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Jill Stanek fought to stop "live-birth abortion" after witnessing one as a registered nurse at Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Ill. In 2002, President Bush asked Jill to attend his signing of the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. In January 2003, World Magazine named Jill one of the 30 most prominent pro-life leaders of the past 30 years.

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*Democrats gain key votes: Healthcare bill to jump first Senate hurdle - jillstanek.com Nov 21, 2009, 5:23 pm

Based on the news below, Matt Lewis asked on Twitter, "How much money would Mike Huckabee immediately raise were he to announce he was challenging B. Lincoln for Senate?" Oh, how I wish. From the Wall Street Journal, this afternoon: Sen. Blanche Lincoln, a centrist Democrat from AR, said Saturday she would vote to move forward with debate on health-care legislation, giving Democrats what appeared to be the 60 votes needed to bring the sweeping bill to the Senate floor for debate. Sen. Lincoln

*Weekend question 11/21-22/09 - jillstanek.com Nov 21, 2009, 5:42 pm

In an article entitled, "Bishops raising holy hell on abortion," the New York Post reported today: President Obama's effort to reform the health-care system could blow up in a holy war with the nation's Catholic bishops over the historically hot-button issue of abortion. The Catholic Church claims the Senate bill introduced by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) would permit insurance coverage for certain abortions. By comparison, the church applauds a measure passed by the House... that calls

*Bad: Ben Nelson to vote YES on cloture - jillstanek.com Nov 21, 2009, 7:19 am

Before I get to yesterday's statement by pro-life Democrat Sen. Ben Nelson, from NE, a reminder that over 97% of bills approved for cloture (stop filibuster and allow debate) eventually pass. 60 votes are required for cloture but only 50 to pass a bill. Also read this excerpt from a statement by GOP Sen. Jim Demint of SC: But don't be fooled by senators that will say they oppose a government takeover but just wanted to allow debate on health care, they are not being honest. The simple fact is

Lunch Break: Northern lights and fire rainbow - jillstanek.com Nov 20, 2009, 1:00 pm

To give us a break from the daily grind... The next picture is a fire rainbow, the rarest of all naturally occurring atmospheric phenomena. The picture was captured this week on the Idaho/Washington border. The event lasted about one hour. (Clouds have to be cirrus, at least 20,000 feet in the air, with just the right amount of ice crystals....and the sun has to hit the clouds at precisely 58 degrees): Email Bethany with your Lunch Break suggestions! [HT: Laura Loo]

*Jivin J's Life Links 11-20-09 - jillstanek.com Nov 20, 2009, 12:00 pm

by JivinJ Wesley Smith notes a changed clause in Senator Reid's health care bill could force insurance providers in states where assisted suicide is legal to include assisted suicide in their plans: If assisted suicide, or even euthanasia, are legally considered forms of "end of life care" in a particular state - as it is now in Oregon, Washington, and Montana - it seems to me that the area's community health insurance option would be required to provide "access" to it under this clause. How e

*Jesse Jackson: "You can't vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man" - jillstanek.com Nov 20, 2009, 8:57 am

Before I get to the story, the healthcare debate has stirred interesting stats re: black women: "The infant mortality rate for black babies is about 2-1/2 times greater than it is for white babies; an African-American woman is twice as likely to give birth prematurely as a white woman; a black infant is nearly 4 times more likely to die as a result of being too early and/or too small than a white infant." ~ Huffington Post, November 17 "African-American women are twice as likely to suffer a

*Damaging MSM story threatens tomorrow's Senate healthcare vote - jillstanek.com Nov 20, 2009, 7:08 am

Two points to pull from this morning's RedState.com alert: 1) We must call senators today, because we can't tomorrow, a Saturday. 2) The message must be that a vote for cloture, to begin debate, is a vote for the bill. Members must vote "NO" tomorrow.d Roll Call issued this study... There is a study out today that is damaging to the Democrats efforts to pass health care in the Senate. On Saturday, when constituents cannot contact their Senators' offices because they'll be closed, the Unite

*Jivin J's Life Links 11-19-09 - jillstanek.com Nov 19, 2009, 2:00 pm

by JivinJ Americans United for Life has posted a summary of Senator Reid's health care reform legislation as it related to abortion. Their conclusion: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid last night unveiled a health care bill which provides for an unprecedented expansion of federally-funded abortion. The bill includes pro-abortion language and mirrors the false compromise Capps Amendment from the House debate -- it allows the public option to include abortion coverage and provides federal subsid

*Breaking exclusive: Sen. Ben Nelson issues new statement opposing public funded abortion in healthcare - jillstanek.com Nov 19, 2009, 10:51 am

On November 16, CNN published a story stating pro-life Democrat Sen. Ben Nelson was backing away from full support of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment in the Senate's socialized healthcare bill. Subsequently, Democrats for Life president Kristen Day informed me this wasn't true. Yesterday I requested a statement of clarification from Sen. Nelson and have received the following from his communication's office: "To earn my support, the final bill must not use taxpayers' dollars to fund abortions. M

*Senate healthcare bill unveiled: Stupak amendment OUT - jillstanek.com Nov 19, 2009, 9:25 am

All you need to know is in the headlines, really... Read National Right to Life's statement outlining just some of the problems with Reid's bill, unveiled last night. Then keep making calls, which are having an impact. I tried calling Sen. Ben Nelson's office yesterday and simply couldn't get through to his DC office. I thought the line was out of order. My calls to 3 of his NE offices wouldn't go through either. Finally I reached someone who said they've been slammed with calls re: the heal

Lunch Break: Boy finds long lost wedding rings - jillstanek.com Nov 19, 2009, 10:12 am

To give us a break from the daily grind... mail Bethany with your Lunch Break suggestions!

