By now we’ve all had time to absorb Mitt Romney’s choice of Paul Ryan as his running mate. The responses have been mostly ecstatic from those on our side of the political spectrum, including words of support from Tea Party Patriots, Tea Party Express, FreedomWorks, and Concerned Women for America. I suspect that some of these groups have been willing to overlook some of the clunkers in | Read More »
“I think the next act will be dragging women out of patient rooms into the streets and screaming over their bodies as they are dragged out of getting access to women’s health care. That’s what I feel like is occurring today with the legislation that is on the floor” (Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX). Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee made this statement during the floor debate | Read More »
After months of dithering, the Republican-controlled Ohio House finally brought the “Heartbeat Bill,” HB 125, to a vote on the House floor. Introduced by Rep. Lynn Watchmann (R-Napoleon) and with 48 co-sponsors, House members approved the bill with a 54-43 vote today. The bill, which could be the most restrictive abortion law in the nation, would ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be | Read More »
Why are Ohio Right to Life and its Executive Director, Mike Gonidakis, publicly opposing Ohio’s pro-life Heartbeat Bill? Pro-life Ohioans are baffled by statements from Mike Gonidakis, which are more in step with NARAL than the pro-life community. Gonidakis has said, “The heartbeat bill will not save any babies’ lives because it will not be upheld in court. The court has said there can be no bans on pre-viability abortions.” I’m having a hard time finding a reason to support and trust an organization that appears to put winning above all else and seems more focused on building political power bases than solving the abortion crisis.
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