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12/09/09
[www.frc.org]
The first question was something to the effect of "Do you support the taxpayer funding for abortion being considered as part of the health care bill in Congress?" Another question evoked "assisted suicide" in association with the bill. (Sorry, I was too mad to remember the exact wording.)
After I'd shown myself to be an inveterate pro-choice liberal with a brain, for some reason it asked a few questions about WHO funding to fight malaria in Africa. It wanted me to know that WHO has provided ample funding for pesticides in Israel but not in sub-Saharan Africa, and then asked if I thought white Israelis should be favored over black Africans like that. It also mentioned a supposed Syracuse University study that found that liberals earn more money but give less to charity, and asked if I thought that was "plausible."
The whole thing smacked of manipulation (obviously, that's the purpose of a push poll...) and anti-Semitism, so I did a little digging and found that they are trying to hit every household in Louisiana:
[undertheinfluence.nationaljournal.com]
(The call I got did not include what they've quoted there, but I suspect it gave up on me and veered to another script after I stated my support for the bill and abortion rights. It certainly didn't ask me to contact Sen. Landrieu, haha.)
And it looks like they make a habit of this:
[blog.faithinpubliclife.org]
#tips #roevworld
12/09/09
[en.wikipedia.org]
So they're probably...cousins at least. Both founded by Dobson.
#tips
Blood On The Senate Floor: Majority Leader Drops Stupak-Pitts
The anti-choice crowd is frothing at the mouth. Yesterday evening, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid went Sweeney Todd on the Stupak-Pitts amendment, stabbed insurers with an excise tax, and threatened to go to reconciliation on the holdouts. More »Nation to Women: You're On Your Own With This Abortion Fight
Not only do "six in ten Americans" want to ban federal funds subsidizing abortion, "fifty-one percent [of people polled] said they thought women should bear the full cost of an abortion even when they have private insurance." [UPI]Ova Are People, Too
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In a country where 15 percent of the population is without health insurance at any given time, you'd think that the focus of a debate about reforming a broken system would not be about abortion. You'd be wrong. More »Vatican Reaffirms Compassion Is For Fetuses, Not Children
The Vatican issued a "clarification" to comments by Monsignor Rino Fisichella that Brazilian Archbishop Jose Cardoso Sobrinho should have tried some compassion in the case of the 9-year-old rape victim who had an abortion. In short: Fuck compassion. [Time]Courts Continue To Chip Away At Women's Reproductive Choices
It used to be that the anti-abortion movement had to temper its religious ardor with exceptions for the health and safety of women, and the Supreme Court agreed. The partial birth abortion question, however, taught them the pretense wasn't necessary. More »The Tough Choices: Abortion, And Admitting It
Phoebe Terry, taking her potential safety into her hands, writes an article for Babble today entitled, "Why I had a second-term abortion." If you've been reading some of George Tiller's patients' stories, the reason isn't a surprise. More »Ireland May Be Forced To Legalize Some Abortions
Three Irish women are challenging Ireland's complete ban on abortions at the European Court of Human Rights. All argue they needed the terminations for health reasons and thus were denied their civil rights. [Irish Times]Sarah Palin's Stance On Abortion Makes Sense... To Her
During Sarah Palin's speech at the "anti-abortion banquet" in Indiana last week, Ruth Marcus writes in the Washington Post, Palin spoke about how proud she was to have made the right choice about her pregnancy. More »Not Yet Rain: Ethiopian Women Struggle To Obtain Abortions
The new documentary Not Yet Rain explores how difficult it is for Ethiopian women to obtain safe abortions, even though the country has one of Africa's most progressive abortion laws. More »Abortion Is The Same As & Cause Of Everything: Obama Edition
Apparently, there exists an alternate universe in which the only real problem facing Americans today is legalized abortion. We have seen it, and invite you to follow us down the rabbit hole. More »Vatican Archbishop Defends Abortion For 9-Year Old Brazilian Girl
Archbishop Rino Fisichella has come out in defense of the 9-year-old girl who received an abortion after being raped by her stepfather, stating that her life was in danger due to the pregnancy. More »GQ Interview Angers GOP In Unending Abortion War
Brazilian Abortion Case Continues To Cause Controversy
Although the Catholic Church is standing strong with the decision to excommunicate the Brazilian medical team that performed an abortion on a 9-year-old rape victim, many have come forward with dissenting opinions. More »Talking Heads Wrangle Over Womens' Uteruses On Hardball
Last night, MSNBC's Chris Matthews had writer William Saletan and conservative Ken Blackwell on Hardball to discuss reducing the number of abortions in the United States. Missing from the conversation: women. Also: accuracy. More »North Dakota Moves (Again) To Outlaw Abortion
The North Dakota House sent the Senate a bill that, if signed, would give fertilized eggs full civil rights— outlawing abortion. Governor John Hoeven opposes abortion bans without rape, incest or maternal health exceptions. [KXMC]On Roe V. Wade Anniversary, Anti-Choicers Get All Of The Attention
While the godless liberal Feminazi bonerkilling blogosphere is talking up a storm about the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the "mainstream" media (except NPR) and its conservative cohorts are all about the anti-choicers today. More »As Justice John Paul Goes, So Goes Roe
Sarah Palin, The Life-iest Pro-Life Candidate Who Ever Scared The Crap Out Of Me