Science > Abortion > Congressional Battle on Taxpayer Funding of Abortions Expected This Month
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06 Jun 2007 12:04:44 PM |
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Congressional Battle on Taxpayer Funding of Abortions Expected This Month |
Any citizen with an more than an ounce of decency should contact their
Congressman immediately. Let them know that you don't want your tax
dollars to provide funding to what amounts to infanticide. Enough is
enough!
http://www.lifenews.com/nat3166.html
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Congress will be battling this week
on a bill to force taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research but
this month members of the House will also likely do battle on various
provisions that stop taxpayer-funded abortions both in the United
States and abroad.
Every year as Congress debates the spending bills for the various
parts of the federal government, they normally attach provisions to
them to stop tax-funded abortions.
The provisions target everything from abortions done on American
military base hospitals or in the District of Columbia to making sure
the State Department isn't financing groups that promote or perform
abortions in other nations.
Pro-life groups and lawmakers expect the pro-abortion Democrats on the
House Appropriations Committee to try to remove these protective
provisions from the bills during the committee markups this month.
They could also propose amendments to the bills as they come on the
House floor, though that may be a more difficult process.
The panel is expected to examine the funding bills over the next two
weeks.
Should they remove the provisions, their actions would set up a battle
between Congress and the White House as President Bush vowed in May to
veto any spending bill that takes away the protections against
taxpayer-funded abortions.
"I will veto any legislation that weakens current Federal policies and
laws on abortion, or that encourages the destruction of human life at
any stage," the president promised in a letter to House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
That could put abortion advocates in a difficult position as pro-
abortion groups are lobbying Democratic leaders heavily to remove the
pro-life provisions.
The Hill newspaper, which monitors Capitol Hill, reports that one
leading abortion advocate said that pro-abortion groups such as NARAL
and Planned Parenthood are demanding that two key amendments are
removed from the appropriations bills.
One, the Mexico City policy, is a provision Republican presidents have
used for years to stop federal funding of groups that do abortions
abroad or lobby countries to change their abortion laws to legalize
it.
The other provision, known as Kemp-Kasten, prohibits the federal
government from funding any programs that promote forced abortions. It
has halted tens of millions of dollars every year from going to the
UNFPA because the UN agency has been complicit in China's family
planning program that involves forced abortions and sterilizations.
Abortion advocates are also targeting the Hyde amendment which has
prevented direct taxpayer funding of abortions since the 1970s and
allows it only in cases of rape, incest or endangerment to the
mother's life.
Douglas Johnson, the legislative director of National Right to Life,
who is monitoring the situation for pro-life advocates, talked with
The Hill about the process.
"These so-called riders have been carried for decades on [spending]
bills; we regard those as default positions," he said.
He said Democrats should make no mistake about the veto promise
President Bush issued.
"The Democratic leadership wants to show they can make the
appropriations train run on time. If they allow attempts to roll back
established pro-life riders, they'll be blowing up their own railroad
bridges. The likely result will be to doom certain appropriations
bills but not change the policy."
Abortion advocates would have a hard time overriding the vetoes
because 135 Republicans in the House and another 34 in the Senate
signed letters to Bush promising to uphold the vetoes.
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| User: "Ray Fischer" |
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07 Jun 2007 01:02:06 AM |
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J Young <youngopinions@aol.com> wrote:
Any citizen with an more than an ounce of decency
That rules you out, nazi turd.
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Ray Fischer
rfischer@sonic.net
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| Title: Re: Congressional Battle on Taxpayer Funding of Abortions Expected This Month |
07 Jun 2007 05:02:49 AM |
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On Jun 7, 4:02 pm, (Ray Fischer) wrote:
J Young <youngopini...@aol.com> wrote:
Any citizen with an more than an ounce of decency
That rules you out, nazi turd.
--
Ray Fischer
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| User: "Geoff" |
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07 Jun 2007 12:57:43 PM |
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wrote:
On Jun 7, 4:02 pm, (Ray Fischer) wrote:
J Young <youngopini...@aol.com> wrote:
Any citizen with an more than an ounce of decency
That rules you out, nazi turd.
Chant:
Ray Fischer the baby Killer!
Clap Clap Clap (Clap Clap)
What is this? Your imbecile mating call?
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| User: "Spartakus" |
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| Title: Re: Congressional Battle on Taxpayer Funding of Abortions Expected This Month |
06 Jun 2007 08:12:46 PM |
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On Jun 6, 10:04 am, J Young <youngopini...@aol.com> wrote:
Any citizen with an more than an ounce of decency should contact their
Congressman immediately. Let them know that you don't want your tax
dollars to provide funding to what amounts to infanticide. Enough is
enough!