*The Palin photo Newsweek passed by; Feminists silent on obvious sexism - jillstanek.com Nov 19, 2009, 8:22 am

It has been 2 days since Newsweek unveiled its obviously sexist cover of Sarah Palin, and, no surprise, liberal feminists remain silent. While RH Reality Check managed to spot a pro-life website calling Palin "rogue" on the life issue, it missed Newsweek's cover pick of a photo of Palin in running shorts, originally taken for the August 2009 issue of Runner's World magazine. Incidentally, that photo was featured on RW's back page and was used by Newsweek without permission. (Watch for a laws

*Current TV satire: Obama aborts abortion - jillstanek.com Nov 19, 2009, 7:01 am

Despite the topic, this animated satire on last week's Supernews!, a show found on Al Gore's sinking Current TV channel, was pretty funny - particularly Nurse Biden and Dr. "House" Pelosi... th="425" height="344"> [HT: Troy Newman at Operation Rescue]

*(Prolifer)ations 11-18-09 - jillstanek.com Nov 18, 2009, 4:00 pm

by Kelli Spotlighting important information gleaned from other pro-life blogs... From Culture Campaign: a NJ high school student has brought suit against her school administrators for violating her free-speech rights. According to the AP, the principal of Bridgeton High School banned the student from wearing a "LIFE" armband or participating in the Pro Life Day of Silent Solidarity because doing anything "religious" was not allowed. The Alliance Defense Fund has taken up her case. ProWoma

*Jivin J's Life Links 11-18-09 - jillstanek.com Nov 18, 2009, 2:52 pm

by JivinJ No surprise here. According to a CNN poll, the majority of Americans don't want abortion funding included in health care reform: A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Wednesday morning indicates that 61% of the public opposes using public money for abortions for women who can not afford the procedure, with 37% in favor of allowing the use of federal funds. 5% margin, those questioned in the survey think that women who get abortions should pay the full costs out of thei

Lunch Break: Duck rescue - jillstanek.com Nov 18, 2009, 1:00 pm

To give us a break from the daily grind... Email Bethany with your Lunch Break suggestions! [HT: Commenter Susan Allen]

*Breaking: Nelson, Casey still on board with Stupak amendment - jillstanek.com Nov 18, 2009, 8:52 am

Contrary to a CNN story yesterday, pro-life Dem. Sen. Ben Nelson's position on the Stupak-Pitts pro-life amendment "has not changed," wrote Democrats for Life president Kristen Day in an email to me this morning. In fact, "both he and Senator [Bob] Casey are committed to removing abortion funding," added Day. Subsequent to reading the CNN report that Nelson was back pedaling on his stand to keep public funding for abortion out of any socialized healthcare bill, Day contacted both senators' off

*New Stanek WND column, "Pro-life need-to-knows on health care in Senate" - jillstanek.com Nov 18, 2009, 4:06 am

For 6 weeks, and behind closed doors, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Democrats have been crafting their own version of a socialized health-care bill. With the House's passage of its bill, Reid is ready to pull the trigger, now only awaiting a cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office on two new tax increases his side has proposed to help contain their behemoth. The CBO report could come at any moment, perhaps before this column is published. After getting the CBO report, Rei

*"Abortion foes cautiously optimistic about healthcare win" - jillstanek.com Nov 17, 2009, 7:31 pm

by Dan Gilgoff at US News & World Report, this article just posted includes a quote from yours truly... As abortion rights groups slam Democrats for allowing a strict prohibition on federally subsidized abortion coverage in the House healthcare bill, antiabortion groups find themselves in an usual position, given Democratic control in Washington: They're cautiously optimistic about a victory on healthcare. "The momentum is in the pro-life direction," says Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of th

*Pro-aborts resurrecting phony pro-life amendments to healthcare - jillstanek.com Nov 17, 2009, 1:39 pm

Doug Johnson, Legislative Director of the National Right to Life Committee, has just issued this alert: Third Way attempts to resurrect Ellsworth Amendment In an essay posted today on RHrealitycheck.org (a nexus for pro-abortion activist groups), Rachel Laser - a career pro-abortion activist who now works for the influential "messaging" group Third Way - attempts to resurrect the Ellsworth Amendment. Even though there is hardly paragraph in Laser's piece that does not contain some substanti

*Jivin J's Life Links 11-17-09 - jillstanek.com Nov 17, 2009, 2:00 pm

by JivinJ Stephanie Simon has an article in the Wall Street Journal which is sure to get more than a few pro-choicers fuming. Simon notes the Stupak amendment is unlikely to change how abortion is paid for by the vast majority of women: Although the bill has stirred passions on both sides of the abortion-rights debate - which are likely to be echoed when the Senate takes up its version - the practical effect of the restrictions will be limited, statistics suggest and some experts in family-p

Lunch Break: Cat can't fit through catflap - jillstanek.com Nov 17, 2009, 1:00 pm

To give us a break from the daily grind... Email Bethany with your Lunch Break suggestions! [HT: Commenter Mark R.]

*Stupak: Healthcare bill will stall if abortion restrictions removed - jillstanek.com Nov 17, 2009, 11:28 am

I just reported that pro-life Democrat Sen. Ben Nelson told CNN he was content with a phony compromise amendment in the Senate socialized healthcare bill that would still allow for public funded abortions. Meanwhile pro-life Democrat Rep. Bart Stupak, who led the way last week to the House's passage of the pro-life Stupak/Pitts Amendment to its version of socialized healthcare, was on Fox News this morning. Stupak basically said that should the healthcare bill come back to the House with the S

*Shock: TMZ calls preborn's killing a "brutal murder" - jillstanek.com Nov 17, 2009, 12:19 pm

I know TMZ was sensationalizing a headline to attract attention to the following story today, but in this case "brutal murder" was an honest portrayal of the crime: Cops believe they now know how a famous L.A. restaurateur allegedly murdered his unborn child - and it all has to do with a deadly white powder. TMZ has obtained the search warrant affidavit in the investigation of Josh Woodward - co-owner of L.A.'s 8 Oz. Burger Bar and several famous restaurants around the country. In the docs,

