get involved click HERE and you can also get two very interesting books HERE.  You can follow me at blogspot here and at twitter here https://twitter.com/brianleesblog. Please consider following both in case one goes down!






MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow’s Show Calls Abortion Practitioners HeroesAbortion practitioners across the country are responsible for nearly 57 million abortions. They kill unborn babies on a daily basis, kill and injure women in failed abortions, and leave women, men, and families dealing with devastating mental health and spiritual issues as a result.
While a majority of Americans oppose abortion and believe abortions ought to be illegal, MSNBC held a segment calling abortion practitioners heroes. The Maddow show story focused on the anger abortion advocates have over pro-life laws in Texas and other states resulting in closing abortion businesses because they can’t seem to follow the law. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/03/07/msnbcs-rachel-maddows-show-calls-abortion-practitioners-heroes/

Texas Voters Should Beware Lobby Front Groups

A timely post about from www.empowertexans.com about moderate groups claiming to be conservative in Texas. This follows this post about an attempt to get DEMOCRATS to abandon Obamacare (The Affordable Care Act). This follows this post about endorsements for TEXAS. This follows this post about Texas legislators who are graded "Worse than Wendy." This are GOP legislators!  In the meantime, you can get more involved if you like here and read an interesting book HERE.

Voters Should Beware Lobby Front Groups

by Tony McDonald

As the primary election season pulls into the home stretch, voters are being bombarded with information from a host of campaigns and groups. Unfortunately some of the information they will see this cycle is pure bluster – created to mislead voters into supporting someone who doesn’t share their values when they are in Austin.
Texas Conservative Roundtable
On many moderate Republicans’ mailers, voters will see them tout an award called the “Lone Star Conservative Leader” award. This award is given out by something called the “Texas Conservative Roundtable.” In reality the award is a participation trophy for moderates so that they can claim conservative credentials on their mail pieces when real conservative organizations are unwilling to lend their endorsement. “Texas Conservative Roundtable” gives awards to fully 85 of the 95 Republicans in the Texas House. So who doesn’t get an award? Many of the names missing from the list occupy the highest rankings on the Fiscal Responsibility Index. What’s more, the group actually gave an award to presumptive Democratic Lt. Governor nominee Leticia Van de Putte while withholding one from conservative Donna Campbell.
Curious as to whether “Texas Conservative Roundtable” was a real group or not, we recently visited the address listed on their website. The group claims to be located a block away from the Capitol at 1108 Lavaca St, Suites 110-209, which makes it sound like the organization occupies a whole two floors of downtown office space. Their space, in fact, is a bit smaller than that. It turns out that Suite 110 is the UPS Store. Mail sent to Suite 110-209 ends up in private mail box 209.
Texas Future Business Alliance
Last year, a new front group popped on the scene. Calling themselves the “Texas Future Business Alliance,” a coalition of lobby organizations ranging from the Texas Medical Association, to Texans for Lawsuit Reform, to the Texas Association of Realtors began sending mail into the districts of liberal-to-moderate Republicans proclaiming them to be conservative stalwarts. The mailers were emblazoned with a big “A,” though what that top grade was referencing was anyone’s guess. Texas Future Business Alliance didn’t produce a scorecard. They don’t even have a website.
An exposé by the Dallas Morning News revealed that the group was cobbled together to back moderates over conservatives and to do battle with Empower Texans. The coalition mirrors efforts by the US Chamber of Commerce to do battle with the TEA party.
Keep Texas Working
The newest group to send mail into Republican districts defending moderates and calling them conservatives is called “Keep Texas Working.” Last week, we exposed the group for sending mail into House District 115 that called liberal Republican Bennett Ratliff a conservative. We also noted that the group is led by lobbyist Luke Bellsnyder.
A review of the group’s website showed it claiming a physical address of 809 W 12th Street, Suite E, Austin, TX 78701. Our interests were particularly sparked when a google search of this address turned-up a listing for “Equality Texas,” a left-wing LGBT group. Curious as to the connection, we visited this address as well. The offices behind 809 W 12th Street are fairly run-down, and while a search of the premises revealed doors labeled A–D, there was no office space marked Suite E and a review of the mailboxes at the complex showed that Suite E was skipped. How “Keep Texas Working” and “Equality Texas” are connected, and whether “Keep Texas Working” is any more than paperwork and websites remains a mystery.

Pro-Lifers to Protest Hispanic Group LULAC Awarding Abortion Activist Wendy Davis

An interesting story from www.lifenews.com about LULAC giving an award to the abortion rights advocate Wendy Davis. This follows this previous post about Wendy Davis' new position on abortion.For more that you can do to get involved click HERE and you can also get two very interesting books HERE.


Pro-Lifers to Protest Hispanic Group LULAC Awarding Abortion Activist Wendy Davis Tomorrow evening, Texas state Senator Wendy Davis (D) is scheduled to receive the Señora Internacional award in Laredo, Texas, from the League of United Latin American Citizens as part of local Washington Birthday festivities. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/02/21/pro-lifers-to-protect-hispanic-group-lulac-awarding-abortion-activist-wendy-davis/

Editorial: Will Texas turn Blue NOW?

Editorial


This week begins the primary season in what is the last GOP stronghold of the U.S. How long that will continue is an interesting question as there is a concerted effort to "Turn Texas Blue." If THAT ever happens, the GOP would be finished as you can see by looking at the electoral map with Texas added to California, New York, and other large "Blue States." Do consider this when watching the Texas primaries and general elections!

