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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 13th, 2010
Shocking and sad, simultaneously. They should have a word for that. Sen. Stupak’s quotes are from National Review Online:
“Their position says that women, especially those without means available, should have their abortions covered.” The arguments they have made to him in recent deliberations, he adds, “are a pretty sad commentary on the state of the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 8th, 2010
Those who strongly oppose the plan outnumber those who strongly favor it by 2 to 1.
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 4th, 2010
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 4th, 2010
WeeklyStandard.com reports that President Obama’s healthcare plan pays for abortions in three ways:
Federally-subsidized insurance plans will cover abortions
The National Right to Life Committee reports that $4 billion in extra spending added in Senator Reid’s Manager’s Mark are not restricted from being used for abortions in “community health centers”
the Senate bill, which is being forced down [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 3rd, 2010
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 28th, 2010
But then again, TheHill.com also reports her as saying that
A bill can be bipartisan without bipartisan votes.
Huh? That’s like saying a cake can be chocolate without any. . . chocolate.
Methinks that the “A” Madam Speaker is referring to is abortion. Says the National Right to Life Committee,
If all of the President’s changes were made, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 27th, 2010
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 27th, 2010
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 23rd, 2010
Like that winter rash that won’t go away, President Obama rolled out his version of a health care bill that adopts Senate language but not the House’s restrictive Stupak-Pitts Amendment limiting abortion coverage.
About the president’s chafing itch to ram a health care bill down America’s throat, uber-cool bioethicist and attorney Wesley J. Smith warns,
You can’t [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 4th, 2010
Well, no, he didn’t say Bioethike specifically, but he did mention something about not reading blogs. For shame. People in power are afraid of blogs. I wonder why?
The Reverend Robert C. Baker, B.B.A, M.Div., is an ordained pastor in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, and serves the Church as an editor at the denomination's publishing house. He is currently pursuing an M.S. degree in Health Care Ethics at Creighton University. He is the author of What Happened To Merry Christmas? and How Do You Start a Fire with Water? and has authored or edited numerous Bible studies and books.