*Breaking News: Nelson backpeddles, abandons Stupak Amendment - jillstanek.com Nov 17, 2009, 10:55 am

Not good, from CNN, November 16: Sen. Ben Nelson, D-NE, who last week insisted that the Senate health care bill include tight restrictions passed by the House on the use of federal money for abortion coverage, now says he would be satisfied with the less restrictive language approved by the Senate Finance Committee. Nelson's position is apt to help Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, who is trying to cobble together a health care bill - which is full of policy mine fields such as abortion

*Feminists also fume: No mandated contraception coverage in healthcare bills - jillstanek.com Nov 17, 2009, 10:00 am

Sharon Lerner at Double X wrote: Abortion, it seems, was lost to political horse-trading. But there are also deeper forces at work.... The best example is birth control, which was also recently thrown under the health-reform train. So far, none of the 3 reform bills has required insurers to cover contraception.... Women's health advocates reported that some Democrats cited a fear of igniting controversy when asked to insert birth control and other preventive services for women into the minimu

*Pro-aborts pull out stops opposing Stupak Amendment in healthcare - jillstanek.com Nov 16, 2009, 8:05 pm

Didn't pro-aborts spend an inordinate amount of time claiming public funding of abortion wasn't included in any of the healthcare bills before House pro-lifers added an amendment specifying there would be no public funding in its healthcare bill? Yet the hornet's nest that said abortion wasn't in healthcare has been stirred into a frenzy because abortion has been aborted from healthcare. For instance, the National Organization for Women is planning a "Strip Stupak National Lobby Day" on Decemb

*Late-term abortionist Hodari faces divorce, liquidation, malpractice lawsuit, back taxes - jillstanek.com Nov 16, 2009, 4:41 pm

It was only August 2007 when MI late-term abortionist Albert Hodari's smiling mug [right] was featured in a Detroit News story as well as a nationwide UPI piece decrying passage of the Partial Birth Abortion Act. It has been downhill for Hodari ever since. In November 2007 Hodari was caught on video telling pro-abort students at Wayne State University he had a "license to lie" and that he didn't wash his hands between abortions. Then in March 2008 Citizens for a Pro-Life Society found 200+ m

*Jivin J's Life Links 11-16-09 - jillstanek.com Nov 16, 2009, 2:00 pm

by JivinJ President Obama is such a shameless liar. onally televised address to Congress he claimed "under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions" when the legislation at that time included abortion funding. Now that the legislation has been amended to remove abortion funding via the Stupak amendment and prevents abortion coverage from being federally subsidized, Obama is sending out David Axelrod (below, left) to act like the Stupak amendment changes the "status quo" and

*Monday reads 11-16-09 - jillstanek.com Nov 16, 2009, 12:35 pm

I'm not sure if this is a new feature, but I posted a "Sunday reads" segment yesterday, typically an off-blogging day, because there was just so much news I didn't want missed. And I'm finding the same thing today. The debate over abortion in healthcare is much of the reason. There has also been an explosion of news dissemination on Twitter. So we'll see. Anyway, here are news/editorial items pro-lifers should find of interest. I may add to the list throughout the day... "Editorial: Justice

Lunch Break: Jumping fire dog - jillstanek.com Nov 16, 2009, 1:00 pm

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*Pro-aborts send coathangers to congresspersons - jillstanek.com Nov 16, 2009, 11:15 am

Pro-aborts are planning to send coat hangers to 20 "formerly pro-choice Democrats" (I wish! I hope!) who voted for the Stupak/Pitts pro-life amendment in the House healthcare bill. Click to enlarge... Were pro-lifers to attempt the same sort of gimmick we'd have a couple options - photos of hacked mothers being taken by ambulance from front alley abortion mills, or photos of hacked babies after being aborted. Click to enlarge... By the way, the actual number of back alley illegal abortion

*Sunday reads - jillstanek.com Nov 15, 2009, 1:50 pm

UPDATE, 1:15p: "Owens may have to be removed" ~ The Gouverneur Times [HT: Mary Q.] _______________ "Axelrod signals Obama will try to strip abortion language from health care bill" ~ Fox News reporting on White House senior advisor David Axelrod's appearance on CNN this morning. ("I believe that there are discussions ongoing to how to adjust it accordingly.") "Abortion exposes divisions among US Democrats" ~ Reuters "Dems risk losing Catholics over abortion" ~ Politico [HT for Fox articl

*Sunday funnies 11-15-09 - jillstanek.com Nov 15, 2009, 8:31 am

I thought last Sunday we would see a lot of political cartoons springing from passage of the Stupak/Pitts pro-life amendment to the House healthcare bill. And so it was. First, the pro-life view... by Chip Bok at Townhall.com... Then the pro-abort view... by Jim Morin at GoComics.com... by Steve Sack at GoComics.com... ... and I got a laugh out of this last one by pro-abort Signe Wilkinson at GoComics.com. Wilkinson thought he was so clever to find an apparent inconsistency in our l

*SNL: Obama caves on healthcare - jillstanek.com Nov 15, 2009, 9:09 am

Last night Saturday Night Life opened with a parody featuring VP big mouth Joe Biden. The Huffington Post thought the skit noteworthy because it "comes down on [the] Obama administration for caving on [the] public option." I think it's noteworthy for not mentioning the clearly biggest problem liberals wanting to pass a socialized healthcare bill have: public funded abortion. That's because abortion isn't funny. Hardcore pro-aborts like Amanda Marcotte love abortion humor because they think

Given the events that have transpired this pa ... - jillstanek.com Nov 14, 2009, 8:23 am

Given the events that have transpired this past week, what are any and all of your predictions for passage of a socialized healthcare bill? Will it retain the Stupak/Pitts amendment? If so, if not, will it pass?