Worse than Wendy (Davis)!!

A timely post about from www.empowertexans.com about Texas legislators who are graded "Worse than Wendy." This are GOP legislators!  This follows this post about immigration's affect on the U.S.  In the meantime, you can get more involved if you like here and read an interesting book HERE.

Worse than Wendy

by Morgan Williamson

Thanks to several media blitzes, Republican voters all over Texas—and honestly, all over America—are well aware of Democratic Senator turned Gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis, and everything she stands for.
Whether it’s being unabashedly pro-abortion, or doubling and tripling down on “inconsistencies” in her supposed rags-to-riches life story, you can be sure Wendy is not standing for any principles that conservatives are looking for in their elected representatives.
(Well, aside from swapping in her formerly NRA F-rated stance on Second Amendment issues for a pro-open-carry stance. We can only assume she defied the party’s stance on the issue in order to have some perceived grounds to compete with Greg Abbott, and not to actually assist conservative Republicans during primary season…)
Texans know Wendy Davis is the liberal bastion to which Battleground Texas and Team Obama have pinned their hopes and dreams for a “blue”—or at least purple—Texas.
So, one might assume that getting to the ballot box in November and ensuring Republicans are elected is the answer to defeating that Wendy Davis, Battleground Texas, “Turn Texas Blue” dream.
But, many might be shocked to know that on the Fiscal Responsibility Index for the 83^rd Texas Legislative Session, Senator Wendy Davis actually out-performed a number of House Republicans when it came to taxpayer issues.
Wendy certainly has nothing to be proud of with her failing score of 43.6 on our index; however, the following Republican House members scored even lower.
When it comes to fiscal issues, these liberal Republicans are worse than Wendy Davis, and voters have the opportunity to begin stripping the purple from our Texas Capitol come March 4^th.

As for those incumbents running unopposed this primary season, it will be the people’s job to hold them accountable to taxpayer interests during the next session. 


“Worse Than Wendy” State Representatives:
With a March 4th Primary Challenger:
Cook, Byron 42.0
Ratliff, Bennett 41.6
Patrick, Diane 36.7
Darby, Drew 35.7
Otto, John 35.5
Keffer, Jim 35.3
Kacal, Kyle 33.6
Sheffield, J.D. 27.5
Without a Primary Challenger:
Price, Four 41.6
Stephenson, Phil 39.7
Farney, Marsha 39.6
Larson, Lyle 39.0
Geren, Charlie 37.0
King, Ken        38.6
Raney, John 36.3
Aycock, Jimmie Don 36.2
Lozano, J.M. 32.9
Smith, Wayne 31.4
Zerwas, John 25.3
Announced retirement after the 83^rd Legislative Session:
Callegari, William 39.0
Ritter, Allan 37.0
Pitts, Jim 29.7
Davis, John 29.7

 

Morgan Williamson

Morgan is our Communications Coordinator, monitoring our media presence, including social media, and community and media relations. She is a Texas native, Texas State graduate, and veteran staffer of the 83rd Texas Legislature. Aside from constantly monitoring the Twittersphere, Morgan enjoys proper grammar usage, a lot of coffee, and good company.

They're back home - will you contact them?

An interesting story from http://www.sba-list.org  about contacting your Senators on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. This follows this post about the Girl Scouts abortion advocacy. For more that you can do to get involved click HERE and you can also get two very interesting books HERE.


They're back home - will you contact them?


Tomorrow marks the tragic 41^st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion through all nine months of pregnancy and has resulted in the loss of over 50 million innocent lives.
Here in Washington, hundreds of thousands of pro-life Americans will march from the Capitol to the Supreme Court in the 20-degree cold to speak up for those who have no voice, and demand action from our elected representatives – I can’t wait to march with them!

But I also know that not all pro-life Americans can attend the March for Life here in DC, and many are wondering what they  can do to make an impact.

If you cannot attend the march, you’ve got an incredible opportunity to influence your U.S. Senators, who are back home in their respective states this week.

You see, our pro-life champions in the U.S. Senate have introduced legislation – the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act – that would protect unborn babies beginning at 20 weeks, or roughly halfway through pregnancy. This historic legislation has already passed the U.S. House.
Already, this bill is up to 40 co-sponsors – but we need even more to force a vote on this legislation, and get every single U.S. Senator on record.
With Senators on recess and back in their respective states this week, they need to hear from YOU, especially during the anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
The very first thing you need to do is find out whether or not your two U.S. Senators are co-sponsoring the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: You can check where your two Senators stand by clicking here.
If they are co-sponsoring, they need to hear your praise. And if they are not, you need to ask them to become co-sponsors.
Here are four simple ways you can influence your two Senators on this important legislation:

1. Visit the local offices of your two Senators. Set up an appointment, or just drop by to express your support for this bill. Click here to find your Senators’ district offices.
2. Call the local offices of your two Senators. Tell them to advance the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. Click here for phone numbers and talking points.  
3. If you don’t have time to visit or call your two Senators, send them an email. Click here to send e-mails to your two Senators. Please keep in mind that visiting your Senators’ offices or calling has a higher impact than this option.
4. Tweet your two Senators. Click here to find their Twitter handles, and sample tweets.
   

Remember, your two Senators are back home this week. This is a unique opportunity for them to hear from you during the anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
Once you’ve taken action, don’t forget to forward this email to all of your pro-life family and friends so they can take action too.


For Life,




Marjorie Dannenfelser
President, Susan B. Anthony List