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March 13, 2008
With the Republican nominee for president settled at this point in the primary season and either Democratic nominee being totally anti-life and pro-abortion to a degree not even seen in the 1992 election, pro-life advocates and people of common sense...
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February 19, 2008
Peter Shinn, President of Pro-Life Unity, founder of ProLifeNews.tv and also the Monthly Call for Life spoke at the Capitol about the need for people to get more involved in the process of ending abortion. One of the current bills is HR 618, a Right to Life bill sponsored by Congressman Duncan Hunter.
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January 16, 2008
Gov. Mike Huckabee is arguably the best choice for pro-life voters. Yes, he supports passage of a constitutional amendment to protect the right to life and opposes research on embryonic stem cells. However, since his win in Iowa he's been...
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January 9, 2008
Day Gardner, president of the National Black Pro-Life Union, has this to say about recent accolades Barack Obama received: I was very disturbed by an article published on January 7, 2008 in The Atlanta Journal which stated that Sen. Barack...
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December 1, 2007
So CNN plants numerous, known, Democrats/anti-Republicans as though they are common ordinary unaffiliated questioners in the GOP debate, then gets outed for it, then accuses its critics of stalking them. Don't that beat all. No wonder I thought there were...
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November 30, 2007
ProLifeNews.tv interviewed Georgia Representative Bobby Franklin at the Institute on the Constitution in Maryland. The topic was HB 1, the Right to Life bill that was submitted by Franklin in order to protect the unborn from abortion, and the elderly from euthanasia.
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November 18, 2007
I. I watched this interview live today on TV: "It's the logic of the Civil War," Huckabee said Sunday, comparing abortion rights to slavery. "If morality is the point here, and if it's right or wrong, not just a political...
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November 2, 2007
I am also the prime sponsor of HR 300, which would negate the effect of Roe v Wade by removing the ability of federal courts to interfere with state legislation to protect life. This is a practical, direct approach...
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October 22, 2007
Dr. Bob Jones, III, chancellor of Bob Jones University, and Dr. Robert Taylor, Dean of the university's College of Arts and Sciences, received much criticism for their recent personal endorsement of Mitt Romney. Political conservatives criticized their endorsement because of...
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October 20, 2007
Washington, D.C. - Nearly six thousand votes - 5,775 -were cast in the first-ever Values Voters Straw Poll at FRC Action's 2nd Annual Washington Briefing. FRC Action members had the choice of voting on-line, by mail, or at electronic voting...
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The morning session of the Washington Briefing has ended. Click here for photos of the speakers, courtesty of ProLifeNews.tv...
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October 19, 2007
ProLifeNews.tv is broadcasting live video throughout the day from Washington D.C., where the Washington Briefing 2007 is being held. The Briefing, an annual event sponsored by the Family Research Council in Washington D.C., is largest gathering of Values Voters from across the nation.
Personalities include, all the Republican Presidential candidates, Laura Ingraham, James Dobson, Tony Perkins & many many more.
All the speeches are including discussions about abortion, embryonic stem cell research, family values, religion in America and many other topics important to conservatives in America.
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September 24, 2007
FRONT ROYAL, VA -- The Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, STL, president of Human Life International, (HLI) today blasted a gang of 16 Catholic senators for their votes on an amendment to HR 2764 to overturn the Mexico City Policy instituted...
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September 1, 2007
A letter of invitation was sent June 4 from national pro-family leaders to both the Republican and Democrats running for president. While it seems everyone is clamoring for the same date, Sept. 17, the good news is that seven out...
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August 12, 2007
Mark Pickup comments:Here is an Objective truth: Abortion is wicked. It is murder of the weakest and most defenseless. Any politician who defends abortion is unfit for public office. They do not support the first universal human right which is...
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July 19, 2007
B. Hussein Obama is an extremely inexperienced, screamingly liberal candidate who doesn't do a good job of hiding his radicalism - John Hawkings Yes, it's true. Obama supports government directed sex education for Kindergartners. He also envisions a social contract...
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July 13, 2007
Kansas Senator and Republican conservative presidential hopeful Sam Brownback will be embarking on a Pro-Life, Whole-Life Tour, a series of campaign events featuring pro-life activists Bobby Schindler, the brother of the late Terri Schiavo, and Francis Bok, an escaped slave...
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June 17, 2007
"This feels like a hometown crowd," Sen. Sam Brownback reportedly exclaimed to an enthusiastic crowd at the recent National Right to Life convention:He said the fight for "life" extended from the baby in a womb to the child threatened by...