Lunch Break: Armed robber finds God - jillstanek.com Nov 13, 2009, 1:00 pm

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*Jivin J's Life Links 11-13-09 - jillstanek.com Nov 13, 2009, 12:00 pm

by JivinJ Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has called for the removal of abortion coverage from their health insurance plan after Politico discovered that abortion was covered. illiness of pro-choice arguments regarding the Stupak amendment continues... Wendy Norris is now claiming money was another probable reason for the Catholic bishops support of the Stupak amendment. Despite the vast majority of abortions being performed in abortion clinics and not hospitals, Norri

*American Life League: What else to oppose in the House healthcare bill - jillstanek.com Nov 13, 2009, 9:48 am

My friend Judie Brown of the American Life League has posted a chart listing just a few other problems with the House socialized healthcare bill: While Judie's premise is one on which we will likely always have to agreed to disagree, that attempting to place stopgaps against the culture of death in one area condones the culture of death in another, she is right: The healthcare bill in its entirety is an abomination against the sanctity of life that we must attempt to stop. I appreciate the r

*Who did Nancy lie to, the Bishops or her liberal friends? - jillstanek.com Nov 13, 2009, 7:27 am

I am increasingly wondering how Democrats, particularly Nancy Pelosi, are going to get themselves out of this jam. It is becoming clearer that while Nancy made an agreement with Catholic bishops to take abortion out of the healthcare bill, her liberal friends thought she intended to break that deal later. We now know there were actually bishops in Pelosi's office and she was on the phone to Rome before agreeing to the pro-life Stupak/Pitts amendment to the House healthcare bill. That was a s

*I've read the complaints - jillstanek.com Nov 13, 2009, 6:52 am

I've read the complaints by conservatives (and even pro-lifers) following passage of the Stupak/Pitts pro-life amendment to the House healthcare bill. They say this simply enabled passage of the entire putrid mess. My friend Erick Erickson at RedState.com wrote: Stupak will go out.... Let me be clear to the conservative movement and the organizations participating in the health care debate: the fight over health care is about freedom, not your ridiculous little scorecards. [bold emphasis his

*Bishops in the House - jillstanek.com Nov 12, 2009, 5:53 pm

Here was a verrry interesting Associated Press story yesterday on just how involved the US Conference of Catholic Bishops - God bless 'em - were in getting the Stupak/Pitts Amendment into the healthcare bill. Pretty wild... The call came in from Rome, just as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her top lieutenants were scrambling to round up scarce votes to pass their sweeping health overhaul. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick [pictured right], the former archbishop of Washington, was on the line for Pel

*Breaking: FoxNY hounds quack late-term abortionist; he goes wild - jillstanek.com Nov 12, 2009, 4:36 pm

I wrote a couple weeks ago that late-term abortionist Pierre Renelique, whose FL medical license was revoked following his part in the alleged murder of abortion survivor Shaunice Williams, had escaped to practice in NY. NY officials merely put Renelique on a 2-year probation. Well, someone tipped MyFoxNY.com off on the story, and one of its reporters chased Renelique down yesterday. The following 6:49 exposi goes into great detail on the FL botched abortion, a shockingly thorough and blunt inv

*Jivin J's Life Links 11-12-09 - jillstanek.com Nov 12, 2009, 2:00 pm

by JivinJ Is infamous MI abortionist Alberto Hodari closing up (at least some of) his abortion mills? LifeSite and LifeNews both have the account of Flint Right to Life's Judy Climer who claims his Flint clinic has a for sale sign. Womancare clinic in Southgate is also for sale. Maybe he needs some cash to pay for all his legal troubles. The UK Telegraph reports a group of scientists in Japan implanted the nucleus of an older woman's egg into the cytoplasm of a younger woman's egg and then f

*Even pro-aborts think "pro-choice" is uncool - jillstanek.com Nov 12, 2009, 12:34 pm

After I wrote my post, "Has 'pro-choice' lost its cool?" I remembered something I read last week I meant to blog on but forgot about after the House Stupak/Pitts vote. On November 4 Planned Parenthood NYC sponsored a "Voices of Feminism" fundraising event, "featuring 3 of NYC's leading feminist voices, women's rights activists and influential writers as they discuss what feminism means to them" - Gloria Feldt (former Planned Parenthood prez), Lynn Harris (feminist author and comedienne) , and J

*Lunch Break: Obama the cat betrayal - jillstanek.com Nov 12, 2009, 1:00 pm

To give us a break from the daily grind... Email Bethany with your Lunch Break suggestions! [HT: Commenter Mark R.]

*Has "pro-choice" lost its cool? - jillstanek.com Nov 12, 2009, 1:14 am

I don't know when it happened. Maybe we're in the middle of it. But a couple unrelated observations yesterday made me realize "pro-choice" is losing its coolness in liberaland. 1st was Amie Newman's post on RH Reality Check entitled, "Dear progressive allies in health care reform: Where were you on the Stupak Amendment?" In it she took liberal groups to task for ignoring the abortion issue: In my email inbox, I'm getting elation-infused emails from Moveon.org, my state Democratic party, Americ

*Pro-aborts "call in the cavalry," meet with Rahm - jillstanek.com Nov 11, 2009, 6:57 pm

From ABC News this afternoon, refreshing that Tapper used the word "liberal": White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, senior advisor Valerie Jarrett and Domestic Policy Council director Melody Barnes, health care reform czar Nancy-ann DeParle and other WH officials met with a dozen officials from liberal women's and abortion right's groups this afternoon where they had a "frank exchange," in the words of one attendee.... The subject of the meeting was the amendment added to the House Democrats

*Jivin J's Life Links 11-11-09 - jillstanek.com Nov 11, 2009, 3:00 pm

by JivinJ Liberals are making a lot of inaccurate and incredibly stupid claims about the Stupak amendment. a href="http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2009/11/11/stupakpitts-trampling-faith-and-conscience" target=_blank">Carlton Veazey from the Religious Coaltion for Reproductive Choice claims the Stupak amendment is "an encroachment on the separation of religion and state and an affront to a basic constitutional principle." Senator Tom Harkin thinks it's a slippery slope which could lead to t

