Tuesday, April 27, 2021

MONTANA GOV GREG GIANFORTE SAYS LIFE IS PRECIOUS - 'GOOD CATHOLIC' JOE BIDEN AND HIS LAWYER SIDE KICK, KAMALA SAY PLANNED PARENTHOOD PAYS OUT BIG BRIBES

Additionally, the abortion and transgender industry giant said it will seek an immediate end to “policies that target immigrant communities, their health care, and families,” and to bolster efforts to ensure Medicaid patients are able to obtain their services at Planned Parenthood facilities, a goal that would allow Planned Parenthood even greater access to taxpayer funding. 

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte Signs 3 Pro-Life Bills: ‘Life Is Precious’

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Montana Governor Greg Gianforte (R) signed into law Monday three pro-life bills that several Republican women carried through the state legislature.

“Life is precious and ought to be protected,” Gianforte tweeted. “Today, I proudly signed into law bills to protect the life of our most vulnerable, the unborn.”

The governor signed legislation that will ban abortions past the 20th week of gestation, when scientists say unborn babies can experience pain.

The other bills will require health professionals to offer pregnant women an opportunity to view an ultrasound prior to having an abortion and require abortion-inducing drugs to be administered in person rather than through telemedicine.

“It’s a promising day, a day that will go down in our state’s history as we defend life,” Gianforte said, thanking Republican Reps. Lola Sheldon-Galloway, Amy Regier, and Sharon Greef for following the bills through the Montana legislature.

“We have waited 48 years to see our governor in Montana sign this bill,” Sheldon-Galloway, who sponsored the measure to ban abortions after 20 weeks of gestation, said, as reported by the Associated Press (AP).

Sheldon-Galloway referred to the marked pro-life shift in Montana with Gianforte in the governor’s seat following the state’s many years under Democrat governors who vetoed attempts to pass previous pro-life legislation passed by Republican lawmakers.

According to AP, Caitlin Borgmann, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Montana, commented in January, using the abortion industry’s narrative that aborting an unborn baby is the equivalent of medical care for women, that the bills “represent the worst kind of government overreach – placing the government between patients and the medical care they deserve.”

“Republicans have plowed ahead despite clear warning that the bills are unconstitutional and will be challenged in court,” she claimed.

The Montana legislature also passed a measure that would place on the ballot the Montana Born-Alive Infant Protection Act, which, if approved by voters of the state, would require abortion providers to care for infants who survive botched abortions.

Planned Parenthood stated Friday that, while the Biden-Harris administration is “on the right track” in making policy it considers essential, the organization is looking for even “bolder” moves in the days ahead.


Pelosi: ‘Recommit to Building a Future of Hope, Peace and Freedom for All the World’s Children’

By CNSNews.com Staff | April 26, 2021 | 1:50pm EDT

 
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(CNSNews.com) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) put out a statement on Saturday in remembrance of the Armenians who died in the mass murder perpetrated on the Armenian people by the Ottoman Empire.

“History teaches us that if we ignore its darkest chapters, we are destined to witness the horrors of the past be repeated,” said Pelosi

“To commemorate this solemn day of remembrance, let us pledge to always stand strong against hatred and violence wherever we see it and recommit to building a future of hope, peace and freedom for all the world’s children,” she said.

“Today marks 106 years since the beginning of one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century: the systematic murder of more than 1.5 million Armenian men, women and children by the Ottoman Empire,” Pelosi said. “On April 24, and every day, we remember the victims and survivors who endured nearly incomprehensible suffering and pledge to honor their lives by recognizing this brutality for what it was: genocide.  But tragically, the truth of these heinous crimes has too often been denied, its monstrosity minimized.”

“That is why our hearts are full of joy that President Biden has taken the historic step of joining Congress with formal recognition on Armenian Genocide Day,” she said. “This landmark action follows Congress’s 2019 resolution declaring that the barbarism committed against the Armenian people was a genocide.”

Here is the full text of Speaker Pelosi’s statement

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement marking 106 years since the beginning of the Armenian Genocide:

“Today marks 106 years since the beginning of one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century: the systematic murder of more than 1.5 million Armenian men, women and children by the Ottoman Empire.  On April 24, and every day, we remember the victims and survivors who endured nearly incomprehensible suffering and pledge to honor their lives by recognizing this brutality for what it was: genocide.  But tragically, the truth of these heinous crimes has too often been denied, its monstrosity minimized. 

“That is why our hearts are full of joy that President Biden has taken the historic step of joining Congress with formal recognition on Armenian Genocide Day.  This landmark action follows Congress’s 2019 resolution declaring that the barbarism committed against the Armenian people was a genocide.  We salute Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, Chairman Adam Schiff, Chairman Frank Pallone, Congresswoman Jackie Speier and generations of courageous Armenians who made this day possible because they refused to accept the shameful denial of the truth.