Time for a repost:
From: (Charles Don Hall)
Subject: Re: Damned few are "pro-choice"
Date: 1996/01/29
Message-ID: 4ej5hs$13n@eco.twg.com
[...]
YOUR PUBLICLY-FUNDED ABORTION REBATE APPLICATION
OVERVIEW: This offer is being made in response to numerous complaints
for US taxpayers, who are unhappy that their tax dollars are being
used to perform abortions. I am willing to refund (out of my own
pocket) the full amount of your tax payment which went to pay for
abortions that you disapprove of. In exchange, all I ask is that you
agree to support the continuing legality of privately-funded
abortion.
RESTRICTIONS: This offer is only being extended to citizens of the
United States. Only one refund is allowed per tax-paying household.
The agreement will lapse after one year unless we both explicitly
renew it. I reserve the right to withdraw this offer at any time.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
1) Determine the number of public-funded abortions in the last year.
2) Optionally subtract the number of these abortions that were
performed due to medical necessity. (If you don't want to pay for
these abortions, then state this clearly on your application.)
3) Optionally subtract the number of abortions performed in cases of
rape and incest. (If you don't want to pay for these abortions, then
state this clearly on your application.)
4) You now have the total number of abortions that you don't want to
pay for. Multiply this by the average cost of an abortion, and divide
by the number of tax-paying households in the United States. This is
the refund due you.
5) Post your completed application to the net, and also send an a-mail
copy to . I will send you return e-mail with my home
address; you should send me a stamped, self-addressed envelope for
your refund check. There may be a 4-6 week delay, depending on whether
or not I need to go to the bank for a loan.
6) Once you have received your refund check, you are required to
support legal abortion for one full year. (You'll be under the "honor
system", since I don't have resources to check up on everyone. I hope
no one will abuse this).
NOTE: If you decide not to take advantage of this generous offer, I'd
appreciate it if you'd post a brief article explaining why. (e.g. "I
don't really care about the money, I just like to complain.")
************************************************
And when you apply for your refunds, be sure to explicitly say what
abortions you don't approve of. Something along the lines of "I think
that women on Medicare should die if they're faced with life-
threatening pregnancies", or "I think that poor women who get raped
should carry to term whether they want to or not." Be sure to express
your objections as clearly and sincerely as you can!
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| User: "Syd M." |
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| Title: Re: Congressional Battle on Taxpayer Funding of Abortions Expected This Month |
06 Jun 2007 02:32:18 PM |
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On Jun 6, 1:04 pm, J Young <youngopini...@aol.com> wrote:
Any citizen with an more than an ounce of decency should contact their
Congressman immediately.
Well, that leaves you out then, IBen. You and decency are in the final
stages of a seperation.
http://www.lifenews.com/nat3166.html
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Congress will be battling this week
on a bill to force taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research but
this month members of the House will also likely do battle on various
provisions that stop taxpayer-funded abortions both in the United
States and abroad.
Yeah, I'm gonna believe this site for "Fair and Balanced" reporting.
<Snirk>
PDW
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| User: "MarkA" |
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07 Jun 2007 10:57:32 AM |
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On Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:04:44 -0700, J Young wrote:
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Should they remove the provisions, their actions would set up a battle
between Congress and the White House as President Bush vowed in May to
veto any spending bill that takes away the protections against
taxpayer-funded abortions.
"I will veto any legislation that weakens current Federal policies and
laws on abortion, or that encourages the destruction of human life at
any stage," the president promised in a letter to House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Yes, but then it will be President Bush, not the Congress, who is holding
up passage of an appropriations bill.
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MarkA
(pretend this is a clever sig line)
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| User: "Syd M." |
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| Title: Re: Congressional Battle on Taxpayer Funding of Abortions Expected This Month |
07 Jun 2007 02:22:13 PM |
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On Jun 7, 11:57 am, MarkA <t...@nowhere.com> wrote:
On Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:04:44 -0700, J Young wrote:
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Should they remove the provisions, their actions would set up a battle
between Congress and the White House as President Bush vowed in May to
veto any spending bill that takes away the protections against
taxpayer-funded abortions.
"I will veto any legislation that weakens current Federal policies and
laws on abortion, or that encourages the destruction of human life at
any stage," the president promised in a letter to House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Yes, but then it will be President Bush, not the Congress, who is holding
up passage of an appropriations bill.
Yeah, because they have the nerve to not give Shrub what he really
wants... A blank check.
PDW
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