*Politico: Democrats boxed in by abortion - jillstanek.com Nov 11, 2009, 12:24 pm

Great article. Calls Democrats out for "rhetorical sleight of hand" when it comes to abortion. And stepping back, why are the Democrats so cautious about it anyway? I thought abortion was a winning issue for them. Reported Politico today: The sudden spasm of intense debate over abortion on Capitol Hill this week threatens not only to stall the passage of health care legislation, but also to shatter the delicate cease-fire that has governed the abortion issue during the Obama era. After mont

Lunch Break: Subway train barely misses woman on tracks - jillstanek.com Nov 11, 2009, 1:00 pm

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*Jill meets Abby - jillstanek.com Nov 11, 2009, 1:18 pm

I spoke last night at the inaugural banquet of the Austin Coalition for Life. (Very impressive start with 350 in attendance!) I caught up with old friends like Shawn Carney, co-founder of 40 Days for Life, and a hero of mine, Chris Danze, a pro-life contractor who threw a big wrench into Planned Parenthood's building of an Austin, TX, mill in 2003 through construction owner and worker boycotts. But a real thrill for me was meeting Abby Johnson, an emerging pro-life heroine who quit her job

*Stage set for Senate stalemate on abortion in healthcare - jillstanek.com Nov 11, 2009, 11:50 am

The Huffington Post reported today: One of Congress's foremost champions of abortion rights said on Monday that the Senate did not have the votes to add a more restrictive anti-abortion amendment to health care reform legislation. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) said that 60 votes would be needed to strip the current health care bill of its abortion-related language and replace it with a version resembling that passed by the House.... And... [she] predicted that pro-choice forces in the Senate wo

*New Stanek WND column, "Pro-aborts' false health-care rhetoric" - jillstanek.com Nov 11, 2009, 10:15 am

The numbers don't jibe. Time magazine reported July 8: Nearly 90% of insurers cover abortion procedures, according to a 2002 survey by the Guttmacher Institute.... While U.S. News & World Report reported July 23: [A] Kaiser Family Foundation survey found that 46% of insured workers had coverage for abortions. But Dept. of Health & Human Services secretary nominee Kathleen Sebelius testified before the Senate Finance Committee on April 9: Most private plans do not cover abortion services

*Patrick Kennedy: Bishop's public reprimands "very disconcerting" - jillstanek.com Nov 11, 2009, 9:20 am

Patrick Kennedy started all this with a public denunciation almost 3 weeks ago of his church's position opposing socialized healthcare unless it specifically excluded abortion. Now Kennedy is complaining that his bishop has dared to publicly respond to Kennedy's self-started firestorm. And although Kennedy's statement that he finds Bishop Tobin's public reproaches (here and here) "very disconcerting" may reveal a heart in turmoil, he's not showing it by his actions. Most recently Kennedy vote

On Veterans Day: A Ft. Hood Memorial - jillstanek.com Nov 11, 2009, 8:09 am

by Brenda Pollock-Smith, memorializing all 14 lives taken, from age 62 to in the womb. Watch to end...

*Planned Parenthood loses request for injunction against former director Abby Johnson - jillstanek.com Nov 10, 2009, 6:34 pm

I'm in Austin, TX, at the moment, preparing to speak at the Austin Coalition for Life banquet in a few. Most exciting is I'm told Abby Johnson is attending the banquet, too, and I'm very much looking forward to meeting her! Coincidentally, there's great news about Abby this afternoon. According to a 40 Days for Life press statement: A district court judge denied a request for an injunction against Abby Johnson, who resigned as director of a Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas ab

*Jivin J's Life Links 11-10-09 - jillstanek.com Nov 10, 2009, 4:00 pm

by JivinJ In the Wall Street Journal, William McGurn has a piece on Bart Stupak appropriately entitled, "The man who made Pelosi cry uncle." It sounds like the pro-life Democrats aren't going to accept the Stupak amendment being stripped from health care reform: As it is, Democrats now have to make some decisions that may anger their Planned Parenthood wing. The fight itself will be interesting, judging from a claim by Diana DeGette (D-CO) in yesterday's Washington Post that 40 Democrats will

*(Prolifer)ations 11-10-09 - jillstanek.com Nov 10, 2009, 3:00 pm

by intern Heather B. Spotlighting important information gleaned from other pro-life blogs... Gaining a mention at the American Papist blog, Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards was recently quoted in the New York Times accusing Catholic Bishops of "interceding to put their own ideology in the national health care plan" in an "unconscionable power play." While Richards was quick to shake a finger at the Bishops, she probably neglected to mention her growing bank account, which has accu

Lunch Break: Dancing the boogie woogie - jillstanek.com Nov 10, 2009, 1:00 pm

To give us a break from the daily grind... Email Bethany with your Lunch Break suggestions! [HT: Commenter Mary]

*Breaking News: Meeting between Tobin/Patrick Kennedy "postponed"; Bishop releases whopper of a new public letter - jillstanek.com Nov 10, 2009, 1:12 pm

The Diocese of Providence announced this morning that a planned meeting tomorrow between Bishop Tobin and Congressman Patrick Kennedy has been "postponed." Read background information on the public feud, started by Kennedy, here. It appears clear it was Kennedy who did the postponing, because Bishop Tobin has released another public letter to Kennedy, to be published in the November 12 edition of the Rhode Island Catholic. And wow. It is really something, sure to shake not only Patrick but

*Who's bluffing, Planned Parenthood CEO or Bart Stupak? - jillstanek.com Nov 10, 2009, 12:23 pm

Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews last night, quite confident Nancy Pelosi will fix pro-aborts' problems with healthcare when the bill bounces back from the Senate. But Bart Stupak isn't going away. From the Wall Street Journal this morning... "We won because [the Democrats] need us," says Mr. Stupak. "If they are going to summarily dismiss us by taking the pen to that language, there will be hell to pay. I don't say it as a threat, but if they d

*Janet Napolitano's priorities - jillstanek.com Nov 10, 2009, 11:12 am

This can't wait until Sunday, by Rick McKee at the Augusta Chronicle... From the Associated Press, November 8, following is the Obama administration's focus following the terrorist attack at Ft. Hood. I'm sure that if the shooter had been a deranged pro-lifer Napolitano would be working with pro-life groups to protect our community from backlash. I'm sure.... The US Homeland Security secretary says she is working to prevent a possible wave of anti-Muslim sentiment after the shootings at Ft.