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Fred Thompson addressed that National Right to Life Convention via the video above. You can read the complete transcript at the Brody File - here's a clip: In 1994, I made my first run for the U.S. Senate. I...
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Mitt Romney is personable, articulate and convincing. In this regard he makes a great presidential candidate and at the National Right to Life convention he received a standing ovation as he told the crowd about his pro-life conversion: "I proudly...
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June 15, 2007
Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani describes his position on abortion using the "I'm personally opposed" strategy that was developed by Mario Cuomo in 1985. You see, Giuliani "disagrees with abortion", he "opposes it", and "thinks it is wrong". In fact, he...
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June 13, 2007
I once imagined a disastrous scenario in which conservatives became convinced Rudy Giuliani was the only "viable" candidate to take on the Democratic nominee for President, Hillary Clinton (shudder). The pressure compounded as Giuliani supporters adopted the motto "a vote...
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June 12, 2007
Presidential contender Rudy Giuliani today offered 12 commitments to the American people including: I will increase adoptions, decrease abortions, and protect the quality of life for our children. Apparently this is enough to appease some pro-lifers but not me (and...
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May 18, 2007
From their latest email:One month ago today, the Supreme Court - with two new Bush appointees - upheld the Federal Abortion Ban.[The what? You mean the "Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003." Sorry, honey, you can't just rip headlines out...
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May 14, 2007
It looks as if the speculation of whether or not Fred Thompson will announce a presidential bid is down to a matter of not "if" but "when," and pro-life advocates appear to be eager to have a candidate with consistent...
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March 22, 2007
A federal district judge has recently ruled that the Children's Online Protection Act is an unconstitutional suppression of free speech. The law requires porn site operators to verify that patrons are 18 years old before giving them access to pornography....
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March 15, 2007
By John Jakubczyk There are those pundits and writers who are making the effort to build up Rudy Giuliani in an effort to force him onto conservatives by claiming that he is the only one who can defeat Hillary Clinton....
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Faith2Action's Janet Folger minces no words when discussing presidential candidates with Agape press. She says Rudy Giuliani is "completely unacceptable" and John McCain is "disqualified". The former is pro-abortion and anti-marriage while McCain opposed the Federal Marriage Amendment and lead...
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A number of conservatives are working vigorously to find a way to make former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's dismal stand on social issues palatable for pro-life voters. Family and life issues are apparently not important to these Republicans, who...
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March 13, 2007
Bobby Schindler Endorses Brownback for President Terri Schiavo's brother thanks Brownback for his efforts to protect all human life ALEXANDRIA , Va. - U.S. Senator Sam Brownback received an endorsement today from Bobby Schindler, the brother of the late Terri...
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February 16, 2007
U.S. Senator Sam Brownback today joined 34 senators in urging President Bush to uphold and champion pro-life policy. "President Bush has shown that he is committed to protecting the dignity of every life, from the unborn to the elderly," said...
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Opponents of Sen. Sam Brownback's bid for the presidency have regurgitated news reports from 10 years ago suggesting that the candidate was once a supporter of legalized abortion. In fact, the Kansas City Star today took the unusual step of...
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February 15, 2007
Rudy Giuliani is not a social conservative by any stretch of the imagination. He supports gay marriage, abortion on demand and scientific research involving the destruction of human embryo. This didn't stop Jennifer Rubin (American Spectator column) from suggesting that...
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There are certainly polar opposite views of Republican abortion proponent Rudy Giuliani's candidacy for president: Pro-life pro-Rudy For me and other socially conservative, pro-life voters who are inclined to support Mayor Giuliani, however, there is one bridge he can build...
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Conservative blogger John Hawkins (Right Wing News) announced today that he is consulting for presidential candidate Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA). For those who haven't followed his efforts in the Congress, Hunter introduced the Right to Life Act, which would legally...
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February 14, 2007
Reasoned Audacity gave the heads up that the FRC's Charmaine Yoest was invited to appear on NBC Nightly News to discuss Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's run for the presidency. The program played out something like this:Romney has real challenges. He...
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Brendan Miniter writes that former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani may yet find support among social conservatives in his bid for the Republican nomination for President despite his position in favor of abortion, gay-rights, and embryonic stem cell research. The...
