President Bush spoke at the 4th annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast this week and said the following: Renewing the promise of America begins with upholding the dignity of human life. In our day, there is a temptation to manipulate life in ways that do not respect the humanity of the person. When that happens, the most vulnerable among us can … Read More
How the Presidential Candidates Voted on Wednesday
LifeNews tallied up the votes of the presidential candidates in the Senate and the results are no big surprise. Democrat candidates Clinton, Obama and Biden voted for S. 5 – the ESC research funding bill – while Sen. Chris Dodd was absent. The only Republican candidates were Sens. John McCain and Sam Brownback – the results: McCain:yes, Brownback: no. Brownback … Read More
We Must Win This Culture War
Check out this fabulous article about Sam Brownback in the Washington Post. It does an excellent job of describing who Sen. Brownback really is as a person. We could use more people like this in politics. The entire article is more than worth your time, but here is a little bit: During the 2004 Republican convention, Brownback told a closed-door … Read More
God Love Sen. Bob Casey
Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, who is a Democrat, was heavily pressured as the “swing vote” on S. 5 when it came to getting enough votes for a veto override. I forgot to report that he did vote against it. Good for him! It’s always nice to see pro-life Democrats who are willing to take such an unpopular stand against … Read More
Senate Passes ESC Research Funding Bill
So we knew this was coming and now it has happened. Thankfully President Bush is remaining faithful to his position against further funding for this research and vows to veto the bill again: S.5 is very similar to legislation I vetoed last year. This bill crosses a moral line that I and many others find troubling. If it advances all … Read More
I Fear This Man’s Nomination
On Wednesday Rudy Giuliani told CNN that he still supports public funding of abortion because: “Ultimately, it’s a constitutional right, and therefore if it’s a constitutional right, ultimately, even if you do it on a state by state basis, you have to make sure people are protected.” So apparently he also thinks that abortion is a constitutional right, which suggests … Read More
The Unscientific Political Cloning Debate
As I have been pointing out with regards to the Feinstein-Hatch “Cloning Ban and Stem Cell Protection Act”, the cloning debate, in the world of politics, has ceased to be a rational scientific discussion and has become completely ridiculous. This week David Freddoso has an article on the false claims of cloning proponents asking, if embryonic research is so promising, … Read More
A Small Victory and Big Thank You to Rep. Cooper
I saw the President of Missouri Right to Life at Mass this morning and she informed me that HJR 11, the resolution to put a cloning ban on the Missouri ballot in ’08, passed out of committee, where it has been stuck for a number of weeks. Honestly I did not think there was much hope for that to happen … Read More
Feinstein-Hatch Fiasco
Two weeks ago I told you about the bogus “cloning ban” that Senators Dianne Feinstein and Orin Hatch introduced, the craftily worded Cloning Ban and Stem Cell Protection Act. Today Wesley Smith weighs in on the Daily Standard. This bill eerily reminds me of Amendment 2, mostly in the way that it falsely defines human cloning as the implantation of … Read More
Governor Blunt Does Something Right
Missouri Governor Matt Blunt decided to do something to make pro-lifers smile this week. When he called for increased funds to go to the Show Me Healthy Women Program which funds cervical and breast cancer screenings, he found out that previous administrations allowed some of that money to go to Planned Parenthood and he immediately put a stop to it: … Read More