*Obama lays down gauntlet: Opposes Stupak Amendment - jillstanek.com Nov 9, 2009, 10:32 pm

Well, that didn't take long. It was only yesterday that pro-abort groups like Planned Parenthood and EMILY's List began pushing Barack Obama to dump the Stupak/Pitts Amendment from the socialized healthcare bill. Tonight during an interview with ABC's Jake Tapper , Obama responded: President Obama said today that Congress needs to change abortion-related language in the health care bill passed by the House of Representatives this weekend. "I laid out a very simple principle, which is this

*NOW DC rally protesting Stupak amendment fo shizzle fizzles - jillstanek.com Nov 9, 2009, 6:40 pm

Twitter works both ways. It gets word out to the right people... and to the wrong people. Such was the case this morning when I stumbled upon a tweet by National Organization for Women promoting a rally today in downtown DC to protest the House's passage of the Stupak/Pitts Amendment. The plan was to march around the Senate and House office buildings to scare senators. Click to enlarge... I thought of the perfect person to relay this piece of information: Randall Terry. Here was the perfect

*Will the Obama administration prosecute for Ft. Hood's 14th victim, a preborn baby? - jillstanek.com Nov 9, 2009, 5:32 pm

According to the Washington Post, November 6: Pfc. Francheska Velez had survived a tour disarming bombs in in Iraq. After a visit home in August, the 21-year-old Chicago resident learned she was pregnant. Velez arranged for maternity leave, and she stopped at Fort Hood, TX, on her way home. Velez was among the 13 people killed Thursday at a soldier readiness facility at the sprawling military post when an Army psychiatrist, Maj. Nidal Hasan, allegedly opened fire on a crowd of soldiers. At

*Backlash: Abortion proponents attack Planned Parenthood, NARAL - jillstanek.com Nov 9, 2009, 2:43 pm

Of course pro-aborts have ample reason to see red following the House's passage of the Stupak/Pitts pro-life amendment to the socialized healthcare bill. Duck, because they're shooting wildly at each other. My first indication was this on Twitter... Then, ooh la la, came this headline in the Huffington Post... Get out the popcorn... ... Stupak wrote a letter signed by 19 Democrats saying they would do just what they're doing right now - holding the bill hostage. And what did NARAL and

*Jivin J's Life Links 11-9-09 - jillstanek.com Nov 9, 2009, 1:35 pm

by JivinJ Ramesh Ponnuru has thoughts about the possibility of Republicans voting "present" on the Stupak amendment to prevent its passage. Bad idea. ng>Democrat Diane DeGette claims she has more than 40 House Democrats who will vote against the final version health care reform legislation if it includes the Stupak amendment. Sarah Palin rallied pro-lifers in WI on Friday night, according to Politico's Jonathon Martin: Palin didn't mention President Obama by name, but did take a shot at him

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*Fair+ CBS healthcare/abortion story promotes solid pro-life, lame pro-abort talking points - jillstanek.com Nov 9, 2009, 12:05 pm

CBS provided more than fair coverage Sunday of the the House's passage of the Stupak/Pitts Amendment. Note the solid pro-life talking points... MI pro-life Dem Rep. Bart Stupak: "I'm not writing a new abortion policy. The Hyde Amendment already prohibits federal funding of abortion." AUL CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest: It was very exciting last night to see demonstrated that there is bi-partisan pro-life majority in the House, and that reflects the pro-life majority in America." CBS's Michelle

*Planned Parenthood calls on "strongest weapon" to keep abortion in healthcare: Barack Obama - jillstanek.com Nov 8, 2009, 5:07 pm

Recall that at a 2007 Planned Parenthood fundraiser presidential candidate Barack Obama said "reproductive care" (i.e., abortion) was "essential... basic... at the center and at the heart" of his healthcare plan.... Candidate Obama made some promises, and now PP aims to make him keep them. After the House's vote last night to exclude abortion from nationalized healthcare, PP CEO Cecile Richards issued an email alert today calling in some chips. Cecile reminded Obama in the letter that abo

*Sunday funny - jillstanek.com Nov 8, 2009, 3:49 pm

I'll be interested to see the political cartoons emanating from last night's House passage of a healthcare bill... with a pro-life amendment. But it's too soon for them. As the parental notification issue once again makes the news, this cartoon by Glenn McCoy at Townhall.com is relevant...

*Huckabee: Former Planned Parenthood director describes watching abortion on ultrasound - jillstanek.com Nov 8, 2009, 10:35 am

Former Bryan, TX, Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson was interviewed on Gov. Mike Huckabee's Fox show last night (replaying tonight), and described the horrific, gut-wrenching experience of watching on ultrasound a baby pull away from an abortionist's probe trying to kill him or her... No wonder the other side hates ultrasounds, fighting legislation forcing abortionists to offer an abortion-minded mother the opportunity to view her preborn baby. Will the other side now put blinders on w

*Pro-aborts cry, vowing to oppose HR 3962 and overturn Hyde Amendment - jillstanek.com Nov 8, 2009, 10:14 am

Despite Politico's swooning piece calling Nancy Pelosi the "master" of House Democrats by passing nationalized healthcare, and despite the elation... ... and despite the "mixed reaction" described by the pro-abortion blog RH Reality Check, there is trouble in Dodge City. For starters, Planned Parenthood now opposes the House healthcare bill: PP condemns the adoption of the Stupak/Pitts amendment in HR 3962 this evening.... [T]he PP Federation of America has no choice but to oppose HR 3962.