“History teaches us that if we ignore its darkest chapters, we are destined to witness the horrors of the past be repeated.  To commemorate this solemn day of remembrance, let us pledge to always stand strong against hatred and violence wherever we see it and recommit to building a future of hope, peace and freedom for all the world’s children.”


Planned Parenthood Seeks Even ‘Bolder’ Policies from Biden-Harris

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Planned Parenthood stated Friday that, while the Biden-Harris administration is “on the right track” in making policy it considers essential, the organization is looking for even “bolder” moves in the days ahead.

As President Joe Biden marks his first 100 days in office, Planned Parenthood, both the largest provider of abortions in the nation and now the second largest provider of transgender hormone treatments, said in a press announcement “there are increasing signs that the country is on the right track.”

“Planned Parenthood and our supporters have been paying close attention to the Biden-Harris administration’s actions in its first 100 days, and we’re encouraged by what we’ve seen so far,” said Alexis McGill Johnson, Planned Parenthood CEO, lamenting further about the policies put in place by the pro-life Trump administration:

The administration’s steps to undo the harm of the past four years and support sexual and reproductive health care are a promising start — but the work has only just begun. Planned Parenthood is ready to work with both the administration and Congress, and push for bolder policies every step of the way.

In its statement, Planned Parenthood alleged that “people of color, those with low incomes, and the LGBTQ+ community” are still requiring “access to health care, sexual and reproductive care, and other basic human rights” that “remain out of reach.”

All of those identified groups are a primary source of clients for Planned Parenthood. The organization is especially pushing the Biden-Harris administration and Democrats in Congress to assure taxpayer Medicaid funds may now be used to pay for abortions and transgender hormone treatments at its clinics.

“Medicaid is the largest payer of reproductive health care in the country,” Jacqueline Ayers, Planned Parenthood vice president of government relations and public policy, said, according to Ms. magazine.

“And black, Latino, LGBTQ, low-income folks are disproportionately enrolled in the program and rely on this program,” she added.

Planned Parenthood lists the following as “accomplishments” of the first 100 days of the Biden-Harris administration:

  1. Move to reverse the Trump administration’s Protect Life Rule that created a clear boundary between abortion and family planning.
  2. Passage of the American Rescue Plan Act which, Ayers said, “does incentivize states to expand Medicaid coverage by allowing increased federal funds.”

The legislation did not include the Hyde and Helms Amendments, which have traditionally prohibited taxpayer monies from funding abortions in the United States and overseas, respectively. Pro-life leaders consider the measure a bail-out for the abortion industry.

  1. The FDA’s announcement it will be lifting restrictions on the health and safety standards applied to abortion-inducing drugs, allowing for their dispensation via telemedicine and through the mail.
  2. Biden’s executive order revoking the pro-life policy known as the Mexico City Policy, which bans foreign organizations that receive U.S. financial aid from promoting or performing abortions as a method of family planning.

Planned Parenthood referred to the Mexico City Policy as “neocolonialist.”

  1. Prioritizing black maternal health care.
  2. Appointing abortion “champions” such as Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, assistant HHS secretary Rachel Levine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and U.N. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
  3. Establishment of a Gender Policy Council.

Planned Parenthood said it will push in the days to come for budgets that “eliminate[s] the Hyde and Helms amendments and related restrictions on abortion,” and ones that also increase “funding for sexual and reproductive health care programs at home and abroad.”

Additionally, the abortion and transgender industry giant said it will seek an immediate end to “policies that target immigrant communities, their health care, and families,” and to bolster efforts to ensure Medicaid patients are able to obtain their services at Planned Parenthood facilities, a goal that would allow Planned Parenthood even greater access to taxpayer funding. 


White House Defends Taxpayer-Funded Research on Fetal Tissue from Abortions After Catholic Bishops Protest

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The White House defended its decision to lift restrictions on taxpayer-funded research using fetal tissue from abortions on Tuesday.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops condemned the practice in a statement, saying it is “unethical to promote and subsidize research that can lead to legitimizing the violence of abortion.”

Press secretary Jen Psaki said the Biden administration “respectfully disagrees” with the statement from the bishops during the daily press briefing at the White House.

“We believe that it’s important to invest in science and look for opportunities to cure diseases. And I think that’s what this is hopeful to do,” she said.

The statement from the bishops noted it is possible to do research without using harvested tissue from aborted babies. “It is also deeply offensive to millions of Americans for our tax dollars to be used for research that collaborates with an industry built on the taking of innocent lives,” the statement read.

The ban on research on tissue from aborted babies was implemented by former President Donald Trump.

President Joe Biden’s Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced the decision to reverse the restrictions earlier in April.

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