Tim Kaine Flips Once Again on Taxpayer Abortion Funding

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     July 29, 2016

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Today, Tim Kaine asserted that he intends to support the Hyde Amendment while his campaign is claiming he is for repealing it. In response Jeanne Mancini, President of the March for Life Education and Defense Fund has issued the following statement;

“Tim Kaine has claimed that as a Catholic, he is personally opposed to abortion – but a NARAL approved ‘100 percent pro-choice voting record in the U.S. Senate’ tells a different story- the real story about where he stands,” said Jeanne Mancini, President of the March for Life Education and Defense Fund. “If his own team can’t keep the facts straight, how are average Americans expected to do so?

“Anyone who is confused need only to look at the display in Philadelphia this week. The extreme positions voiced in the speeches of Cecile Richards, Ilyse Hogue and Hillary Clinton made it very clear how out of touch the abortion movement is with the American people.”

March for Life President Jeanne Mancini is available for commentary. For more information, please contact Andrew Shirley at Ashirley@SBPublicAffairs.com or (703) 739-5920.

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     July 27, 2016

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Standing with America’s Top Abortion Advocates, Catholic Senator and Democratic VP Pick Chooses Politics Over Life

 Washington, D.C. – Tonight, Tim Kaine’s remarks further solidified his disregard for pro-life values and support for the abortion industry. His speech, the same night as NARAL President, Ilyse Hogue, and the night after Planned Parenthood President, Cecile Richards, show his deep betrayal of previously professed pro-life convictions in the wake of his new campaign role.

“Sadly, the Democratic Party now calls for abortion on demand, at taxpayer expense and with no regard for the mother,” said Tom McClusky of March for Life Action. “The presumptive Vice Presidential nominee’s ‘change of heart’ in agreeing to overturn the Hyde amendment, which prohibits some taxpayer funding of abortion, coupled with the primetime speech last night from Cecile Richards, President of our nation’s largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, is a clear message to those who wish to protect life and defend the defenseless unborn – you have no home here in the Democratic Party.”

“Not only is this perspective lacking integrity but it is very much out of line with the American people. 78% of Americans wants restrictions on abortion, per a recent Marist poll.”

Pro-life Democrat, the late Governor Bob Casey, and the last pro-life Governor allowed to speak at a Democratic Convention said; “The advocates of abortion on demand falsely assume two things: that women must suffer if the lives of unborn children are legally protected and that women can only attain equality by having the legal option of destroying their innocent offspring in the womb.”

“Unfortunately, the Democratic Party no longer allows the sentiments of people such as Bob Casey Sr. to be heard and instead has moved to the extreme position of abortion on demand, without apology, espoused by Hillary Clinton, Cecile Richards, and Barack Obama,” said McClusky.

The March for Life in Washington, D.C., began as a small demonstration on January 22, 1974, the first anniversary of the now-infamous Supreme Court decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton and rapidly grew to be the largest pro-life event in the world. The peaceful demonstration that has followed on this somber anniversary every year since is a witness to the truth concerning the greatest human rights violation of our time, abortion.

March for Life Action Vice President Tom McClusky is available for commentary. For more information, please contact Andrew Shirley at Ashirley@SBPublicAffairs.com or (703) 739-5920.

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March for Life President Jeanne Mancini had an op-ed published in The Hill entitled, “Christian voters left wanting in Trump vs Clinton.” In it, she writes of the extreme nature of the abortion policies in the Democrat Party’s platform.

But perhaps most surprisingly, the Democratic Party is calling for a repeal of the Hyde Amendment, a longstanding regulation that prohibits taxpayer funding for abortion except in limited cases such as rape and incest.  The Hyde amendment is strongly favorable with the American people; 68% of Americans, including 69% of women and 51% of pro-choice supporters, oppose the use of public funds for abortion. And even many pro-choice Democrats are in favor of Hyde as well, including Democratic vice presidential running mate Sen. Tim Kaine. Pro-life Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin from West Virginia had this to say when told of the Hyde platform plans, “That’s crazy. It’s something that I know most of the Democrats in West Virginia and most West Virginians would not agree with. I don’t either.” Despite this, the Democratic Committee is intent upon the inclusion of repealing the Hyde Amendment, as this would open up the floodgates of the availability of abortion.

Click HERE to the full op-ed.

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     July 22, 2016

CONTACT: Andrew Shirley Shirley & Banister Public Affairs 703-739-5920/800-536-5920 Ashirley@sbpublicaffairs.com

Catholic SenAtor Tim Kaine’s Record on Life “Abysmal”

 

Washington, D.C. – Today, the March for Life Education & Defense Fund expressed disappointment in likely Democratic Presidential Nominee Hillary Clinton’s choice for a running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine, who as a Governor and Senator has turned his back on common sense pro-life legislation.

“In her vice presidential pick Hillary Clinton had a chance to step back from the radical partnership she has made with the abortion industry,” said Jeanne Mancini, President of the March for Life.  “By choosing Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) she has chosen a man who opposes even efforts to protect unborn babies at 20 weeks old and who doesn’t support efforts to ensure that babies born alive after a failed abortion get the treatment they need to live.

“Sen. Kaine speaks often of his Catholic faith yet ignores that faith’s dedication to the sanctity of human life.  He’d do well to heed the words of Pope Francis:

“Among the vulnerable for whom the church wishes to care with particular love and concern are unborn children, the most defenseless and innocent among us. Nowadays efforts are made to deny them their human dignity and to do with them whatever one pleases, taking their lives and passing laws preventing anyone from standing in the way of this. . . It is not ‘progressive’ to try to resolve problems by eliminating a human life…”  – Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium #213-214

“Sen. Kaine is not only Hillary Clinton’s choice for VP but also the choice of abortion giant Planned Parenthood. Clearly pro-lifers will have no voice in a Clinton presidency.”

The March for Life in Washington, D.C., began as a small demonstration on January 22, 1974, the first anniversary of the now-infamous Supreme Court decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton and rapidly grew to be the largest pro-life event in the world. The peaceful demonstration that has followed on this somber anniversary every year since is a witness to the truth concerning the greatest human rights violation of our time, abortion.

March for Life Action Vice President Tom McClusky is available for commentary. For more information, please contact Andrew Shirley at Ashirley@SBPublicAffairs.com or (703) 739-5920.

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