*New York Times: Abortion "bedeviled" Dems; bishops made "extraordinary effort" - jillstanek.com Nov 8, 2009, 1:06 am

Title of the New York Times piece... Finally. Finally MSM is acknowledging abortion is a problem for Democrats. Finally MSM is acknowledging the abortion civil war within the Democrat Party. And what a play on words. Abortion "bedeviled" Democrats.... It was late Friday night and lawmakers were stalling for time. In a committee room, they yammered away, delaying a procedural vote on the historic health care legislation. Down one floor, in her office, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi desperately tr

*Breaking News: House passes Stupak pro-life amendment 240-194 - jillstanek.com Nov 8, 2009, 12:04 am

Big pro-life victory tonight. BIG. That socialized healthcare passed in the US House is a battle to wage tomorrow. Tonight, appreciate a huge victory for preborn babies. From the Associated Press: A bipartisan House coalition voted Saturday to prohibit coverage of abortions in a new government-run health care plan that Democrats would establish to compete with private insurers.... The 240-194 vote on an amendment by Rep. Bart Stupak, D-MI, was a blow to liberals, who would have allowed the Obam

*Planned Parenthood CEO declares a state of emergency - jillstanek.com Nov 7, 2009, 11:24 am

Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards has just sent the following emergency email. Of course, pro-lifers should use the number Richards provides to call their rep to tell him/her to vote YES on the Stupak/Pitts pro-life amendment to the nationalized healthcare bill. [JLS note: Do NOT call Cecile's number! Call 202-224-3121 instead. Per reader Vicki: "The phone number in Richards' email leads to a recorded message from her. Then it rings forever and a message comes on that no one answered (DUH

*Watch healthcare debate live - jillstanek.com Nov 7, 2009, 11:47 am

UPDATE, 11a: Had a hard time getting through to tell my rep to vote YES on Stupak/Pitts Amendment (and NO on socialized healthcare!). Lines are jammed. Finally did. Have you made your call TODAY? 202-224-3121. 10:47a: I guess the debate about abortion in healthcare has been wild, according to Michelle Malkin on Twitter, although I missed it til now. Here's a link to watch it yourself... Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

*Breaking News: House to vote on Stupak/Pitts anti-abortion amendment - jillstanek.com Nov 7, 2009, 8:26 am

UPDATE, 8:10a: Here' an email from a House source, sent in the wee hours, that offers an excellent explanation of what's happening: After a very long day, the House leadership acquiesced to pro-life Democrats led by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) who have demanded a vote on the pro-life Stupak-Pitts amendment. The Rules Committee reported a rule that allows for consideration of the Stupak-Pitts amendment which was cosponsored by Reps. Bart Stupak (D-MI), Brad Ellsworth (D-IN), Joe Pitts (R-PA), Mar

*Bishops call phony pro-life amendment "money laundering system"; Stupak says still has votes to stop - jillstanek.com Nov 6, 2009, 5:24 pm

The article below indicates Catholic pro-life Democrats are having a problem defying their bishops on the healthcare bill currently as written. They are not falling for the phony pro-life Ellsworth amendment. It also indicates Catholic pro-life Dem congressman (and co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus) Bart Stupak is holding strong with his assertion he has the votes to stop healthcare on the Life issue. From CNS News, today: The US Conference of Catholic Bishops... sent a memo to co

*Republicans count 69 Democrats opposed to Pelosicare; starting to "flake off" - jillstanek.com Nov 6, 2009, 5:44 pm

Is your congressperson on this list from GOP House Whip Eric Cantor [pictured left]? CALL! As of today, at least 69 Democrats have expressed opposition to the Speaker's health care bill. As the bill comes to the House floor, how many Democrats will stand up and vote against a health care bill that raises taxes, cuts benefits to seniors, and spends money that families and small businesses across America cannot afford? Pelosi needs 39 to carry the majority. Read the list at link. I'm not postin

*"House Call II" planned for tomorrow - jillstanek.com Nov 6, 2009, 4:43 pm

Press release from Congressman Steve King (IA-5) Second "House Call" event planned for tomorrow King calls on American people to come to DC and kill PelosiCareblockquote>Congressman Steve King today made the following statement calling on American citizens to come to Washington this weekend to stop a government takeover of health care. "Nancy Pelosi and Washington liberals cannot ignore what transpired yesterday in Washington. Americans from every state stormed Capitol Hill. They took over th

*(Prolifer)ations 11-6-09 - jillstanek.com Nov 6, 2009, 2:00 pm

by intern Andy M. Spotlighting important information gleaned from other pro-life blogs... Mary Harned at Americans United For Life deconstructs the Ellsworth Amendment for the Health Care Bill, showing that the only changes are words, not content. The so-called affordability credits they write would continue under the Ellsworth Amendment. The Stupak-Pitts Amendment is currently the only option which would ensure that any opportunity for abortions to be federally funded is absolutely ruled out

*Not enough, Nancy? Health care vote may be delayed - jillstanek.com Nov 6, 2009, 12:29 pm

This today, from the AP: House Democrats acknowledged they don't yet have the votes to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system, and signaled they may push back the vote until Sunday or early next week.... The apparent problem: Democrats have yet to resolve intraparty disputes over abortion funding and illegal immigrants' access to health care. [Rep. Steny] Hoyer (D) sought to pin the blame for any possible slippage on delaying tactics expected from Republicans, who unanimo

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*Pensacola abortion mill with sordid past shut down - jillstanek.com Nov 6, 2009, 9:32 am

The FL Agency for Health Care Administration has shut down the Community Healthcare Center in Pensacola, FL, after it couldn't cough up $413k in fines for failing to renew a lab license for 413 days. The AHCA served ample notice to the 25+ year old abortion mill in January, but when it hadn't settled its bill 10 months after the fact, the clinic "voluntarily" closed its doors October 30, according to AHCA via PNJ.com, after AHCA paid it a shakedown visit on October 20. Too bad, so sad, PNJ