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February 13, 2007
In this information age and the very complicated world in which we live today, the need for high-quality reporting is greater than ever. It's not just the journalist's job at risk here. It's American democracy. It is freedom...[As broadcasters cut...
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Ben Wren (MyManMitt) posted an exclusive interview with that James Bopp regarding his endorsement of Mitt Romney for President. Bopp has been the General Counsel for the National Right to Life Committee and many other pro-life organizations. Although his questions...
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February 12, 2007
A number of conservatives are working vigorously to find a way to make former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's dismal stand on social issues palatable for pro-life voters. Family and life issues are apparently not important to some of these...
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February 10, 2007
Illinois U. S. Senator Barack Obama announced his intention to run for president at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois, this morning, where Abraham Lincoln gave his "House divided" speech almost 150 years ago. One of many differences between...
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February 6, 2007
ProLifeNews.tv recently did an interview with Congressman Duncan Hunter at the Family Research Council in Washington D.C. Congressman Hunter was participating in the Blogs4Life.com event which was held there, an event founded by ProLifeUnity.com, The Family Research Council & ProLifeBlogs.com.
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February 5, 2007
Rudolph W. Giuliani took another step toward running for president by filing a "statement of candidacy" with the Federal Election Commission, declaring his intent to seek the Republican nomination. Appearing on Hannity and Colmes, Giuliani was asked about his...
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As a potential pro-abortion candidate for President, Rudy Giuliani has challenges gaining the support of the pro-life community. He's already using Mario Cuomo's famous "I'm personally opposed to abortion" line despite that fact that the very reason to be opposed...
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He's pro-life (with exceptions) but is willing to include abortion in tax payer funded health care?: The cornerstone of Gov. Mitt Romney's new universal health care law for Massachusetts is a program titled "Commonwealth Care", a plan for thousands of...
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February 4, 2007
John Hawkings has a great column about Rep. Duncan Hunter, a representative who is well known to our readers for his stand on life issues: If you're looking for someone who can represent the conservative wing of the Republican Party...
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February 3, 2007
We're used to these in Illinois, although Gov. Blagojevich hasn't thwarted the legislative process since last October. Get ready. Change the names, and this may be in your state's future:AUSTIN, Texas Feb 2, 2007 (AP) -- Bypassing the Legislature altogether,...
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February 2, 2007
When I recently wrote about Rudy Giuliani, I imagined a disastrous scenario in which conservatives became convinced that he was the only "viable" candidate to take on the Democratic nominee for President, Hillary Clinton (shudder). The pressure compounded as Giuliani...
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February 1, 2007
When conservatives look at former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani there is much to be admired. He is a hero of 9/11, a noted federal prosecutor, and a two-term Republican mayor in an overwhelmingly Democratic city. In fact, USA Today...
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January 31, 2007
Rich Lowry suggests that former Massachusetts governor Gov. Mitt Romney's "account of how he came to change his view on abortion—through the issue of stem-cell research—isn't very compelling and he would probably be better off not talking about it at...
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January 29, 2007
Sen. Sam Brownback has consistently spoken out against the genocide of the disabled. In this video, recorded during the Blogs4Life Conference, he promotes an awareness of the value of all lives and, in particular, children with Down Syndrome....
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on Saturday made it official, he is seeking the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. "People want an authentic conservative who has a proven record of results," Huckabee said in a statement. "I've concluded that I should...
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January 28, 2007
Senator Sam Brownback (KS) drew an enthusiastic response during the recent March for Life in Washington DC that was arguably bigger than that of any other politician. To some extent, the positive reaction was fueled by an exceptional turnout...
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January 25, 2007
No one wants the government rifling through his or her bank accounts. The FBI has no business perusing your grocery lists. The right of privacy is clear in this country. With very few exceptions, the government has no reason to...
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January 17, 2007
The fix may have been in on Barack Obama's opposition as state senator to Illinois' Born Alive Infant Protection Act, aka support of infanticide. I've always wondered what compelled Obama not to just vote against Born Alive but attempt...
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January 10, 2007
This brief Associated Press story reveals yet another example of the left's new tactic in dealing with "values voters"; namely, the distortion of biblical theology (while using religious symbol, rhetoric and association) to tempt Christians into aligning with the Democrat...
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January 3, 2007
On Jan. 10, 2005, newly elected U. S. Sen. Barack Obama sauntered a victory lap inside the Illinois state Capitol, where he had just tenured seven years as state senator. A journalist recently wrote that journalists can't seem to...
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