*Study: Newborns cry with accent learned in womb - jillstanek.com Nov 6, 2009, 9:58 am

From ABC News, November 5, one more problem for pro-aborts claiming preborns aren't human: Think newborns just eat, sleep and wail the same way across the world? That's not so, according to a new study which found that babies cry with an accent within the first week of life. By recording cries of 60 babies born to French or German parents, researchers discovered that babies cry with the same "prosody" or melody used in their native language by the 2nd day of life. French newborns in the study

*Healthcare fight "furious": today's the day to burn the phone lines - jillstanek.com Nov 6, 2009, 8:37 am

The above Boston Globe photo is of TX Congressman John Culberson yesterday, tossing Pelosi's 2k page healthcare bill into an opposition crowd. Reports the Globe: The sweeping health care overhaul package before Congress is under an 11th-hour attack over a pair of emotional issues, abortion and immigration, that are complicating Democrats' efforts to piece together the coalition they need to pass the bill. Veteran lawmakers said they were confident they could add wording to ease the worries

*New Stanek WND column, "Is Hollywood tipping pro-life?" - jillstanek.com Nov 6, 2009, 7:13 am

When I read NBC's Law & Order was airing an episode last week "ripped from the headlines" of an abortionist shot in church, i.e., Dr. George Tiller, I, of course, anticipated the plot would not go well for pro-lifers. The most I expected was milliseconds of fairness with pro-abortion clichis ruling the hour. My, was I surprised. I could have written that script. The episode wasn't even balanced. It was outright pro-life, not that I mind. If you haven't seen the episode, you should. Sans comm

*Pelosi's office trashed; priest + 11 arrested - jillstanek.com Nov 6, 2009, 7:20 am

The above is a shot of the wild scene outside Nancy Pelosi's office yesterday afternoon, as described in The Hill last night: Conservative protesters chanting "Kill that bill!" stormed the Capitol on Thursday as Republicans launched a last-ditch effort against the Democrats' healthcare bill. The protesters from around the country entered House office buildings after attending the "House Call" rally on healthcare, largely the brainchild of Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN).... It is unclear how m

*Healthcare battle gone wild - jillstanek.com Nov 5, 2009, 11:02 pm

I've been out of pocket at a speaking event (shout out to Choices of the Heart in NJ!). Lots going on. Here are some scoops via Twitter from reliable sources Matt Lewis and Greg Mueller (click to enlarge): Then there was this, posted 6p ET tonight, entitled, "Pelosi breaks pledge to put final health care bill online for 72 hours before vote": Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office tells The Weekly Standard that the speaker will not allow the final language of the health care to be posted online for

*Jivin J's Life Links 11-5-09 - jillstanek.com Nov 5, 2009, 2:00 pm

by JivinJ National Right to Life's Douglas Johnson has issued a statement on Congressman Ellsworth's "compromise" language in health care reform: "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 ov

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*Planned Parenthood had abortion quotas says former director - jillstanek.com Nov 5, 2009, 6:37 am

I previously reported that Bryan, TX, Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson quit earlier this month after seeing an abortion on ultrasound and being forced to push abortion to increase profits. Despite PP's legal gag order, Johnson is revealing inner workings of the mill. You can see by the PP ad above (click to enlarge) that what she's saying is true. RU-486 can be dispensed any and every weekday, while surgical abortions require more work. Yet the patient cost remains the same. Abby tol

*IL parental notification law again blocked - jillstanek.com Nov 5, 2009, 5:47 am

Read my previous posts for the backstory here and here. The other side's resolve for the completely unfettered right to kill babies knows no bounds. From the Chicago Sun-Times, November 4: It has been 14 years and it will be at least a few more months before IL's long-mothballed parental notification law for teens seeking abortions takes effect.... A Cook County Judge Wednesday granted a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of the law. That came after the state doctors' disciplinar

*Joy Behar: Abortion isn't bad; it's profiting from abortion that's bad - jillstanek.com Nov 4, 2009, 4:36 pm

Abby Johnson, the Bryan, TX, Planned Parenthood director who quit a few weeks ago because she saw an abortion on ultrasound and also felt pressured to sell abortions, came up on The View November 2. Pro-abort co-host Joy Behar had a problem not with abortion but that the abortion industry might profit from it. Hello? I really wonder how these people can be so ignorant. Joy is apparently unaware Planned Parenthood of America has grossed $1 billion 2 years running. Barbara Walters was careful

*Letter on abortion in healthcare shuts down Senate today - jillstanek.com Nov 4, 2009, 5:07 pm

We keep reading abortion is the hold-up on passage of nationalized healthcare, but what an object lesson this was. Following is a story this afternoon from The Hill, but it omits a key point. The topic of former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop's letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was keeping abortion out of healthcare. A Senate staffer sent me the letter. So it could be said the controversy over abortion in healthcare shut down the US Senate today. How embarrassing for their side...

*White House stops chasing Fox - jillstanek.com Nov 4, 2009, 3:47 pm

From the Huffington Post, this afternoon... White House senior adviser David Axelrod has given an interview to Fox News' Major Garrett, the latest sign that the administration is ramping down its feud with the cable news outlet. Clips of Axelrod's interview will air on Fox News throughout the day as well as on Special Report with Bret Baier at 6p and The Fox Report at 7p.... The interview touched on topics including Afghanistan, health care, Iran, yesterday's election and the 1 year anniversa

*Jivin J's Life Links 11-4-09 - jillstanek.com Nov 4, 2009, 2:00 pm

by JivinJ Amie Newman at RH Reality Check and Tracy Clark-Flory at Salon are questioning former Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson's pro-life conversion by pointing to recent radio interviews (Newman has partially transcribed one interview) Johnson did on behalf of Planned Parenthood. The complete turnabout is very interesting. Newman and Clark-Flory both seem to hint at the possibility that Johnson was harassed into conversion. ote that much of what Johnson says in the transcribed inter

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